Page 15 - Port of Baltimore Magazine January/February 2016

JOINING FORCES
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The combined firm, which will maintain the name Baker Donelson, offers a team of 17 attorneys dedicated to admiralty and maritime matters, with more than 800 attorneys across 24 offices in ten states and Washington, D.C.
The names you have grown to know in Baltimore’s maritime community are now part of the same firm, including:
Geoffrey Tobias Tony Whitman Patrick Cameron Jack Daley
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Port does and its contribution to the economy,” said Lynn Heller, Vice President of the Abell Foundation. “The officials who have led these tours have explained the Port’s
air quality and greenhouse gas- reduction initiatives in an open, transparent way.”
The Port developed its philosophy of open communication and transparency with the community when it began using dredged materials. The most recent result is Masonville Cove near Brooklyn Park, which proved to be a win-win for the Port and the neighborhoods in the southern portion of the city.
Working with the community, the Port gained much-needed space for material that had been dredged to keep the harbor channels at the proper depth. It undertook a massive cleanup of a degraded shoreline that had been an industrial dumping ground for decades. When the debris was cleared and the land remediated, the Port created a waterfront park that allowed the community access to the water for the first time in years.
“It resulted in Masonville Cove,” Heller said. “That’s the backdrop from which the Port is trying to open up dialogue on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions.”
As the Port continues to explore ways to improve air quality, more tours are in the works.
“There are just a lot of
good things going on,” said Barbara McMahon, head of Safety, Environment and Risk Management for the Maryland Port Administration. “And we want to inform and engage with public interest and public-health advocates.” 􏰀
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