Some of the people speaking out at a hearing last night used demographic and legalistic arguments to critique the half-billion financing subsidy Baltimore is being asked to give the Port Covington waterfront development project.
“We believe Sagamore’s proposal will create a white, wealthy enclave that leaves most of Baltimore out,” said Jane Henderson, co-director of Communities United, referring to Sagamore Development, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s development arm.
“This is not only unconscionable, but it likely violates the law,” Henderson said, speaking before about 300 people who turned out at the War Memorial Building for a continuation of the City Council hearing on TIF Tax Increment Financing for the massive 260-acre South Baltimore redevelopment.
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