Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Announces Clean Community Competition Winners

Monday Oct 29th, 2012

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Joined by community leaders from every part of Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Saturday morning announced the winners of the first ever Clean Community Competition. The announcement took place inside the War Memorial Building on North Gay St. 

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