• What’s your favorite audacious idea of 2008?

    What are your three favorite Audacious Ideas for Baltimore? Audaciousideas.org is meant to be a forum for debate about critical ideas and solutions to our city’s most challenging problems. Please let us know which three ideas you think have the most potential for making Baltimore a city where opportunity thrives for all its residents. Just […]

  • More splendid ideas for Baltimore

    As we mentioned last week, because there have been so many great ideas generated on the blog, it was pretty much impossible for our staff to agree on just one—or two, or three. But we are “re-posting” several more this week that we felt deserved a second read. Please take the time, as the year […]

  • Best audacious blog posts: part 1

    As the year comes to a close, the Open Society Institute-Baltimore staff took a moment to reflect upon and review the more than 50 audacious ideas that have been posted here on audaciousideas.org. In true Open Society fashion, everyone in the office had a different idea about their favorites, so we did not choose just […]

  • Rebuild schools, create (green) jobs for local communities

    Imagine walking into a Baltimore City public school, noticing immediately the light streaming in through the windows, the attractive rooms where children are excitedly discussing their latest project, the sound of a flute coming from the music room.  Could this be a Baltimore City school? YES, IT COULD be, if Baltimore citizens and leaders team […]