Small Business Stories

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Village at Mondawmin

Hear Kirk Hemphill from Whiting-Turner contracting co. share about the new development happening in Greater Mondawmin.
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Reviving Howard Street: From Neglect to Renaissance

Howard Street has experienced a remarkable evolution that mirrors the city's journey through the decades.
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Creative Forces for Understanding: Young Elder

My love for Baltimore, it runs deep, and I try to just help one person at a time.
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Leading Change in the PSO: Janet Abrahams

Local, State, Federal government and private sector working together to build equitable and inclusive places to live.
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Ernst Valery

“I lived in Haiti as a kid. I never had my own room because my entire home was open to the community. My upbringing
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Bishop Hickman

“I grew up in a single parent home in Edmondson Village in Baltimore with two siblings. I was a troubled teenager and by
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Delali Dzirasa

“My parents split up when I was about four or five years old. I’m the youngest of three boys and we all lived with my
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RareBreed Ventures

“The person who influenced me the most was my dad. My dad was a man of great ambition, and although he didn’t have
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SpreadKarma

“My grandfather was an entrepreneur. My family is from Philadelphia and when my mom, her two sisters and brother were li
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Leading Change in the PSO: Janet Abrahams

Local, State, Federal government and private sector working together to build equitable and inclusive places to live.
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JuneBrain

Dr. Sam Scott knows a lot about designing for equity and resilience, expanding the scope of retinal scanning tech.
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Breaking Down the Big Box: Village at Mondawmin

Hear Kirk Hemphill from Whiting-Turner contracting co. share about the new development happening in Greater Mondawmin.
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Chris Schafer Clothier

A story of with slick threads and deep ties to Baltimore's industrial textile history.
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Dr. Samantha Scott

Dr. Sam Scott knows a lot about designing for equity and resilience, expanding the scope of retinal scanning tech.
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Village at Mondawmin

Hear Kirk Hemphill from Whiting-Turner contracting co. share about the new development happening in Greater Mondawmin.
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Chris Schafer

A story of with slick threads and deep ties to Baltimore's industrial textile history.
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Tia Hamilton

“I created State Vs. Us Magazine after coming out of prison because I wanted to highlight high profile cases, talk about
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Toni Draper

“The Afro-American Newspaper is a family-owned business and I'm a fourth-generation publisher. My great-grandfather
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Trevor Pryce

“When I was a kid I could draw. I was a great artist, but when I hit puberty I lost the ability to draw. To this day
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Teresa Hodge and Laurin Leonard

“Not in my wildest imagination, did I ever think that I would find myself in prison. But when the company that
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Sonavi Labs

“Ian McLane and I started Sonavi Labs in 2017. We are an early-stage company that has a lot of traction for as young
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SISU Global Health

“Gillian and I knew each other from college, and we both had our own companies before we started Sisu Global Health
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Kellie Brown

“My grandfather was an entrepreneur. My family is from Philadelphia and when my mom, her two sisters and brother were li
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Mariah Bonner

“My family is artistic and musical, so that was just part of our family culture. I started ballet at seven and
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Jake Hsu

“My dad, who is an engineer, came here as an immigrant from Taiwan in 1973. He went to college to earn his master's
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PI.KL Studio

“At this time last year, everything was unknown. The building, design and construction industry experienced a major
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McKeever E. Conwell

“The person who influenced me the most was my dad. My dad was a man of great ambition, and although he didn’t have
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Elda Devarie

“The story of EMD Sales is the story of a young military wife who came from Puerto Rico, who found herself in a
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Ayeshah Abuelhiga

“I grew up in what is now known as Charles Village in Baltimore City. My dad, who passed away a couple of years ago, is
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Delali Dzirasa

“My parents split up when I was about four or five years old. I’m the youngest of three boys and we all lived with my
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Anders Jones

“I graduated from Stanford in 2009, right after the stock market crash. Seventy-five percent of my class didn’t have
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Bishop Hickman

“I grew up in a single parent home in Edmondson Village in Baltimore with two siblings. I was a troubled teenager and by
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Ernst Valery

“I lived in Haiti as a kid. I never had my own room because my entire home was open to the community. My upbringing
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Connie Chauca

“I was born and raised in Peru. I was working a customer service job when my husband got the opportunity to come..."
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