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	<title>Baltimore Grows</title>
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	<description>Real estate, development, and life in Baltimore Maryland</description>
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		<title>Charles Village Named one of America&#8217;s Greatest Neighborhoods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Planning Association named Charles Village, Baltimore one of the 10 greatest neighborhoods in America for 2008. 

In brief:
 Recognizing the limits of their authority to address safety concerns, residents, citizen groups, and alliances from Baltimore&#8217;s Charles Village neighborhood turned to the Maryland State Assembly for help. They proposed establishing a benefits district so they could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/09/charles-village-named-one-of-americas-greatest-neighborhoods/</link>
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		<title>Edgar Allen Poe &#8220;Thrilled&#8221; the Fell&#8217;s Point Festival - Baltimore Flash Mob</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of dancers descended upon then Fell&#8217;s Point Fun Festival in Baltimore, MD and &#8220;Thrilled&#8221; the crowd by dancing to Michael Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;Thriller,&#8221; ushering in a year-long celebration of Edgar Allan Poe, his life and his works. You can see a video from the event at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJaAgMxwCX4. To find get more information on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/09/edgar-allen-poe-thrilled-the-fells-point-festival-baltimore-flash-mob/</link>
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		<title>Owner of Caesars Forum Hair Salon Costing Taxpayers Millions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this really great story in the Baltimore Citypaper.  This further reinforces the point I made in an earlier post that many of the home foreclosures in Baltimore are greedy investors that got in over their heads.  While it&#8217;s great that these houses may ultimately be put to good use, stories like this across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/08/owner-of-caesars-forum-hair-salon-costing-taxpayers-millions/</link>
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		<title>Red Line Comes Into Focus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Baltimore Sun both endorsed a Red Line Transit Project which is fiscally responsible and responsive to community concerns along the corridor.  The alignment, known as Alternative 4c, would be a Light Rail train beginning along I-70 near the Social Security Administration, tunnel under Cooks Lane, emerging on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/06/red-line-comes-into-focus/</link>
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		<title>Fells Point Festival Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An estimated 700,000 people will swarm Fells Point this weekend (Oct 4th and 5th 2008) for the Annual Fells Point Fun Festival.  The Fells Point Fest is a quintessential celebration for a quintessentially Baltimore neighborhood.
The festival was originally started over 40 years ago as a way to raise funds and draw attention to the Fells Point area which was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/03/fells-point-festival-time/</link>
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		<title>Fitzgerald Project Secures Financing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore Sun reported today that the privately funded Fitzgerald project, adjacent to the University of Baltimore campus in Midtown Baltimore, has secured financing and will begin construction soon.  The most remarkable part of this story is the fact that the developers (Bozzuto Group) were able to acquire the appropriate financing despite the current credit crisis.  This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/10/01/fitzgerald-project-secures-financing/</link>
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		<title>Best Places to Drink Beer in Baltimore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most recent issue of Imbibe Magazine listed the top 100 places to drink beer in America, and two of Baltimore&#8217;s favorite watering holes got the nod.  One would think that Baltimore would have a few more on the list, considering the number of great places to throw back a pint around here, but the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/09/29/best-places-to-drink-beer-in-baltimore/</link>
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		<title>Baltimore First in Nation to get WiMax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore citizens will apparently be the guinea pigs for Sprint Nextel&#8217;s new WiMax according to an article in the Baltimore Sun today.  Baltimore will be the only city with the new technology until it is launched in Washington and Chicago over the next few months.  I suppose it&#8217;s nice to be in the limelight for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/09/29/baltimore-first-in-nation-to-get-wimax/</link>
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		<title>Developers are Revisiting Plans due to Economic Conditions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First the developers at Marketplace at Fells point switched from Condos to Apartments.  Then, ArcWheeler, the developer of 10 Inner Harbor, started to look at the proportion of condos in their project.  Now, Lexington Square Partners is revisiting their approach to the huge &#8220;Superblock&#8221; project in Baltimore&#8217;s West Side. 
Call it a sign of the times, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/09/28/developers-are-revisiting-plans-due-to-economic-conditions/</link>
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		<title>Ritz-Carlton Serves Up Harbor Luxury with New Condos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore, Maryland recently began welcoming the first homeowners. The project is being developed by New York based RexCorp, after changing hands because of some legal troubles during the construction process. The Baltimore project is the first ever condo project with no hotel component that will be branded and operated by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/09/25/ritz-carlton-serves-up-harbor-luxury-with-new-condos/</link>
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