Community Economic Development Program (Baltimore, Md.)

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Community Economic Development Program in Baltimore, Maryland between 1960 and 1980. Materials are mainly textual and include reports, planning documents, newsletters, and Regional Planning Council files.

Content Description The collection contains reports and urban planning documents from the 1962 through 2018, mostly produced by Josef Nathanson. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area is the focus of these reports; however, case studies of other locations in Maryland and the United States are also represented in Nathanson's urban planning and economic development portfolio. Of particular note in the Baltimore material are records of the Community Economic Development Program, the first demonstration area in the...