Advancing Infrastructure
In response to the Key Bridge collapse in March 2024, GBC partnered with the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF), Governor Wes Moore, and regional leaders to form the Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Alliance,
uniting more than 130 partners and raising over $16 million for aid relief. In April 2025, GBC launched an Infrastructure Steering Committee that will be focused on supporting major transportation and redevelopment projects that are central to growing the Baltimore Region.
A Dedicated Framework
The Baltimore Region has a strong logistics industry, but its export economy is constrained by outmoded and underinvested infrastructure. GBC’s Ten-Year Economic Opportunity Plan outlines a comprehensive set of strategies for investing in the region’s infrastructure to support expansion of the export economy in the 21st Century.
A Relevant Convener
Expanding and improving the Baltimore Region’s network of strategically located transportation and infrastructure assets requires expert thought leadership, cross-sector collaboration, and cutting-edge insights. As a host of major infrastructure projects move forward, GBC’s role as a voice for the business community is critical to keeping them on track.
A Powerful Champion
GBC is a powerful champion for underscoring the importance of the Baltimore Region’s logistics and infrastructure assets on the national stage. At the state level, GBC advances policies that promote transit-oriented development and multi-modal priority in order to spur economic activity, promote ridership, and improve access to jobs and businesses. At the federal level, GBC makes the case for long-term investment in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor improvements, including the Frederick Douglass tunnel, West Baltimore MARC station, and Baltimore Penn Station as well as investments in other major infrastructure projects that support the Baltimore Port and global supply chain infrastructure in the Baltimore Region.
Media Coverage
For decades, Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel has been both an asset and a chokehold. Built in 1895 by the B&O Railroad, it was once an engineering triumph; by the late 20th century, its low clearances kept double-stack trains from passing through, capping Baltimore’s competitiveness and straining America’s supply chain. Read more.
Americans have grown used to a certain rhythm when it comes to infrastructure projects. We hear the announcement with fanfare, wait through years of delays, watch the budgets swell, and too often we are left wondering if the promised benefits will ever arrive. Highway projects have a habit of congesting traffic for years, creating headaches for residents and traffic on all area thoroughfares. Read More.
Jonathan Mansur’s Bouncy Rentals delivered inflatable bouncy houses, carnival games and basketball hoops across D.C., Maryland and Virginia for 15 years. Then the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March 2024, delaying shipments, increasing commute times and causing Mansur to lose $20,000 that year. Read More.
The Baltimore Community Foundation has awarded a $575,000 grant to Central Scholarship to initiate the Francis Scott Key Bridge Trade and Apprenticeship Scholarship Program, the organization announced Tuesday. Read More.
Baltimore and Anne Arundel small businesses impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse received $3 million in direct cash grants from the Baltimore Community Foundation, the Greater Baltimore Committee, and three local organizations. Read More.
If it were about the money, Erica Watkins probably would’ve thrown in the towel a while ago. But keeping this restaurant open is about her passion – for cooking, and for her customers. “I used my money from the beginning all the way to now, even through the Key Bridge. Every dime I had, I used,” Watkins told WMAR-2 News. Read More.
The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF), in collaboration with the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and three local community development organizations, announced its Key Bridge Small Business Direct Grant Program to provide direct cash assistance for businesses severely impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse last March. Read More.
The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF), in collaboration with the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and three local community development organizations, today announced its Key Bridge Small Business Direct Grant Program to provide direct cash assistance for businesses severely impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse last March. Backed by BCF’s Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund, this initiative will give priority to businesses located in Southeastern Baltimore City, Southeastern Baltimore County, and Northern Anne Arundel County. Read More.
The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) has launched the Small Business Direct Grant Program to help small businesses recover from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which happened nearly a year ago. Read More.
The Baltimore Community Foundation, in collaboration with the Greater Baltimore Committee and three local community development organizations, recently unveiled the Key Bridge Small Business Direct Grant Program. The initiative prioritizes businesses in Southeastern Baltimore City, Southeastern Baltimore County and Northern Anne Arundel County. Read More.
The Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) Wednesday announced the opening of Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Small Business Support Grants, a $5 million initiative designed to provide funding to intermediary organizations that assist small businesses and communities affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Read More.
Small businesses are getting a helping hand. Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Community Foundation announced the “Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Small Business Support Grants” program. $5 million will be parceled out to nonprofits who are directly helping impacted communities and businesses. Read More.
The Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Small Business Support Grants, announced by the Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Community Foundation, will provide funding to nonprofit organizations working within communities directly impacted by the March 26 bridge collapse. Read More.
The Greater Baltimore Committee and the Baltimore Community Foundation announced a multi-million dollar initiative to provide support grants to small businesses impacted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Read More.
As Maryland businesses continue to recover from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and the Baltimore Community Foundation have announced a new grant program to provide assistance. Read More.
America’s downtowns are being re-imagined. The fundamental shift in how people, businesses and tourists engage with city centers has created one of the more profound leadership tests in a generation. Read More.
Mark Anthony Thomas appeared on the TJ Smith Show, where he discussed the importance of envisioning bold new strategies for connecting what’s happening in Baltimore’s downtown core to revitalization efforts in the region at-large. Watch Video.
While the proposed redevelopment of the Harborplace pavilions has received extensive press coverage in recent weeks, leaders of other Inner Harbor attractions say they’re also working on building projects that will transform their properties – and affect the experiences their visitors have. Read More.
The National Aquarium is adding what it calls a groundbreaking outdoor exhibit, a floating park that that will restore a salt marsh habitat in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and be free to the public. Read More.
Baltimore is receiving an influx of federal and state dollars for major transportation projects like the Red Line and the Penn Station overhaul, creating the opportunity for a wave of new transit-oriented development in the region. Read More.
MCB Real Estate co-founder P. David Bramble said his firm’s goal for redeveloping Harborplace is creating a space so cool that locals want to hang out there when the project is finished. Read More.
Developers are calling on city leaders to support transit-oriented development amidst an influx of federal funding opportunities. Read More.
For Baltimore, remaking Harborplace amounts to the latter. Developer MCB Real Estate’s plan reimagines some of the city’s most prized parcels, adding housing, expanding park space and redesigning a busy intersection. Read More.