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Income up, study says

October 21, 2008 - The Baltimore Sun


Survey says city packs more people, buying power

October 20, 2008 - The Daily Record


Mayor Dixon Announced Baltimore Drill-Down Study

October 20, 2008

Baltimore, MD (October 20, 2008) - Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon today released the Baltimore Neighborhood Market DrillDown, a citywide baseline of economic indicators which suggest a larger, stronger, and more stable market than traditional market analyses show, with millions of dollars of untapped buying power. Detailed profiles of thirteen distinct commercial markets reveal additional market strengths in specific areas, including income densities as high as $854,000 per acre in Reservoir Hill; and home values in Oldtown are estimated at 619% higher than in 2000...

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Baltimore Offers Investors Untapped Economic Potential Social Compact DrillDown Finds

October 20, 2008

BALTIMORE - Social Compact, one of the country's foremost urban economic development nonprofit organizations, released startling new findings today about the Baltimore economy in its Baltimore DrillDown report at a joint press conference with Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon, First Deputy Mayor for Neighborhood and Economic Development Andy Frank, and representatives from the Baltimore Development Corporation. The study reveals that past analyses and census reports have underestimated the economic potential of Baltimore's neighborhoods...

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