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On episode 13 of The Conference Call, Damian continues his conversation with Marc Weller and  Marc Broady of Weller Development, and Cherry Hill’s own Mike Middleton to get at the root value of partnership, and what that means for community health, impact, and legacy. Join us for a conversation about Marc Weller’s vision for creating lasting change in Baltimore and creating spaces that draw people to the city. Then we’ll hear what  Mike Middleton sees as positive changes spreading outward from Port Covington.

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) has scheduled a topping off ceremony at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium June 24 at 5 p.m. to celebrate the vertical construction progress on the new Aberdeen medical campus site. Ceremony participants, including UM UCH leaders and board members, Aberdeen Mayor Patrick McGrady and members of Erdman, the project’s design and construction team, will attend a brief ceremony to sign a steel beam, a tradition for new construction.

Sameer Rao knew the furloughs were coming, but he had to ask around to learn he was one of two Baltimore Sun reporters with the longest of them — a total of six weeks. Maybe it was his beat — arts reporting was tough during the shutdown. Maybe it was his experience and salary — both more than some younger colleagues. Maybe it was him? He asked and got no real answers. But honestly, Rao was also kind of burnt out — with the lack of transparency about the future of the Sun, then still owned by Tribune and being stalked by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which now owns it and recently offered buyouts; with watching his colleagues and friends take buyouts or leave for other jobs; with the pace and with the pay.

A literal building block for housing, lumber serves as the foundation for everything from homes to mid-rise apartment buildings. Yet the coronavirus pandemic, which disrupted social norms, routines and the economy, also stalled the supply of lumber just as demand for new housing and home improvements surged — and the market has yet to catch up. As a result, lumber is scarce and, in a classic case of supply and demand, prices more than doubled in the past year.