More accustomed to battling developers over sprawl-inducing zoning laws and road projects, the “smart growth” group 1000 Friends of Maryland found itself in an awkward position last night – standing with the team proposing the biggest development in Baltimore history, Port Covington, as picketers chanted outside.
Even more awkwardness ensued after a protester interrupted a speaker at the $40-a-head fundraiser held in the developer’s waterfront City Garage building.
Guests had just finished snacking on bacon-wrapped figs and sipping Sagamore Spirit rye whiskey and had settled in to hear speakers from Sagamore Development, the real estate arm of UnderArmour CEO Kevin Plank, when Anthony Williams, of the advocacy group Housing Our Neighbors, strode onto the stage.
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