Several investments in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties are before the Maryland Board of Public Works today, July 22. Here’s what’s on the agenda for District 1:

Garrett County

• $200,000 to turn the Bruce Park concession stand into a pavilion and add pickleball courts, a walking track, parking, and softball-field improvements.
• $163,000 for drainage repair, new infield mix, and reseeding at three youth ballfields at Broadford Park.
• A perpetual conservation easement protecting 167.8 acres in Swanton.
• $50,000 for the Town of Accident to support the historic Drane House.

Allegany County

• $505,938 to protect 239 acres and more than a mile of forested stream buffers in the Mountain Ridge Rural Legacy Area.
• $100,000 for the City of Cumberland to improve the intersection of Mechanic & Harrison Streets.

Parks, history, farmland, and infrastructure — this is how we keep Western Maryland strong.

— Senator Mike McKay, Serving Appalachia Maryland