The 6th Branch
$5,000 / 2013 / Community Development
For the purchase of materials and equipment for improvement of the Bethel Street Playscape.
University of Baltimore
$75,000 / 2013 / Community Development
To provide stipends for three architects participating in the Langsdale Library Design Competition.
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
$25,000 / 2013 / Community Development
For the purchase of a boat to service and maintain the new Solar-Powered WaterWheel Trash Interceptor in the Inner Harbor.
Waverly Main Street
$37,400 / 2013 / Community Development
For continued support of supplemental cleaning and staffing for the revitalization of the Waverly commercial district and implementation of the Waverly Main Street Master Plan.
1000 Friends of Maryland
$200,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Funding to advance comprehensive land use and transportation policy reform at state and local levels. 1000 Friends focuses on a public agenda that encourages the redevelopment of existing communities and preservation of Maryland’s open space, agricultural land, and forests, through several strategies that include restricting the development of new septic systems, holding Maryland accountable to meet pollution-reduction goals, reforming estate tax for farming families, and investing in local transportation systems.