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BPW Approves $1M-Plus Talbot Greenspace Equity Grants

Easton Crossing Greenspace gets $750,000 and BAAM Campus Annex Community Garden & Safety Town $274,140 inside DNR’s Sept. 16 package of more than $9.3 million.

Cal Reed, a Shore & Environment desk pen name ·

Community garden beds and pathways on a Talbot County campus greenspace site
AI-generated illustration; not a photograph of Community garden beds and pathways on a Talbot County campus greenspace site.

EASTON, MARYLAND — Two Talbot County greenspace projects cleared the Board of Public Works on Sept. 16 as part of a Maryland Department of Natural Resources outdoor recreation and land conservation package totaling more than $9.3 million for Baltimore City and 12 counties.

DNR’s release listed the awards under the Greenspace Equity Program. More than $5 million from that program covers 12 projects statewide. Talbot’s two line items sit inside that block:

The Board of Public Works Sept. 16 agenda locks those dollar amounts and descriptions under Greenspace Equity Program item 4A. Easton Crossing is tagged GEP-20-1; BAAM is GEP-20-2. Combined, the two Talbot awards total $1,024,140.

DNR said the Greenspace Equity Program was established in 2023 to help preserve, create, and improve public greenspace in overburdened and underserved communities. The Sept. 16 package also includes Program Open Space Local projects, Rural Legacy and CREP easements elsewhere in the state, and Program Open Space Stateside acquisitions. The three-member Board is Gov. Wes Moore, Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, and Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman.

The agenda and release describe funded scope of work. They do not set groundbreaking dates for the Easton Crossing or BAAM sites.

ProjectLeadAmountWhat the agenda funds
Easton Crossing GreenspaceEaston Crossing, LLC$750,000Publicly accessible greenspace with walkways and paths, bridge, Rails-to-Trail connection, landscaping, and irrigation
BAAM Campus Annex: Community Garden & Safety TownBuilding African American Minds (BAAM)$274,140Community garden with raised beds, pollinator gardens, benches, landscaping, and outdoor educational areas; Safety Town paved streets and intersections for walking and biking practice

Source: Maryland

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