If you love Chick-fil-A then get ready to enjoy it in Baltimore. The first city store is scheduled to arrive in April. The construction is already underway at the Canton Crossing shopping center along Boston Street in Southeast Baltimore. The restaurant is expected to employ 80 people. You’ll certainly want to get your place in […]
South Baltimore is getting a facelift as a local development group has announced plans to convert an old warehouse into 60 upscale apartments. This joint venture, between Poverni Ventures LLC and Management Restoration Service LLC, will include spending about $10 million to turn the building into Heath Street Lofts. Construction is set to begin in […]
Be part of the excitement at the Four Seasons Baltimore when the Baltimore Business Journal recognizes the 2014 Outstanding Directors. This black-tie VIP reception will honor board directors who have given exceptional service to boards and companies that they serve. The event will take place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 from 6-9 pm at the […]
In an interesting move, Citelighter is moving from New York to Baltimore and joining a growing group of education technology companies. Saad Alam, the education tech company’s CEO and the co-founder already made the move in October. The other five New York employees will be following him to Baltimore in either February or March. Alam […]
Baltimore just got another type of taxi service and it’s one that might be worth checking out. UberX is a companion service to Uber Black, which was launched in Baltimore last year as an upscale car service. The way that UberX works is that you request a car from your mobile device and can then […]
Every year, Forbes puts out a list that shows the best states in the US for business. This year, Maryland ranked number 18, down two spots from 2012. Maryland ranks ahead of Oregon, which was 19th, and just behind Kansas, with was 17th. As Forbes explained, “Our study looks at six important factors for businesses: […]
Howard County is thinking about the future. And they are doing so by creating a new incubator that would help companies with a socially conscious focus to develop and grow. The new program is called the Conscious Venture Lab. It’s a partnership between Howard County and the Porter Group LLC which is based in New […]
It’s an exciting day for two Baltimore start-ups that each received $200,000 from the Propel Baltimore Fund to continue their work. The Propel Baltimore Fund is backed by the Maryland Technology Development Corp., the Abell Foundation and the France-Merrick Foundation. The two start-ups that received funds included SocialToaster Inc. and Woofound Inc. As The Abell […]
In a move that offers hope and excitement, the Maryland State Arts Council has awarded a 16% increase in state arts funding for fiscal 2014. They just awarded close to $13 million to local arts organizations which will support 254 arts organizations and programs. It will also assist arts councils in Maryland’s 23 counties and […]
If you can’t wait for the National Aquarium to open – you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The grand opening of the Blacktip Reef exhibit which was set for July 10th has been postponed. CEO John Racanelli explained that 1200 animals will live in the display eventually, but that they need extra time to […]