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This week, we present our latest guide to Baltimore coding bootcamps and tech training programs, spotlight a local startup that pivoted to a different solution for pricey Salesforce licenses and (in our #baltimore Slack channel, which you can sign up to access here) highlight the Greater Baltimore Committee’s recent event with the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Scroll down for more news from throughout the Baltimore region.
📰 News Incubator: What to know
• 3 members from the cultlike Zizians group with ties to Silicon Valley will be tried in Maryland. [CBS News]
• Baltimore County Public Schools will no longer provide devices to all younger students. [Baltimore Banner]
• Need help breaking the ice at meetups or panels? These generative AI prompts can give your networking game a boost. [Technical.ly]
• This summer, two new restaurants will be opening at the University of Maryland BioPark. They join a host of biotech and life sciences companies that already made the new 4MLK building their home. [Baltimore Business Journal/Technical.ly]
• Why do people pack up and move? Technical.ly CEO Chris Wink explores our changing relationship to housing. [Technical.ly]
• Maryland just launched a one-stop app to apply for public benefits like SNAP and Medicaid. [Maryland Matters]
• Big Tech and the American Federation of Teachers are teaming up to help educators learn more about AI with a new national training program. [Government Technology]
• Greenlight Networks is investing $100 million to bring faster fiber internet to thousands of Baltimore homes. [Baltimore Beat]
• Baltimore has already received at least $3 billion in investments to bring new housing, parks and public spaces to waterfront developments. [Greater Baltimore Committee]
🗓️ On the Calendar
• Launch into the cosmos and chat with scientists about AI in space exploration on July 17 at the next Astronomy on Tap event. [Details here]
• Learn how to break into cybersecurity during a morning session in Highlandtown on July 19. [Details here]
• Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition is hosting a job fair on July 24. [Details here]
• Baltimore Tech Meetup hosts its latest recurring happy hour for local technologists on July 24. [Details here]
• Get insight from Black founders’ journeys at the next BLK Tech Connect conversation on July 26. [Details here]
• Connect and collaborate with fellow developers and engineers at the next Baltimore Code and Coffee event on July 26. [Details here]
