Putting ex-convicts back to work and expanding the city of Baltimore’s youth summer jobs program took much of the spotlight at Monday night’s Greater Baltimore Committee annual dinner meeting. Donald C. Fry, president and CEO of the GBC, told an ...

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When opening a businesses, entrepreneurs pick a location based largely on three factors: access to capital, access to good talent and quality of life in and around the city. Deb Tillett, executive director of Emerging Technology Centers incubator in Baltimore, ...

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While Maryland’s business community was largely pleased with last year’s General Assembly session, one of their disappointments was that a tax break for angel investors did not pass. But the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program has returned this year to ...

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For thousands of unemployed and under-employed Baltimore residents, the key to a wage that can support a family may lie in STEM careers — but workers aren’t getting the training they need, according to a new report released Wednesday. Jobs ...

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake lauded businesses for their efforts to help the city recover from riots in April that followed the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray from injuries suffered in police custody. Her remarks came during the 41st Annual Mayor’s Business ...

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While Baltimore’s image has improved nationally, the city’s perception within the immediate metro area has yet to rise to pre-Freddie Gray levels, tourism officials said Monday. The National Aquarium, for example, has seen a 7 percent decrease in attendance since ...

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When it comes to major cities with an international business presence, New York, London and Paris always come to mind. But a new report shows that there are many smaller cities around the world and in the United States that ...

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The major challenge facing the Baltimore region’s transportation infrastructure is the same confronting other major metro areas — federal funding. As states and cities grapple with crumbling transportation infrastructure and demand for new public transit projects increases, federal transportation funds ...

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No sooner had Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced last Friday that she would not seek re-election than pronouncements assessing her tenure in office started rolling in from pundits and the public alike. These assessments of her tenure continue to a ...

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Development incentives are necessary, but city government has to make sure it’s being judicious about how those inducements are awarded, according to the head of a local business advocacy group. On Thursday, in a wide-ranging interview, Greater Baltimore Committee President ...

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