May 27 2009
State Center Project in Jeopardy – Take Action Now!
The planned 1.4 billion dollar State Center Development is at a crossroads this week and is in jeopardy of being killed by the Maryland State Senate. The original plan includes a transit oriented, mixed used development at the State Office Complex in Baltimore City, scheduled to break ground in 2010.
The project is critical to the healthy growth of Baltimore City and the State of Maryland, especially with regards to “smart growth” strategies. The land is currently mostly parking lots and vacant building, adjacent to under-utilized subway and light rail stations. Should the project continue, it will be a model for transit oriented urban planning and will generate countless jobs, tax revenue, and vitalization to that area of the city.
Please click on the link below to read the article in the Baltimore Sun, and then click on the ACTION ALERT to learn more and to e-mail your state senator.
Please tell your state senator not to be short-sighted. The long term benefits of the State Center redevelopment far outweigh current temporary budget constraints.
ACTION ALERT – Email your State Senators
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Here’s an update from CPHA (Citizens Planning and Housing Association) Good News!
“As you may already know, on Thursday and Friday state budget committees voted to keep the State Center transit-oriented development project moving forward, encouraging the state Board of Public Works to approve the project’s master developer agreement at its meeting this Wednesday, June 3.
This was a huge vote! Some legislative services staff had opposed the agreement, backing a more conventional state office building-only redevelopment of the site. That course, though, would leave the site abandoned on evenings and weekends and do nothing to boost state and local tax coffers or transit ridership. And so many people and organizations voiced their support for keeping the current plan on track, including 117 people who used CPHA’s web site!”
According to the Baltimore Business Journal, the State Center Project was approved by the Maryland Board of Public Works, bringing it one step closer to fruition!
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/06/01/daily40.html
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