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Baltimore Economy Dashboard launches with 43 data points for local decisions
The new tool from the Baltimore Development Corporation pulls together housing, jobs and business metrics in one place.
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The Baltimore Economy Dashboard went live on June 11, giving residents and businesses a single online location for 43 separate measures of the local economy.
The release comes at a time when city leaders and investors seek clearer signals on housing costs, employment shifts and small business activity. Public dashboards in other cities have shown that consolidated data speeds up choices about where to expand operations or target services, and Baltimore now has its own version built for the same purpose.
Tool built for planners and entrepreneurs
The Baltimore Development Corporation oversaw the project with support from Bloomberg Associates, which covered development costs and drew on work already done for Phoenix and Tampa. Neighborhood Nexus, based in Atlanta, handled the data aggregation while Chicago-based Assemblage completed the full-stack development. The site covers six main categories: jobs, workforce, real estate, small businesses, startups and consumer spending, with information drawn from nine public and private sources.
Maps display differences in consumer spending and rent burden across neighborhoods, while charts allow direct comparisons to the prior quarter or the same period a year earlier. The platform refreshes automatically each quarter without manual updates, and it functions on mobile devices as well as desktop computers.
Early reception and next steps
Feedback during the first month of operation has been largely positive, with users noting that the information is now easier to locate and interpret. The Baltimore Development Corporation expects the dashboard to support economic planners, real estate investors and entrepreneurs as they evaluate opportunities in the city. The tool will also feed into future editions of the Baltimore Together Summit.
Anyone can access the dashboard at cityeconomy.org/baltimore or through the Baltimore Development Corporation site to review current snapshots before making location or investment decisions.