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(BALTIMORE – June 18, 2-26) – Baltimore City’s Small and Minority Business Development office (SMBAD) certified $137 million in payments to local small, minority, and women-owned businesses in Fiscal Year 2025 — a dramatic jump from the approximately $26–27 million captured the year prior in FY24. Chris Lundy, speaking on the milestone, was careful to note that the gap between those two numbers isn’t purely a reflection of growth. “We didn’t have the system in place,” he explained, “so there was definitely money that we were leaving on the table that we weren’t able to capture.” Now that the city is fully tracking all active contracts, the numbers paint a clearer — and more complete — picture. And FY26 is shaping up to be even bigger. Lundy hinted that the current fiscal year’s numbers, due to close out this month, will push the total even higher — though he declined to preview the final figure. The full FY25 Annual Report is available at baltimorecity.gov/smbad.
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(FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – June 2, 2026) – Cities and Counties are shaped by legacy and lifted by possibility. Places where resilience, community, and aspiration forge the way forward. However, if a city and/or county’s leadership officials are sincere about playing a key role in realistically improving the communities they represent, leaders in government, business, philanthropy, and community-based organizations must embrace accepting the collective responsibility of helping to strengthen every neighborhood instead of focusing solely upon their downtown areas and suburban enclaves (which means paying particular attention to and including urban neighborhoods that have long been neglected or overlooked) by…
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BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN — 2026 HONOREE PROFILE A Georgia Tech graduate and Baltimore native, Aris Williams is carrying his father’s legacy into the digital age — one trivia question at a time. (BALTIMORE – May 31, 2026) — Some people inherit money. Some inherit property. Some inherit family businesses. Aris Williams inherited something even more valuable: a legacy of service. His father, Anthony “Marty” Williams, was one of the finest men I have ever known — and my best friend. Marty devoted much of his life to helping young men in Baltimore access higher education. He believed in opening…
BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN — 2026 HONOREE PROFILE For more than two decades, Tony Ross has poured himself into Baltimore County’s youth — one coach, one mentor, one family at a time. (BALTIMORE – May 30, 2026) — There is a certain kind of person in every community who never seeks the spotlight but whose fingerprints are everywhere. You see them on the sidelines. You see them at the ballpark. You see them at the school. You see them showing up — year after year, weekend after weekend — for somebody else’s child. Tony Ross is that person. A dedicated…
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