Apply Now for the 2023 Home-Run Accelerator!
Made In Baltimore’s Home-Run Accelerator is a 5-month small business development program running May through September designed to help home-based entrepreneurs scale up and out into commercial production space. The program is specifically tailored for product-based...
Why I buy local in Baltimore
By Andy Cook For The Baltimore Sun Nov 23, 2022 In the spring of 2009, I picked up my camera, left Baltimore, and set out on a two-month road trip to document the impact of the recession on everyday Americans. As I drove a clockwise loop around the country, I...
Baltimore City Expands Zoning for Makers
At the end of December, Mayor Brandon Scott signed into law City Council Bill 21-0113, which greatly expands the available real estate for makers in Baltimore City. Specifically, the bill makes the uses Food Processing: Light and Art Studio: Industrial permitted uses...
2022 Featured Member Stories: Cajou Creamery
Author: Jacob TookPhotography: Kyle Pompey Nicole and Dwight, founders of Cajou Creamery, just wanted to find a tasty, healthy sweet treat for their lactose-intolerant kids. Dwight had 15 years of culinary experience, and Nicole was earning her raw food chef...
2022 Featured Member Stories: Cuples Tea House
Author: Jacob TookPhotography: Kyle Pompey When Cuples Tea House founders Lynnette and her husband Eric were dating, they often met for tea. When they traveled, they loved trying out local tea houses. When they had the idea to open a place of their own, it felt like a...
2022 Featured Member Stories: Fancy Free
Author: Jacob TookPhotography: Schaun Champion A few years ago, Iyonna was looking for a manufacturing and retail space for her business, Fancy Free Hair & Skin. Today, she and her team run things from her recently-renovated basement. The setup includes industrial...
2022 Featured Member Stories: Currency Studio
Author: Jacob TookPhotography: Kyle Pompey Currency Studio’s space on North Avenue is more than a store. It’s an exhibition, an experience, an experiment. The exterior windows tint red, so colors seem to morph as you enter. Products from fiance co-founders Michael and...
2022 Featured Member Stories: Personal Best Ceramics
Author: Jacob TookPhotography: Schaun Champion It doesn’t take much to build out a ceramics studio — a wheel, plenty of shelf space, a kiln, and a steady pair of hands. But as Whitney sought to scale up Personal Best Ceramics, she wanted to leave the shared studio...
MIB Goes To HTX
In the first week of November, MIB Executive Director Andy Cook and Program Manager Brian Seymore travelled to Houston, TX for the annual Urban Manufacturing Alliance Gathering. The first in-person gathering of its kind since 2019, UMA's convening brought together ...
Tools of the Trade: Quickbooks For Small Businesses w/ Casey McKeel
As our city grapples with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at Made In Baltimore will continue our work supporting the needs of local small businesses with support, education and development opportunities. Our Tools of the Trade workshop series focuses on the...