Restrictions placed on businesses in Baltimore due to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to ease, and city-based enterprises hope better days lie ahead. Those aspirations for robust reservations and ringing cash registers, however, still must overcome a habitual challenge to city ...
Read More »Baltimore mayoral candidates clash during GBC debate
Baltimore’s top Democratic candidates for mayor traded sharp barbs Wednesday as voters in the June 2 primary continue casting ballots by mail. For roughly an hour during the debate hosted by the Greater Baltimore Committee and radio station WBAL, the ...
Read More »Md. lenders say demand for federal paycheck loans drying up
Local lenders offering federal loans to help businesses cover payroll amid the COVID-19 outbreak have experienced a significant decline in demand for those funds. That’s a dramatic turnaround from roughly a month ago when the Paycheck Protection Program was beset ...
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Read More »Baltimore creeps toward reopening after COVID-19 lockdown
Baltimore plans to ease restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and allow expanded retail operations. Starting Wednesday, businesses may request permission to create a temporary pickup and drop-off zones for customers and delivery drivers to acquire their purchases curbside. The ...
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Read More »Survey: COVID-19 will be easier on CRE than Great Recession
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to slow commercial real estate markets over the next two years, but the damage to the sector will fall short of what the industry suffered in the wake of the 2008’s Great Recession, according to ...
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Read More »Survey: Businesses struggle to retain workers despite PPP loans
John Clifton, owner of Towson Delly, isn’t thrilled about taking a Paycheck Protection Program loan. He’s owned the eatery for 22 years and “never depended on the government.” He would have preferred to stay open, serve his loyal customers and ...
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Read More »Baltimore cancels summer events, including Artscape, Fourth of July celebrations
Baltimore has canceled all special events through the end of August, including Artscape, AFRAM and the city’s Fourth of July celebration. Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Wednesday said the city canceled the events out of concerns for public health. ...
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Read More »Wen warns Baltimore business leaders COVID lockdown lifting too soon
Former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen said she believes orders to reopen businesses throughout the nation are coming too soon and could negate gains made in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The purpose of stay-at-home orders, Wen ...
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Read More »Little Italy eateries direct ire at Baltimore’s mayor
Giovanna Blatterman arrives at Café Gia, the restaurant she started with her daughter, by 5 a.m. every morning and drinks a cup of coffee before starting work. From her building on Eastern Avenue she watches construction work nearby continuing. Workers ...
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Read More »Activists: Giving renters’ right to counsel would save Md. money
Every $1 spent providing legal services to low-income residents facing eviction generates a 624% return on investment for Baltimore and Maryland, according to a report released Monday. With hundreds of thousands of state residents out of work because of the ...
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