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IF PLANNERS ARE PLANNING FOR PEOPLE THEY WISHED LIVED HERE QUESTION IS…..WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH US?

(BALTIMORE – June 10, 2026) – Planners in Baltimore continue to design transportation systems for the citizens they *wish* existed rather than the citizens who are actually here. This disconnect is at the heart of why so many mobility projects, especially bike‑focused Complete Streets initiatives, fail to reflect the lived realities of Black residents in the Black Butterfly. When a neighborhood is asking for streetlights, grocery stores, safe crossings, traffic calming, functioning sidewalks, and economic investment, and instead receives a bike lane, it sends a clear message: The City is not planning for the people who live here; it is…

Derrick Jones, Owner of Derrick C. Jones Funeral Home, Honored at Black Wall Street WOODLAWN 2026

JOE MANNS BLACK WALL STREET AWARDS WOODLAWN 2026  •  JUNE 4, 2026 DERRICK JONES 2026 Honoree  |  Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards – Woodlawn “If you can’t help them up, don’t put your foot on their neck. Don’t look down on people. Be fair.” – Derrick Jones (BALTIMORE – June 3, 2026) – A proud graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Class of 1982, Derrick Jones came up competing on both sides of the line of scrimmage — offensive center and linebacker on the varsity football team. That same grit and discipline would carry him through everything that followed. After…