History
The BDC is the result of mergers between the Baltimore Industrial Development Corporation (BIDC), the Baltimore Economic Development Commission (BEDC; merged with in 1976 to form the Baltimore Economic Development Corporation), Howard Street Market Place, Charles Center–Inner Harbor Management (CC-IH), and Market Center Development Corporation (merged with CC-IH in 1989to become Center City-Inner Harbor Development, Inc. The BDC was formed out of these groups in 1991.
The merger came in the wake of an expansion of the Open Meetings Act provoked by the City Council's frustration with the opacity of CC-IH.
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