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This summer at Port Covington’s City Garage, Dent Education and West Baltimore’s Green Street Academy launched Bet On Baltimore, an internship program for public high school students. Over eight weeks, the Bet On Baltimore program introduced students to the process of design thinking, the skills of making, the tools of entrepreneurship and the benefits of … Read more

In May of 2017, Merki Community Uplift and Safe Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc. organized the inaugural Flags Up Raceway Soap Box Derby. The program focused on introducing youth to engineering through building soap box cars for racing, culminating with a day of fun for the community. For weeks leading up to the race, six teams of children from across the city, aged 4 through 12, were hard at work designing … Read more

CityWide Youth Development, a local non-profit focusing on economic empowerment, recently moved their operations into the building at 240 W Dickman Street in Port Covington. CityWide Youth Development provides entrepreneurship education, vocational skill training, and enterprise development through their two signature programs: Frozen Desert Sorbet and Apparel Workforce Development. Frozen Desert Sorbet is a program that teaches participants how to make sorbet … Read more

Betamore, the award-winning co-working space and entrepreneurial incubator, has opened a new, 8,000-square-foot location at City Garage in Port Covington nearly double the size of its original Federal Hill location. Local entrepreneurs will have the option to hold memberships at either location or opt for a joint membership which provides access to both sites. Betamore’s expansion into City Garage is part of its broader push to increase its educational programming and workforce development efforts. … Read more

The Baltimore Water Taxi has continued its city-wide expansion with a new stop in Locust Point, further connecting Baltimore City residents via the waterways. Traditionally, the water taxi system in Baltimore has been used primarily as a tourist attraction. Since being acquired by Plank Industries, expanding the fleet of boats, and hiring additional crew members, the Baltimore Water Taxi … Read more

In 2010, Baltimore Ravens free safety Lardarius Webb created the Lardarius Webb Foundation with the mission of strengthening families in Baltimore and beyond. In the spirit of this mission, Lardarius partnered with Sagamore Development and the Center for Urban Families to launch MEN.FOK (Menfolk), a 12-month program offering guidance, mentorship and career-based coaching to men … Read more

The Foundery, located at City Garage in Port Covington, opened its doors for the first time in June of 2016. Since then, the team at The Foundery has exposed thousands of Baltimore-area residents to a broad range of skills and tools utilized in the building trades, celebrating its 700th skills-based class this week! The Foundery has also partnered with the Center for Urban Families to host the … Read more

On May 12, the Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association (MWMCA) hosted its 14th Annual Spring Breakfast Meeting and Business Showcase Expo. The event honored 14 mid-Atlantic area business leaders who advocate and contribute to the positive impact of minority-owned and women-owned enterprises. At the event, Sagamore Development Company, the master development team behind Port Covington, … Read more

On May 23, the South Baltimore Six (SB6) communities of Brooklyn, Cherry Hill, Curtis Bay, Lakeland, Mt. Winans, and Westport held a signing ceremony to formally create SB7 Coalition Inc. The Coalition is a new entity that will facilitate the delivery of community benefits associated with the redevelopment of Port Covington. The creation of the … Read more

The Port Covington development team has partnered with the Cherry Hill Eagles Foundation to host a Lacrosse Clinic for boys and girls in South Baltimore. Beginning in early May, the clinic has been hosted every Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the athletic fields at New Era Academy High School in Cherry Hill. With … Read more