Chapter News

Baltimore Chapter Member Rachel Edds has been selected for the 2021 LAI International Member of the Year Award. She will be presented the award at the upcoming May 5-7, 2022 Sacramento Land Economics Weekend. Congratulations, Rachel, so well deserved! This award is selected from Chapter nominations of Chapter

Reinvesting in a historic city neighborhood By: Joe Nathanson February 24, 2022 A little over five years ago, a consulting assignment took me to Miami, specifically to Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. Overtown was once the heart of Miami’s African American community. During the South’s Jim Crow era, Overtown

Conversation Series Spring 2022 https://baltimoresistercities.org/architecture-spring2022/ Each week this spring, two design groups, one from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and one from Rotterdam (the Netherlands), pair up to discuss architecture, urban design, and how design and policy can improve the built environment for all residents. We will observe how

View the online conversation about designing (in) cities, with Jerome Gray + Zico Lopez on Feb 15 at 12pm ET (US), 6pm CET (Netherlands).  Baltimore+Rotterdam: Designing Cities Each week this spring, two design groups, one from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and one from Rotterdam (the Netherlands), pair up

Climate action at the local level By: Joe Nathanson January 27, 2022 The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), that convened in Glasgow Oct. 31-Nov. 12, 2021, served to focus attention on the global climate crisis – at least for those willing to pay

Job posting: Operations Manager (temporary) SBGP is seeking a temporary Operations Manager to help ensure that our rapidly growing organization operates efficiently, effectively, transparently, professionally, and ethically. We anticipate that this temporary position will start approximately February 1, 2022 and end approximately June 30, 2022. The ideal candidate

Arundel Community Development Services Board Announce Erin Shearman Karpewicz as Executive Director Karpewicz, 18-year veteran of ACDS, brings policy, development, and partnership building skill sets to executive director role Annapolis, MD (December 14, 2021) Arundel Community Development Services, Inc. (ACDS) named Erin Shearman Karpewicz as the new

With Covid-19 causing delays in construction schedules and project openings, compiling CNN’s annual architecture lookahead has become a tricky business. Indeed, several entries in last year’s list (and even 2020’s) are yet to officially open their doors. Read the CNN article here – The striking architecture set to shape the world in

The manuscript for Stop the Road, Baltimore’s epic battle over Interstate Highways is now in a completed draft form. Please help support the book and spread the word. Like the book on Facebook and/or subscribe to the newsletter on the Stop the Road website. Please share with

Helping Baltimore and Its New Residents By: Joe Nathanson January 3. 2022 As noted in a previous column shortly after the release of the 2020 Census data, Baltimore City, while losing population, by another measure has actually been growing in recent years. Yes, the city gained nearly 1,600 households