For immediate release:
\nOctober 24, 2018
\nContact:
\nShareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov
\n410-974-2316<\/p>\n
Hogan Administration Announces Community Legacy Grants<\/strong> ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today announced $8 million in Fiscal Year 2019 grant awards through the Community Legacy program managed by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. These grants will support 79 neighborhood revitalization and redevelopment projects in 22 jurisdictions across Maryland.<\/p>\n \u201cOur administration is committed to supporting revitalization and local development projects across the state,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cThese investments energize our communities, boost our economy, and improve Marylanders\u2019 quality of life. Together, we\u2019re changing our communities – and Maryland – for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n The Community Legacy program has awarded more than $33 million in grants for important projects across Maryland since the start of the Hogan administration. This program is one of Maryland\u2019s most versatile revitalization programs and supports a wide variety of revitalization and redevelopment goals, including: business creation, expansion, and retention; streetscape improvements; homeownership and home rehabilitation incentives; commercial improvement programs; mixed-use development and community facilities; and cultural and recreational space.<\/p>\n Fiscal Year 2019 Community Legacy projects include:<\/p>\n \u201cCommunity Legacy grants often serve as a catalyst to leverage additional public, private, and nonprofit investment for these vital projects,\u201d said Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt. \u201cWe will continue to partner with local stakeholders and support their efforts to enhance the economic vitality, beauty, culture, and livability of Maryland\u2019s neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n With this announcement of Community Legacy funding, the Hogan administration has announced more than $38 million for neighborhood revitalization in Fiscal Year 2019. In total, more than $275 million in neighborhood revitalization investment has been provided during the last four years for local parks, homelessness services, supporting small businesses, removing blight, and other community improvements in every jurisdiction in the state.<\/p>\n For a full list of Community Legacy award winners, visit https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Documents\/cl\/CommunityLegacyFY19.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For immediate release: October 24, 2018 Contact: Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Hogan Administration Announces Community Legacy Grants Neighborhood revitalization program awards $8 million to 79 projects statewide ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today announced $8 million in Fiscal Year 2019 grant awards through the Community Legacy program managed by the Maryland Department of Housing Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"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":[8,46,26],"tags":[63,207,190,210,206,95,209,72,211,202,76,205,208],"class_list":["post-9689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-legacy","category-governor-hogan","category-neighborhood-revitalization","tag-baltimore","tag-carroll-county","tag-community","tag-cumberland","tag-frederick-county","tag-homeownership","tag-kent-county","tag-maryland","tag-mixed-use-development","tag-montgomery-county","tag-neighborhood-revitalization","tag-ocean-city","tag-st-marys-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689","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\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9691,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689\/revisions\/9691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNeighborhood revitalization program awards $8 million to 79 projects statewide<\/em><\/p>\n\n