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Former Baltimore nonprofit employee claims he was misclassified as a contractor
A former East Baltimore Development Inc. employee claims he was intentionally misclassified as an independent contractor and deprived of benefits for several years in a federal lawsuit. Stephen M. Campbell worked for […]
Skinner ready for ‘intense’ job leading EBDI
Raymond Skinner, a former secretary of Housing and Community Development, takes over as the massive project seems to be gathering momentum..
EBDI holdout loses quick-take battle
Maryland’s top court has cleared the way for Baltimore to condemn the property of Edward J. Makowski, the last holdout on his block, which happens to sit in the 88-acre footprint of the East Baltimore Development Inc. initiative.
City OKs state funds for EBDI acquisitions
Baltimore’s spending board approved Wednesday the transfer of $4.3 million in state capital funds to an account used to pay for property acquisition, demolition and infrastructure upgrades that are part of East Baltimore Development Inc.’s urban renewal project.
Letter to the Editor – 12/19/13
The recent story (“EBDI gets $2.5M to raze houses,” Dec. 12) confirms yet again the unmonitored use of our tax dollars freely distributed to powerful corporations resulting in greater wealth and health disparity-taxation without representation.
EBDI gets $2.5M to raze
Baltimore’s spending board has approved $2.5 million in public funds to spur demolition of vacant, blighted houses at the stalled East Baltimore Development Inc. project.
Zollicoffer to chair EBDI board
Former Baltimore City Solicitor Thurman W. Zollicoffer Jr. has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of East Baltimore Development Inc., the 11-year-old nonprofit in charge of the $1.8 billion redevelopment located north of Johns Hopkins University Hospital in the area known as Middle East.
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.
East Baltimore hotel to break ground in December 2014
The city’s design review panel on Thursday questioned the wisdom of architects who have planned construction of a temporary public park on the grounds of a new hotel in the 88-acre East Baltimore Development Inc. project.
Activist’s children fear foreclosure of her home
Seven years after being relocated by East Baltimore Development Inc., the family of Lucille Gorham is facing the loss of the replacement house she bought in Belair Edison.
Budget includes $5 million for demolition in East Baltimore
The General Assembly has approved a $3.5 billion capital budget that includes money for major Baltimore revitalization projects, infrastructure improvements for a proposed Western Maryland casino and renovations of Ripken Stadium in Harford County.
Who’s paying for Sports Legends facelift designs?
Major revitalization projects on Baltimore’s east and west sides would receive a combined $10 million of state money under a capital spending plan approved by the Senate on Wednesday.
