A massive reimagining of Baltimore’s historic Lexington Market remains on track for completion in early 2022, with developers pushing their vision of boosting small business ownership for communities of color.
Tumultuous events of the past 12 months — from the crippling effects of the pandemic to the galvanizing forces of the George Floyd murder and Black Lives Matter marches — reinforced the need for Lexington Market to serve as economic and civic engine for Baltimore’s Westside, project backers said.
“There was a real heightened awareness of how this could become a business development incubator,” said Mike Evitts, a spokesman for the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, which runs Baltimore’s downtown business improvement district. “How could we employ more Baltimoreans and engage more entrepreneurs?”
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