Maryland Transit Administration

TOD proceeds slowly in Maryland

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Forty-six acres of land around Owings Mills station outside Baltimore—with direct subway links to downtown—have been made available for development by Maryland DOT (MDOT) since 2007, but development is proceeding slowly. Unreliable trains due to maintenance, a downward ridership trend, and limited transit access to other parts of the region among the obstacles to more TOD.

The Role of Artists & The Arts in Creative Placemaking

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In May 2014, the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) cluster of Washington, DC organized a symposium entitled The Role of Artists and the Arts in Creative Placemaking. Seven curators from Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom met 12 organizers … Continued