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Baltimore's enterprise zone program is set to expire June 14. A spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Commerce said the agency is expected to approve or deny in mid-June a new enterprise zone map for the city, one that would add more than 3,200 acres to the program.
Faster commuter trains between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. could have a profound economic impact on Maryland's largest city by attracting an influx of District residents that could spur neighborhood redevelopment and by giving Charm City residents easier access to higher paying jobs in the nation's capital, according to a new analysis from Johns Hopkins University's 21st Century Cities initiative. The analysis details how government investments in the infrastructure necessary to accommodate express service by MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) trains could benefit the nearly 10 million...
The lack of reliable access to broadband internet service for many in Baltimore, particularly the poor, has profound economic and social consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this painfully clear with its abrupt shifts to online learning, remote work, and telemedicine. A new analysis from Johns Hopkins University's 21st Century Cities Initiative says the city could move towards digital equity, with a roadmap of recommendations built on existing knowledge of Baltimore's digital assets and the experiences of other cities. "Too often, the solutions [to repair the digital divide] have been...