Baltimore City Councilman William “Pete” Welch plans to introduce a bill Thursday evening that would provide property tax credits to urban farmers who grow food on private land for the purpose of selling it.

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The lawyer for the developer of a proposed Wal-Mart-anchored shopping center in Remington agreed to delay a city board hearing Tuesday night after residents objected to only three board members deciding the appeal.

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Controversy and construction. Big plans and small steps. Creative financing. In 2013, the real estate and development scene in the city and Baltimore County saw a wave of fits and starts.

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The Citizens Planning and Housing Association is starting a campaign to make sure the voices of community groups around Baltimore are heard as part of the city’s 10-year, $1 billion plan for new and renovated schools.

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In the midst of the City Council's debate on having its own counsel, another idea about the city solicitor's office was proposed.

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If the question of whether the Baltimore City Council should have its own legal counsel ends up in the hands of the city’s voters, it may prompt them to ask their own question: “Huh?”

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A Baltimore City Council committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would give the legislative body its own legal counsel.

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A City Council committee voted to approve a $107 million tax increment financing plan for the proposed Harbor Point development, turning aside calls from business leaders to reduce it to about a third of that amount and from protesters to reduce it to zero.

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The Greater Baltimore Committee will ask city lawmakers Wednesday evening to cut the proposed initial amount of tax increment financing for the Harbor Point project to less than one-third the amount under consideration.

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Although the initial request for one of three public tax breaks for a $1 billion development on the city’s waterfront near Harbor East is $107 million, the cost of repaying that amount will balloon to more than $283 million over the three-decade term of the bonds, according to city documents.

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