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Hopkins study: Many Baltimore-area residents see entrepreneurship as a path to financial success

Originally published in The Baltimore Fishbowl. Many Baltimore-area residents see entrepreneurship as a more viable pathway to improving their financial standing than traditional salaried employment, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The Baltimore Area Survey, conducted by the Johns Hopkins 21st Century Initiative, found younger, less educated, lower income, and Black residents in the Baltimore region […]

An unusually high number of Black Baltimoreans identify as entrepreneurs

Originally published in The Baltimore Banner. New research shows that a quarter of residents in Baltimore and Baltimore County describe themselves as entrepreneurs. But that doesn’t mean we’re living in the land of opportunity. The Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative surveyed more than 800 residents of Baltimore and 500 residents of Baltimore County and found stark […]

Opportunity or Necessity? Perceptions of Entrepreneurship in Baltimore

With high-tech, knowledge-intensive industries leading the nation’s economic progress, entrepreneurship is considered as the major driver for regional economic development. Entrepreneurship may also lead to or exacerbate economic inequality. As regional economic development organizations in the Baltimore area consider entrepreneurial investment, particularly to economic development goals, the importance of equitable and inclusive local entrepreneurship is […]

Survey: About half of Baltimoreans felt impacted by Key Bridge collapse

Originally published in The Daily Record. About half of Baltimoreans say their daily lives are disrupted following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, according to a new survey. The 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University surveyed about 1,500 people in Baltimore City and county about the impact of the March 26, 2024, Key Bridge collapse and prospects for rebuilding […]

It’s been one year since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. How did it change Baltimore?

Originally published by WYPR. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Maryland’s second longest bridge was built in five years, opening in 1977. It took only seconds to come crashing down in the early hours of the morning of March 26, 2024, after being struck by a cargo […]

Hopkins looks at Key Bridge collapse one year later, from the risk of another disaster to disrupted daily lives

Originally published in the Baltimore Sun. As the one-year anniversary approaches of the shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which tumbled into the Patapsco River in the early morning hours of March 26, 2024, after it was struck by the Dali cargo ship, Johns Hopkins has released separate studies on the disaster. Survey […]

Collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge impacted half of area residents, report finds

Originally published by CBS News. The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge continued to impact the lives of nearly half of Baltimore-area residents for almost a year, according to a report by Johns Hopkins University. The Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, after it was struck by a container ship, the Dali, which had lost power. […]

Survey finds Baltimore residents still feeling impacts of Key Bridge collapse

Originally published by WYPR. Baltimore-area residents are still feeling the impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse one year after the disaster, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University. More than 60% of people living within three miles of the collapse reported that their lives are still disrupted from the collapse. That […]

Long Term Impacts of the Key Bridge Collapse on Baltimore-area Residents Daily Lives

On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed as the result of a container ship striking one of its main supports. The collapse tragically killed six workers and shuttered the Port of Baltimore for months, which disrupted international trade and resulted in a loss of income for thousands of port workers and workers […]

Baltimore gained population for the first time in a decade, new data shows

Originally published in The Baltimore Banner. Bader, who is also the director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative at JHU, said there are numerous factors that drive population change. It’s hard to to say exactlywhy some residents might have left but didn’t or why new ones moved here, he said. Along with a growing population, […]