EASTON, MARYLAND — The state is being asked to sign two $20 million grant agreements for the new University of Maryland Shore Regional Health hospital in Easton, according to the Maryland Board of Public Works agenda for Thursday, Oct. 29.
The Department of General Services recommends that the board enter into the grant agreements with the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation to help design, build and equip a new campus and facilities for the regional medical center in Easton. One grant comes from the state's 2025 capital bond bill and the other from the 2024 bill. The agenda item says no matching money is required and lists no prior board actions on the grants.
A remark on the item says the project may include construction of a new 366,300-net-square-foot, six-floor hospital in Easton. UM Shore Regional Health says the medical center is at 10000 Longwoods Road, will replace UM Shore Medical Center at Easton, and is planned for building occupancy in summer 2028.
The same agenda carries two smaller Talbot County grants. Foundation of H.O.P.E., Inc. would receive $82,000 for its HOPE Center; the agenda says that project may include a 5,100-square-foot facility that would double the number of students served. Easton Day Care Center, Inc. would receive $50,000 for the Critchlow Adkins Children's Center's Cordova site expansion, which the agenda says may include several child care classrooms, a preschool room and administrative rooms.
The board meets online and in the Governor's Reception Room at the State House in Annapolis. The agenda lists no start time and notes that it may be addressed partly or wholly in closed session.
Source: Maryland Board of Public Works
Also: UM Shore Regional Health, Maryland Board of Public Works (2)
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