BALTIMORE—The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore is seeking state as well as private funding to replace the McKeldin Plaza foundation with a park.
The planned improvement of the area including the demolition of the deteriorating fountain and the creation of a park that would include a “basic water feature” would be approximately $3.5 million, according to Downtown Partnership President Kirby Fowler.
“It is the entry point into downtown,” Fowler says. “For millions of visitors the first thing they see when they arrive at Conway and Light is the back of Harborplace and an old fountain that doesn't work.”
The city of Baltimore has committed $300,000 to the McKeldin Plaza improvement initiative and the Downtown Partnership will contribute at least $300,000, according to the Baltimore Sun. The Downtown Partnership will seek state funding and private financing for the remainder of the project cost.
“We're going to cobble together the funding like we've cobbled together the Pratt Street initiative to date,” he said. “We've just been plugging away at it." See story in the Baltimore Sun.
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