Baltimore City's Growing Green Initiative

May 14 Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joined the Planning Department’s Office of Sustainability to officially launch the Growing Green Initiative at Humanim – The American Brewery Building.  The Growing Green Initiative (GGi) is a City-led effort to use sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective practices for

Stabilizing and holding land for redevelopment;
Reusing vacant land to green neighborhoods;
Reducing storm water runoff;
Growing food; and
Creating community spaces that mitigate the negative impacts of vacant properties. 
 
See http://www.baltimoresustainability.org/growinggreen for a link to the Green Pattern Book