Mayor Brandon M. Scott will announce the removal of owner-occupied homes valued at up to $250,000 from the city's tax sale list following approval from the Board of Estimates during their Wednesday, May 10, 2023 meeting.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott, after consulting with the City's Health Commissioner, lifted the masking requirement for the Board of Estimates room and all other areas in City Hall.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott joined Baltimore City Recreation & Parks (BCRP), city leaders and stakeholders in celebrating the revitalization of a 50-year-old playground in Northwest Baltimore at Fallstaff Elementary/Middle School. The ribbon cutting event on May 8, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. will kick off the "Rec Rollout" series of recreational facility groundbreakings mentioned in Mayor Scott's State of the City Address last month.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Jason W. Mitchell, Ed.D., announced that DPW has been selected to receive a $15.87 million grant from the state's Water Assistance Relief Program, which provides support to Maryland residents with water bill debt related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office Narcotics Unit, the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, and the Baltimore Police Department's Group Violence Unit (GVU) announced the arrests and indictments of five members of an alleged fentanyl Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that was operating out of the 300 block of S. Franklintown Road.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott was joined by the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), Safe Streets Baltimore, Challenge2Change, community-based partners, Baltimore-area hospital systems, Baltimore City Public Schools, and city leaders to provide a comprehensive public update on his strategy to expand Baltimore's Community Violence Intervention (CVI) ecosystem.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott launched the #BuildBetterBMore spring city service sprints, an intensive effort to repair 9,000 potholes, remove 900 graffiti markings, resurface nine miles of city roads, and target illegal dumping hot-spots in Baltimore over the next 90 days.