What's New in the Neighborhoods
Mapping Baltimore's Greenspace
Maryland Daily Record - December 1, 2010
A new initiative by Baltimore officials to get the city's surplus of vacant properties back on the tax rolls has prompted an environmental nonprofit to spring into action - and marshal mobile technology and crowdsourcing in its effort.
Baltimore Biotech Parks Grow Despite Recession
The Baltimore Sun - November 28, 2010
While some sectors of Maryland's economy struggle to shake free of the Great Recession, the biotechnology parks adjacent to Baltimore's two top teaching hospitals stubbornly continue to add laboratories, offices and - most importantly for the city - jobs.
Mayor Unveils Plan To Combat City Blight: Plan Will Identify Buildings To Be Rehabbed, Torn Down
WBALTV.com - November 3, 2010
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday unveiled a new plan to address Baltimore's vacant building problem. The plan relies on six different strategies that include a triage system to identify which properties should be torn down and which should be better marketed for rehabilitation.
Developers and City officials break ground on Poppleton Housing Development
Baltimore Sun - October 22, 2010
Seven years after a group of Poppleton residents first decided that something should be done about their neighborhood's problems, city officials, developers and local residents gathered Friday to break ground on more than 100 units of affordable housing that they hope will help revitalize the struggling area.
Major Neighborhood Revitalization Project Underway
Baltimore Afro American Newspaper - September 30, 2010
Dilapidated vacant houses and abandoned lots will soon become a distant memory for residents of the Barclay/Old Goucher community in East Baltimore. On Sept. 20 Mayor Rawlings-Blake, city officials, residents, neighborhood organizations and local developers broke ground on a $85 million redevelopment plan to revitalize the neighborhood and restore its luster in hopes of attracting homeowners and businesses to the area.