{"id":13337,"date":"2026-01-20T21:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13337"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:40:16","slug":"state-of-maryland-announces-24-1-million-proposed-for-community-development-projects-in-metro-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/01\/20\/state-of-maryland-announces-24-1-million-proposed-for-community-development-projects-in-metro-region\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Maryland Announces $24.1 Million Proposed for Community Development Projects in Metro Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>NEW CARROLLTON, MD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (January 20, 2025) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced that counties in the Metro region are set to receive a combined $24.1 million through the state\u2019s State Revitalization Programs for 59 projects and activities that promote community development and economic growth in the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese projects are ready to move forward and will play a role in communities achieving their visions, which supports a more resilient, economically competitive and affordable Maryland,\u201d <\/span><b>said Gov. Moore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cThe Moore-Miller Administration is committed to ensuring that every dollar awarded will help strengthen the places we call home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state&#8217;s six State Revitalization Programs support revitalization and redevelopment projects and activities including: business expansion and retention; fa\u00e7ade and streetscape improvements; homeownership and home rehabilitation incentives; commercial improvement programs; community facilities; mixed-use development, and demolition activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Projects in Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George\u2019s counties were selected through a competitively-scored, multi-agency review process used for the State Revitalization Programs. Some of these projects include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Predevelopment and architectural and engineering designs for the development of the Downtown Frederick Hotel and Conference Center (Frederick, Frederick County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Acquisition and activation of a vacant commercial space at the northern gateway of the forthcoming Long Branch Main Street to support placemaking, foster community connection, and attract new small businesses to the neighborhood (Silver Spring, Montgomery County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New construction and fit-out of a grocery store to serve Park Place at Addison Road Metro and the surrounding community (Capitol Heights, Prince George\u2019s County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rehab of Potts Hall into a new Welcome Center for the City of Mount Rainier (Mount Rainier, Prince George\u2019s County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engineering and predevelopment for critical infrastructure improvements within the Aviation Landing District for a future affordable mixed-use development project site in College Park (College Park, Prince George\u2019s County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Predevelopment and renovation of a historic school building located in Fairmount Heights that will include United Communities Against Poverty&#8217;s new headquarters and a community space for residents (Fairmount Heights, Prince George\u2019s County).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transformation of a vacant, historic space as an expansion of the Maryland Ensemble Theatre&#8217;s stages to create a safe, accessible, and professionally equipped environment for a wide range of programming and community uses (Frederick, Frederick County);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upgrades to the exteriors of commercial and mixed-use properties in Gaithersburg&#8217;s Enterprise Zone, which includes the City&#8217;s original commercial district and the aging Frederick Avenue Corridor (Gaithersburg, Montgomery County).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEach one of these projects advances community-driven priorities tied to revitalization goals, and helps make great places \u2013 places that strengthen economic competitiveness and that people want to call home,\u201d <\/span><b>said Jake Day, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cThat investment delivers real returns: For every dollar invested through the Department\u2019s revitalization programs, there\u2019s approximately $17.90 in economic impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fiscal Year 2027 State Revitalization Program awards include 252 projects, awarded a total $73.7 million. Projects in 23 of Maryland\u2019s jurisdictions received awards through one or more of the programs. For a full list of awards, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Documents\/PressReleases\/FY27-State-Revitalization-Program-Proposed-Amounts.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FY27 State Revitalization Program Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and each of the State Revitalization Programs, visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMTAuNTAwODExMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RoY2QubWFyeWxhbmQuZ292L0NvbW11bml0aWVzL1BhZ2VzL1N0YXRlUmV2aXRhbGl6YXRpb25Qcm9ncmFtcy9kZWZhdWx0LmFzcHgifQ.mrPg_-FZzQr3n1GCNMOhJxdpRMwhi54eCSrf8uGhamQ\/s\/1523952158\/br\/122777434447-l\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW CARROLLTON, MD (January 20, 2025) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced that counties in the Metro region are set to receive a combined $24.1 million through the state\u2019s State Revitalization Programs for 59 projects and activities that promote community development and economic growth in the proposed Fiscal Year 2027<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/01\/20\/state-of-maryland-announces-24-1-million-proposed-for-community-development-projects-in-metro-region\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":12944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neighborhood-revitalization","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13338,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337\/revisions\/13338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}