B Local

Direct Investment

• Increase charitable investments in 2019 compared to 2018

Year Four Progress: No update.

• Provide philanthropic support to agencies within Baltimore City

Year Four Progress: No update.

Year Five Progress: No update.

• 30% of the staff will volunteer with a Baltimore City non-profit

Year Four Progress: No update.

Year Five Progress: No update.

Hire

• Mentor and train 10 Baltimore City high school students in the Winter-Spring of 2019 in partnership with The Society of American Military Engineers, Baltimore Post.

Year Four Progress: We mentored 4 students from Baltimore Polytechnic through a partnership with The Society of American Military Engineers, Baltimore Post and 6 students from Baltimore Design School through a partnership with ACE Mentorship.

Year Five Progress: No update.

Buy

• Host a client-appreciation event in Baltimore City in 2019 to increase spending with a local restaurant and transportation services

Year Four Progress: See goal below.

• Spend $10,000 in furniture/office supplies with a Baltimore City provider per year.

Year Four Progress: Spent $20,136.58 on hosted events, catering, sponsorship, membership, furniture/office supplies with local vendors.

Year Five Progress: No update.

• Encourage all local Baltimore professional services firms with which we spend more than $50,000 annually to join the BLocal initiative

Year Four Progress: No update.

Year Five Progress: No update.

 

Build

• Participate in the BLocal BUILD College

Year Four Progress: No update.

Year Five Progress: No update.

• Increase spending with diverse suppliers in Baltimore City by 5% in 2019 based on won contracts.

Year Two Progress: Spent $120,614.84 with local and/or minority and women-owned businesses on design contracts.

Year Three Progress: Spent $136,129.23 , a nearly 13% increase from 2017, with local and/or minority and women-owned businesses on design contracts.

Year Four Progress: Spent $128,478.14 with local firms, and $45,336.78 with M/WBEs.

Year Five Progress: No update.