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Tiny home development in Baltimore offers affordable path to homeownership
Originally published in Marketplace. Mac McComas, senior program manager, at Johns Hopkins University’s 21st Century Cities Initiative, said the tiny home community model shows promise. While not every city can rely on private donors to fund affordable housing, he said, collaboration can go a long way. One key step is getting early buy-in. “Take neighborhood concerns […]
Census Bureau: Baltimore gains Hispanic residents, continues to lose Black population
Originally published in The Baltimore Sun. The decrease in the Black population in Baltimore City is likely due to people leaving the city for suburban areas and natural population decline, or more deaths than births, said Michael Bader, the Director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore County’s number of Black […]
White population declined across Maryland. These 7 counties saw gains.
Originally published in The Baltimore Banner. “I think part of what is going on in a lot of Maryland counties…is that birth rates are not at replacement levels for whites nationally,” said Michael Bader, a demographer and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University. “If you’re not getting new white residents moving in, then you’re […]
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 […]
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. […]
