After rioters scarred Baltimore last year, Johns Hopkins University leaders discussed efforts that the university was making to build, hire and buy locally. One trustee asked why other businesses in Baltimore weren’t doing the same. “I’m in,” said Mike Hankin, president and chief executive officer of Brown Advisory. As Johns Hopkins President Ronald Daniels recalled Monday, Hankin challenged other trustees to commit the businesses they lead, as well. So began the BLocal effort, which now includes 25 Baltimore businesses promising to invest at least $69 million in minority-owned, female-owned and disadvantaged businesses over the next three years. The effort comes as the city tries to rebuild after a tumultuous year.

April 4, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post