A little over three months ago, Baltimore Community Lending awarded COVID-19 relief grants to 30 small businesses in Baltimore City. Each business received $10,000 thanks to the support of Truist Cares, a cooperative effort between Truist Financial Corporation, Truist Foundation, Inc., and Truist Charitable Fund. As a community development financial institution (CDFI), we recognize that…
In the summer of 2011, a few Catonsville residents met at the local library. They shared a passion for supporting local businesses and wanted to bring those products into their community. Eleven years later, that idea has blossomed into the Catonsville Cooperative (CO-OP) Market and Grocery, a market and community hub owned and operated by…
No one wore the title of “Chief Business Development Officer” better than Frank Coakley. Frank’s commitment to affordable housing and community development made him a well-known and beloved figure throughout the city of Baltimore, an “industry giant” who served with “expertise, relationship and consensus building proficiency, and a kind and gentle heart,” recalls Sean Russell,…