Oct. 12, 2012 10:00 am
CitiStat names Chad Kenney new director, returns to posting reports online
New CitiStat director Chad Kenney is “pledging better transparency and performance from the vaunted good-government program,” reports the Baltimore Sun. The pledge from the new director, who took office in August, comes after a summer where CitiStat failed to meet for almost two months. Since taking over, Kenney has posted five new CitiStat reports to the [...]
Sep. 28, 2012 10:30 am
Ben Stone: Station North neighborhood has ‘renewed interest in Baltimore,’ is ‘poised’ for big things
Ten years ago, when Maryland state declared Baltimore’s Station North neighborhood an official arts district, the idea was to revitalize a downtrodden neighborhood with a smattering of artists and creative-class types, encourage new restaurants and stores to open up and bring new residents into a once-bustling section of Baltimore. Ask Ben Stone, one year into [...]
Sep. 25, 2012 10:04 am
InvestMaryland Challenge makes 300K available to early-stage companies, applications now open
Running a startup in need of some cash? The state of Maryland wants to give you $300,000. Or, at least, a piece of $300,000. The InvestMaryland Challenge, which officially started Monday, is a “national seed and early-stage business competition hosted by the state of Maryland” that “will award $300,000 in grants and a host of [...]
Sep. 20, 2012 10:30 am
Pitch Across MD bus comes to UMBC, Governor O’Malley says state a ‘hotbed of innovation’ [VIDEO]
Pitch Across Maryland co-organizers Mike Binko and Julie Lenzer Kirk stand with Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. A crowd of about 50 spectators and entrepreneurs eager to pitch the Startup Maryland pitch bus waited outside at the UMBC Research and Technology Park for the bus’ arrival, which had been delayed about an hour. But when the [...]
Sep. 14, 2012 8:30 am
Governor O’Malley joins Pitch Across MD bus in Baltimore // Do we need a digital citizens’ bill of rights? // Millennial Media’s CEO talks with Jim Cramer [Links]
Governor Martin O’Malley joins the Pitch Across Maryland bus in Baltimore [Governor's blog]: “I’ll be joining them next week in Baltimore as part of our “Jobs and Opportunity” tour and look forward to meeting more of Maryland’s great entrepreneurs.” Here Comes the Data Economy [Slate]: “If big data is a strategic resource, as has been suggested, then many national [...]