January 2002
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Sixteen Companies Named Winners of 2001 Mayor's Business Recognition Awards for Outstanding Community Service
Sixteen Baltimore-area companies have been named winners of the 2001 Mayor's Business Recognition Awards for civic leadership and outstanding community service. The awards, sponsored by the Greater Baltimore Committee, the Mayor's Office and the Baltimore Development Corporation, were presented by Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley on December 17 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.

The mayor and leaders of the GBC and BDC honored businesses ranging from a prominent capital management firm whose owner made extraordinary donations to two key Baltimore cultural institutions to a downtown florist that provides tuition and summer jobs to students.

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Boosting Education Funding to be Key Issue for State Lawmakers
State lawmakers will be seeking to find ways to strengthen education funding to Baltimore City and other jurisdictions as they address several education funding proposals in a year of fiscally tight budget projections, according to Delegate Nancy K. Kopp (D-Montgomery), a key House subcommittee chair.

Kopp, who chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development, previewed key education issues facing the upcoming General Assembly session for members of the GBC Education Committee at its December 5 meeting. Such issues will include a five-year review of school reform in Baltimore City, consideration of Thornton Commission recommendations for increasing public school funding in Maryland, supporting higher education efforts to deal with increasing enrollments, and funding capital projects needed by Maryland's public schools and colleges, said Kopp.

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$1.3 Billion in Private Projects Planned for Baltimore Waterfront
Twenty-two private projects, representing almost $1.3 billion in investments, are currently planned or under construction at locations on Baltimore City's waterfront, according to the Baltimore Development Corporation, the city's economic development agency.

BDC President Jay Brodie reviewed the projects, planned for locations from Canton to Key Highway, for the GBC's newly created Harbor Development Committee at its December 6 meeting. The two largest projects are Harborpoint, a $220 million joint venture of Streuver Bros., Eccles & Rouse and H&S Properties, planned for parcels on Willis Street; and Inner Harbor East, a $200 million project of H&S Properties planned for the corner of Albemarle and Aliceanna Streets.

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GBC Welcomes 32 New Members in 2001
The GBC has welcomed 32 businesses into its membership this year. New GBC members in 2001 are:

Baltimore Hotels, Tourist Attractions Report Strong Rebound from Sept. 11
Baltimore's hotels and tourist attractions are experiencing higher occupancy rates and attendance since the September 11 attacks than their counterparts in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia, according to Dan Lincoln, vice president of Tourism & Communications for BACVA (Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association). At the Nov. 29 meeting of the GBC's Hospitality/Tourism Industry Group, Lincoln also said that the number of tourists and conventions coming to the city has been strong every weekend since September 11.

Attendance at most attractions is "at or slightly above where they were last year," said Lincoln.

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The Leadership Selects Class of 2002
The Leadership, a program sponsored by the GBC, recently selected 50 Baltimore area executives from business, non-profit and government to join its Class of 2002. Each member of the class was selected based on professional and volunteer leadership, judgment, civic activity, concern for the community, and potential to help build a better Baltimore.

There were 97 applications submitted to the program this year, breaking last year's record high of 94. Go to the GBC website for a list of individuals selected for the Class of 2002.

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