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Rawlings-Blake grilling agency heads
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is summoning Cabinet members for intense, one-on-one meetings with an eye toward a possible shake-up of city leadership, sources close to her say. To prepare for the meetings, the mayor directed each agency head to...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics, Primaries, George Nilson
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Developers sought for 2 projects on city's west side
The Baltimore Development Corp. is seeking proposals for two development projects on the west side of the city. The city's quasi-public development arm announced Thursday that it had reissued a request for proposal for redevelopment of the Liberty Park...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues
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Grand Prix wasn't a game-changer — and didn't need to be
![If Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has one regret about the Baltimore Grand Prix, it would probably be her use of the phrase "game changer" to describe the event's impact on Baltimore. Given the magnitude of the city's problems and the fleeting nature of the race, that kind of promise set up a level of expectation that three days of cars zooming around the Inner Harbor could not possibly meet.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65515673-19091726.jpg "If Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has one regret about the Baltimore Grand Prix, it would probably be her use of the phrase "game changer\" to describe the event's impact on Baltimore. Given the magnitude of the city's problems and the fleeting nature of the race, that kind of promise set up a level of expectation that three days of cars zooming around the Inner Harbor could not possibly meet.")
If Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has one regret about the Baltimore Grand Prix, it would probably be her use of the phrase "game changer" to describe the event's impact on Baltimore. Given the magnitude of the city's problems and the fleeting nature of...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Primaries, Business
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District 3: Bill Barry
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
A person does not need a special educational or professional background to serve on the Council (as a number of our present...Tags: Dundalk, Talk Shows (genre), Teaching and Learning, Employment Opportunities, Politics
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Charles Street corridor sees post-recession resurgence
Walid Hajj is happy he followed his instincts and bought an incomplete condo redevelopment in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood last fall.
Within three days of advertising the building's 13 newly redeveloped apartments this month, Hajj had rented all...Tags: Real Estate, Manufacturing and Engineering, Condos, M.J. Brodie, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
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Deep cut or small slices?
Penn Wilbert and his wife, Amanda Ferchak, have lived in Southeast Baltimore for six years — riding bikes to the grocery store, playing kickball at Patterson Park and meeting friends for drinks at bars inCanton. But last month, when the young...Tags: Real Estate, Property Tax, Fells Point, Crimes, Vehicles
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BUILD activists call on business leaders to help city schools
As their bus rumbled through housing projects and dilapidated schools and toward Harbor East — one of the crown jewels of Baltimore's revitalized waterfront — Zion Baptist Church Pastor Marshall Prentice asked his parishioners how they felt...Tags: M.J. Brodie, Harbor, John Paterakis Sr., Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Economy, Business and Finance
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Few show up to discuss memorial to Read's civil rights site
While members of the public had much to say when plans were announced to raze Read's drugstore in Baltimore — the site of pioneering civil rights sit-ins by Morgan State students — few stepped forward Saturday to discuss ways to commemorate...Tags: Baptist, Baltimore City Community College, M.J. Brodie, Morgan State University, Religion and Belief
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Demolition of paint plant raises health, environmental concerns
When Berea resident Nia Redmond heard that the long-vacant paint manufacturing plant in her East Baltimore neighborhood was to be torn down, she went door to door passing out fliers, inviting her neighbors to an emergency meeting.
"A lot of us are...Tags: Health, Highway Transportation, Asthma, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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What is Md. getting for its millions on business development agencies?
Now that it's official and public knowledge that Maryland is last in job creation and only 6th from last (44th) in having a business-friendly environment according to the Tax Foundation, some response is required. Let's get rid of the Baltimore...Tags: Annapolis, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Labor Markets
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City Council committee nixes tax breaks for urban farmers
A City Council committee on Tuesday killed a bill to grant tax breaks to nonprofit urban farmers after the mayor's office said it would set a bad precedent.
The opposition by the administration of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake outraged Councilwoman Mary...Tags: Tax Credits, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole IV, Politics, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Wm. T. Burnett & Co. to redevelop site in S.W. Baltimore
Baltimore manufacturer Wm. T. Burnett & Co. and a subsidiary have won a city bid to redevelop property on Wicomico Street in Southwest Baltimore to expand the company's operations, the Baltimore Development Corp. reported. The BDC will begin negotiations...Tags: M.J. Brodie, Politics, Elections, North Carolina, Arizona
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