Recent News

Charm City Live 2025 Returns to War Memorial Plaza Saturday

Baltimore will mark the end of its 2025 festival season with the fourth annual Charm City Live on Saturday, September 20, 2025.

 

Mayor Scott Announces the Appointment of Tim Keane as Baltimore City Planning Director

Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Timothy Keane as Baltimore's new Director of the Department of Planning.

 

Mayor Brandon M. Scott Announces First Round of City-Wide Affordable Housing TIF Funds

Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the first application round for the City-Wide Affordable Housing TIF Funds to support the redevelopment of vacant properties throughout Baltimore City.

 

Mayor Scott Announces Staff Transition at DHCD

Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy plans to leave her role at the Department of Housing and Community and Development (DHCD).

 

Mayor Brandon M. Scott Statement on Continued Homicide and Shooting Reductions

Mayor Brandon M. Scott released a statement as Baltimore continues to experience historic reductions in violent crime through August of 2025.

 

Mayor Scott Names Deputy Mayor Justin Williams as Baltimore's First "Permit Czar"

Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Deputy Mayor Justin Williams to serve as Baltimore City's inaugural Director of Permitting and Development Services, a newly created position designed to streamline development processes as part of the administration's Bmore FAST initiative.

 

Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day, Mayor Brandon Scott Announces City of Baltimore as a Recovery Friendly Workplace and Launches New Naloxone Neighbors Campaign

On the one-year anniversary of signing his Executive Order establishing Baltimore City's Opioid Restitution Fund, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the City of Baltimore's designation as a Recovery Friendly Workplace and the rollout of the new Naloxone Neighbors campaign to ensure community leaders and residents have access to Naloxone and know how to use it.

 

Largest Ever Verdict Dealt Against Gun Dealer Rendered for the City of Baltimore

The trial against Maryland's largest ghost gun dealer concluded tonight in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, with a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $62 million.

 

Mayor Brandon M. Scott, State, City & Community Leaders Break Ground on New Park Heights Library and C.C. Jackson Park Expansion

Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, Baltimore City Council Vice President Sharon Green Middleton, State Delegate Malcolm Ruff (District 41), State Delegate Sandy Rosenberg (District 41), and leaders from the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore City Recreation & Parks, Baltimore City Department of General Services (DGS), Baltimore City Department of Planning, and Park Heights Renaissance, ceremoniously broke ground on the first Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch in Park Heights and C.C.

 

Mayor Scott Releases Downtown RISE Master Plan for Public Input

Mayor Brandon M. Scott today released the draft of Downtown RISE: A Master Plan for Downtown, a bold new vision for the future of Downtown Baltimore.

 

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