Based on the many announced projects moving from drawing boards to groundbreakings, it should be a banner year for development in and around Baltimore in 2023. Despite expected economic headwinds and a pandemic that has not surrendered its grip on us, developers are moving ahead with a
Read more →Costly, Complex and Confusing By: Joe Nathanson November 25, 2022 The project is complex, with many moving parts, vast in scope, and costly. I’m referring to the proposal to alleviate traffic congestion in the Washington suburbs by replacing the aging American Legion bridge spanning the Potomac River and adding
Read more →A Montgomery County planning study looks at historical patterns of housing discrimination. The red areas signify areas and neighborhoods with past racial covenants, and the blue areas lacked such restrictions. By Dan Brendel – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal Article can also be found on Washington Business Journal‘s website. Dec
Read more →LAI Baltimore celebrated Our 30th Anniversary as a chapter at our 2022 Annual Meeting at Rusty Scupper. Thank you to our keynote speaker Jayson Williams of Mayson-Dixon Companies. Welcome to our new members: Jack Nye, Rob Brennan and Corinna Moebius. Congratulations to our new President Elect Michael Cordes
Read more →Congratulations to LAI Baltimore Member Seema Iyer on her newest venture. Seema Iyer turns her data expertise toward the global refugee crisis While she’s not relocating, the longtime leader of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance is taking her data innovation expertise to a position supporting the UN
Read more →New book captures the 1940s -1980s battles over expressways Recently released: Stop the Road, Stories from the Trenches of Baltimore’s Road Wars is now available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book recently ranked ranks no. 1 for new releases in “Regional Politics Planning,” on Amazon.
Read more →Baltimore magazine proudly presents its inaugural Home & Design Awards, a local competition for architects, interior designers, artisans, builders, and landscape designers. A distinguished panel of nationally renowned professionals will judge entries in 40 categories. Architects, interior designers, artisans, builders, and landscape artists can submit outstanding projects
Read more →LAI Baltimore Member, Charlie Duff, will be giving a lecture on the life and works of Joseph Evans Sperry. Sperry was the architect of many notable works, including the Bromo Seltzer tower and Beth Am Synagogue. The lecture, marking the centennial of Beth Am Synagogue will take
Read more →The Road Wars that started in the 1960s are not over By: Joe Nathanson October 27, 2022 In the years following World War II, with a growing economy and the vast expansion of automobile ownership, there was broad support for investment in highways that would knit the country together.
Read more →October 17, 2022 Message From Commissioner Alice Kennedy It’s hard to believe, but the end of this calendar year will soon be on our doorstep. 2022 presented us with many opportunities to underscore the important work of DHCD, not the least of which was the directive Mayor Scott issued
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