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Essex and District 7 residents press county for library funding, park upgrades, dredging and CDC seed money
Summary
Multiple speakers from Essex and surrounding neighborhoods asked Baltimore County to prioritize a new Essex library, continued improvements at Renaissance Park and other parks, dredging local waterways, and seed funding for community development corporations.
A cluster of District 7 residents, business groups and community development organizations used the budget town hall to press for local infrastructure and community investments centered on Essex and nearby neighborhoods.
Speakers asked the county to prioritize funding for a new Essex library and renovations to the Essex police precinct. Several speakers, including Leah Bittinger of the Sussex Community Association and Chrissy Erb, executive director of the Essex Community Development Corporation (Essex CDC), asked that library…
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