{"id":8521,"date":"2016-01-29T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2016-02-01T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:57:30","slug":"neighborhood-businessworks-loan-transforms-vacant-building-into-coffee-bar-in-baltimores-mount-vernon-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2016\/01\/29\/neighborhood-businessworks-loan-transforms-vacant-building-into-coffee-bar-in-baltimores-mount-vernon-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighborhood BusinessWorks Loan Transforms Vacant Building into Coffee Bar in Baltimore\u2019s Mount Vernon Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 2458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/01\/Kool_Beanz_Storefront.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/01\/Kool_Beanz_Storefront.jpg\" alt=\"Kool_Beanz_Storefront\" width=\"2448\" height=\"1746\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kool Beanz Coffee Bar at 315 West Madison Street in Baltimore&#8217;s Mount Vernon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>BALTIMORE <\/strong>\u2013 A cool new coffee bar, Kool Beanz, has opened in Baltimore\u2019s Mount Vernon community, a block away from the University of Maryland Medical Center\u2019s Midtown campus. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development provided critical funding to transform the vacant three-story building into a viable mixed-use development, thanks to a $91,000 loan through the <a href=\"http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Business\/Pages\/NBW.aspx\">Neighborhood BusinessWorks<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the retail space, the renovations added five studio apartments, a rooftop entertaining area, and a laundry facility. Each apartment features hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, central air, an intercom system and free cable\/internet.<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood BusinessWorks loans provide flexible gap financing to small businesses locating or expanding in locally designated neighborhood revitalization areas throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur small business lending programs play a critically important role in strengthening our economy, strengthening our communities and creating jobs that help strengthen Maryland families,\u201d said Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE \u2013 A cool new coffee bar, Kool Beanz, has opened in Baltimore\u2019s Mount Vernon community, a block away from the University of Maryland Medical Center\u2019s Midtown campus. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development provided critical funding to transform the vacant three-story building into a viable mixed-use development, thanks to a $91,000 loan<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2016\/01\/29\/neighborhood-businessworks-loan-transforms-vacant-building-into-coffee-bar-in-baltimores-mount-vernon-neighborhood\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,26,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","category-neighborhood-businessworks","category-neighborhood-revitalization","category-small-business-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8559,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions\/8559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}