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In this episode we focus on Baltimore, Maryland where we sit down with our guest Eric Souza, to discuss how his organization is leveraging the community of Midtown to take down historic barriers and build opportunities for the community.

Eric is the past President for Midtown Baltimore, which is a neighbourhood advocacy and improvement program striving to provide consistent services in order to ensure a clean, green and safe community. Eric walks us through the benefits of a management authority in a small city like Baltimore and how it differs from other civic authorities. We dive into how the city of Baltimore is confronting its difficult history through art, and what initiatives they are planning to leverage art and artists to bring safe access to services to the community. By using art as infrastructure, Midtown Baltimore is able to bring safety and security to their historic neighbourhood.

This episode explores:

• The need for art as infrastructure
• Why the organization strives for maintenance before beautification
• The importance for equity through safe access for all communities
• Why cities need to start looking at artists and creatives as civic partners to create and the benefits that can come in investing in artists locally
• What the future for Baltimore could look like

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