Baltimore: Academy for Sub Contractors
The city of Baltimore is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities promote economic equity.
The city of Baltimore is a finalist for this year's City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities promote economic equity.
You can help select this year's City Accelerator participants! Check out the cities' pitches, and then let us know which ones you think should be a part of this important program by giving them a star rating and leaving your comments below!
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What is the city proposing?
Baltimore will create a “sub academy” to train a cohort of subcontractors to use city resources, apply for bids, and improve their general business practices. If this model is successful, they will expand it into a series of “sub academies” for broad categories of subcontractor work, each timed to take place leading up to a contract re-bidding.
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- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- South Bend
For a detailed description of the mission and purpose of the City Accelerator’s cohort on promoting economic equity, click here.
Public response is one of several criteria being used by the City Accelerator to select cohort cities. The number of ratings or comments by themselves do not determine final status or selection.
R Kaplan
On: 06-05-2019Terrific plan that will benefit all constituencies
HIW
On: 06-04-2019Good people doing good work
Neal Borden
On: 05-29-2019This could help our city in many ways, and we could really benefit from it.
Daniel Kohn, M.D.
On: 05-29-2019Harnessing the human potential of Baltimore benefits everyone, and serves as a model to motivate and innovate.
Cynthia Farr-Weinfeld
On: 05-29-2019Sounds like an amazing project that could really help to improve the quality of life in Baltimore, MD!
Sidney Fuchs
On: 05-29-2019This will be great for Baltimore.
Jon FW
On: 05-28-2019This is a good plan for Baltimore and a great opportunity and resource for local subcontractors to build their businesses while helping the city.
Bob Natt
On: 05-28-2019Just what Baltimore needs.
George Ganak
On: 05-28-2019This is a great opportunity for Baltimore and the other cities to encourage more local contractors and save money in the process.
Aaron
On: 05-28-2019Baltimore needs to do more to encourage small business owners, like subcontractors, to thrive in our city. This will help.
Joe Nathanson
On: 05-28-2019A worthy project.
Alex
On: 05-19-2019I'd love to this plan come to life!
Anonymous
On: 05-19-2019A stellar plan!
Robert Robinson
On: 05-14-2019This is civic capacity building. Good plan.
David Saunders
On: 05-10-2019An important project for the City of Baltimore. Promises to bring new skills and capabilities to local small businesses.
John Dunham
On: 05-09-2019The hallmark of a great society is not in the strength of its sports teams nor in its finances and/or power, but rather in its ability to take care of its weak, under-served and elderly--Good stuff!
Josh
On: 05-09-2019Let’s do it!
Sterling Johnson
On: 05-07-2019Great proposal!
Dennis
On: 05-06-2019Nice!
Wes Hairston
On: 05-06-2019The only way to move OUR City forward is to take advantage of every viable option to equitably include all it’s citizens in economic development and growth. This effort is appreciated and applauded!
Priscilla Kane
On: 05-05-2019A fantastic model!
Fran
On: 05-05-2019As someone moving to Baltimore this fall, I’m excited the city is trying to implement ideas like this to move the city forward!
Isaiah
On: 05-05-2019Well thought out
Denis
On: 05-05-2019Fantastic!
Bernard
On: 05-05-2019Great!
Anonymous
On: 05-05-2019Great interactive dashboard!
Dane Sehnert
On: 05-05-2019This will be great for the city!
Anonymous
On: 05-04-2019We are moving forward
Andrew
On: 05-04-2019Innovative and important work
Gabriel Y.
On: 05-04-2019I love my city! This is a diverse, vibrant, and beautiful coastal city by the Chesapeake Bay!
Paul E. Taylor
On: 05-03-2019Cities are charged with distributing it's resources equitably and responsibly to all citizens in it footprint. Baltimore is committed to this mission. Equitable economic development starts with our outreach and education to citizen who desire to bid and provide services to city agencies. We look forward to projects like this.
Kathy VanOrden
On: 05-03-2019Heck yes! Bmore deserves it!!
Keasha L. Brown
On: 05-03-2019ditto comment
Keasha L. Brown
On: 05-03-2019Great opportunity to keep moving forward. Extremely excited for the City of Baltimore!
Brendan Hellweg
On: 05-03-2019Our work here is all about making Baltimore a more equitable city. We've already done a lot to improve our payment processes and strengthen the city's ability to support small minority- and woman-owned businesses, and we're excited to achieve even more. Thank you!
Ekua MaLonde
On: 05-02-2019I highly recommend this exemplary model. This is the way to move Baltimore forward!