'Main Street' Alive, Well in Maryland
The Main Streets Conference brought national focus to Maryland cities.
The 27th annual Main Streets Conference ended Wednesday in Baltimore, the only city to host the national conference twice and one among many Maryland cities that served as a "living laboratory" for urban revitalization, organizers said. The four-day conference featured speakers ranging from politicians and community leaders to representatives from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and leading non-profit organizations. The National Main Streets movement began as an effort to capitalize on the economic importance of locally owned business and sustainability, according to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). There are more than 1,200 Main Street communities nationwide, including more than 20 in …
David Robert Crews
5:00 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
And Dundalk Shopping Center needs: more shoppers; more folks eating in the eateries; more strolling through on daily walks; more regular people to outnumber the problem people. Then we can - citizens and police - solve some of the problems. While making it - once again - a healthy retail and residential area. Maybe some homeless panhandlers will secure employment there - and get their lives back-… more ›