The image below is a picture of the room at the Owings Mills Library where Councilman Julian Jones – standing in the front of the room – held the first of two town meetings to talk about Kimco’s plans for its Owings Mills Mall property. It’s taken from the far back corner. There are actually more people attending than the picture shows because we couldn’t back up far enough to get a wider shot. There are more people behind the shot on the left and on the right, lined up against the wall.
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60,000 SF
Closed Walmart
60,000 SF (square feet) is a significant number for the families that live and businesses that operate in Baltimore County’s District 4.
It’s the maximum size of any individual store showing on Kimco’s site plan for the redevelopment of its Owings Mills Mall property. That’s the site plan that is currently under review for approval by Baltimore County – a simple picture of which is included at the bottom of this article.
In a heartbeat.
“Almost all of these (Walmarts) were left empty when the company built a larger store nearby.” That’s a quote from an important article included in this post.
As you may already know, Baltimore Rising is encouraging residents of Baltimore County’s District 4, represented by Councilman Julian Jones, to voice their opposition to Kimco’s redevelopment plan for its Owings Mills Mall property. Kimco’s current plan is to build a big box store strip center on the property, anchored by a new Walmart Supercenter.
“Grand Theft Retail”
An ordinary big box strip center on the Owings Mills Mall property?
Anchored by a Walmart Supercenter – that will close the Supercenter on Liberty Road and the Walmart/Sam’s Club on Reisterstown Road? Both of them.
Vacant Buildings in Baltimore’s District 1
As part of our limited series of posts to help residents of Baltimore’s Council District 1 choose between Democrat Zeke Cohen and Republican Matt McDaniel in the forthcoming general election, both candidates and voters might want to consider the enclosed map of vacant buildings.
District 1 Crime Maps
Left to right… City Council Candidates Zeke Cohen (D) and Matt McDaniel (R)
For those of our followers who are paying special attention to the District 1 general election contest between Democrat Zeke Cohen and Republican Matt McDaniel, we’ve created crime maps that show the District’s boundaries overlaid onto the crime maps we developed for the entire city. (Citywide crime maps are available elsewhere on our website, through the menu bars above and below the header and in various posts.)
The truth about raising the minimum wage.
So why is an organization like Baltimore Rising whose primary objective is reducing unemployment and poverty in the City adamantly opposed to raising the minimum wage to $15?
Petition Related To The Redevelopment Of The Owings Mills Mall Property
Welcome.
The petition begins after this brief introduction…
Hey. First of all, thank you for stopping by, reading and, if you’re interested, signing the petition below addressed to Councilman Jones. Mr. Jones represents Baltimore County’s District 4 where the Owings Mills Mall property is located. He’s a good man who, we believe, agrees that a property as prominent as Kimco’s Owings Mill Mall should be more than just a strip center for big box stores. And that under no circumstances should the redevelopment of the Mall property succeed at the expense of established businesses and jobs in other centers of commerce nearby.
Donald Trump just may be the best reason for election reform ever.
Donald Trump is a fraud. Not just because he makes things up based on little or no real information about subject matter or knowingly lies because people tend to believe what celebrities tell them. He’s also a fraud because he thinks he killed the Republican primaries confirming, in his own mind, that he’s God’s gift to America.
City-Owned Vacant Homes & Lots For Sale, Cheap!
Updated Vacants-To-Value Program Inventory
As Of July 16, 2016
As you can see from the flier at the bottom of this post, the City’s Housing Department is having what it calls the “Baltimore Builds Expo” on August 13. It’s a series of classes that will help you buy a house or vacant lot on which you can build one – for your family or for sale or rent. The Expo is a great idea and well worth your time if you’re even the least bit interested in taking advantage of the city’s inventory of over 1800 vacant houses and lots.
Stealing Business – Kimco’s Unimaginative Redevelopment Plan For Its Owings Mills Mall Property
As you know, if you’ve been following Baltimore Rising, we’re doing our best to encourage all-inclusive economic development that will, sooner rather than later, dramatically reduce unemployment and poverty in the City of Baltimore. That’s still our objective, but we all know that the fortunes of great cities like Baltimore are not independent of their surrounding, suburban economies. Like it or not, no major city or county stands alone. We’re all in this mess together.
Why you should vote against yet another increase in the minimum wage.
You would think that, given Baltimore Rising’s focus on jobs creation through all-inclusive economic growth that eliminates poverty, we would be huge fans of an increase in the minimum wage. Well, you’d be wrong.
By state law, the minimum wage in Maryland is $8.25 per hour. On July 1, it’s rising to $8.75, then to $9.25 on July 1, 2017 and to $10.10 on July 1, 2018.