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In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
  BACVA: Media: Press Releases
BALTIMORE, MD -- With great fanfare, the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association (BACVA) unveiled its new Baltimore Visitor Center during a grand opening celebration on May 6 that was attended by hundreds of guests from the region's tourism industry as well as local and state dignitaries.
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Maryland Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele led the celebration as they flipped the switch, turning on the lights and officially unveiling the state-of-the-art, 7,965-square-foot Baltimore Visitor Center to the public during a dramatic display of pyrotechnics.
The Baltimore Visitor Center, on the West Shore of Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor, will be the first and most important stop for people to discover the many attractions and special events happening in Baltimore, in the surrounding communities and throughout the state of Maryland.
www.baltimore.org /media/media_pr_050704.html   (551 words)

  
 Baltimore Loses Round In Eminent Domain Efforts
BALTIMORE, MD---In a victory for open government and public oversight of eminent domain proceedings for so-called economic development, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that the papers and meetings of the Baltimore Development Corporation must be open to the public.
Baltimore gave the BDC significant responsibilities regarding the City's efforts to condemn and transfer sections of the Westside area of downtown Baltimore for economic redevelopment.
The owners, represented by Baltimore attorney John C. Murphy, sued claiming that the BDC was an instrumentality of the City of Baltimore and therefore subject to public scrutiny under these laws.
www.northcountrygazette.org /articles/110706LosesRound.html   (476 words)

  
 Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC)Request for Proposals - City of Baltimore, Maryland
City of Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) Request for Proposals
BDC is seeking competitive proposals from developers interested in a parcel in Baltimore's revitalized West Side.
BDC is seeking competitive proposals from developers interested in a key parcel in downtown Baltimore.
www.ci.baltimore.md.us /government/minority/bdcrfp.html   (343 words)

  
 Baltimore Development Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is a nonprofit corporation on contract to the City of Baltimore, Maryland, to act as its economic development representative by providing development assistance to new and expanding companies inside Baltimore.
The Baltimore Development Corporation is believed to be strongly committed to the continuation of a strong economy for Baltimore and to the urban life which its history and culture can be attributed to.
BDC was formed in 1991 by a merger of three Baltimore non-profit organizations that had similar economic goals but different areas of service.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Development_Corporation   (219 words)

  
 Baltimore Independent Media Center: Baltimore's Last Urban Forest Threatened
Here in Baltimore, the city's last remaining public forest could be sold for the benefit of private and city coffers.
Woodberry Woods, in northwest Baltimore along the Jones Falls, was once used as both a dump and a landfill, but today serves as a welcome oasis in a city with little public green space.
The Loyola development bill, Bill 01-0549, will be back before city council in the coming weeks, to be followed by a public hearing on the issue.
baltimore.indymedia.org /newswire/display/56/index.php   (1005 words)

  
 Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) - Working to enhance your investment in Baltimore
The City of Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is a 501(c)(3) corporation contracted with the City of Baltimore to provide economic development services.
The Baltimore Development Corporation was formed in 1991 through the merger of three nonprofit organizations with different areas of service but similar economic development goals.
The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is the City of Baltimore 's economic development agent, offering business assistance and information to support every aspect of business retention, growth and attraction in Baltimore.
www.baltimoredevelopment.com /about-bdc.html   (502 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of Baltimore
Since his election, Baltimore has achieved national recognition in the areas of public safety, improving the efficiency of government, education, and economic development.
Baltimore is fast becoming a place where people want to live, work, play and raise a family.
Prior to his election as Mayor, Martin O'Malley served on the Baltimore City Council from 1991 to 1999, and as an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore from 1988 to 1990.
www.citymayors.com /usa/baltimore.html   (1268 words)

  
 EPA-Baltimore Development Corporation
The development of a Project XL "Final Project Agreement" should therefore be designed to: (a) establish the overall framework for activity; (b) identify short-term activities for implementation; and (c) create an open and functioning process for the implementation of new activities and experimentation as the EIP develops over time.
BDC intends for all regulatory incentives for EIP brownfields renewal to be consistent with EPA and state brownfields policies, in order to ensure the protection of public health and the environment.
BDC proposes to remove this disincentive to reclamation by employing the regulatory provision at 40 CFR '261.3(f), which allows the EPA Regional Administrator to determine on a case-by-case basis that debris should not be considered a "hazardous waste" and thereby subject to Subpart C requirements.
www.epa.gov /projctxl/balt/103196.htm   (7952 words)

  
 EPA-Baltimore Development Corporation
Baltimore Development Corporation is pleased to submit a used submission of Baltimore’s application for an XL for Communities designation.
BDC and the City of Baltimore understand that an XL designation may be granted after a review of Baltimore's proposal.
With the EIP project, Baltimore is hoping to see significant economic development in Fairfield and an expansion of job opportunities for residents of the three Empowerment Zones.
www.epa.gov /projectxl/balt/030496.htm   (4468 words)

  
 Access to Intercity Bus Travel Assured in Baltimore City | BaltimoreChronicle.com
As part of BDC's redevelopment efforts for the Warner Street corridor, a new intermodal transportation center is being considered as part of a multi-use development at Russell and Bayard Streets to serve the more than 1 million people who use Greyhound each year in Baltimore.
Anticipated economic benefits to Baltimore City in retaining Greyhound include maintaining nationwide passenger bus services in Baltimore; retaining 45 jobs that BDC estimates are held by Baltimore City residents; generating approximately $20,000 per year in real estate and personal property taxes from the site, and $48,000 per year in income from a previously non-revenue-producing parcel.
The City of Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is a nonprofit, non-stock corporation chartered by the City of Baltimore to act as its economic development agent by providing development assistance to new and expanding companies.
www.baltimorechronicle.com /mar04_IntercityBuses.shtml   (846 words)

  
 Greater Baltimore Technology Council - Resources
The City of Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is a non-profit, non-stock corporation under contract to the City of Baltimore to act as its economic development agent.
BDC is responsible for the implementation of citywide projects that foster the formation and location of new businesses, as well as the retention and growth of existing businesses.
The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore is the sole public/private partnership that brings together business, government and educational institutions to attract new business and investment to the Greater Baltimore region.
www.gbtechcouncil.org /resources/organizations.asp   (968 words)

  
 Lambda Alpha International
The LAI Baltimore Chapter hosted a most entertaining, diverse, and informative array of guided tours throughout the Harbor area and norther city residential districts.¾ The following is an overview of some of the high points.
The Baltimore Orioles were at home for the three nights of the visit, making it possible for participants to have a first hand view of Oriole Park in Camden Yards, the most "watchable" baseball stadium in America.
Baltimore's center shopping Gallery, Renaissance Hotel and nearby Harbor Point waterfront activities show the city to be successful in promoting its "live, play, work" philosophy of dynamically, but harmoniously, mixing urban land uses.
www.lai.org /go/library/proceedings/baltimore_citytour.htm   (735 words)

  
 Hilton Baltimore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Baltimore Sun has published another news story on Sunday, November 2, 2003 stating that Baltimore Mayor Martin O' Malley is expected to announce his final decision on the convention center headquarters hotel by the end of this week.
The Baltimore Development Corporation hopes to break ground on the project next year (2004) in the two vacant blocks along Pratt Street that is across from the Baltimore Convention Center and have the hotel open by 2006 or 2007.
The Baltimore Sun reported that financing of the hotel is almost complete and groundbreaking is expected to occur early 2006 with the expected opening date of June 30, 2008.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Convention_Center_Hotel_Project   (1973 words)

  
 MEDCO; Maryland Economic Developement Corporation
Baltimore Museum of Art: When a collection of art amassed by Baltimore-native George A. Lucas became available for purchase in 1996, the Baltimore Museum of Art sought to acquire it.
PenMar Development Corporation - Established in 1997 as a public instrumentality of the State, the purpose of the PenMar Development Corporation is the redevelopment of the Fort Richie site, located in Washington County, as a corporate conference and training center.
Bainbridge Development Corporation - Established in 1999 as a public instrumentality of the State, the purpose of the Bainbridge Development Corporation is to develop the Bainbridge Naval Training Center, which closed in 1976, and to accelerate the transfer of the site to the private sector.
www.medco-corp.com /content/ourprojects.cfm   (3588 words)

  
 Baltimore Technology Park Data Center: Providing collocation services for Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington DC ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The premier data center in Baltimore, Baltimore Technology Park, is located in a Focus Area in an Enterprise Zone, which offers tax savings in the City of Baltimore.
A Baltimore Technology Park tenant is eligible for a 10-year credit against local personal property taxes.
To learn more about these tax credits, you may visit the Baltimore Development Corporation at http://www.baltimoredevelopment.com/busassist_eez.html, or contact a Baltimore Technology Park sales representative: sales@baltimoretechnologypark.com.
www.baltimoretechnologypark.com /www/docs/121   (217 words)

  
 Energy TechNet: Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The City of Baltimore and BDC are aggressively working together to meet the needs of existing employers and to attract new businesses to the city.
BDC is ready to assist with specific programs such as federally funded Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Zones, Brownfields programs, and with trade issues through the Foreign Trade Zone.
BDC also supports and maintains a Technology Incubator Program, and has been a catalyst in the development of the Baltimore region's "Digital Harbor." The Baltimore Development Corporation is committed to the continuation of a robust, sustainable economy for Baltimore and to the vibrant, urban life, to which its' history and culture contribute.
eere.energy.gov /inventions/energytechnet/resources/resultdetails/568   (204 words)

  
 Lambda Alpha International
That consolidated Port of Baltimore was 150 miles up the Chesapeake Bay from Norfolk and the Atlantic Ocean sea lanes that Baltimore Clipper Ships roamed to serve, among others, the spice trade.
During the first half of the Twentieth Century, Baltimore was a major industrial center making steel and ships, transatlantic cable, automobiles and airplanes, soap, sugar, and spices.
Contributing factors are scattered, low-density housing development and strong edge city employment growth resulting in an ever-increasing volume of traffic.
www.lai.org /go/library/publications/Baltimore1.html   (1335 words)

  
 June 21, 2005 -- Baltimore Convention Center Headquarters Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Greater Baltimore Committee was a leading supporter and advocate for the construction of the Baltimore Convention Center and its expansion.
It is critical that the City, the hotel corporation, and the hotel management contracted to operate and manage the facility be cognizant and mindful of this fiduciary obligation and maintain an open and transparent relationship with the business community and public throughout the life of the hotel project.
It is also imperative that the hotel corporation’s board be comprised of a mix of public officials and non-elected officials who represent the best interests of the public and who have expertise that would complement the needs of running a profitable hotel.
www.gbc.org /news/June05/062105-Convention.html   (2082 words)

  
 ETC : Emerging Technology Centers
BALTIMORE, MD - Baltimore City’s Emerging Technology Centers (ETC), a venture of the Baltimore Development Corporation, announced today that two entrepreneurs associated with its incubator programs were recently honored at the Daily Record “Innovators of the Year — 2006” Awards Ceremony.
The ETC, a venture of the Baltimore Development Corporation, is a non-profit business incubator focused on growing early-stage technology and biotechnology companies.
The ETC promotes economic development, providing business, technical, and networking connections to help these companies grow and prosper — adding to both the job and tax base of Baltimore City.
www.etcbaltimore.com /pressDetail.asp?id=64   (492 words)

  
 MuniMae: About MuniMae: Directors and Officers
Brown also serves on the boards of directors of Mercantile, the Greater Baltimore Committee and the East Baltimore Development Corporation, and is co-chairman of Reason to Believe.
Falcone serves on the Boards of the Baltimore Development Corporation, The Greater Baltimore Alliance, the McDonogh School and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Multi-Housing Council.
Lucas is a member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, where she formerly served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter and as a national director.
www.munimae.com /aboutMuniMae/directors.html   (1021 words)

  
 Clarification from Baltimore Development Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Camden Yards stadium complex was developed and financed by the State of Maryland and Maryland Stadium Authority.
In addition, BDC's budget is subject to annual appropriation by the Mayor and City Council.
We recommend no assistance for companies or development projects that fail to meet a "but-for" test; that is, "but-for" the proposed financial assistance, the company will not remain in, expand within, or relocate to Baltimore City.
baltimorechronicle.com /bdc_jan03.html   (424 words)

  
 Program Areas
Chief among reasons for the relocations are the low cost of living, the proximity to an international airport, northeast corridor train station and Washington, D.C., and an opportunity to collaborate with other nonprofit organizations concentrated in the area with similar national or international focus.
Two economic development agencies, the Baltimore Development Corporation, and the Greater Baltimore Alliance, work with the organizations to ensure successful relocations.
Through these moves, Baltimore City has received an economic boost from the more than 170 new jobs created in the City, gained stature and prominence as a headquarters destination for national and international nonprofit organizations, and benefited from a concentration of new construction, renovation and occupancy of downtown office space.
www.abell.org /programareas/highlights/nonprofitrelocation.html   (503 words)

  
 Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts - Baltimore Mural Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Baltimore Mural Program is produced with the Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development.
The Baltimore Mural Program reevaluated the painting process, and realized that the big, fat, Greek mural was too big and fat for painters to complete the project before winter temperatures made the wall too cold for paint to properly adhere to it.
Tony Shore, a Southwest Baltimore native, graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Maryland Institute College of Art, as well as Yale University.
www.promotionandarts.com /arts/muralprogram.aspx   (1060 words)

  
 Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce | Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce was established in 1992 by a group of local business leaders who were concerned about the economic stability of the small business community.
We are an organization of 300 plus members who own or work for businesses that employ well over 100,000 people in Baltimore city with gross revenues in excess of $34 billion.
We are here because we vigorously support all efforts towards building a strong, diversified and inclusive economy through investment, development and the creation of a nurturing business environment for small businesses.
www.baltimorecitychamber.com /mission   (441 words)

  
 Tourism Facilities Financing Conference
M.J. "Jay" Brodie is President of the Baltimore Development Corporation, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation responsible for the City of Baltimore's city-wide economic development.
As executive director (1984-1993) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC), a federal corporation established by Congress to revitalize a 21-block, 110-acre area between the White House and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mr.
In addition, PADC was directed by Congress to lead the design and development of the newly-completed Ronald Reagan Federal Office Building and International Trade Center, a 3.1 million sq.
www.sourcemediaconferences.com /conferences/BBTFFC06/speaker4.html   (416 words)

  
 The Chubb Corporation chooses city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Founded in 1882 as Chubb and Son and incorporated as The Chubb Corporation in 1967, the company today ranks among the top 10 publicly traded property/casualty insurance organizations in the United States.
The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development’s mission is to attract new businesses, stimulate private investment and create jobs, encourage the expansion and retention of existing companies and provide businesses in Maryland with workforce training and financial assistance.
The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore is the sole public/private partnership that unites business, government and educational institutions to attract new business and investment to the Greater Baltimore region.
www.choosemaryland.org /newsandevents/pressreleases/05-11-05pr.html   (552 words)

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