The Celebration The setting suggested success:
Union Wharf a sparkling new apartment complex on the waterfront of Baltimore's historic Fells Point is a beacon of urban revival. Where there was only a cement mixing facility some years back, millennials expecting the latest urban chic, now can find a home. The tenant amenity spaces are splendid, especially on this evening of the
20 year anniversary bash when crisp sunshine reflects on white sailboats excitedly clanking in the brisk spring breeze in front of dense waterfront infill townhomes. About a 150 more or less famous people, for whom success is not a foreign word, had come to celebrate Maryland's smart growth policies and the birthday of the group that made smart growth part of its DNA: The growth management group
1000 Friends of Maryland, feared and loved across the state. Those who love the group nibbled here on goodies and sipped drinks, those who fear or hate it had long declared a "war on rural America" and dug in their heels against smart growth.