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Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake announced Tuesday it will open the Excel Center in Baltimore, a free high school for adults so they can earn a Maryland Department of Education-issued diploma. The school, which opens September, will use a proven curriculum and approach developed over the past decade at more than 30 Excel campuses in seven states. The center will be located at Goodwill’s former headquarters at 222 E Redwood in downtown Baltimore. Initially, Goodwill is recruiting 150 students and will expand to 350 students.

United Way of Central Maryland introduced the inaugural class of the Workforce Leadership Academy, a new program designed to improve local economic mobility and workforce development efforts and present innovative solutions to the challenges faced by workers and businesses. The Baltimore Region Workforce Leadership Academy, a fellowship developed through a partnership with the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, engages nonprofit, government, academic, and business leaders in a series of retreats and workshops as they work together to advance an innovative and equitable workforce ecosystem.

M&T Bank and Prince George’s County Economic Development Corp. (EDC) are looking for as many as 25 Latino-owned businesses to participate in a new business accelerator program designed to provide entrepreneurs with the guidance and skills needed to build strong companies, spur economic growth in Prince George’s County and help build generational wealth for their families.

The brewery has signed a lease to take over the former Frisco Tap House space on Dobbin Road. Plans include a taproom with over 40 taps plus pizza offerings from Rad Pies.

The title “fashion capital” is usually reserved for New York, Paris, London or Milan — destinations not often considered in the same category as Baltimore. But on 25th Street, a group of Black entrepreneurs is challenging the perception that Charm City lacks flair. “We can kind of be our own little fashion hub,” said Brittany Williams, 34, a personal shopper and the founder of IBW Creative Agency, a Baltimore-based events and styling venture. “We’re bigger than the city at this point.”

A $5 million gift from philanthropists Mandy and Dennis Weinman will help fund a new three-story, 125,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art cancer building on the campus of LifeBridge Health’s Sinai Hospital. The newly named Mandy and Dennis Weinman Cancer Building will be home to the Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute and the Pediatric Oncology Center, bringing together all ambulatory cancer services at Sinai in a single comprehensive location.