Baltimore named a Bloomberg Philanthropies city

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With the new year comes the promise of change and hopefully, innovation. To encourage both bold innovation and culture change, Bloomberg Philanthropies is awarding Baltimore City up to $500,000 annually for three years as part of its Innovation Teams program. Bloomberg Philanthropies is the charitable arm of billionaire businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Baltimore was selected with six other cities across the world as the newest cities in the nonprofit’s Innovation Teams…