An aerial view shows a go-kart track in a Howard County backyard; Tesla Model 3 cars drive down a road; People mill around the Harborplace pavilions.
An aerial view shows a go-kart track in a Howard County backyard; Tesla Model 3 cars drive down a road; People mill around the Harborplace pavilions.

Last week, we shared news about a controversial backyard go-kart track in Howard County, an update on Baltimore’s previously announced plans to buy Tesla vehicles, and a planned STEM education and dirt bike mechanics center for teens and youth at Harborplace.

Revisit the stories here:

aerial view of go kart track
An aerial view of a Go Kart track built at 6717 Mink Hollow Road in the Howard County community of Highland. Credit: change.org

Fate of go-kart track hits the skids with hearing examinerโ€™s decision“: A Howard County hearing examiner dismissed a Highland fatherโ€™s conditional use petition for the go-kart he built in his backyard for his son.

The Harborplace pavilions. Photo by Ed Gunts.
The Harborplace pavilions. Photo by Ed Gunts.

Coming to Harborplace: A Teen and Youth Center for dirt bike enthusiasts“: The tenant mix at Harborplace is expanding with the addition of a โ€œteen and youth centerโ€ that will offer โ€œa safe space for STEM education and dirt bike mechanics.โ€

Tesla Model 3. Photo courtesy of Tesla.

Baltimore backs away from plan to purchase up to $5 million worth of Tesla vehicles“: Nine months after Baltimoreโ€™s spending board approved a request toย purchase up to $5 million worth of Tesla electric vehiclesย for use by municipal employees, the Scott administration has yet to buy its first Tesla and has no plans to do so.

Hot House: Home at Guilfordโ€™s Charlcote Place dazzles with distinct Palmer & Lamdin characteristics“: This elegant Palmer & Lamdin house is situated at Charlcote Place in Guilford, one of Baltimoreโ€™s most elegant roads.

Peter Krug, president of G. Krug & Son, right, works with two of his employees, Christian Wearnes and Holly Wendler, on elements of a steel balcony for a Baltimore rowhouse.

Dan Rodricks: G. Krug of Baltimore, American democracy, and keeping what works“: A sense of time surrounds you inside G. Krug & Son of Baltimore, said to be the oldest ironworks factory in the country. And like the ironworking tradition, democracy too is a living, working, enduring enterprise, writes Dan Rodricks.