Project Jumpstart News Today

Project JumpSTART is a partnership between York University’s YSpace, the Schulich School of Business’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Treefrog Accelerator.

Maryland’s child support system, which is supposed to sustain children, is actually hurting some of the state’s neediest families — especially in Baltimore, an investigation by The Baltimore Sun has found. A dysfunctional system has decided that parents in struggling city neighborhoods owe tens of millions of dollars in back child support — a whopping $23 million in one West Baltimore ZIP code alone.

Baltimore has developed a blueprint to mitigate labor shortages being experienced across the board.

Principals, boosters and sector leaders came to Rye Street Tavern to celebrate the latest iteration of what used to be Port Covington.

The companies behind the Port Covington project announced a new name, Baltimore Peninsula, plus a new strategic vision for the 235-acre mixed-use development.

The rebrand is the most visible part of a new identity and future for the 235-acre development, which includes a new initiative to support more women- and minority-owned businesses among its suppliers.

Effort to recruit and train city youth for South Baltimore construction project ought to be directed at those who now clean windshields for tips.

Up to 22 Baltimore City residents with a high school diploma or GED will be selected to learn construction site readiness, as well as safety training, financial coaching, a stipend and driver's education.

Port Covington developers plan to work with Baltimore nonprofit Project JumpStart to train and place workers in construction jobs for the growing mixed-use waterfront community and elsewhere in the city.

Humboldt businesses donate car to honor one fallen veteran and give another 'a step forward'