ENTERPRISE ZONE

The Enterprise Zone Expansion Application was submitted to DBED on October 15, 2012.  Because of the file size, the application was divided into two files plus an Excel Sheet.

EZ Expansion Application Part 1 of 2 – (9MB)

EZ Expansion Application Part 2 of 2 – (7.5MB)

2012 EZ Expansion Census Demographics – (400KB)

On September 5, 2012, The City Council Taxation Committee amended the EZ Expansion Map.  The Resolution was adopted by City Council on September 10th.

Expansion Area Map UPDATED Sept 6

The Final Application must be submitted to DBED by October 15, 2012.

The Baltimore Development Corporation has received an application submitted by Harbor Point and surrounding properties to be included in the Enterprise Zone for this fall’s expansion.

The BDC will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday, August 8 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at ETC (Emerging Technologies Center), JHU Eastern Campus, 1101 East 33rd Street, 3rd Floor.  Both organizations will be present to explain their projects and answer questions.  The application narrative can be found here:

Harbor Point EZ Expansion Application Final

Harbor Point Expansion Area Map

Feel free to pass this information along as this public hearing will provide the community an opportunity to learn about the organizations applying to be added to the Enterprise Zone on October 15th, 2012.

On July 10th, 2012, the Governor’s Office approved the application for the re-designated Enterprise Zone.  The Press Release can be found here.

The finalized map can be found here:

2012 Enterprise Zone FINAL PDF

On May 7th, 2012 the Baltimore City Council passed a resolution for the proposed Enterprise Zone to be submitted to The State for final approval.  DBED is currently reviewing the application and will announce their decision no later than June 15th.

Over the next few weeks the BDC will be accepting applications from organizations interested in being included in the Fall Enterprise Zone Expansion.  To download the application, click the link below and contact our office for more information.  All applications must be submitted to the BDC no later than JULY 1, 2012.

EZ Expansion Application Fall 2012

The Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee will hear the following legislation on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 4^th Floor, City Hall:

CC 12-0041R – Approving the Submission of an Application to the State of Maryland for the Renewal of Baltimore City’s Modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas

After having the opportunity to meet with each City Council member and gathering public feedback from community organizations, and businesses, the BDC would like to present the finalized proposal of the Enterprise Zone Map.  Attached here in the “New Maps” Section, the proposed EZ Map is available for download.

During our meetings with each City Council Member, we listened to their recommendations and have made to following changes:

•  Included the businesses located in Locust Point
• Continued to remove residential areas in the Carroll Camden Focus Area, Northern Remington, Jones Falls Focus Area, and throughout the city.
• Included businesses along East Monument Street (just east of JHU)
• Included businesses at the Pulaski Highway/East Fayette Street split (just north of Patterson Park)
• Extended the Carroll-Camden Focus Area by 1 block to include the entire BioPark Footprint
• Included the proposed design footprint for the Center/West Project in Poppleton
• Included the businesses at the intersection of Park Heights Ave/West Cold Spring Ln/Reisterstown Rd (just south of Central Park Heights)
• Modified the size of the Oldtown Focus Area to accommodate the surrounding parcels.

We will be introducing this to Baltimore City Council on Monday, April 16th at 5pm.