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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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