KINGSVILLE, MD—After nine years, the Kingsville land swap is complete, Councilman David Marks has announced. At its meeting on Monday, December 18, the Baltimore County Council approved the acquisition of 36 acres of land along Raphel Road in the Kingsville area from the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), along with a $2.75 million contribution from the state. In return, the county […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week announced the UPLIFT (Utilizing Progressive Lending Investments to Finance Transformation) program to increase homeownership opportunities, one of the most powerful drivers of the racial wealth gap, in chronically underinvested communities with a history of redlining. Administered through the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, the program will address homes impacted by appraisal gaps […]
The following Letters to the Editor were sent to NottinghamMD.com during the week of November 27, 2023. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in letters to our community should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of NottinghamMD.com. Letter #1 Response to Councilman Marks announces passage of bill to eliminate paper bag fees at fast food restaurants, pharmacies “Weak men are vicious men.” […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—With the closing of filing for the Comprehensive Zoning Map Process, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Thursday announced that his office has initiated a review of a historic amount of land in the Eastside communities of Kingsville, Perry Hall, White Marsh, and Middle River. Altogether, Councilman Marks has requested that 3,343 acres be downzoned to as green space […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore on Wednesday announced that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the largest mortgage revenue bond in the agency’s history. The $400 million bond from the department’s Community Development Administration through the Residential Revenue Bond program generated tax-exempt and taxable bond proceeds that may be used to finance affordable, sustainable mortgage loans to first-time […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Tuesday released a new data portal displaying vacant properties in Baltimore County, expanding the administration’s ongoing efforts to increase government transparency. “Providing the public with the tools they need to identify—and now view—vacant properties is another step in our ongoing work to find and transform today’s blighted and abandoned properties into tomorrow’s housing […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Chesapeake Real Estate Group, a Baltimore-based commercial real estate development and operating company that has completed more than 45 projects totaling more than $1.5 billion in value in the greater Baltimore area, has acquired 9900 Franklin Square Drive (21236), a 34,000-square-foot single-story office building situated in Nottingham, for $4.2 million. The real estate owned (REO) asset, which was formerly […]
BEL AIR, MD—Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly has signed amended legislation banning high and mid-rise apartments on properties zoned B-3 for general business. County Executive Cassilly originally proposed the legislation to prohibit any apartments in B-3, in response to projects built or approved before his term in office without the proper infrastructure to support residential living. However, amendments to his […]