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10 Awkward Questions with ... Ryan Goff
There are many unfortunate tattoos — the Tazmanian Devil immediately comes to mind. Or Tweety Bird. Basically anything Looney Tunes. But we wouldn't call Ryan Goff's tat unfortunate. We'd call it devotion. In 2009, Goff, the social media director...
Tags: Social Media, Locust Point, Baltimore Convention Center, Twitter, Inc.
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Downtown loses jobs, while demand for offices, housing grows, report shows
Downtown Baltimore lost 9.4 percent of its jobs in 2011, according to a study to be released today by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.
The partnership's annual State of Downtown report showed that the area had 102,731 jobs last year, down from 113,...Tags: Baltimore Hotels, Labor Markets, Employment, M.J. Brodie, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Renovations planned for Oriole Park picnic area
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which will mark its 20th anniversary season next spring, may soon be getting a makeover — one that will make the area overlooking center field into a year-round attraction.
The street-level picnic area behind the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Baseball, Maryland Stadium Authority, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Renovation
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Hale is retired from bank, but he's not out of business
EASTON – Shortly before sunrise, Edwin F. Hale Sr. scatters decoys on the water, preparing for a day of waterfowl hunting on his Talbot County farm.
The day dawns cloudy, a good sign because ducks and geese fly low under clouds, Hale says, as he...Tags: CBS Corp., Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services, Benjamin L. Cardin, Finance
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Group to seek state funding for convention center, arena project
Backers of a proposed Inner Harbor arena linked to an expanded convention center expect to ask the state to provide funds for preliminary planning and design for the project's $420 million public portion. The Greater Baltimore Committee, the business...Tags: Pratt Street, Research, Travel, Corporate Officers, Maryland Stadium Authority
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Baltimore Convention Center expansion: Questions remain
The Greater Baltimore Committee's idea for an expansion of the downtown convention center coupled with a new, attached arena and expanded Sheraton hotel tower is generating understandable excitement among the group's leaders. It would solve a number of...Tags: Finance, Research, Politics, Maryland Stadium Authority, Donald C. Fry
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Survey: Grand Prix fell short of spending projections
Baltimore Grand Prix attendees spent as much as $25 million — far short of the $70 million projected by race organizers, according to an economic impact survey released this week.
In their report, two Maryland professors also found about three-...Tags: Baltimore Hotels, Baltimore Grand Prix, Services and Shopping, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Travel
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Study suggests less economic impact from Baltimore Grand Prix than predicted
City officials are calling the Baltimore Grand Prix an economic success, but a new study conducted for the city's tourism arm suggests that it funneled far less money to local businesses than race organizers predicted.
The report for Visit Baltimore,...Tags: Baltimore Hotels, Elections, Services and Shopping, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Harbor East
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Four Seasons Baltimore offers luxury, boost for tourism
As the Four Seasons Baltimore opened to its first guests Monday, the city's newest waterfront hotel looked forward to many more.
Over a dozen couples have booked weddings, companies have set up corporate accounts, and business is strong for year-end...Tags: Baltimore Hotels, Harbor, Travel, Blu-ray Discs, Harbor East
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