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Tradepoint Atlantic: A peninsula's transformation

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr, John Lee
Published June 2, 2023 at 10:19 AM EDT
Tradepoint Atlantic’s redevelopment of The Sparrows Point peninsula. Credit: Tradepoint Atlantic
Tradepoint Atlantic’s redevelopment of The Sparrows Point peninsula. Credit: Tradepoint Atlantic

After more than a century of steelmaking left Sparrows Point a pile of rubble and contamination, the peninsula is now a global logistics hub and home to 12-thousand jobs. WYPR’s John Lee is covering the transformation and shares his reporters’ notes.

Links: John Lee's Tradepoint reporting, Tradepoint Atlantic, Aaron Henkin's history of Bethlehem Steel podcast for the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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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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John Lee
John Lee is a reporter for WYPR covering Baltimore County. @JohnWesleyLee2
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