Baltimore Main Streets
Everything you need, right around the corner.		The Markets at Highlandtown Before Photograph

The Markets at Highlandtown After Photograph
Facade Improvement of The Markets at Highlandtown
Photos Courtesy of BRE Construction
Baltimore Development Corporation
Have You Seen Our New Banners?

We are excited about our new spring look!  In partnership with Baltimore Main Streets, the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), boutique design-web-PR firm Vitamin® has helped give a boost of visibility to Main Streets across the city of Baltimore. Through its studio, located on Highlandtown's Main Street, Vitamin recently designed environmental banners that are now hanging tall on light posts across nine Baltimore Main Streets.  Read more>>		Baltimore Main Streets 2009 Banner

Photograph by Vitamin
Federal Hill Wins Great American Main Street Award!

The National Trust Main Streets Center presented Federal Hill Main Street of Baltimore, MD, with one of the five 2009 Great American Main Street Awards (GAMSA) during its annual National Main Streets Conference in Chicago on March 2, 2009.  Federal Hill Main Street has been working in partnership with local residents, property owners, the business community, city and state agencies, schools, and nonprofits to encourage civic engagement, support historic preservation, and grow the local economy.  Read more>>
Federal Hill Wins Great American Main Street Award
  Federal Hill's Famous Cross Street Market
Federal Hill Named One Of Top Five Main Streets

National Main Street Center Honors Baltimore's Federal Hill With A Great American Main Street Award

People Are Talking:  Federal Hill (Video)

The Historically Hip Federal Hill Blog
Welcome to Baltimore Main Streets!

Baltimore City is a great place to do business and Baltimore Main Streets helps make small businesses even more successful.  New jobs, new businesses, and renovated historic storefronts - these are just a few examples of how we work to revitalize Baltimore's neighborhood business districts.  

Baltimore Main Streets is part of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC).  The BDC works with Baltimore Main Streets to promote small businesses in Baltimore.  Read more>>
Calendar of Events
News & Announcements
Magnum Construction Awarded 700 Block Washington Boulevard Properties (PDF)
Asking Price for Former Haussner's Restaurant Site Drops
Pennsylvania Avenue Mural (Video)
Fell's Point Seeks Marketing Intern (PDF)
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Important Useful Information
  • Are you a business owner and want to improve your building facade?  Our Facade Improvement Grant can help you. Owner of the Markets at Highlandtown, Avi Hershkovitz, said, "My sales increased 15 percent after I completed my facade improvement.  This increase happened even though several competitors opened for business during the same period as construction on my facade."   Facade Application * Facade Program Information (Spanish)
  • Are you a retail business owner is need of flexible gap financing?  If so, the $hop Baltimore Loan Program may be for you.  $hop Baltimore Program Information (Spanish)
  • Are you looking for a retail opportunity?  Thinking about locating in a Baltimore Main Street neighborhood?  Find the perfect space for your business here.
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