 The Board of Public Works (BPW) — a three-member panel including Governor Wes Moore, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and State Treasurer Dereck Davis — reviews projects, contracts, and expenditure plans for state agencies, many of which affect county governments.
The BPW considered and approved the following requests and recommendations at its meeting on January 3, 2024: Allegany County - A request from the Maryland Department of the Environment for new grant funding up to $981,313 to the City of Frostburg for the City's CSO Elimination Phase X-A George's Creek project. This project continues Frostburg's multi-phased effort to separate its combined sewers into separate sanitary sewers and storm sewers. This project will reduce Combined Sewer Overflows (Item 9 of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $75,000 grant to the Board of Directors of George's Creek Ambulance Service, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the George's Creek ambulance service facility. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 9 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
Anne Arundel County - A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $50,000 grant to the Board of Directors of Barton Hose Company #1, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Barton Hose Company No. 1 Fire Station. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 3 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $38,999.70 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure funding for new playground equipment at the Midland Church Street playground (Item 1A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda);
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $307,100 from the Program Open Space funding allocated to Anne Arundel County for additional funds to design and construct improvements to the park in accordance with the park master plan at Fort Smallwood Park (Item 2A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda);
- A $400,000 grant to the Board of Directors of The Arc Chesapeake Region for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of The Arc Central Chesapeake Region at Linthicum. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 2 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Brewer Hill Cemetery Association, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to provide conservation services to Brewer Hill Cemetery(802 West Street, Annapolis). The Cemetery is the City of Annapolis' oldest Black graveyard. Judge Nicholas Brewer originally owned the cemetery and used it to bury his enslaved servants and employees of the Black community. This project aims to preserve the cemetery and become a place of heritage tourism in Annapolis. (Item 11E of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $3,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Historic Annapolis, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Brice House and other State-owned historic properties leased by Historic Annapolis, Inc. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 18 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda).
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $245,000 grant to The Charles W. "Hoppy" Adams Foundation, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Charles "Hoppy" Adams Jr. House (35R Old Solomon's Island Road). The Foundation plans to convert the home into a historic house museum. Adams' home served as a refuge for Black entertainers during segregation in Annapolis. The goal is for the home to interpret the life of Hoppy Adams, his legacy, and African American life in Annapolis during Jim Crow (Item 11J of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $186,000 grant to Mt. Calvary Community Engagement Incorporated under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Church's Meeting Hall and Cemetery (1236 Jones Station Road, Arnold). The Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church aims to establish a heritage center in its Meeting Hall that will share the histories of the local African American community. By preserving the cemetery where Civil Rights activists and veterans are buried, the church can provide further educational opportunities. The heritage center will allow locals and visitors a chance to learn about local Arnold African American history (Item 11T of the Secretary's Agenda).
Baltimore City - A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $6,500,000 in FY 2024 funding from the Program Open Space funding allocated to Baltimore City for the City's Park System. The money is used for maintenance, planning, volunteer support, and operations of the Baltimore City Park System (Item 3A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda);
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell's Point, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the interior of Two Sisters' Houses (Caulker's Houses) (612-614 S. Wolf Street, Baltimore). These buildings are the only extant survivors of a wooden building type that was once the predominant housing stock for the low and middle classes in Baltimore. They represent a once-common building type that was vitally important to the architectural and physical development of the port city of Baltimore - dating back to the late 1800s. Since the houses were inhabited by African American ships' caulkers, these houses hold primary significance in African American maritime labor history, in "mobtown" history, and in immigration/social history in a workingman's community (Item 11W of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $247,000 grant to the African American Fire Fighters Historical Society, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to rehabilitate the Historic Oliver Community Fireplace (1220 E. Oliver Street, City). The historic firehouse in Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, Truck House #5, is a two-story structure with two truck bays and a brick and terra cotta facade that will be acquired from the City through the Vacants to Value program and rehabilitated as the International Black Fire Fighters Museum & Safety Education Center (Item 11A of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $100,000 grant to the Officers of the Cube Cowork, LLC for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Cube CoWork property. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 7 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $1,000,000 grant to the Board of Directors of the Mary Harvin Transformation Center Community Development Corporation for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2022 Capital Budget (Item 15 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $1,000,000 grant to the Board of Directors of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a community primary specialty care complex. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2021 Capital Budget (Item 1 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Afro Charities, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Upton Mansion (811 W. Lanvale Street, Baltimore). Upton Mansion, located in the Old West Baltimore Historic District, was once the home of Robert J. Young, one of Baltimore's most prolific African American real estate developers in the early twentieth century. The building will be renovated to become the headquarters for Afro Charities, Afro Archives, and the AFRO American Newspapers. The archives include nearly three million photographs, several thousand letters, back issues of the newspaper's thirteen editions, and personal audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Upton Mansion will serve as the permanent home and research center for this collection and will be open to the public (Item 11B of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $250,000 grant to the Board of Directors of UniFIED Efforts, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a Penn North Out of School Time Initiative. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 16 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $250,000 grant to the Board of Directors of Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Community Resource Center rooftop garden. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 4 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda); and
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A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $75,000 grant to the Board of Directors of Tiferes Golda, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of special education classrooms. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 17 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda). Calvert County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Brown's UMC Multi Cultural Heritage Center, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Center (1710 Parkers Creek Road, Port Republic), The Center, originally Brown's United Methodist Church, was built in the 1890s. The one-room structure serves as a reminder of the days of segregation and is one of the oldest African American churches in Calvert County. In addition, renovation of the cemetery will allow for self-guided as well as guided tours of the cemetery (Item 11F of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request to enter into grant agreements for grants totaling $1,400,000 to the Board of Trustees of CalvertHealth Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a Da Vinci Machine for CalvertHealth Medical Center. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 6 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda).
Caroline County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to The American Legion, Department Of Maryland, Mannie Scott Post #193, Incorporated under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate Post 193 (2209 Saathoff Road, Denton). Post No. 193 is Caroline County's only African American-serving post dedicated to those who have served in active military duty in all branches of America's Armed Forces. Post No. 193 practices resistance by improving their communities through promoting justice, freedom, and democracy. Although currently displaced, Mannie Scott Post No. 193 members continue to host African American-centered community events throughout Caroline County including Juneteenth celebrations, parades to honor community veterans, community block parties, community cookouts, and fundraising events to assist in the building's renovation (Item 11D of the Secretary's Agenda).
Charles County - A request to enter into grant agreements for grants totaling $500,000 to the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland in Indian Head. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 5 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda).
Dorchester County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $138,000 grant to Alpha Genesis Community Development Association under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Jones & Moore Luncheon/Bambricks Cards and Gifts store (428 Race Street, Cambridge). The project is in the Cambridge Historic District and is a multi-phase rehabilitation of a mixed-use commercial property. It is strategically located at the corner of the City's property, Cannery Way, and its rear parking lot is now the viewing area for the nationally acclaimed Harriet Tubman "Take My Hand" mural. This project aims to bring the site to life through new business/retail ventures, arts, and cultural programming (Item 11C of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to the Harrisville/Malone Cemetery Maintenance Fund, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate Malone's Methodist Episcopal Church (4573 White Marsh Road, Madison). The Church is a single-story, gable-roofed church built in 1895, and served the local African American community, who began settling here in the late 18th century. The community has links to Harriet Tubman's family, including in-laws who are buried in the cemetery adjacent to the Church (Item 11M of the Secretary's Agenda).
Garrett County - A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $75,000 grant to the Board of Directors of Garrett County Lighthouse, Inc. Safe Harbor for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Garrett County Lighthouse, Inc. Safe Harbor facility. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 8 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to grant $186,000 of Program Open Space statewide funds for the acquisition in fee simple of 57 acres (Butler property) in Garrett County. This mostly forested property will be managed by the Maryland Forest Service as an addition to Savage River State Forest. Acquisition will allow this parcel to be managed as working forest land to produce sustainable forest products, helping to sustain the local resource-based economy while also expanding public recreational opportunities. The acquisition will buffer Bucks Run and provide water quality protection in the Youghiogheny River Watershed. (Item 9A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda); and
- A request to provide a $404,095.18 grant to Garrett County from Rural Legacy Funds for the acquisition of a 148.65-acre conservation easement in the Bear Creek Rural Legacy Area (Margroff property). Acquisition of this conservation easement will protect valuable agricultural and forest lands. In addition, the easement will protect 2,140 linear feet of forested stream buffers along Fikes Run, a tributary to Bear Creek. Easement value: $2,501.01/acre (Item 10A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Harford County - A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $7,811,400 ($5,142,500.00 POS Local Share, Harford County and $2,668,900.00 (POS State Share) to acquire 127.4 acres for a future recreation complex in the Joppatowne area on Trimble Road. Future Park development plans include athletic fields, walking trails, parking lots and preservation of protected areas. This acquisition will be a partnership among the State, the County, and the Harford Land Trust. In exchange for the POS State Share funding, DNR will hold a perpetual conservation easement on the property. The remaining funds will come from the Harford Land Trust and local funds (Item 4A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Howard County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $233,500 grant to Locust United Methodist Church under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Church as well as build a new pavilion (6851 Martin Road, Columbia). The church was founded in 1869 by a group of formerly enslaved people in what was then Freetown, Howard County. The predominantly African American congregation has been active for more than 150 years and in its current structure since 1951. This project aims to make the renovation and new addition the home of the current history collection and capture the stories of people in the community, including those who are direct descendants of the Church's founders, participants in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and descendants of people who were enslaved in Howard County (Item 11P of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $63,500 grant to Bushy Park Community Cemetery, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program for the Cemetery's conservation (14810 Cemetery Road, Cooksville). The Cemetery was historically part of farmland that was worked by the enslaved population in Howard County. It is the burial location of many enslaved, freed USCT soldiers and Civil Rights leaders. When the project is completed, it will be used for educational purposes (Item 11I of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request to enter into grant agreements for grants totaling $250,000 to the County Executive and County Council of Howard County for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a Historic Downtown Ellicott City. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2022 Capital Budget (Item 10 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $417,000 grant to the Board of Directors of the Linwood Center, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Linwood Center. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 13 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda).
- A request to enter into grant agreements for grants totaling $250,000 to the County Executive and County Council of Howard County for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of Historic Downtown Ellicott City. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2022 Capital Budget (Item 10 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda); and
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- A request to enter into grant agreements for grants totaling $325,000 to the Board of Directors of Living in Recovery, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Living in Recovery facilities. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2022 Capital Budget (Item 14 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda).
Kent County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $200,000 grant to Kent County Public Library under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to rehabilitate the Yellow/Hearse House (207 Calvert Street). The House, located in the Chestertown Historic District and the Chestertown Area Rural Historic Landscape District, was originally built in 1906. It served mainly as the only funeral parlor for African Americans. The House represents the rich history of Kent County African American-owned businesses and part of the Historical Society of Kent County's African American Heritage Walk. The proposed project aims to increase heritage education and tourism in the Calvert Street business and residential corridor by creating permanent signage for the Walley family, who ran the funeral parlor (Item 11O of the Secretary's Agenda).
Montgomery County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $104,000 grant to the Scotland A.M.E. Church under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to repair and renovate the Church (10902 Seven Locks Road, Potomac). The project will provide an opportunity for the public to continue to learn the local story of the 150-year-old predominantly African American Scotland community that has been a church congregation for 115 years. The church aims to connect the public to the Scotland community's history (Item 11V of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $10,000,000 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure funding to design and construct 3.5 miles of trail portions between Westlake Drive and St. James Road, as well as community and park connectors along the corridor. Improvements include grading, paving, trail signage, road crossings, stormwater management, drainage improvements, bridges, boardwalks, environmental restoration and associated trail amenities (Item 5A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda);
- A request to enter into a grant agreement for a $640,000 grant to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington property. There is no matching fund requirement for this grant. The General Assembly previously approved this funding as part of the 2023 Capital Budget (Item 12 of the Department of General Services' Office of State Procurement Agenda); and
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $10,000,000 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure funding to design and construct 3.5 miles of trail portions between Westlake Drive and St. James Road, as well as community and park connectors along the corridor. Improvements include grading, paving, trail signage, road crossings, stormwater management, drainage improvements, bridges, boardwalks, environmental restoration, and associated trail amenities (Item 5A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Prince George's County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $111,800 grant to the Mildred Ridgeley Gray Charitable Trust, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to conserve the Cemetery at R. Ridgeley Methodist Church (8900 Central Avenue, Landover). The Church is located in a small rural African American community that was founded by Freedmen around 1871. The church is one of only two remaining buildings associated with the Ridgeley African American community and previously was a school for local African American children. The church aims to increase the awareness of African American history through special programs and special lectures and tours (Item 11R of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $100,000 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure funding for new golf cart paths at Gunpowder Golf Course (Item 6A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Queen Anne's County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Bryan's United Methodist Church under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to rehabilitate and conserve Bryan's Chapel and Cemetery(5608 Main Street, Grasonville). Bryan's Chapel was founded in the 1800s and is the second oldest African American Methodist Church in the United Methodist Peninsula-Delaware conference. Shortly after the Civil War, the congregation helped establish an African American school in 1866. This school was replaced in the 1920s by a Rosenwald School. The congregation also founded the county's NAACP Chapter. When the project is finished, the grantee will be able to host educational programs about the lives, actions, struggles and achievements the members of the community (Item 11G of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Grasonville Community Center under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to rehabilitate the Community Center (5601 Main Street, Grasonville). Grasonville Community Center aims to connect and share the African American experiences in the community by providing a place where one can go to engage in programs that offer mentorship, physical and mental health guidance, and other resources. Future plans will entail providing an after-school and summer education program that will teach youth history that can be found in the Center's Black History Library and Health Room (Item 11L of the Secretary's Agenda).
Talbot County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to construct a new annex at the Bellevue Passage Museum(5536 Bellevue Road, Royal Oak). The Museum will aim to shed light on African American culture and heritage by showcasing the untold story of Bellevue's self-sufficiency in a maritime community and how their economic success contributed to the state's economy. The Bellevue Passage Museum's mission is to conserve the history and heritage of a vulnerable African American Maritime neighborhood as well as educate Maryland's K-12 students, citizens, and visitors about this exceptional village (Item 11Q of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit $37,457,90 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure funding for Pickleball Courts at Talbot County Community Center (Item 7A of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Washington County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free And Accepted Masons Of Maryland And Its Jurisdiction, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program for the exterior and interior renovation of American Hall (132 Bethel Street, Hagerstown). This building is located in the Hagerstown Historic District. The project intends to create a new Civil War and Civil Rights-themed destination in the District's Civil War history tourism corridor (Item 11S of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $150,000 grant to the Robert W. Johnson Community Center, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to rehabilitate the historic Community Center (109 W. North Avenue, Hagerstown). The Grantee intends to restore the building so it can continue to be a place for community events and educational programming as well as adult education classes (Item 11U of the Secretary's Agenda).
Wicomico County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Buffalo Soldier Living History Site Co. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate the Buffalo Soldier Living History Site(BSLH) (4013 S. Upper Ferry Road, Eden). Formerly known as the "Colored Settlement'' the BSLH intends to preserve local and state African American military history and intends to hold reenactments (Item 11H of the Secretary's Agenda);
- A request from the Department of Natural Resources to commit a total of $697,500 from Program Open Space funding allocated to Worcester County for the following projects:
- Northern Worcester Athletic Complex: $247,500 for new playground equipment (Item 8A.1 of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda); and
- John Walter Smith Park: $450,000 for parking lot upgrades (Item 8A.2 of the Department of Natural Resources' Real Property Agenda).
Worcester County - A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $203,000 grant to Fruitland Community Center, Inc. under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate Fruitland Community Center (300 Morris Street, Fruitland). The Community Center is housed in a building constructed in 1912 and formerly known as the Morris Street Colored School. Since 1985, the building has been used as a community center that assists low-income youth in Fruitland by providing an after-school program that seeks to provide educational activities and teaching African American history. The Center is hoping to continue this legacy by completing their archival room and other restoration work (Item 11K of the Secretary's Agenda); and
- A request from the Maryland Historical Trust to approve a $250,000 grant to Henry's Hotel Foundation under the African American Heritage Preservation Program to renovate Henry's Hotel (101 Division Street, Ocean City). Henry's Hotel, formerly known as "Henry's Colored Hotel," is one of the oldest hotels in Ocean City. It was also the last hotel that allowed African Americans access to the beach when it was severely restricted to them during the time. This project aims to turn the building into a museum and learning center, focusing on African American contributions to the town's development as well as educating visitors on discrimination under segregation (Item 11N of the Secretary's Agenda).
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