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	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
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 Auchentoroly Terrace Callaway-Garrison Cheswolde Dorchester Fallstaff Forest Park Garwyn Oaks Glen Greenspring Hanlon Longwood Howard Park Langston Hughes Liberty Square Mount Holly Park Heights Penn-North Pimlico Reisterstown Station Television Hill
North	Abell Barclay Bellona-Gittings Better Waverly Cameron Village Charles Village Cedarcroft Chinquapin Park-Belvedere Cold Spring Cylburn Edgecomb Evergreen Glen Oaks Govans Guilford Hampden Harwood Hoes Heights Homeland Homewood Keswick Koreatown Lake Evesham Lake Walker Loyola-Notre Dame Medfield Mount Washington Oakenshawe The Orchards Pen Lucy Poplar Hill Radnor-Winston Remington Roland Park Sabina Mattefeldt Stone Hill Tuscany-Canterbury Village of Cross Keys Waverly Woodberry Wyman Park Wyndhurst
Northeast	Belair-Edison Beverly Hills Cedonia Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Ednor Gardens-Lakeside Frankford Gardenville Govans Hamilton Hillen Lauraville Loch Raven Mayfield Mid-Govans Morgan Park Northwood Overlea Ramblewood Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston Taylor Heights Waltherson Wilson Park Woodbourne Heights
West	Bridgeview/Greenlawn Coppin Heights Edmondson Franklin Square Harlem Park Lexington Little Lithuania Midtown-Edmondson Mondawmin Mosher Poppleton Rosemont Sandtown - Winchester Upton Walbrook West Baltimore Innovation District West Hills Westgate Windsor Hills
Downtown	Barre Circle Bolton Hill Bromo Arts District Business and Government District Cathedral Hill Charles Center Chinatown Inner Harbor Koreatown Madison Park Market Center Mount Vernon Otterbein Reservoir Hill Ridgely's Delight Seton Hill Station North Westside
East	Barclay Berea Broadway East Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello East Baltimore Midway East Monument Ellwood Park Four By Four Greenmount West Johnston Square Latrobe Homes Madison-Eastend McElderry Park Middle East Old Town Oliver Orangeville Patterson Park South Clifton Park
Southwest	Beechfield Carrollton Ridge Dickeyville Franklintown Gwynn's Falls Hollins Market Irvington Morrell Park Oaklee Pigtown Saint Agnes 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 Port Covington Pratt Monroe South Baltimore Wagner's Point Westport
Southeast	Baltimore Highlands 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 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	Carroll Park Clifton Park Cylburn Arboretum Druid Hill Park Federal Hill Park Fort McHenry Gwynns Falls Park Hanlon Park Herring Run Park Lake Roland Park Middle Branch Park Mount Pleasant Woods Park Leakin Park Patterson Park Riverside 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 Parkway Theatre Royal Theatre

Coordinates: 39°18′51″N 76°38′21″W / 39.31417°N 76.63917°W / 39.31417; -76.63917

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