Hollins Market

      Over our spring break, I took time looking over the questions we as a present group were wanting to ask. Refining any if needed, also thinking about WHO we wanted to make sure we scheduled interviews with; like a need to go too. As a group we have compiled a nice list, and the next steps were finding help on using the audio equipment. Yes, I have some familiarity with the equipment from last semester, but it's a lot to undertake. So I reached out to the audio expert Adam D, to see if we could schedule time to meet with him and have a learning session. Luckily he will be attending the class this week, so bonus for us in the present group.        The next steps I see for our project, is going out in Hollins Market and scheduling the interviews we as group think will be beneficial to the project. I'm excited for the next steps, because it's going out and doing my favorite part for any project like this; which is talk to individuals in the community...

In the past week, we have outlined as a group with our grad student leader Lia; how we as the present group are going to tackle our section of the project. Lia set up for us to pick a certain part of our project to take lead on, so we all are contributing equally. The only difficult part of the assignment Lia gave, is to come up with questions that we would ask. The reason this is so difficult, because you want to make sure the questions being asked are the right ones, so it will have an easy flow to the interview. Also, specific questions can lead  the interviewee to divulging more information in the interview. So the next steps going forward is to plan the days and time we will go out and begin our interviews; I'm excited for whats to come....

The main focus or storyline for our project is to showcase the history of Hollins Market. As mentioned before, there isn't any ground breaking contribution we could do, but more so show case the rich history that stems from Hollins Market. Giving insight to the local businesses that have been built in or near the Market and have lasted as long as they have; is something worth celebrating. Creating a platform of advertisement for the businesses, so locals around Baltimore would come and visit. This could increase revenue for Hollins Market, that may not be present at the Market currently. The name of the project needs to be witty or clever to help draw in interest from outsiders. One idea may be: Walking History of Hollins Market.(yes, I know this screams witty!!)  This project is to help explore the rich history of the Hollins Market and why the area should be consider a staple of Baltimore. During our recent visit of Hollins Market, I was unaware of the history the Market itself h...