Baltimore's anchor institutions come together to protect the city

Baltimore is blessed with strong anchor institutions that are the envy of other cities. Centers of health and learning like Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) employ tens of thousands of our neighbors and are vital economic, social and cultural engines for our city.

Tragically, these institutions, and our city itself, are under an unprecedented assault from Washington, D.C. Steep cuts to research and haphazard layoffs of federal employees have already eliminated thousands of jobs. And unfortunately, it seems likely there is still more to come, with recent federal legislation including reductions to Medicaid and Medicare and further slashing research investment, which threatens Baltimore’s residents and economic future.