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Black Meetings & Tourism October/November 2009: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com One of the most popular destinations on Maryland's Eastern Shore is Ocean City, where you'll find 10 miles of beachfront, a three-mile boardwalk and 15 area golf courses. BALTIMORE Visitors to Baltimore should definitely make room on their itinerary to experience the city's famous Inner Harbor. It's packed with activities and attractions, from shopping and din- ing at Harbor Place and The Gallery to cruising aboard the Spirit of Baltimore and touring the National Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center the Baltimore Maritime Museum and the Port Discovery Children's Museum. The observation deck of the World Trade Center offers a great panoramic city view. If you take the city's free Heritage Walk tour you'll not only get a taste of the Inner Harbor but also explore nearby Little Italy, Jamestown, the Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Baltimore's other Black heritage attractions include the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Dorothy Parker Memorial, the Eubie Blake Jazz Institute and Cultural Center and the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Fells Point, a re-creation of the first African- American shipyard in North America. Summer visitors might be able to catch the African American Heritage Festival or the PAETEC Jazz Festival. Another big summer event is Artscape, the nation's largest free municipal arts festival, while the Waters Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art and American Visionary Art Museum serve up treats for the art lover year-round. Other favorite Baltimore attractions include Power Plant Live, an entertainment district located near the Inner Harbor; the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore; Sports Legends at Camden Yards; and Geppi's Entertainment Museum, which showcas- es the history of American pop culture. The city's largest meeting facility, the 1.2 million-sq. ft. Baltimore Convention Center, contains 300,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, 85,000 sq. ft. of meeting space in 50 rooms and 37 Power Plant Live, a popular place to eat and people watch Photo Credit: Baltimore CVB