{"id":13802,"date":"2026-06-15T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13802"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:25:03","slug":"state-of-maryland-announces-885000-for-community-development-projects-in-western-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/06\/15\/state-of-maryland-announces-885000-for-community-development-projects-in-western-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Maryland Announces $885,000 for Community Development Projects in Western Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>NEW CARROLLTON, MD<\/b> (June 15, 2026) \u2013 On June 1, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/06\/01\/state-of-maryland-announces-73-3-million-in-awards-for-statewide-community-revitalization-and-economic-development\/\">announced<\/a> that Western Maryland counties have received a combined $885,000 through the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/StateRevitalizationPrograms\/default.aspx\">State Revitalization Programs<\/a> for 15 projects and activities that promote community development and economic growth in Fiscal Year 2027.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\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 <b>said Jake Day, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development<\/b>. \u201cThat investment delivers real returns: For every dollar invested through the Department\u2019s revitalization programs, there\u2019s approximately $17.90 in economic impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Projects in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties were selected through a competitively-scored, multi-agency review process used for the State Revitalization Programs. Some of these projects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Roof Replacement Program in Cumberland to provide roofs to low-income, single family homes owned and occupied by the disabled, elderly and veterans (Allegany County);<\/li>\n<li>Demolition of two severely deteriorated, unsafe properties in Oakland posing health and safety risks to the public (Garrett County);<\/li>\n<li>Provide grant funding that would serve as a targeted priority project fund to contribute to the redevelopment of vacant buildings near downtown Hagerstown (Washington County).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Fiscal Year 2027 State Revitalization Program awards include 247 projects, awarded a total $77.3 million. Projects in 21 of Maryland\u2019s jurisdictions received awards through one or more of the programs. For a full list of awards, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/SRP-Awards-FY27.pdf\">FY27 State Revitalization Program Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and each of the State Revitalization Programs, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMTAuNTAwODExMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RoY2QubWFyeWxhbmQuZ292L0NvbW11bml0aWVzL1BhZ2VzL1N0YXRlUmV2aXRhbGl6YXRpb25Qcm9ncmFtcy9kZWZhdWx0LmFzcHgifQ.mrPg_-FZzQr3n1GCNMOhJxdpRMwhi54eCSrf8uGhamQ\/s\/1523952158\/br\/122777434447-l\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW CARROLLTON, MD (June 15, 2026) \u2013 On June 1, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced that Western Maryland counties have received a combined $885,000 through the state\u2019s State Revitalization Programs for 15 projects and activities that promote community development and economic growth in Fiscal Year 2027. The state&#8217;s six State Revitalization<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/06\/15\/state-of-maryland-announces-885000-for-community-development-projects-in-western-maryland\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":13741,"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-13802","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\/13802","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\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13803,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions\/13803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}