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| | | | The Peninsula proceeds Hey hey hey, Charm City. Yesterday, I mentioned that the South Baltimore development and surrounding area known as Port Covington was going to be rebranded and renamed. Today, we finally learned that name, and it's (drumroll) ... Baltimore Peninsula. This is just the latest identity for the development, whose previous iterations included a tech hub called Cyber Town USA. Its development has been marked with delays and critiques over how much public money and subsidies the partners received. And it seems the new name hasn't stopped the criticism: The Baltimore Brew, for instance, described it as a "bland moniker, referencing a geographic feature it more or less coincides with" while ignoring the history of the Western Maryland Railway depot that led the region being called Port Covington. For me, the region is really synonymous with only a few things: The Baltimore Sun's offices that it's supposed to vacate by year's end, the Sagamore Spirit Distillery, the pricey Rye Street Tavern, raucous Nick's Fish House and City Garage. You'll likely know about the last of those things if you saw the influx of Betamore and other tech-relevant entities in the neighborhood. But this does not make for the kind of accessible, inclusive and welcoming space that the Baltimore Peninsula's main developers (and partners like the SB7 Coalition, which represents community associations for neighborhoods in South Baltimore) are branding the space as. So, what do you think needs to be done to make Baltimore Peninsula fulfill its promise? Can it be a mixed-use space for all? Let us know your thoughts by emailing baltimore@technical.ly, or by replying to this email. — Technical.ly editor Sameer Rao (sameer@technical.ly) P.S. We've opened nominations for the 2022 Technical.ly Awards! Learn what we're looking for, and please submit your nominations by Nov. 21. | | | | | Top Stories | | By Support is at a high point, but broadband adoption remains a challenge, say these founders, nonprofit pros and civic leaders from several mid-Atlantic cities. Read more » By HR pros are shifting their focus to retaining current employees over adding new ones. Here's what one software dev firm CEO has learned over two decades. Read more » By You’ve hit the lottery of job listings. Read more » By While she’s not relocating, the longtime leader of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance is taking her data innovation expertise to a position supporting the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Here, she shares lessons from the front lines of data collection and democratization. Read more » | Blast from the past Adtech companies and their exits seem to continue to be a hallmark of the Baltimore tech scene. Read more » | Your Job in Tech Search all open jobs and hiring companies Featured Jobs Technically Media is a news organization that connects and challenges a community of technologists and entrepreneurs who are invested in where they live. We believe innovation can come from anyone...Find out more » Think Company operates in the United States as a fully remote company. As such, please consider this a remote (work from home) position. Please note that Thinkers are expected to operate within...Find out more » FinLocker is looking for an experienced Product Content Specialist to join our product team as we expand into more personalized user journeys and engagement campaigns. As our Product Content...Find out more » This Week in Jobs You’ve hit the lottery of job listings. Read more » SUBSCRIBE to TWIJ Post a Job Get a Job | | | | |
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