Amanda K Phillips de Lucas

Director of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance - Jacob France Institute. Writer on urban highways, community activism, and environmental justice.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

‘Tubthumping’ by Chumbawamba is an anthem about the cruelty of rising up from humiliating defeat, but for the Mets to win, they have to dig deeper into Chumbawamba’s back catalogue to match the tenor of their inglorious decline in the post season. In this essay I will…

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

The perfect souvenir from the Motor City.

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@baseprole Immediate deja vu.

[Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt]

Radio show today:
@bniajfi on latest Vital Signs report on Baltimore
@AntonioHayes40, delegate to the DNC convention
@bmoreconnected on the messy ballot question process this year--what's on/what's not
And the return of Artscape to a summer weekend

11am
@wbalradio

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

@MDOTMTAHolly @mtamaryland I've been riding the bus since January and the improvements are really noticeable as a commuter. Nice to see data backing up my experience here.

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Registration for Baltimore Data Day is now open!

[BNIA-JFI @bniajfi]

Registration for Baltimore Data Day is now open!
Use the link below to reserve your spot at this year's event.
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To learn more about Baltimore Data Day, visit our website, https://t.co/BOK4F9GA1c

[Ryan Little @RyanLittleE]

People are dying of overdose in Baltimore at a rate never before seen in a major American city, a yearlong investigation by The Baltimore Banner and the New York Times has found. From @AlissaZhu @FurrierTranform @jessgall @JessMGallagher. https://t.co/Bxk0sUkKoc

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

Yesterday was my run club’s unofficial race, Riot in the City. In a city full of things I love, this day fills me with joy. Nabbed the first place in the 5K despite having food poisoning.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

Rarely am I this excited about a book.

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Good news everyone, Baltimore is embracing nature based solutions. Or, is this green infrastructure? I can’t keep track.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

@AshleyEsposito_ Development Arrested by Clyde Woods does a phenomenal job of tracing some of this history. It's truly one of the great, unsung, cultural histories of our time.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

I'm procrastinating from doing other work - so I pulled up the 2023 population estimates from the census. Baltimore lost 3,868 people last year. Any decline isn't great news, but we lost 7,471 people last year and 6,579 the year before, so I'll take this as a positive.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

I’m so proud of the work that the @bniajfi team put in on this project.

[Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs @recoverbmore]

Today, the Recovery Office has partnered with @bniajfi to launch a new resource that will enable residents to see where ARPA funds are making an impact throughout Baltimore City. Take a look at the new ARPA Impact Indicators website at https://t.co/2zycNpM8Wr

[Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs @recoverbmore]

Today, @MayorBMScott, along with @ubaltmain's @bniajfi, is proud to announce the launch of ARPA Impact Indicators, an interactive resource designed to provide residents with insights into the impact of the $641 million ARPA funds allocated to Baltimore City.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

A few weeks ago, I was at a pre-wedding party where 4 of the people attending, me included, were wearing the same bootleg Chumbawamba tshirt. Turns out this resulted in my husband finding a new source of bootleg Chumbawamba tshirts, and I got a great Christmas present.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

After a solid month of work and personal travel where I was able to run in some fantastic cities, I can confidently say, nothing beats a foggy morning run through Druid Hill Park.

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We did a thing. We’re coming at you Arcadia.

[Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt]

Study by Live Baltimore in July found one of the biggest reasons people choose to live in Baltimore is walkabilty.
Suggests we need more, not less.

[Amanda K Phillips de Lucas @ewokandroll]

Rereading Peter Norton's Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street this morning. Among other great delights contained within the essay, may I suggest reintroducing the term flivverboob into our lexicon.