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  • 05/06/2016 12:51 p.m.

    Who is accountable for Baltimore schools?

    Goldseker Foundation President & CEO Matt Gallagher co-authored an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun with Kurt Schmoke, President of the University of Baltimore, and Tom Wilcox, President of the Baltimore Community Foundation, raising concerns about accountability in Baltimore City Public Schools and offering suggestions regarding local control.

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  • 01/12/2016 3:27 p.m.

    Let’s Get Real About Property Taxes

    In a Center Maryland blog post, Goldseker Foundation CEO Matt Gallagher argues for sustaining the discipline to ensure incremental property tax cuts for Baltimore City residents and finding opportunities to responsibly accelerate reductions in ways that don’t rely on an unrealistic influx of new resources.

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  • 07/14/2015 7:31 p.m.

    Without a Red Line, we must shore up other Baltimore transportation options

    In response to the state’s decision not to build the Red Line, Goldseker Foundation CEO Matt Gallagher called for near-term transportation improvements in an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun.

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  • 02/27/2015 2:55 p.m.

    Deconstructing Vacants

    Throughout 2014, the Goldseker Foundation sponsored a series of eight programs on WYPR 88.1 FM, to examine the many dimensions of Baltimore’s struggles with vacant properties, and the most promising efforts to find solutions.

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  • 07/10/2014 2:42 p.m.

    Press Release: Goldseker Foundation Announces Largest Ever Grant

    The Board of Directors of the Goldseker Foundation has announced the approval of the largest grant in the foundation’s 39-year history: $1.5 million to the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) and its affiliated entities Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. (HNI) and the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance (CMTA).

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