EBDI document links

BY: Jon Sham
POSTED: January 30, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, biotech, community, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, middle east, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project

Below is an expanded list of links to documents related to The Daily Record’s investigation into East Baltimore Development Inc. Letter to the editor from Arlene Conn EBDI’s April-May 2010 Newsletter (PDF) EBDI’s December 2009-January 2010 Newsletter (PDF) EBDI’s February- March 2010 Newsletter (PDF) EBDI’s November-December 2009 Newsletter (PDF) EBDI’s July 2009 Newsletter (PDF) EBDI’s [...]

Daily Record investigation: A dream derailed

BY: Melody Simmons and Joan Jacobson
POSTED: January 30, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, biotech park, boarded houses, community, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, middle east, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project, urban, vacant lots

The nation’s largest urban redevelopment, a projected $1.8 billion effort to transform 88 acres of East Baltimore into a world-class biotech park and idyllic urban community, lies derailed amid vacant lots, boarded houses and unfulfilled dreams a decade after it began. The effort to give new life to a decaying community behind Johns Hopkins Hospital [...]

Daily Record investigation: Renaming Middle East hits a sour note

BY: Joan Jacobson and Melody Simmons
POSTED: January 30, 2011
Tags: andrew frank, Baltimore, community, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, middle east, name, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project

What’s in a name? That’s a loaded question if you ask people from Middle East, a community north of Johns Hopkins Hospital that is subject to an 88-acre overhaul. Now the community may be getting a new name. (Click here for complete coverage) Middle East needs to be “rebranded,” says Andrew Frank, a former deputy [...]

Daily Record investigation: Elected officials short on financial details

BY: Joan Jacobson and Melody Simmons
POSTED: January 30, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, bernard young, carl stokes, community, community development block grant, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., EBDI, hattie harrison, middle east, paul t. graziano, The Daily Record, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project

Until recently, the last time an elected official raised any serious questions about the public funding of The New East Baltimore project was in 2003, when it was just getting started. Hattie Harrison, a longtime state delegate from East Baltimore, wrote a letter to city housing commissioner Paul T. Graziano, raising questions about the city’s [...]

EBDI Phase I and Phase II interactive map

BY: Jon Sham
POSTED: January 28, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, biotech, community, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., EBDI, ebdi phase, Interactive, Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, map, middle east, phase i, phase ii, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project

Below is an interactive map that shows Phase I and Phase II of the East Baltimore Development Inc. project. This map will be updated on Wednesday, February 2 to accompany a story that will run in that day’s paper. (Click here for complete coverage)

East Baltimore Development Inc. interactive timeline: 2001-2010

BY: Jon Sham
POSTED: January 28, 2011
Tags: ashland avenue, Baltimore, biotech, community, Development, east baltimore, east baltimore development inc., EBDI, Interactive, interactive timeline, Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, lisa francis, mcdonough street, middle east, the new east baltimore, the new east baltimore project, timeline

Below is an interactive timeline of the East Baltimore Development Inc. project’s progress over the past decade since it was announced by then-Mayor Martin O’Malley. (Complete coverage) Click on the pink bars on the timeline to see the dates, and click the green arrows to go back and forth between the first five years and [...]