| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, buy local, commercial kitchen, community, economic development, education, farm, farmer, food aggregation, food hub, local, local food economy, public private partnership, urban, urban agriculture, urban farming |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Council, Baltimore Board of Estimates |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | American Communities Trust, Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, East Baltimore Development Inc, TRF Development Partners, and Cross Street Partners |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $500,000 |
| Funding Sources: | State of Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development's Neighborhood BusinessWorks Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Approved and authorized execution of a Local Government Resolution in support of the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition (HEBCAC), Inc.’s application to the State of Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development’s Neighborhood BusinessWorks Program. The Baltimore Food Enterprise Center (office and training space for food entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, in addition to a commercial kitchen incubator for entrepreneurs in the culinary and hospitality industries), a component of the Baltimore Food Hub, a planned campus of facilities, services, and programs focused on enhancing Baltimore’s local food economy will be supported. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
