Neighborhoods surrounding Pimlico Race Course to receive $2 million in slots revenue this year
Funds to pay for demolition, acquisition of vacant houses, new 7-acre park, some human services
Surrounded by clusters of trees and tall grasses, the community garden on Woodland Avenue provides Mary Waller with a serene, pastoral view from her wide front porch, less than half a mile from the Pimlico Race Course.But only a few of Waller's neighbors are left to enjoy it. Her side of the street is lined with rowhouses long abandoned and left to deteriorate, a lasting reminder of how her block in Northwest Baltimore has languished since she moved in three decades ago.
"This was a beautiful, beautiful neighborhood," she said. But now, "there are very few people on Woodland Avenue, and everything is gone."
This year, plans long in the works to revitalize Park Heights could get started with an influx of $2 million from slots revenue, making this neighborhood among the first to see a tangible benefit from legalized casino gambling in Maryland.
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How much money are the schools getting from slots this year? Isn't that what the slots were supposed to fund? I'd like to know how much money each county is getting from slots. I'd bet bet not very much money. Maryland sure can screw up things.
In case anyone has forgotten, this is the 10% of Worcester County revenue from Ocean Downs. You may also not remember that both Mathias and Conway claimed not to know that this slick addendum to the Slots bill existed.
They and other parasites feeding off the taxpayer filled the OC Convention Center parking lot with cars today for their annual event. I guess we are buying them Jumbo crabs this year.
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