Baltimore Celebrates Reopening of Historic Chick Webb Recreation Center in East Baltimore
Baltimore City leaders, community members, and local partners gathered to celebrate a major milestone in East Baltimore: the grand reopening of the historic Chick Webb Memorial Recreation Center. The revitalized facility represents both a tribute to the past and a bold investment in the city’s future. Mayor Brandon M. Scott joined Baltimore City Recreation…
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Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Details Significant Gains in Crime Reduction, Investment, Tourism, and Workforce in 2025 State of Downtown Report
Annual report on the health of Downtown Baltimore highlights a strengthening urban core, record entertainment attendance, growing residential base, and an accelerating pipeline of private investment. BALTIMORE, MD — The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore today released its much-anticipated 2025 State of Downtown Report, a comprehensive assessment of Downtown Baltimore’s economic health, quality of life, and economic development activity. The…
MICA Announces Winners of 10th Annual UP/Start Venture Competition and $105,000 in Prizes
Student entrepreneurs awarded funding to launch creative ventures BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), which is celebrating its bicentennial year, has announced the winners of its 10th annual UP/Start Venture Competition that awards more than $105,000 in funding to student-led or recent alumni-led creative businesses poised to make an impact in Baltimore and beyond.…
Local Therapist and Author Leslie J. Sherrod to Launch Mother’s Day Book “Work It, Momma!”
BALTIMORE — A new book aimed at empowering mothers to embrace both entrepreneurship and purpose is set to debut just ahead of Mother’s Day, as Baltimore-based therapist and author Leslie J. Sherrod prepares to launch Work It, Momma!: Five Biblical Principles for the Budding Mompreneur. Sherrod, a licensed clinical social worker, speaker, and entrepreneur, will…
Think In Terms of Decades
In his book, Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, John Lewis shares, “Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each…
