Businesses like Yai & Toya's Cuisine said the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico last year brought crowds of the finest fashions. "It was a whole lot of people for Preakness," said Joe Campher, the co-owner of the restaurant. "We were fortunate to get quite of bit of business from the Preakness as well." Though it's a different story this year with [...]

You can move the horse race out of the city, but you can’t take the heart of the Preakness out of northwest Baltimore. Organizers of a community festival this weekend hope to keep the spirit of Preakness alive along Park Heights Avenue, even as the annual horse racing event temporarily shifts to Laurel Park this year to make way for [...]

Throngs of local race fans still descended on Park Heights for the fifth Annual George “Spider” Anderson Music & Arts Festival, named for the first Black jockey to win the Preakness in 1889.

For years, as Pimlico Race Course welcomed in its annual flow of customers for Preakness Stakes weekend, the neighborhood it lives in, Park Heights, was left out. “Year after year, traffic would be directed into Preakness and traffic directed right out of this community,” said Yolanda Jiggetts, the head of Park Heights Renaissance. As businesses reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]

5th George "Spider" Anderson Festival    

What began as a modest neighborhood festival has grown into a movement. In the heart of Park Heights, a renaissance is underway—driven by community leaders, local businesses, and a shared desire to bring light back to a corridor that’s long been overlooked. For Yolanda Jiggetts, CEO of Park Heights Renaissance (PHR), this momentum isn’t just about events or headlines—it’s about [...]