Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) will officially award $5,826,582 in grant funds through the Community Catalyst Grants Program (CCG) on the evening of July 6, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Director Shantay Jackson have issued statements in response to the Safe Streets Cherry Hill outreach worker Kenyell Wilson, who was fatally shot the evening of July 1, 2021.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott is establishing the office that will manage a historic $640 million in investment to Baltimore City through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and appointing the leadership team that will lead that office.
City Solicitor Jim Shea has assembled an advisory board to provide the City Inspector General with a performance review, pursuant to Article X of the Baltimore City Charter.
As Baltimore continues to navigate the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, the Mayor announced on June 18, 2021 that business owners and residents will have additional time to comply with the City’s upcoming plastic bag ban.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott today announced the re-appointment of Vernon Reid to a second, three-year term on the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.
Baltimore is one of 50 Champion Cities selected earlier this week as finalists in the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, a global innovation competition that identifies and accelerates the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.