A group of about 100 protestors gathered at the offices of the Baltimore Development Corp. at Charles Center Wednesday to demand local hiring in the promised 600 new jobs at the $150 million Superblock development downtown. Chanting “We want jobs” ...

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Robinson Nature Center in Columbia recognized by U.S. Green Building Council Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced that the Robinson Nature Center in Columbia has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council for achieving LEED Platinum certification. LEED, which stands ...

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The retirement of M.J. “Jay” Brodie as president of the Baltimore Development Corp. marks the end of an era. Mr. Brodie, 75, is stepping down after 16 years as head of Baltimore’s quasi-public economic development agency. His previous service for ...

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The next head of the Baltimore Development Corp. will have to move the city’s economic base forward amid challenges that include fiscal, social and image problems that have plagued Baltimore for decades. In the wake of Friday’s announcement that he ...

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Baltimore’s Tremont Plaza Hotel will soon convert back to its original purpose: apartments. The 390-suite property’s owners said Monday the rooms would soon be altered into apartments and long-term stay places. Five members of the hotel’s sales staff were laid ...

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