Loyola celebrates approval of York Corridor Business Improvement District

Intersection of York Road and E Belvedere Avenue Commercial property owners voted to approve the York Corridor Business Improvement District (BID) , a community advocacy and improvement organization intended to provide services that ensure a clean, green, and vibrant corridor. Loyola University Maryland was one of the entities associated with the BID when it was first proposed and has long supported the proposal. “This vote is an important step forward for our community, and our community partners have worked hard to bring this to fruition,” said Terrence M. Sawyer, J.D., president of Loyola, who has been involved in working toward the BID during his 24-year career at the University. “Loyola is proud to work alongside our neighbors in investing in this part of our city that we call home.” Creating the BID was a key recommendation of the 2015 York Road Commercial Corridor Vision and Action Plan , which the York Road Initiative helped shape. “The creation of a York Road BID is a culmination of years of hard work from a broad coalition of community leaders,” said Gia Grier McGinnis, Dr.PH., executive director of the Center for Community, Service, and Justice and York Road Initiative. “For Loyola, a […]

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