Strategic Plan

The Baltimore Together Goals Tracker is a set of metrics that tracks the city’s change on the key economic development goals identified in the strategic planning process.

Full Report

Our final report Baltimore Together: A Platform for Inclusive Prosperity serves as Baltimore City’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the next five years.  We thank the work and collaboration of hundreds of people who care deeply about Baltimore’s future, and who contributed to the report.  Baltimore Together builds on our city’s strengths, acknowledges its challenges, and identifies a range of steps that will create an inclusive and vibrant economy for all. Baltimore Together offers four key strategies that are critical to achieving the overarching goals listed in the plan:

Work Together: Break down barriers, foster collaboration, and increase efficiency.
Invest in People and Places: Create opportunities for residents through strategic investments.
Build from Strength: Leverage Baltimore’s assets to strengthen the City’s economic future.
Compete to Succeed: Work with partners to address competitive imbalance and address major challenges.

Update Reports

Baltimore Together Progress Report 2024
:
Supplemental Report
Progress Implementation Matrix 2024
:
Supplemental Report

Report Supplements

Advancing Life Sciences in Baltimore City
:
Supplemental Report
The Power of Residential Growth
:
Supplemental Report
Seizing the Opportunity to Make the Baltimore Region THE Supply Chain Solution
:
Supplemental Report
Supporting Creative Industries in Baltimore City
:
Supplemental Report
Baltimore Together Progress Report 2023
:
Supplemental Report
Progress Implementation Matrix 2023
:
Supplemental Report

A New Vision For Baltimore's Economy

7 Overarching Baltimore Together Goals

Build an equitable economy.

Objective: Eliminate economic racial disparities.

Be World-class leaders in key industry sectors.

Objective: Lead in life sciences, logistics, digital services, medical devices, social enterprise and creative industries.

Build a thriving innovation and small business ecosystem.

Objective: Increase Job growth and invest in businesses under 500 people.

Build a stronger workforce system.

Objective: Ensure residents have career opportunities at a living wage.

Grow the city's population.

Objective: Create a more equitable tax base.

Support equitable neighborhood development.

Objective: increase investment in formerly redlined communities.

Recover stronger from COVID-19

Objective: Rebuild and grow negatively impacted sectors.

4 Key Baltimore Together Strategies

Work Together

Break down barriers,
foster collaboration,
and increase efficiency.

Invest in People
and Places

Create opportunities
for residents through
strategic investments.

Build from
Strength

Leverage Baltimore's
assets to strengthen the
city's economic future.

Compete to
Succeed

Work with partners to
address competitive
imbalance and address
major challenges.

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