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Harbor Point environmental plan expected by early October
The negotiated plan would allow the drilling of about 1,000 pylons through a protective cap covering toxic chromium on the city’s waterfront at the site.
Residents to protest Harbor Point on environmental grounds
As city residents and activists work toward against what they say could be potential environmental problems from the construction of the 27-acre Harbor Point development, state and federal environmental officials and the developer are expected to outline some of building plans at a public meeting Wednesday.
Council approves Harbor Point TIF
The Baltimore City Council’s vote Monday night for the sale of as much as $125 million in tax increment financing bonds for infrastructure, parkland and other improvements to help construct the controversial Harbor Point development will set into motion a two-month investigative period on the entire deal, city officials said.
Editorial: Too much infighting over city’s development projects
All the recent sniping over whether to grant taxpayer-financed infrastructure subsidies to help lure Exelon to a proposed development at Harbor Point has obscured a critical point — that ultimately, any new development will help the city as a whole.
Full City Council advances Harbor Point TIF
Legislation to establish up to $125 million in tax-increment financing advanced in the Baltimore City Council Monday evening, despite continued protests from some local leaders and residents.
Eye Opener: Lollar launching bid for governor
A few government and politics headlines for Friday.
C. Fraser Smith: Are forces aligning against Harbor Point?
Is Harbor Point dead next to the water? You may have assumed the controversial $1.1 billion project with its tax abatement goodies (a council committee approved $107 million in tax increment financing Wednesday night; the full council is expected to approve it as well) was “greased” — headed for approval after the usual round of manageable opposition.
Michael Hankin and Laurie Schwartz: Harbor Point necessary to move Baltimore forward
If Baltimore is to succeed in our mayor’s goal of attracting 10,000 new families to the city over the next decade, then it is imperative that we embrace creative ways to develop new housing and employment centers.
Eye Opener: The fight for Pipkin’s seat
A few government and politics headlines for Friday.
Baltimore City Council panel passes Harbor Point TIF
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.
City Council members in tiff over Harbor Point TIF
Baltimore activists and City Council members sparred, sometimes angrily, with one another Wednesday as a council committee continued to debate the merits of a public financing plan for the proposed Harbor Point development.
GBC to ask for reduction in proposed Harbor Point TIF
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.
