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Urban farm raising greens, jobs
Farming in the city doesn't need a lot of land — and sometimes not even arable land. On a South Baltimore parking lot, inside six plastic-covered greenhouses, a handful of urban farmers are raising a cornucopia of greens in a thin layer of...Tags: Companies and Corporations, National Aquarium Baltimore, Farms, Economy, Business and Finance, Startups
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Why all the pessimism about Baltimore?
As a city resident, born and residing in Baltimore since the 1920s, it seems to me that Raymond Daniel Burke's op-ed ("City or oasis on the water?" June 12) and Roz Heid's letter of June 14 are unduly pessimistic and accusatory toward Baltimoreans who did...Tags: Racism, Religion and Belief, Philosophy, World War II (1939-1945), Inner Harbor
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Baltimore's outdoor summer film series overflow with personality
What's the best way to fill an open space with smiles for a summer night?
Fit in a big, bright movie screen, and hundreds are sure to follow. Every summer, in every corner of Baltimore, the light of the silvery moon turns outdoor silver screens into...Tags: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (movie) , Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Drama (genre), Restaurants
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Bridge to unite Columbia villages seen as crucial for town
The narrow footbridge that crosses U.S. 29 in Columbia opened three decades ago with the promise of connecting the town's commercial center with the residential communities to the east.
Today, the underused structure is unlit, encircled in chain-link...Tags: Lobbying, Howard Community College, Ken Ulman, Public Transportation, Howard Hughes
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Columbia's population poised to pass the 100,000 mark
When developer James W. Rouse revealed plans in 1963 to build a "new city" in Howard County, he predicted that it would have more than 100,000 residents by 1980. Nearly five decades later, Rouse's planned community — named Columbia in 1964 —...Tags: Ellicott City, Howard Hughes
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Enterprise to merge mortgage division with Cleveland firm
A Columbia-based affordable housing organization will announce today that it is merging a mortgage division with a Cleveland firm and will own a majority of the new company. Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit founded by Columbia developer James...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Realty, Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Carrying on Sen. Clark's legacy
Close to the southeastern fringe of 540 acres of rolling farmland, Martha Anne Clark lives in the Ellicott City farmhouse where she grew up, the same house where her father, state Sen. James Clark Jr., resided for nearly 50 years until his death in 2006....Tags: Duke University, Clarksville, Health, Farms, Ellicott City
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Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse
Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died...Tags: Poverty, Christianity, Family, Social Issues, Roland Park
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Village of Cross Keys sold to retail and property investor
The Village of Cross Keys, an upscale North Baltimore shopping center and one of the earliest projects of Columbia founder James W. Rouse, has been sold by General Growth Properties to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a retail and office property investor,...Tags: Barney's New York Incorporated, Talbots Incorporated, Personal Service, General Growth Properties, Inc., Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
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Editorial: Mourning Patty Rouse, Emily Lincoln
In Columbia, there was only one James Rouse. But two of the many important players in the history and development of the planned community died in the past week, and the community is the poorer for it.
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Columbia marks 50 years since Rouse began buying land for town
In terms of its size and composition, Harper's Choice isn't all that different from other villages in Columbia.
What sets it apart from other places in town is its location: The Village of Harper's Choice was built on the first tract purchased to make up...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Howard Hughes, Roland Park
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Friends rally online for Nesbitt family during cancer fight
What began as a younger brother railing against "the Man" has morphed into a Facebook fundraising phenomenon that has buoyed his older brother in the health battle of a lifetime.
Six months ago, at age 40, Marc Nesbitt, the elder of two sons of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Social Media, Diseases and Illnesses, Gaming, Twitter, Inc.
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