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    Please read more about Our Baltimore - the Department of Planning is tackling updating the City's Comprehensive Plan this year.
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    COVID-19 Emergency Food Response

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Baltimore Food Policy Initiative, Department of Planning, has developed an Emergency Food System Strategy. Please see link for additional information on the current response.
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    Shape Your City Workshops Scheduled for Fall

    Please see our full calendar online at planourbaltimore.com. We are seeking recommendations for each priority topic, in collaboration with the public.
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Our Baltimore Moves to Phase 2 - Join us at 'Shape Your City' Workshops

This fall, Baltimore residents are invited to generate recommendations collaboratively at a workshop series.

Clean Corps launches

On August 2, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced a new initiative to address dirty alleys, unmaintained vacant lots and public trash cans as part of his Clean Corps initiative.

NOTICE: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) Taking Public Comment on Proposed Updates to the Historic Preservation Design Guidelines

The Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation is taking public comment on proposed updates to the Historic Preservation Design Guidelines.

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To build Baltimore as a diverse, sustainable, and thriving city of neighborhoods and as the economic and cultural driver for the region.

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The agency head or executive director is the custodian of the records for this entity. You may contact Stephanie Smith, Asst Director at 417 E. Fayette Street, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, about requesting records from this entity.

For requests related to zoning verification, please reach out to our colleagues at BMZA (Baltimore City Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals)

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