From Steel to Wind and Sprouts: Transforming a Brownfield In Baltimore Harbor For the Future

From Steel to Wind and Sprouts: Transforming a Brownfield In Baltimore Harbor For the Future

E&E News reported last week on the industrial rebirth happening at Sparrows Point, Maryland on the site of historic steel mill strategically located on Baltimore Harbor.  It is an amazing story of how a real estate firm, local officials and wind companies are investing “hundreds of millions of dollars in port upgrades to support the burgeoning offshore wind industry” with the goal of developing “a staging area for assembling wind turbines that will be moved to nearby offshore sites” that may also “one day be home to a manufacturing facility for turbine parts.”

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Hero of the Week: Rep. Elijah Cummings 1951-2019

Hero of the Week: Rep. Elijah Cummings 1951-2019

Yesterday, the U.S. Congress, as well as the City of Baltimore, lost one of its most beloved colleagues and public servants, Rep. Elijah Cummings. Cummings, the 20+ year representative of Maryland’s 7th District as well as the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was admired and respected by his own party […]

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One Green Thing: Baltimore’s Green Cred

One Green Thing: Baltimore’s Green Cred

Over the weekend President Trump wrote some really nasty/racist things about our neighboring city of Baltimore. A city that we know to be beautiful and full of cultural activities that rival any other metro area. In fact, one of the coolest things about Baltimore is the myriad of parks and gardens that you’ll find there. […]

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