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On The Record

Safe and Sound in Ellicott City?

By Jamyla Krempel,
Melissa Gerr
Published April 1, 2019 at 10:30 AM EDT
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(Top) A view of Main Street on May 29, 2018. (Bottom) A view of Main Street on March 2, 2019.
Dominique Maria Bonessi; Jamyla Krempel
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(Top) A view of Main Street on May 29, 2018. (Bottom) A view of Main Street on March 2, 2019.
Dominique Maria Bonessi; Jamyla Krempel
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Great Panes' owners Sherry Fackler-Berkowitz (standing in the doorway, wearing a lanyard) and Len Berkowitz (far left, wearing an apron) and a group of volunteers stand in front of their former building in June 2018.
Great Panes Art Glass Studio/Facebook
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Great Panes' owners Sherry Fackler-Berkowitz (standing in the doorway, wearing a lanyard) and Len Berkowitz (far left, wearing an apron) and a group of volunteers stand in front of their former building in June 2018.
Great Panes Art Glass Studio/Facebook
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Julia Sanger (center, in purple shirt) with supporters on Park Ridge Trading Company's opening night on March 9, 2019.
Park Ridge Trading Company/Facebook
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Julia Sanger (center, in purple shirt) with supporters on Park Ridge Trading Company's opening night on March 9, 2019.
Park Ridge Trading Company/Facebook

Twice since 2016 Ellicott City’s Main Street has been devastated by flooding. Though several businesses have re-opened, some buildings remain boarded-up and vacant. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball shares an update on redevelopment efforts. Then we meet two business owners: Sherry Fackler-Berkowitz of art-glass studio ‘Great Panes’ describes what it was like on the ground. And Julia Sanger of Park Ridge Trading Company, tells us why she perseveres, even with an uncertain future.

You can read County Executive Ball's EC Safe and Sound Plan here. 

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Jamyla Krempel
Jamyla Krempel is WYPR's digital content director and the executive producer of Wavelength: Baltimore's Public Radio Journey. She collaborates with reporters, program and podcast hosts to create content for WYPR’s online platforms.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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