Business

Baltimore Homecoming, an organization engaging accomplished Baltimore natives and alumni and mobilizing new partnerships, investments and collaborations in the city, Monday announced the five startup founders who will compete for a chance to win $25,000 in the second annual Crab Tank pitch. The event takes place at Amplify 2022, the organization’s three-day event happening May 4-6. Crab Tank was established to spotlight small to medium businesses, startups and entrepreneurs in Baltimore.

The Arc of Carroll County’s request for county funds to purchase a new wheelchair-accessible vehicle was met with suggestions on how the agency could do without the new vehicle. The request was the first of many that the Board of County Commissioners will consider this week as they work to finalize the county’s budget for fiscal 2023, which begins July 1.

Maryland transportation officials have declined a quixotic plan proposed by a startup rail company to dig a tunnel through downtown Baltimore and reroute Amtrak trains through a downtown hub that would replace the city’s Penn Station. The plan hinged on support from the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to halt impending construction to replace a portion of Amtrak’s aging Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel. Instead, Scott Spencer and AmeriStarRail LLC, his four-person startup company, urged the state agency to use an influx of federal infrastructure money to dig a four-track, 10-mile tunnel through Baltimore that links the Northeast Corridor to a new station downtown.

The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation and the Baltimore-based The Cordish Companies Friday announced a partnership to support the opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas. The National Medal of Honor Museum, which broke ground Friday, will offer an experience that draws personal and emotional connections to Medal of Honor recipients and their stories, while shedding light on the wars in which they fought and the ideals that the Medal of Honor represents.

Watch baseball like it’s 1992. As Oriole Park at Camden Yards turns 30, Baltimore announced Sunday its plans to sell tickets at prices akin to when the stadium first opened April 6, 1992. Fans using the coupon code “1992″ will receive discounts on tickets ranging from 50% to 85%, depending on seating location, for the two home-opening series against the Brewers and Yankees.

Kaiser Permanente will provide training for physicians, nurses and health care staff in the mid-Atlantic region through a partnership announced Friday with Warrior Centric Health to help the organization meet the medical needs of the military community and Kaiser Permanente mid-Atlantic members. This community of military Veterans, active duty, National Guard, Reservists, and their families represents close to a quarter of the population in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

While most of us wore sweaters on the chilly spring Saturday — many donned their swimsuits and braved frigid water for Maryland State Police’s Polar Bear Plunge. It’s one of the largest fundraisers for Special Olympics Maryland, accounting for a quarter of its budget. Around 4,000 people hopped in the water at Sandy Point State Park to fundraise about $2.8 million for Maryland’s Special Olympics. It was the first time the plunge was held since the pandemic began.