West Baltimore Innovation District

West Baltimore Innovation District
Innovation district
MICA Gateway Building
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Launched	January 18, 2016^[1]
Area
• Total	6.8 sq mi (18 km²)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC)
ZIP code	21217^[2]
Area code	410, 443, and 667
Website	http://www.innovatebaltimore.org/

The West Baltimore Innovation Village District is a neighborhood district of Baltimore City that will specialize in attracting startup companies and other employers to West Baltimore. Following the Death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent 2015 Baltimore protests, government leaders decided to launch the innovation district as a way to attract redevelopment and revitalization to the areas hardest hit by the protests. The district includes the neighborhoods of Mondawmin, Coppin Heights, Penn-North, Reservoir Hill and Bolton Hill.^[3]

Background

Efforts to form the district originated from the community organization known as the Mount Royal Community Development Corporation (MRCDC).^[4] Similar innovation districts have been formed in neighborhoods like University City in Philadelphia and the South Boston Seaport District.^[5] The West Baltimore Innovation District neighbors the nearby Station North Arts and Entertainment District and includes access to numerous forms of transportation including the Baltimore Metro Subway and Baltimore Light Rail.

Neighborhood attractions

Transportation

References

↑ Rick Seltzer (January 18, 2016). "Innovation Village — a plan to revitalize West Baltimore — launches on MLK Day". Baltimore Business Journal.
↑ http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Medfield-Baltimore-MD.html
↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2016/01/18/innovation-village-a-plan-to-revitalize-west.html#i2
↑ http://www.innovatebaltimore.org/
↑ http://technical.ly/baltimore/2016/01/18/meet-group-neighbors-spearheading-west-baltimores-innovation-district/

Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland

Northwest	Arlington Ashburton Cheswolde Dorchester Fallstaff Forest Park Glen Howard Park Heights Pimlico Reisterstown Station Television Hill

North	Abell Barclay Bellona-Gittings Better Waverly Cameron Charles Village Cedarcroft Chinquapin Park-Belvedere Cylburn Edgecomb Evergreen Govans Guilford Hampden Harwood Homeland Homewood Keswick Koreatown Lake Evesham Lake Walker Loyola-Notre Dame Little Korea Town Medfield Mount Washington Oakenshawe Pen Lucy Poplar Hill Radnor-Winston Remington Roland Park Sabina Mattefeldt Tuscany-Canterbury Village of Cross Keys Waverly Woodberry Wyman Park Wyndhurst

Northeast	Belair-Edison Cedonia Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Ednor Gardens-Lakeside Frankford Gardenville Hamilton Hillen Lauraville Loch Raven Mayfield Mid-Govans Northwood Ramblewood Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston Wilson Park Woodbourne Heights

West	Bridgeview/Greenlawn Coppin Heights Edmondson Franklin Square Harlem Park Lexington Midtown-Edmondson Mondawmin Mosher Poppleton Rosemont Sandtown - Winchester Upton Walbrook Windsor Hills

Central	Barre Circle Bolton Hill Charles Center Chinatown Downtown Inner Harbor Madison Park Mount Vernon Otterbein Reservoir Hill Ridgely's Delight Seton Hill Station North Westside

East	Barclay Berea Broadway East Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello East Baltimore Midway Ellwood Park Four By Four Greenmount West Latrobe Homes Madison-Eastend McElderry Park Middle East Old Town Oliver Orangeville

Southwest	Beechfield Carrollton Ridge Dickeyville Franklintown Gwynn's Falls Hollins Market Irvington Morrell Park Pigtown Sowebo Ten Hills Union Square Violetville Wakefield Washington Village Yale Heights

South	Brooklyn Cherry Hill Curtis Bay Fairfield Federal Hill Harborview Lakeland Locust Point Mount Winans Pratt Monroe South Baltimore Wagner's Point Westport

Southeast	Bayview Brewer's Hill Butchers Hill Canton Fell's Point Graceland Park Greektown Harbor East Highlandtown Jonestown Joseph Lee Kresson Linwood Little Italy Patterson Park St Helena Upper Fells Point Washington Hill

Public housing	Allendale Armistead Gardens Bel Park Towers Claremont Douglass Homes Ellerslie Homes Flaghouse Homes Govans Manor Homes Heritage Crossing Johnston Square Lafayette Court Latrobe Homes Mason Homes Lakeview Towers McCulloh Homes O'Donnell Heights Perkins Homes Pleasent View Gardens Poe Homes Primrose Place Somerset Courts

Parks	Clifton Park Cylburn Arboretum Druid Hill Park Gwynns Falls Park Leakin Park Patterson Park Sherwood Gardens Wyman Park

Arts and Entertainment in Baltimore

Districts	Bromo Arts District Highlandtown Arts District Station North Arts and Entertainment District West Baltimore Innovation District

Festivals	Artscape Baltimore Flower Mart Fell's Point Fun Festival HonFest Kinetic sculpture race Maryland Film Festival

Institutions	Baltimore School for the Arts Maryland Institute College of Art Peabody Institute

Museums	American Visionary Art Museum Baltimore Museum of Art Charm City Art Space Peale Museum Walters Art Museum

Venues	Baltimore Theatre Project Center Stage The Charles Copycat Building Corner Theatre ETC Everyman Theatre Hippodrome Theatre Holliday Street Theater Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Mayfair Theatre The Lyric Royal Theatre

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