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State legislators and Hagerstown leaders debate ballpark tax status; delegation urges talks with ballpark owner
Summary
Delegation members briefed the council on recent legislation clarifying the property-tax status of the new downtown ballpark, saying the facility was intended to be tax-exempt via a nonprofit industrial foundation and urging local negotiations for a payment-in-lieu agreement if the city expects costs.
Delegate Matthew Schindler and other members of the local delegation briefed the Hagerstown City Council on the recent legislative activity addressing the downtown ballpark’s tax status and urged further local conversations about municipal costs and potential payment-in-lieu-of-tax (PILOT) agreements.
Schindler said the ballpark was structured to be owned by a 501(c)(3) industrial foundation — known in session as “Chief” — and that the original intent was to mirror out‑of‑state industrial‑foundation models that treated similar ballparks as tax‑exempt. He said the facility operates as a…
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