By Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott
ProPublica
Under a six-lane span of freeway leading into downtown Baltimore sit what may be the most valuable parking spaces in America.
Lying near a development project controlled by Under Armour’s billionaire CEO Kevin Plank, one of Maryland’s richest men, and Goldman Sachs, the little sliver of land will allow Plank and the other investors to claim what could amount to millions in tax breaks for the project, known as Port Covington.
The Foundery is closing up shop at City Garage after a little less than three years in the Port Covington entrepreneurial hub. However, CEO Jason Hardebeck says the industrial maker space will soon be resurrected at its old digs downtown.
They didn’t get Amazon HQ2, but the developers and political supporters backing the Port Covington development have landed three tenants for what they envision to be the cybersecurity hub of the country.
Last month, we learned that Baltimore wasn’t on the shortlist of cities being considered by Amazon for its second headquarters. With the proposal to bring HQ2 to Port Covington no longer in the running, officials made the bid publicly available this week.
For better or worse, Baltimore won’t be home to Amazon’s second North American headquarters.
The Sun’s Sarah Gantz reported yesterday the city’s paper of record is leaving its downtown office and is on the verge of renovating space in its Port Covington printing plant to accommodate a state-of-the-art newsroom.
Citing ‘clutter,’ Roland Park asks residents to take down Black Lives Matter, pro-immigration signs — Baltimore Sun
Public Defenders: Thousands Of Cases Connected To Indicted Officers Should Be Tossed — CBS Baltimore
Tomorrowland: Port Covington will be like nothing Baltimore has ever seen. But at what cost? — Baltimore magazine
Why this personalized learning startup is now offering a print product — Technical.ly
One injured after house explodes in Baltimore Highlands — ABC2
Amid the fanfare and future-thinking surrounding Baltimore’s proposal to bring Amazon HQ2 to Port Covington, one question remained: What’s actually in the bid?
As city leaders and developers were pouring hundreds of hours into their Port Covington pitch for Amazon’s future second North American headquarters, a neighborhood group was quietly assembling its own application for HQ2.
Sometimes turning in an application is a big deal, especially when it involves lots of money, jobs and tax breaks.
