Pages tagged “housing”
Op/Ed: Brother, Can You Lend a Hand? by Mary Ann Garlic, Intern:
I can say without a doubt, the WLB inspired me to play a more active role in the legislative process. I am learning about issues that affect my community and am researching the backgrounds of “key players.” I want in. I refuse to sit back and play a passive role in this drama called life.
Information is power. Therefore, black, white, men, women - let’s bond together to be the voice of change - the voice of a brighter future filled with hope, promise and limitless possibilities.
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TGR: Thank You for Supporting BMORENEWS.com:
I just wanted to take a minute - in the midst of all of this snow - to thank you, the reader/visitor - for visiting our website, www.bmorenews.com. Last month, January, was record-breaking with over 871,000 hits and some 29,000 unique visitors. For us, this is incredibly worthy of celebration.
You come from - on average - some 80 different countries around the world. Hence - merci, gracias, kamsameeda - it all means 'Thank you.'
I am reporting to you from Prince George's County, the richest black jurisdiction in the country, which seems so appropo - considering that this is Black History Month.
For me, to grow BMORENEWS.com in Baltimore and expand to the District of Columbia and Prince George's County is simply a dream come true. After all, we view ourselves as "the little engine that could".
In the beginning, few understood - let alone believed - in our mission: to educate, inform, and inspire. So many times, I heard doubters louder than supporters. However, we stayed focused on the light. And so we shall remain.
Today, some say we are a force with which to be reckoned. Our forte is black business and black politics. In short, we try and keep it real. If a politician is not serving the black community, we make it known. If a black business is doing something worthy, like Visionary Marketing Group's big Minority Business Summit next Thursday and Friday, we celebrate it. Additionally, we believe that ex-offenders, housing, and health care are of the highest of priorities.
This will always be our focus, no doubt.
Keep watching BMORENEWS.com, the news before the news where we uncover the truth.
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A+ Neighborhood Homebuyers' 1421 Madison Avenue Project:
Open House at 1421 Madison Avenue is Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. Read in Full >>
Baltimore Housing Fights Blight and Wins In Court:
Attorneys for Baltimore Housing prevailed in a long-running lawsuit to eliminate the blighting influence of the Lebow Building, a prominent former factory in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District located at 1500 Barclay Ave. On Tuesday, Judge Pamela White of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted the City’s request to appoint a receiver and ordered the owners to pay $58,000 in back fines to the City. Read in Full >>
BALTIMORE HOUSING CRACKS DOWN ON VIOLATORS:
The Permits and Code Enforcement Division of Baltimore Housing has instituted aggressive new measures to ensure that all required permits are obtained before any construction work begins in Baltimore City. The new program marks the first time an automated approach has been developed to administer penalties and conduct regular re-inspections of addresses in violation. Read in Full >>
Yvette Foreman Discusses Housing Foreclosures in Owings Mills:
Housing & Community Development Coordinator for Baltimore County discusses misconceptions about foreclosures Read in Full >>
Buying Into Baltimore 2009: Get $3,000 Toward Your Dream Home in Baltimore:
On Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 9 am to 2 pm at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute High School, 1400 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209. FMI, call 410.637.3750 or visit www.LiveBaltimore.com.
This is a FREE event!
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TGR: A Grateful Black America: President Demonstrates He “Gets It”:
Anyway, as I am reviewing emails and news items since Inauguration, I noticed that in less than 12 weeks, the President has already begun addressing much of bmorenews.com’s Black Agenda.
As reiterated time and time again, www.bmorenews.com’s leadership has long ago determined that black business, public education, ex-offender services, universal access to housing and universal access to health care would comprise our black agenda, i.e. our priorities. The goal was to keep them simple and doable.
TGR: FOR THE RECORD: The Mission of www.BMORENEWS.com:
For the past seven years, BMORENEWS.com has worked arduously to attempt to represent the voice of the people. What people? Black people, people of color, African Americans, Negroes – whatever you want to call ‘em. Or, I should say “us”.
BMORENEWS' 5-Point Agenda includes:
*Black business
*Public education
*Ex-offender services
*Affordable housing
*Universal access to healthcare
Bishop Doug Miles Interviewed by Doni Glover at Radio One, Baltimore:
The quintessential community organizer himself discusses Obama, young people, black leadership Read in Full >>
MAKE IT RIGHT in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans:
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The slow reaction to the initial emergency and to the ongoing crisis exposed troubling realities about the response capabilities of the government when the citizens of our most culturally diverse city were in desperate need of help.
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County Provides More Than $6 Million Funding to Preserve Affordable Housing in Takoma Park:
County officials today joined with U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and the Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP) to celebrate the reopening of the Merrimac Garden Apartments, located on University Boulevard in Takoma Park. Merrimac Gardens is part of the Takoma Park Preservation Project, which is the renovation of 75 rental units in four apartment buildings on three sites. The County’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) contributed $6,420,080 to the project in order to preserve the buildings as affordable housing. Montgomery Housing Partnership obtained additional funding from state, federal and private sources for a total of $14,789,676. Read in Full >>
Groundbreaking for Aunt Hattie’s Place Set for October 1:
Top county officials will join with state legislators, neighbors, and supporters on October 1 to kick off the start of Aunt Hattie’s Place, the long-awaited home for foster youngsters to be built in Sandy Spring. Read in Full >>
Advertorial (Paid Advertisement): Are You Really Okay?:
Many of us have lost our jobs or have been notified that we will be losing our job. Those of us who have jobs are working more hours finding that the dollars we earn are losing buying power as the price of food, gasoline and the gas and electric drains us. For many of us, it is a choice of who gets paid: the BGE bill or the mortgage – the car note or the gas for the car - do we buy food or gas - pay for our medicine or pay the house note - pay our credit card bills or get the toilet paper and toothpaste? The list is endless. Read in Full >>
2nd Annual Greater Coppin Heights/Rosemont Community Housing Fair:
This FREE event is designed to meet the information and service needs of renters, prospective homebuyers, and current homeowners in the vicinity of Coppin State University. Read in Full >>
