Fiscal Year 2023
Funded Earmarks

Below is the list of Congressionally Directed Spending projects that Senator Cardin secured funding for in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill that was released on December 20, 2022. Earmark citations may be found under the Explanatory Statement for the respective Appropriations Subcommittee Bill.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order by Project Name by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee.

Agriculture & Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Subcommittee

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Project Title: Charlestown Town Hall Addition and Restoration

Recipient Name: Town of Charlestown, Maryland

Project Purpose: The Charlestown Town Hall is in the town’s original one-room schoolhouse, with half of the building leased to the U.S. Post Office. The Addition and Restoration of the Town Hall will allow the town to more adequately serve local residents, comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, and restore the historic building in a way similar to other buildings in the Charlestown community, in line with the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The Maryland and Delaware USDA state director has certified this project as eligible for USDA Community Facilities Grant funding.

Project Location: Charlestown, Maryland

Amount Funded: $34,000

Project Title: Eastern Shore Farm to Freezer Project

Recipient Name: Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center (ESEC)

Project Purpose: The Eastern Shore Farm to Freezer Project involves the establishment of a processing and aggregation facility that will help increase the availability and consumption of local, nutritious food to areas of the Eastern Shore that have limited access. It will expand opportunities for local food banks to diversify the products offered to individuals in need, and it will support local growers in supplying a marketable product all year long. Federal funds will support the build-out of a pilot processing facility, help with equipment purchases, and provide initial operational support and working capital for the pilot-scale phase. The Maryland and Delaware USDA state director has certified this project as eligible for USDA Community Facilities Grant funding.

Project Location: Denton, Maryland

Amount Funded: $985,000

Project Title: Talbot County Free Library – St. Michaels Branch Library Expansion and Renovation

Recipient Name: Talbot County Free Library

Project Purpose: The St. Michaels Branch Library is more than 40 years old and the community’s needs have outgrown the space of the existing library. In particular, the community meeting space is insufficient to meet current demands and it limits opportunities for the library to expand into new, in-demand programming. Federal funds will complete the design of the renovation and expansion of the St. Michaels Branch Library from the existing 7,716 square foot-site into a fully renovated, 10,787 square foot-site, a nearly 40 percent increase in size. The Maryland and Delaware USDA state director has certified this project as eligible for USDA Community Facilities Grant funding.

Project Location: St. Michaels, Maryland

Amount Funded: $70,000

Project Title: Town of Midland Town Hall Replacement

Recipient Name: Town of Midland, Maryland

Project Purpose: The Midland Town Hall has been in use for more than 120 years, outgrowing the needs of the community. Its occupancy is currently limited to approximately 15 people – for a town of almost 500 residents. A new facility also would be able to expand services for the community’s low-income residents, including the installation of 10 broadband connected internet work stations for students, an Americans with Disabilities Act accessible community gathering space, and increased environmental benefits from green design elements. The Maryland and Delaware USDA state director has certified this project as eligible for USDA Community Facilities Grant funding.

Project Location: Midland, Maryland

Amount Funded: $375,000

Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee

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Project Title: Center for Equitable Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Recipient Name: Morgan State University

Project Purpose: The Morgan State University Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) will specialize in the mitigation of algorithmic bias through research and engagement with academic and industry leaders. The center, located at one of Maryland’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), will develop tools to detect and reduce bias in AI & ML, whose usage in consumer technology is increasing. Funds will aid the acquisition of the technology necessary to outfit the center to conduct high-end data processing requirements, visual presentations, and virtual reality needs.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,000,000

Project Title: Coordinated Systemic Responses to Violence in Baltimore

Recipient Name: City of Baltimore, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement

Project Purpose: Funds will support two critical public safety needs, the creation of a Public Safety Accountability Dashboard and the establishment of a pilot program for the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention strategy to identify and deter those who commit the most serious acts of intimate partner violence. The Public Safety Accountability Dashboard will use data from traditional criminal justice agencies and community surveys of public safety perceptions on violent crime, community supervision, and case processing. These data will enable the Baltimore City Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to identify crosscutting criminal and juvenile justice issues that can be address on a systemic level. A partnership of law enforcement, service providers, and community members will use the data to provide expanded victim-survivor services and reduce intimate partner violence.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Expanding STEM Access, Innovation and Workforce Development in Rural Maryland

Recipient Name: Mount St. Mary’s University

Project Purpose: The proposed project will support expansion of STEM research facilities to support American competitiveness in STEM fields, particularly those showing substantial workforce demand, including computer science, data science, cybersecurity and biological, environmental and physical sciences. Requested funds will increase existing research facilities through the addition of 20,000 square feet of computational and laboratory spaces at Mount St. Mary’s University in rural Emmitsburg. It will serve to enhance STEM competitiveness by providing work-based training, building educator-industry partnerships, and strengthening cross-disciplinary STEM training. If constructed, these facilities will expand the ability of the university to offer high-quality educational opportunities for workers in the nearby biotechnology corridor.

Project Location: Emmitsburg, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: Expansion of the Office of the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County’s Digital Discovery Capability

Recipient Name: Office of the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County

Project Purpose: Acquiring, processing, storing and transmitting digital evidence is critical to the criminal justice process today. Currently, none of the digital evidence is integrated into the State’s Attorney’s Office case management system that allows it to use or transmit the digital evidence as required. Staff must spend multiple hours creating physical copies of media to be able to distribute. New federal funding will allow the office to integrate its case management system with the new county system for storing 911, body- worn camera and in-dash cruiser camera footage with the Prince George’s County Police Department’s case reporting system and with a new cloud-based system for handing digital materials for discovery and trial purposes. Funds will cover the initial setup of the cloud-based system that will organize material from multiple sources, edit and process it as needed, and distribute it to defense attorneys as required. It also will cover technical assistance and training costs for use of the new system.

Project Location: Prince George’s County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Fresh Safe, Trauma-Informed, Accountable, Restorative, Transparent (START) Program

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County Government

Project Purpose: Anne Arundel County’s juvenile pre-arrest diversion Fresh START Program is designed to decriminalize behaviors while holding youth accountable, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in charging, and provide early intervention and services to youth impacted by trauma, mental health, and/or substance abuse needs. Through the program, youth are linked with services and mentors in order to get a second chance. In a countywide pilot program, more than 90 percent of Fresh START program participants did not have additional, negative law enforcement interaction. Funding will increase case manager staffing for the purposes of serving more youth and increasing services provided to program participants, hiring youth mentors, and program administration costs.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $400,000

Project Title: License Plate Readers

Recipient Name: City of Baltimore, Baltimore Police Department

Project Purpose: License plate reader (LPR) technology allows Baltimore Police Department (BPD) patrol cars to capture license plate data from vehicles they encounter on their shifts. It has helped to clear several murders, including that of a Baltimore Police Department officer, and other investigations, including non-fatal shootings, armed robberies and carjackings. Funds would purchase and install LPR technology into nearly 100 BPD vehicles.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,300,000

Project Title: Mental Health, Wellness and Resiliency Program

Recipient Name: Charles County Sheriff’s Office

Project Purpose: Following the recommendations of the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act’s 2018 Report to Congress, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office has established a Mental Health, Wellness and Resiliency Program that seeks to address law enforcement personnel mental health needs. These include trauma and crisis intervention and suicide prevention. Local funding has allowed for the hiring of a Mental Health Liaison to meet personnel mental health needs and creation of a wellness app. New federal funding can support additional staffing needs to meet program requirements, such as expanding services beyond sworn personnel and including their family members and retirees.

Project Location: Charles County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $90,000

Project Title: Morgan State University’s PEARL Lab Student Research Enhancements

Recipient Name: Morgan State University

Project Purpose: The Morgan State University’s PEARL Lab Student Research Enhancements project will enhance coastal research opportunities provided at the Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL Lab). Funds will help pay for the salaries of appropriate personnel, student tuition and stipends for program participation, supplies, and on-site housing costs for students. In addition, funds will also allow the PEARL Lab to continue or initiate several research initiatives, including carbon cycling, blue crab abundance, and oyster aquaculture. This program will diversify the small number of Black and African-American scholars in the coastal and ocean sciences through increased exposure to the field and support the state’s only interdisciplinary undergraduate degree that focuses on coastal issues.

Project Location: Calvert County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: Oyster Restoration in the St. Mary’s River Shellfish Sanctuary

Recipient Name: St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, Inc.

Project Purpose: Numerous federal, state and local governments collaborate with nonprofit and private industry stakeholders in joint efforts for oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay, including the St. Mary’s River oyster sanctuary. To provide scientific insights that are relevant to regional partner governments and organizations for the purpose of enhancing oyster restoration efforts, the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, Inc. has proposed a three-year study of the St. Mary’s River oyster sanctuary. The three-year study goal is to improve our understanding of the sanctuary’s extent and placement to inform future sanctuary designations and the restoration of other tributaries with similar geomorphology. The federal funding will cover costs to acquire a research vessel, equipment needed to conduct surveillance, and personnel costs to run the program.

Project Location: St. Mary’s County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $185,000

Project Title: STEM Diversity in Research Opportunities Collaboration

Recipient Name: Bowie State University

Project Purpose: The “STEM Diversity in Research Opportunities Collaboration” will strengthen critical economic sectors in the State of Maryland by enhancing workforce and entrepreneurial opportunities for Bowie State University students and faculty in the areas of life sciences, healthcare, cybersecurity, information systems, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, data science, data analytics, technology transfer and commercialization. The departments of natural sciences, nursing, psychology, social work, computer science, technology & security, and mathematics are increasing collaborative research endeavors in an effort to meet new workforce development challenges in several economic sectors, which address the needs for a diversified workforce.

Project Location: Bowie, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,500,000

Project Title: Support for the Earth and Space Institute at UMBC

Recipient Name: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Project Purpose: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Earth and Space Institute (ESI) supports a multidisciplinary program for research and education in earth and space sciences and engineering. The ESI plays an active role in several NASA missions across different NASA directorates. An additional investment of federal funds will allow the ESI to expand educational and research opportunities for students while providing greater levels of support for NASA missions in the design, implementation, operation, and application of space hardware for earth and space goals. Funds will enable the institute to hire personnel, purchase and set up new equipment for the ESI Institute, and conduct research.

Project Location: Baltimore County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: Train the Trainer Interdisciplinary Certificate in Violence Prevention for Non-Profit Leaders

Recipient Name: University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)

Project Purpose: In an effort to reduce the rate of violent crime in Baltimore City and across Maryland, the Train the Trainer initiative will work to break down silos between non-profit leaders and institutions of higher education to offer comprehensive and improved services to prevent violence. The initiative will develop, implement and evaluate an interdisciplinary training program on violence prevention for non-profit leaders, police officers, lawyers, and social workers. The program will include three phases: curriculum development, implementation and coalition development. The curriculum will include topics like violence prevention, community lawyering, healing-centered engagement, interpersonal violence, criminal justice violence prevention strategies, youth and community engagement, evaluation, and program development. The certificate program will bring together multiple areas of expertise: youth, social work, law, criminal justice, community members, and diversity, equity and inclusion experts. The expertise of these leaders will be braided together to create an interdisciplinary approach to violence prevention and intervention, which can be replicated through trainings throughout the fields of study and community non-profit leaders.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,100,000

Project Title: UMCES Oyster Research to Enhance Resiliency

Recipient Name: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)

Project Purpose: Oyster reefs play an important part in the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay and additional research is needed to continue oyster restoration activities. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s existing work at the Horn Point Laboratory can be further enhanced through the funding of two pilot programs that will expand overall oyster restoration and shoreline resiliency research. These two pilot projects will serve as a hub for graduate student teaching and research, as well as for practicing professionals who are learning methodologies and tools required for oyster aquaculture and methods to enhance coastal resiliency. Funds will pay for research equipment, program management, student support, research vessel use, and the acquisition of technology to enhance the existing oyster hatchery production.

Project Location: Dorchester County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $960,000

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Project Title: Afro Charities Digitization Preparation Fellowship

Recipient Name: Afro Charities, Inc

Project Purpose: The Afro Charities is requesting funds towards the digitization of the AFRO-American Newspaper’s archives, which date back more than 100 years. As one of the longest-running Black media organizations in the United States, the AFRO-American Newspaper’s archives include personal audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 3 million photographs of Black life in the 20th and 21st centuries. Funds will help establish a digitization pilot program that will establish protocols and workflows needed to eventually digitize the entire collection, purchase archival work stations, and cover staffing needs.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $257,000

Project Title: Baltimore Community Lending Small Business Development and Resource Center

Recipient Name: Baltimore Community Lending

Project Purpose: Baltimore Community Lending (BCL) has served the Baltimore community since 1989 with flexible financial resources. Funds will be used to acquire a facility to house their Small Business Development and Resource Center to serve as an accessible facility for community meetings, skill trainings, and other educational activities. The Center will provide co-working and business incubation space as well as legal services and support on accounting, procurement, insurance, and other technical assistance to develop start-up businesses.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (BCAN) at the Maryland Institute College of Art

Recipient Name: Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Project Purpose: The Maryland Institute College of Art’s Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (BCAN) is a citywide movement and collaborative infrastructure to foster a stronger, more equitable creative ecosystem and economy in Baltimore. BCAN prepares, resources and inspires Baltimore creatives to own their genius, build mindful creative enterprises, and shape our future. BCAN seeks to reverse the undervaluing and underinvestment in creators by connecting and equipping them to unlock the economic potential in themselves and in each other so they can achieve self-defined success. Funds will allow BCAN to significantly and sustainably scale its impact through the hiring of additional personnel, expanded program services for creative entrepreneurs, and enhanced community engagement regarding the BCAN program.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: Business Incubator at the UMES Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Recipient Name: University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Project Purpose: The Business Incubator at the UMES Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, located at one of Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will provide a historically underserved region with assistance to start, grow and sustain small businesses. Funds will help to convert an existing UMES facility into a physical center for innovation, housing entrepreneurial resources, business incubator spaces, a Maker’s Space, and educational facilities. Services will be free to the public, with the ultimate purpose of bringing economic development to the region.

Project Location: Princess Anne, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,500,000

Project Title: Inclusive Ventures Small Business Program

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County Government

Project Purpose: Anne Arundel County’s Inclusive Ventures Program assists small, minority, women, and veteran entrepreneurs in Anne Arundel County with education, mentorship, and access to capital. The requested funding will enable the program to grow to meet demand by adding six times as many cohorts. The requested funding will be used for mentors, classroom instruction, content development, supplies, and grants to students. Program graduates will receive access to AAEDC financing programs and one year of free mentoring in law, human resources and accountancy services.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,650,000

Project Title: TEDCO Open Institute for Black Women Entrepreneurs

Recipient Name: Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Project Purpose: The Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s new Open Institute for Black Women Entrepreneurs is a partnership with Maryland’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to determine these entrepreneurs’ needs at the intersection of research, tech transfer, and education. This program reflects the SBA priority to increase access for women entrepreneurs to resources in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. Funds will be used to expand the pilot program to five full cohorts in separate geographic regions across the state, prepare course materials for program participants, and provide program services.

Project Location: Statewide

Amount Funded: $418,000

Project Title: The Contributions of Maryland to the African Diasporic Liberation Movements and Cultural Linkages

Recipient Name: Sister States of Maryland, Inc.

Project Purpose: The proposed project is a public education effort that will explore, through archival research, the cultural linkages, historical ties and impact of the State of Maryland and its residents and institutions on African Diasporic liberation movements against discrimination and injustice. This project will highlight Maryland’s role in the various movements (e.g., Abolitionist Movement, Anti-apartheid movement, Anti-Colonial Movement, Pan African Congress, Garveyites, Liberia Settlements and the Civil Rights Movement) that rekindled the cultural riches of the African diaspora by re-establishing the connection between the diverse peoples whose roots originated in the Motherland. Funds will help compile archival materials on the roles and cultural linkages, present exhibits and workshops in public spaces, and foster stronger connections between the research and prominent academic and cultural organizations.

Project Location: Annapolis, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: The Equity Incubator at the Universities at Shady Grove

Recipient Name: The Universities at Shady Grove

Project Purpose: The Universities at Shady Grove’s (USG) Equity Incubator pilot program works to inspire, discover, develop, and empower entrepreneurial talent among USG students and across Montgomery County, expanding a culture of innovation by facilitating and accelerating the entrepreneurial journey for emerging entrepreneurs. Funds will allow USG to expand the Equity Incubator to 200 venture teams and establish the infrastructure and practices needed to sustain it at scale on an ongoing basis through the hiring of culturally representative mentors, expanding program offerings, and continuing to provide services after completion of the Equity Incubator pilot program.

Project Location: Rockville, Maryland

Amount Funded: $956,000

Project Title: Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)

Recipient Name: Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation (MCCCF)

Project Purpose: The Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) program assists veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB) in understanding the fundamentals of how to compete, comply and secure financing in the federal marketplace. The program is offered at no cost to VOSB and currently serves approximately 4 cohort classes and 200 veterans per year. The funding will allow the VIP program to more than double and provide nine cohorts and serve 450 VOSB, provide continuing education for program graduates, and create a VIP Marketplace where program graduates can search an online network database and connect for additional business opportunities with one another.

Project Location: Montgomery County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,000,000

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Project Title: Anacostia Watershed Society for Preservation and Repair of Historic George Washington House

Recipient Name: Anacostia Watershed Society

Project Purpose: Congressionally Directed Spending will allow the National Park Service to complete critical repair project to the George Washington House. It is one of a constellation of historic buildings and monuments marking Bladensburg’s history as a colonial seaport and War of 1812 battle site, and commemorating Maryland’s contributions to defending our country throughout the 20th century. The house is currently owned by the Anacostia Watershed Society has not been significantly renovated in nearly 15 years and the capital improvements to the historic structure will better serve and engage thousands of watershed residents each year in the stewardship of the rich natural, cultural, and historical heritage of Maryland.

Project Location: Bladensburg, Maryland

Amount Funded: $250,000

Project Title: City of Baltimore for Egg Shaped Digesters Rehabilitation

Recipient Name: City of Baltimore

Project Purpose: Federal funds will be used for the SC-992 Egg Shaped Digesters (ESD) project which will ultimately provide improvements to and rehabilitate the interior and exterior of the ESD tanks and associated equipment; upstream primary sludge screening system; portion of the Acid Phase Reactor; rehabilitation of two gravity sludge thickeners and pumps; and, the High Rate Digesters (HRD) recirculation and gas metering system to enhance operation of the entire digesting system. The ESD project is a vital component of DPW’s wastewater treatment program. The proposed wastewater project will benefit Baltimore City and its extended service regions, including the most economically stressed communities that are often impacted the most due to gaps in service delivery and poor or aging infrastructure, and entire Chesapeake Bay.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $3,452,972

Project Title: National Park Service for Leonard’s Lane Community Park

Recipient Name: National Park Service

Project Purpose: Congressionally Directed Spending funds can cover the costs of construction of a green infrastructure projects that meets both community and habitat conservation goals. The Leonard’s Lane Park proposal is located in an underserved community of color in Cambridge, Maryland. This Chesapeake Gateways Community Project will utilize a vacant lot to create a space for gathering, gardening, and passive and active recreation opportunities, while enhancing water quality and conserving lands in line with the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998.

Project Location: Cambridge, Maryland

Amount Funded: $389,000

Project Title: Prince George’s County for Lower Beaverdam Creek Restoration

Recipient Name: Prince George’s County

Project Purpose: The project will address the restoration of Lower Beaverdam Creek, located in the Anacostia River Watershed, a highly urbanized watershed located in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The restoration effort will focus on flood control and the remediation of hazardous substances while implementing the necessary steps to protect public health, welfare, and the environment. Funds will also invest in an education and outreach program for low-income and high-risk resident to participate in decisions that affect their community, environment and health.

Project Location: Prince George’s County

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Project Liberty Ship, S.S. John W. Brown for Drydock

Recipient Name: Project Liberty Ship, S.S. John W. Brown

Project Purpose: Historic Preservation funding can accommodate the Coast Guard in the inspection, maintenance work, and preservation tasks of the S.S. John W. Brown, which is one of 384 Liberty ships built at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore and the only one still sailing, a testimony to Maryland’s manufacturing history and the role of Maryland manufacturing in the successful outcome of World War II. The fully operational ship is still utilized by the educational community.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Somerset County for the Smith Island Clean Water Project

Recipient Name: Somerset County

Project Purpose: The Smith Island sewer system, including aging and corroded facilities, is vulnerable to the harmful impacts of climate change, such as flooding and sea level rise, and is under a Consent Order from the Maryland Department of the Environment, which poses a threat to public’s water quality and surround estuarine ecosystems. Funds will be use go towards strengthening resilience infrastructure, upgrading the Enhanced Nutrient Removal standards of the Ewell Wastewater Treatment Plant, decommissioning of the Tylerton Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the construction of a new subaqueous forcemain to connect Tylerton to the wastewater collection to reduce discharges to the Chesapeake Bay and prevent nutrient contamination and ecological degradation of the Island and surrounding wetlands.

Project Location: Smith Island, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,250,000

Project Title: Talbot County for Sewer Extension Project & Royal Oak Pump Station Replacement

Recipient Name: Talbot County

Project Purpose: The original Royal Oak Pump Station was constructed in 1992 and became operational in 1993. Funds will be used in a sewer extension project to connect residential properties to the Region II Wastewater Treatment Plan to address pollution from on-site sewage disposal system and avoid serious environmental impacts near the Oak Creek community and reduce nutrient pollution discharge in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Project Location: Talbot County

Amount Funded: $911,000

Project Title: Town of Grantsville for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade

Recipient Name: Town of Grantsville

Project Purpose: The Town of Grantsville’s sewer system serves the Town and three systems owned and operated by Garrett County Public Utilities. The existing treatment process is unable to consistently meet the ammonia requirement and funding will go towards upgrading Enhanced Nutrient Removal treatment and technologies and meeting the existing Consent Order from MDE.

Project Location: Grantsville, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

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Project Title: Aberdeen Station Square

Recipient Name: City of Aberdeen 

Project Purpose: This project would fund the site acquisition and demolition, preliminary engineering and design, and updated cost estimates for improvements to the Aberdeen Train Station. The Aberdeen Train Station is a multi-modal transportation center offering daily commuter service on Amtrak and Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) trains and the Harford Link Transit bus service. These improvements would remove the physical and economic barriers separating the City residents from U.S. Route 40, the multi-modal transportation uses, employment opportunities, and downtown services.

Project Location: Aberdeen, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: Allen Pond Park

Recipient Name: City of Bowie

Project Purpose: Allen Pond Park is Bowie’s largest park with a playground, turf fields, and an amphitheater. The park is a hub for middle-income residents of all ages as it provides sport fields, an entertainment venue, cultural events, and exercise space. In a 2018 study, it was reported that out of the organized recreational sports groups in Bowie, 47.5% are Bowie residents participating in field sports and the remainder are regional users, displaying how the fields in the park serve both residents and those in the region. The investments in Allen Pond Park will allow for the space to continue to serve the middle-class residents and visitors of Bowie.

Project Location: Bowie, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,700,000

Project Title: B360 Educational Campus

Recipient Name: I Am Mentality Inc.

Project Purpose: This project will establish a safe, permanent location for B-360’s programming and allow youth and young adults to utilize their dirt bikes in a safe place. With this new site, B-360 will solidify their impact in Baltimore by building a multi-use facility and regional hub to grow natural ingenuity by providing transferable skills and culturally relevant education. The site will serve an estimated 3000+ youth and young adults in the space annually with educational programming and divert nonviolent offenders into job and career training programs.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,000,000

Project Title: BAAM Academic Center

Recipient Name: Building African American Minds, Inc.

Project Purpose: BAAM provides student academic and social activities for Black students in Talbot County, as well as career and workforce development for youth and adults. Funds will be used to support the new BAAM Academic Center, adjacent to the BAAM Athletic Center, to house its academic and workforce services and allow to expand its student and adult participation. The BAAM Academic Center will include a library, 12 classrooms, a computer lab, a multipurpose/dining room with a commercial kitchen, a student lounge, a wellness and counseling center, and administrative offices.

Project Location: Easton, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: Baltimore Greenway Trail Network – Critical Corridor Advancements

Recipient Name: City of Baltimore 

Project Purpose: This project would complete the Eastern Segment of the Baltimore Greenway Trails Network. This segment benefits from significant preliminary investment and are the most critical corridors to completing the Baltimore Greenway Trails Network. The Eastern Segments are in negotiations between Baltimore City and the property owners for acquisition for future trail use. Advancing these vital segments will ensure the Greenway leverages all available resources to serve the residents of Baltimore via a connected urban trail network.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,500,000

Project Title: Baltimore Pumphouse Renovation of Buildings

Recipient Name: American Communities Trust, Inc.

Project Purpose: Built 125 years ago, the Baltimore Pumphouse was the water pumping station for East Baltimore. Today it is a multi-phased project to bring retail and restaurants back to a distressed area for the first time in 50 years. The project includes five historical buildings. These federal funds will be used to complete renovation of the Historic Garage, Stables and Historic Machine Shop, which will house a manufacturing facility, catering business, and restaurant, as well as opportunities for job training and classes.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $3,200,000

Project Title: Boys & Girls Club of Washington County Pennsylvania Avenue Clubhouse Replacement Project

Recipient Name: Boys & Girls Club of Washington County

Project Purpose: The current Boys & Girls Club clubhouse in Washington County has deteriorated to such a degree that it not only is no longer cost-effective to repair and large portions of the 28,000 square foot building now unusable. Federal funds will be used to build a new Boys & Girls Club clubhouse to provide a safe, secure, and optimized space for up to 500 youth per day, a new Teen Center, and career and workforce development programs.

Project Location: Hagerstown, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: Catholic Charities Intergenerational Center

Recipient Name: Catholic Charities of Baltimore

Project Purpose: Funds will be used to rehabilitate a building in Greater Rosemont to serve as an Intergenerational Center and support multiple generations of a family through Head Start classes and other community programming. While federal funds will primarily contribute to renovations to the section of the building that will house a Head Start program serving 120 children, the full project will include a community health clinic, behavioral health services for teens and adults, workforce development services, afterschool tutoring and summer programs, meeting rooms and community spaces, computer labs, a playground and open spaces for families, and two basketball courts.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,750,000

Project Title: College Park Community Preservation and Housing Trust

Recipient Name: College Park City-University Partnership

Project Purpose: The College Park City-University Partnership is establishing a Housing Trust program to provide affordable workforce housing and to stabilize targeted College Park neighborhoods. Today, only 6 percent of UMD faculty and staff live in College Park; many of the neighborhoods nearest the University have expensive rental properties and many potential home buyers can’t access homeownership, especially in neighborhoods where home prices have soared astronomically. Federal funds will be used to purchase homes and place them into a Shared Equity Homeownership Program to support owner-occupied homeownership.

Project Location: College Park, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,500,000

Project Title: Crownsville Nonprofit Incubator and Community Space

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County

Project Purpose: The requested funding will be used to renovate an existing space, owned by Anne Arundel County, to house a nonprofit incubator and community space that will also include wellness services and programming. The funding specifically will renovate the restrooms, floors, and plumbing of the building. The investment into the existing building aims to provide a work space that takes advantage of post-pandemic industry trends to serve the needs of community members while also supporting nonprofits that provide a social return on investment.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County

Amount Funded: $3,000,000

Project Title: Doleman Black Heritage Museum Phase 1 Pre-construction

Recipient Name: Doleman Black Heritage Museum, Inc.

Project Purpose: The Phase 1 Pre-construction activities will allow the Doleman Black Heritage Museum, Inc. to renovate an existing building that has been vacant for nearly 30 years and will serve as the future home of the Doleman Black Heritage Museum. Upon completion, individuals will be able to view the Museum’s extensive collections and meet community needs through the establishment of a multimedia studio that will allow residents and students to gain exposure to media production.

Project Location: Hagerstown, Maryland

Amount Funded: $563,000

Project Title: Druid Heights Maggie Quille Community Center

Recipient Name: Druid Heights CDC

Project Purpose: The Druid Heights CDC is a resident-driven, community-focused organization focused on development of residential and commercial properties alongside community outreach programs like housing counseling, re-entry programs, afterschool tutoring, and summer camp. Federal funds will be used to renovate the Druid Heights Maggie Quille Center to serve as a multipurpose center with two community spaces, a youth programming center, a computer lab, and nine offices. The community center also includes two vacant lots that have been transformed into a playground and outside green space.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,500,000

Project Title: Druid House Transitional Housing Center

Recipient Name: Druid Heights Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: The Druid House Transitional Housing Program assists single parents experiencing homelessness in developing more independent living skills and stability, as they move toward a more permanent living situation. Residents receive services, including counseling and assistance in finding employment, as well as a monthly food pantry and transportation. These funds will be used for the rehabilitation of 13 apartment units located within the Druid Heights urban renewal community.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $750,000

Project Title: East Street Shared-Use Pathway: Liberty Road Bridge Crossing Construction Project

Recipient Name: City of Frederick via MDOT

Project Purpose: The City of Frederick’s project would allow for the construction of the East Street Rails with Trails: Shared-Use Pathway Liberty Road Bridge Crossing project. This a 3.7-mile, 12’-wide multi-use pathway providing access from a MARC station to the Monocacy River at the Mill Island neighborhood. This project is a key component of the City’s Shared-Use Path and On-Street Bike network expansion, designed to facilitate safe travel throughout the City of Frederick without the need or use of an automobile. The Shared-Use Path system plan consists over 25 miles spanning six corridors and connect Frederick’s downtown MARC Station with the City’s commercial corridors, residential neighborhoods, and parks.

Project Location: City of Frederick, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: EBDI Phase 2B Infrastructure Project

Recipient Name: East Baltimore Development, Inc. (EBDI)

Project Purpose: East Baltimore Development, Inc. is engaged in a multi-year revitalization project in the historic Middle East Neighborhood, now known as Eager Park. Federal funds will support infrastructure work at the Henderson-Hopkins Community School and commercial, retail, and residential development sites in the southeastern section of the EBDI project area including Eager Park. This work is necessary to develop new space for commercial tenants and a grocery store in what is now a food desert. Federal funds will be used to repair and upgrade public roadways, curbs and sidewalks; update streetscaping, lighting, and storm drainage systems; replace water mains and service lines; other infrastructure-related repairs and enhancements; and engineering design.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,300,000

Project Title: End Hunger Community Economic Development Project

Recipient Name: End Hunger in Calvert County

Project Purpose: The End Hunger Community Economic Development Project serves individuals in Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Prince George’s, and southern Anne Arundel Counties, creating a centralized location for local organizations and nonprofits to create new opportunities for residence and address the root causes of poverty. Funds will be used to renovate facilities to support the receipt and distribution of food to food pantries, schools, and businesses serving low income families. It also includes a dedicated space for a Culinary Workforce Development Program for students with disabilities.

Project Location: Calvert, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,133,000

Project Title: Folklife Hub at Sandy Spring Museum

Recipient Name: Sandy Spring Museum

Project Purpose: The federal funding allocated will allow the Sandy Spring Museum to expand its physical location to include a 1,200 square foot Folklife Hub within the museum. Upon completion, the space will serve as a performance space for country folk artists who are immigrants, people of color, and members of underserved communities. This organization is unique as there is no other organization that specifically serves country folk artists. The additional space will permit the Sandy Spring Museum to continue to support artists in person as their services are currently delivered in a virtual setting as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Project Location: Montgomery County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Forest Park Renaissance

Recipient Name: WBC Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: This project will acquire and revitalize the former fire station in Forest Park. The building will become the headquarters for the neighborhood associations and WBC CDC, meeting space for the delivery of housing and small business counseling and coaching services, and flex space with meeting rooms, technology lab, copy room, and business incubator suites to support the business district. The plans include the first and second floors with a third floor addition creating a mixed use property that is self-sufficient and serves the community.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $3,000,000

Project Title: Frederick and Pennsylvania Railroad Trail

Recipient Name: Frederick County Government via MDOT

Project Purpose: The Frederick and Pennsylvania Railroad Trail (F&P Trail) is a new, shared-use path in Frederick County that will connect the City of Frederick to the Town of Walkersville to the north. This project will result in the increased connectivity and safe and efficient mobility, both for recreational and commuting purposes. It will provide a safe and efficient way to bike, walk, jog and roller blade between the Town of Walkersville and Downtown Frederick. Funds will be used for engineering and design of phases 2 and 3 of the project from Fountain Rock Nature Center to Heritage Farm Park.

Project Location: Frederick County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $280,000

Project Title: Frederick HHS Permanent Supportive Housing, Food Distribution Center, & Soup Kitchen Upgrades Project

Recipient Name: City of Frederick, MD

Project Purpose: The Frederick Community Action Agency serves 25,000 meals per year at the Soup Kitchen and provides food for 700 households per month with the Food Bank, ranging from very low-income families who use the foodbank on a regular basis to moderate-income families who are facing a financial crisis and need temporary assistance. Federal funds will support upgrades to the food distribution center and soup kitchen, which will allow for storage and distribution of fresh food and address current operational inefficiencies. Funds will also help construct a community garden to allow for onsite production of healthy produce and professional development to improve staff’s culinary skills. Finally, the project includes the renovation of an adjacent multi-family building that has 14 rooms of permanent supportive housing to serve Frederick’s most vulnerable community members.

Project Location: Frederick, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,315,843

Project Title: Great Allegheny Passage Spur: The Evergreen Trail

Recipient Name: Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation, Inc. via MDOT

Project Purpose: Congressionally Directed Spending funds would establish a 5 ½ mile Great Allegany Passage (GAP) spur that would enable hikers to explore the 131-acre Evergreen Heritage Center (EHC) as the GAP crosses through the EHC. The Evergreen Trail project will establish a pre-defined 4 ½ mile hiking trail that will connect the GAP to the existing mile long Evergreen Coal Trail which historically transported coal from deep hillside mines to the railroad. The resulting 5 ½ mile natural surface Evergreen Trail will make it possible for hikers and local students to discover dozens of features and exhibits of historical and environmental interest, all accessible from both the GAP and adjacent Western Maryland Scenic Railway.

Project Location: Mount Savage, Maryland

Amount Funded: $250,000

Project Title: Green & Healthy Homes Baltimore Initiative

Recipient Name: Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Inc

Project Purpose: This project will improve housing conditions and health, energy and racial equity outcomes for 150 low-income families with children and seniors in West Baltimore. GHHBI will address the plight of unhealthy housing in Baltimore, and the United States, by eradicating the root causes of health and racial disparities arising from housing related asthma, lead poisoning, injury and energy inefficiency for the City’s low-income communities of color.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Requested by the Senator: $750,000

Project Title: Greenmount Park in Johnston Square – Vacant Land Conversion

Recipient Name: Rebuild Metro, Inc.

Project Purpose: The Johnston Square is an underserved neighborhood that is currently the site of the Johnston Square Gateway Project, an effort to build over 200 mixed-income homes and a series of new commercial spaces over the next five years. These federal funds will convert four acres of vacant and dilapidated land into a modernized and sustainable greenspace that will offer high-quality amenities like play spaces, fitness stations, and shade trees to the Johnston Square community and provide a high-quality lit practice field for St. Frances Academy’s football team. The park will be designed to serve as a place for Johnston Square families to play and exercise and as a locus of community gatherings, events, and other social activities like farmers markets and festivals for local residents. The project will also serve to connect the neighborhood to the Jones Falls Trail and East Coast Greenway, allowing greater access to Penn Station, Druid Hill Park, and other city amenities.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: Indian Head Community Redevelopment

Recipient Name: Town of Indian Head

Project Purpose: Federal funds will be utilized for the redevelopment of three vacant properties and a vacant lot. The space will be transformed into a planting garden and a raingarden with parking spaces that will help the surrounding resources such as the Indian Head Rail Trail, Riverwalk, and other community events. The sustainable revitalization efforts will assist in attracting new economic opportunities to Indian Head.

Project Location: Indian Head, Maryland

Amount Funded: $750,000

Project Title: JCS Community Living Group Home Renovations

Recipient Name: Jewish Community Services – Baltimore

Project Purpose: JCS provides a lifetime commitment of care, support, and guidance for people with disabilities in Maryland through 24-hour supervision, staffing, nursing, and other supportive services to 29 low and moderate income, developmentally disabled residents who live in one of nine Alternative Living units (ALU) in the Baltimore area. These federal funds will allow JCS to complete necessary renovations and accessibility modifications that will allow the residents to continue to live safely and remove barriers to mobility within the homes.

Project Location: Baltimore County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $760,000

Project Title: Liberty Community Development Corporation Food Pantry

Recipient Name: Liberty Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: The Liberty Community Development Corporation operates a food pantry that serves individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in the Randallstown, Gwynn Oak and Windsor Mill areas of Baltimore County. These funds will be used for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation and reconstruction of the existing food pantry to expand and improve its services.

Project Location: Baltimore County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $400,000

Project Title: Lower Shore Clinic, Inc Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility

Recipient Name: Lower Shore Clinic, Inc

Project Purpose: The Lower Shore Clinic, Inc Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility provides wraparound care and services for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and substance use disorders, who frequently have complex health needs. Funds will be used for 21 housing units among at least 7 houses throughout the tri-county area of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. These additional units will support the expansion of psychiatric rehabilitation services and the integration of Co-Occurring Outpatient Substance Use Treatment services.

Project Location: Salisbury, Maryland

Amount Funded: $645,000

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Project Title: McElderry Park Affordable Homeownership Project

Recipient Name: Southeast Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: Since 2000, homeownership has declined in McElderry Park by almost 40% as landlords bought up properties for rentals. The pandemic subsequently sparked a home buying boom, making it more difficult for low-income buyers to compete for affordable homes. The Southeast CDC will use these federal funds to acquire vacant and distressed homes, then rehab and resell them at affordable prices to low-to-moderate-income homebuyers. Homebuyers will also have access to financial counseling and affordable loan products.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $600,000

Project Title: Mobile Food Delivery Truck

Recipient Name: Nonprofit Prince George’s County

Project Purpose: Many residents in Prince George’s County live in food deserts where they have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods and meals. These funds will allow Nonprofit Prince George’s County to purchase a mobile food delivery truck that will expand their service delivery of free foods to vulnerable residents and those in need.

Project Location: Prince George’s County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $513,000

Project Title: Montgomery County Flash Bus Expansion to Howard County Maryland

Recipient Name: Montgomery County 

Project Purpose: Montgomery and Howard Counties are committed to extending the Montgomery County Flash Bus System northward from its existing terminus in Burtonsville to Downtown Columbia, including stops in Maple Lawn and the Johns Hopkins Advanced Physics Lab. Federal funds to purchase four zero-emission buses will allow a bi-county bus with peak period service (3 morning and 3 evening trips) on an hourly headway. Montgomery will purchase, own and operate the vehicles, and Howard County will fund the annual operating costs for their share of this service.

Project Location: Montgomery County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $3,350,000

Project Title: New Shiloh Cultural Arts and Recreation Center

Recipient Name: New Shiloh Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: Funds will be used to support the construction of the New Shiloh Cultural Arts and Recreation Center, which is the 8th and final project in the development plan for New Shiloh Village. The Center will service the Village and Greater Mondawmin area with basketball camps, track and field training, weight and exercise rooms, tutoring programs, and mentoring for local youth. It will also house existing programs, including the Carter Children Center for tutoring, the Mentoring Male Youth Program, Senior Exercise Programs, the YMCA Head Start Program, and health screening provided by Bon Secours Health Care.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,000,000

Project Title: Odenton MARC Station Development

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County 

Project Purpose: This project will accelerate the transit oriented development of the Odenton MARC Station. The project will expand and enhance parking options for MARC commuters and develop a mix of commercial, retail, and housing uses that allow for more County residents to utilize the MARC Station.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: Parole Transportation Center

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County 

Project Purpose: This project will provide a multi-modal transportation center in Parole at the Westfield Annapolis Mall. The facility will serve existing local and regional bus service, but will also be designed as an intermodal hub with possible future connectivity to modes such as bikeshare, carshare, and ride hailing services.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $3,000,000

Project Title: Pathway to Equity for People with Disabilities Begins in Rural Maryland – The Arc at Port Street Facility

Recipient Name: The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, Inc.

Project Purpose: The Arc Central Chesapeake Region serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout the Eastern Shore. Funds will be used to support development of The Arc at Port Street facility, which will provide counseling, day services, and a community gathering space for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The Arc at Port Street is being developed alongside The Residences at Port Street, which will provide quality affordable housing. This project will allow The Arc to grow its Eastern Shore programs by at least 60%, serving a minimum of 150 people by 2025, so that people with disabilities can live, work, and connect within their community.

Project Location: Easton, Maryland

Amount Funded: $750,000

Project Title: PIA Hagerstown Campus Expansion Project

Recipient Name: Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics – Hagerstown

Project Purpose: This project will support the 10,000 square foot expansion of the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics- Hagerstown to house the growing program for Aviation Maintenance Technicians. The additional space for the program will allow the Institute to increase their current enrollment by 20% and focus on bringing equity to underserved populations by offering flexible educational opportunities for nontraditional students and underrepresented groups. The services housed by the additional space will address the labor needs of the high-preforming and resilient aviation industry while promoting economic growth and diversified training opportunities for underserved populations in the region.

Project Location: Hagerstown, Maryland

Amount Funded: $750,000

Project Title: Preservation and Restoration of the Pleasant View Historic Site

Recipient Name: Pleasant View Historical Association

Project Purpose: The Pleasant View Historic Site was the center of an African American Community in Montgomery County for more than 100 years, and serves as an example of how free African American communities in Maryland and across the country came together and sustained themselves after the Civil War. These funds will be used to renovate and stabilize deteriorated buildings on the site that they can be safe to reopen to the public for tours and meetings and allow the Pleasant View Historical Association to expand existing educational partnerships with Montgomery County Schools and the University of Shady Grove.

Project Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland

Amount Funded: $943,000

Project Title: Renovation of Arena Players Incorporated

Recipient Name: Arena Players Incorporated

Project Purpose: Located in West Baltimore, Arena Players Incorporated is the oldest continually operating African American Community theatre in the United States. API’s current location is deteriorating and these federal funds will be used for comprehensive upgrades to the main performance space, a complete re-envisioning of the auxiliary spaces on the second and third floors, and immediate attention to the exterior, including ADA accessibility.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $4,000,000

Project Title: River Park at Canal Place Trails and Trail Connections

Recipient Name: Canal Place Preservation & Development Authority via MDOT

Project Purpose: In 2018 the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority created River Park, which included completing the North Branch River Trail, whitewater features, access to the river for boating and fishing, and the creation of a variety of trails and trail connections as a destination for hikers and bikers, and for use by local residents. Federal funding for the trail section of the park consists of trail design, engineering, and construction of the on-grade trail system, the wetland trail boardwalk, an overlook on the trail, a small pedestrian bridge, railing, landscaping, interpretative and wayfinding signage, and a paved parking area. The trail will also provide safe passage into the newly designed downtown Cumberland Historic District.

Project Location: Cumberland, Maryland

Amount Funded: $6,000,000

Project Title: Rosa’s House

Recipient Name: L.A.M.B., Inc., CDC

Project Purpose: This project will serve as a safe sanctuary for families, women, and children who have survived domestic violence and abuse. Funds will be used to build an emergency housing facility for 50-70 families, including 100 beds, playrooms for the children, community space, and a kitchen and dining area. Rosa’s House will also assist residents in finding permanent housing and other services and will provide individual and family counseling and healthcare services.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $250,000

Project Title: Secure Bike Parking Facilities in Bethesda and Silver Spring

Recipient Name: Montgomery County 

Project Purpose: Montgomery County is committed to working to address the climate crisis on multiple fronts. Increasing the mode share of bicycling is a critical part of that effort. However, if people are worried their bicycle will be stolen or vandalized while parked, they are much less likely to travel by bike. This project will provide secure bike parking facilities in downtown Bethesda and downtown Silver Spring. Both proposed facilities are adjacent to transit hubs and the Capital Crescent Trail and are within major mixed-use downtown areas.

Project Location: Montgomery County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $428,000

Project Title: South Entrance Trail – T-7107

Recipient Name: Howard County via MDOT

Project Purpose: Howard County’s Patuxent Branch Trail is currently disconnected from the Downtown Columbia multi-use pathway project. This request would connect the existing Patuxent Branch Trail with future development opportunities and provide a car-free connection from Downtown Columbia to Savage, Maryland.

Project Location: Howard County

Amount Funded: $3,000,000

Project Title: Southern Views Multi-Family Workforce Housing Project

Recipient Name: Mary Harvin Community Development Corporation

Project Purpose: The Workforce Housing Project is part of the East Baltimore Revitalization Project, which aims to transform the neighborhood and encourage residents to stay long-term. Federal funds will be used to support construction of housing units for the Mary Harvin Transformation Center trainees, recent graduates, and their families, giving them a safe and stable home as they develop their skills and find new careers.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: 3,259,000

Project Title: Sparrows Point/Broening Interchange Planning

Recipient Name: Baltimore County via MDOT

Project Purpose: These funds will allow for the initial planning of a full interchange near Tradepoint Atlantic and I-695 to assist in the increasing industrial expansion and related traffic. This would The Sparrows Point interchange would maximize the potential redevelopment activities at Tradepoint Atlantic, allow for truck avoidance of the toll plaza, and would reduce truck traffic impacting residential communities on Dundalk Avenue and Holabird Avenue. Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) has completed a point-to-point study for this project location.

Project Location: Baltimore County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,000,000

Project Title: St. Mary’s County Sidewalk Retrofit

Recipient Name: St. Mary’s County via MDOT

Project Purpose: Residents in Lexington Park need safe pedestrian access on Pegg Road, which serves medium to high density homes, senior living, and a recently constructed affordable housing development. The road also carries a high volume of NAS Pax River base traffic. This project would create a continuous, safe sidewalk system for the residents in the community.

Project Location: St. Mary’s County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $300,000

Project Title: St. Michaels Community Center Capital Renovation

Recipient Name: St. Michaels Community Center

Project Purpose: The current St. Michaels Community Center is in a World War II era former lumber warehouse that with no windows, limited accessibility, no insulation, and only partial HVAC. These federal funds will allow for the renovation of the building to allow the Community Center to expand their services, including a commercial kitchen with a new Culinary Arts Workforce Development Program to enroll unemployed individuals and those with barriers to employment to learn food preparation skills while expanding the Community Food Distribution Program. The Center will also include equipped classrooms for after-school programs, summer, camp, and adult education, along with a Technology Center to provide online classes from Chesapeake College and serve as a home for a retail entrepreneurship training program.

Project Location: St. Michaels, Maryland

Amount Funded: $500,000

Project Title: The HAVEN

Recipient Name: L.A.M.B., Inc. CDC

Project Purpose: The HAVEN project will provide healthy food alternatives for residents living in a food desert, office space for conducting job training and internship opportunities, job training opportunities, and food pantry space for our continued food distributions. Funds will be used to erect a four-story food eatery and office space project that will serve more than 500 community residences, local businesses, and the District Court House, located in the North Avenue area of East Baltimore City.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $250,000

Project Title: The Juanita Jackson Mitchell Legal Center

Recipient Name: Beloved Community Services Corporation

Project Purpose: Juanita Jackson Mitchell was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and practice law in the state of Maryland. Attorney Jackson Mitchell’s law office in Baltimore has long been vacant and was purchased by Beloved Community Services Corporation as part of its efforts to preserve properties of historical significance to the African-American community and restore neighborhoods that have been destroyed by the long-standing practice of redlining and decades of governmental and institutional neglect. ROAR, a project of Mitchell’s alma mater, University of Maryland, Baltimore, is a multi-disciplinary center where survivors of crime, violence, and harm can access wraparound legal, case management, and mental health services in one place, which research shows provides the best outcomes for survivors whose needs are myriad and complex. Funds will be used to renovate, restore and maintain the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Legal Center, and to provide initial funding for a satellite office of Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,750,000

Project Title: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc. Renovation

Recipient Name: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc.

Project Purpose: The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is one of the most visible African American tourist attractions in Baltimore City and the State of Maryland, offering educational experiences that support community and family learning. As an anchor institution in the Oliver Community of East Baltimore, it attracts more than 125,000 visitors from across the country per year. These funds will be used to make repairs to the exterior of the building and updates to the Main Lobby, auditorium, kitchen, and restrooms; increase accessibility for people with disabilities; and support the exhibitions.

Project Location: Baltimore City, MD

Amount Funded: $2,008,580

Project Title: The Star Community Family Life Center

Recipient Name: MSBC Five Star Program, Inc.

Project Purpose: The Star Community Family Life Center will turn a former body shop into a space for a variety of multi-generational programs and services including the Youth 360 Program; supportive physical and mental health counseling and services offered to youth and adults; recreational space for activities; and meeting and training space for seminars, classes and workforce development. Federal funds will support the renovation.

Project Location: Baltimore County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,300,000

Project Title: Trail Spurs and Connectors

Recipient Name: Anne Arundel County via MDOT

Project Purpose: This funding will be used to accelerate the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of spurs and connectors to the major trails traversing the Anne Arundel County. The new trails will help connect local trails with national trails including the East Coast Greenway and the American Discovery Trail.

Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,500,000

Project Title: Transit Facility Feasibility (DPW&T)

Recipient Name: Prince George’s County via MDOT

Project Purpose: As the County transit system grows, the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) needs an additional facility to store and maintain fixed route vehicles as capacity of the current primary facility has been exceeded thus impacting service delivery to our citizens, many of whom rely on this service as their primary means of transportation.

Project Location: Prince George’s County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $1,500,000

Project Title: Upton Mansion Research Center for AFRO Archives

Recipient Name: Afro Charities, Inc.

Project Purpose: Congressionally Directed Spending funds can be used to redevelop Baltimore’s historic Upton Mansion as the permanent home and research center for the Afro American Newspapers Archives to increase access to increase access to Black history and serve as an economic and cultural anchor for the area. The AFRO-American Newspaper, based in Baltimore, was founded in 1892 and is the oldest Black business in Maryland and one of the longest-running Black media organizations in the United States. The AFRO Archives include approximately three million photographs, several thousand letters, personal audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and collected ephemera from a century’s worth of events.

Project Location: Baltimore City, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,000,000

Project Title: West East Express (WEE) and College Creek Connector Trails Project

Recipient Name: City of Annapolis via MDOT

Project Purpose: The West East Express (WEE) and the College Creek Connector Trails are two connected and high priority trail projects underway in Annapolis that will dramatically expand the City’s trail network. This request would be used to build a significant portion of the West East Express and complete the design work on the College Creek Connector. The proposed trail alignments are long deferred visions that after many years of discussion and recent feasibility studies have succeeded in gaining significant local community support.

Project Location: Annapolis, Maryland

Amount Funded: $2,750,000

Project Title: Worcester County Housing Rehabilitation Program

Recipient Name: Worcester County Government

Project Purpose: Worcester County’s Housing Rehabilitation Program currently assists local homeowners by paying for housing rehabilitation costs. These federal funds will continue that effort to assist single family homeowners and rental properties with necessary rehabilitation projects to bring properties up to applicable building codes and standards, including roof replacements, lead abatement, accessibility features, energy efficient windows, and plumbing upgrades.

Project Location: Worcester County, Maryland

Amount Funded: $100,000