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Item Spurring Maritime Innovation in Annapolis(Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2016) Bullen, Lindsey; Cheesman, Denine; Choquehuanca, Jeanne; Christo, Joe; Cooper, Raynell; Gannon, Erin; Nair, Anusree; Robinson, Alexis; Rolf, Brittany; Walker, Elisabeth; Win, May Sein; Dempwolf, ScottIn 1987, the City of Annapolis created Maritime Zoning Regulations, delineating four zones along Annapolis’ waterfront: Maritime Conservation District, Mixed Maritime District, Maritime Industrial District, and Maritime Eastport. The districts are designed to provide incentives to the maritime industry, while offering flexibility to property owners who wish to implement higher-value uses that would add to the success of the district. With over 250 businesses and organizations related to boat servicing and supplies, boating instruction, brokerage, chartering, insurance, marinas, and other maritime needs, Annapolis remains a major center for recreational boaters along the East Coast. However, the recession of 2007-2009 caused the worst economic decline for Annapolis’ maritime industry since 1932. Maritime businesses continue to face rising land costs and rent, resulting in fewer new maritime businesses locating in the City. The Fall 2016 Community Planning Studio class was tasked with reviewing previous economic studies of Annapolis’ maritime industry and updating the studies’ recommendations with new approaches. Our Studio class examined ways to revitalize the City’s maritime industry, focusing especially on how innovation-driven economic development tools could be applied in Annapolis. The following report synthesizes our research and proposes several recommendations that the City may implement in the short-, medium-, and long-term.Item Workforce Development in Southwest Baltimore: Mapping the Context, Challenges, and Opportunities(Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2015) Choquehuanca, Jeanne; Christo, Joseph; Cooper, Raynell; Liu, ChaoThe Southwest Partnership (SWP) is a group of 13 partners striving to make “deliberate, positive changes” in the SWP area, which includes the neighborhoods of Barre Circle, Pigtown, Franklin Square, Hollins Market, Mount Clare, Poppleton, and Union Square. Workforce development is an important aspect of any urban area, and in order to meet SWP’s vision of an “awesome, healthy, architecturally beautiful, diverse, cohesive community of choice built on mutual respect and shared responsibility,” it is especially essential to develop and sustain training and educational opportunities, a healthy job market, and access to those jobs for local residents. Working in partnership with the SWP, the project team therefore addressed the topic of workforce development within the SWP area, and throughout the Baltimore City as a whole. We analyzed demographic factors that contribute to residents’ ability to work, job and industry data that sets the context for the area and City, and existing programs from a variety of providers. The goal was to better define workforce development challenges, as well as identify local opportunities. Our research and maps revealed that residents of the SWP area do face more significant challenges than the residents of Baltimore City as a whole, but also revealed that there are existing opportunities that residents can access, which are presented in an interactive map now available to the public. This report also makes a series of recommendations and suggests further research that can help the SWP achieve its goals.