Last month Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour, was the guest speaker at the CollegeBound Scholars Luncheon. Held for a crowd of over 900 people, the event recognized the many students from Baltimore City that CollegeBound has helped prepare to go to college. It was also an opportunity for friends, family, and supporters of … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
To support the expansion of its service, the Baltimore Water Taxi hosted two job fairs across Baltimore City. The first was held on Tuesday, April 25 at the Center for Urban Families in West Baltimore. The second was held on Saturday, April 29 at the UA House at Fayette in East Baltimore. Baltimore City residents, … Read more
Kevin Plank’s Cupid Foundation has donated funds to YouthWorks, Baltimore City’s summer jobs program which connects thousands of teens and young adults to meaningful summer work experiences throughout the City. This contribution will fund 40 summer positions specifically for students in the TransTech program at New Era Academy High School in Cherry Hill, providing students … Read more
