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Council committee approves renaming of Easterwood playground for longtime community leader Margaret Powell
Summary
The City Council committee unanimously advanced a bill to name the playground at Easterwood Park for Margaret L. Powell after family members, neighborhood leaders and former students testified to her decades of community and educational service.
The Baltimore City Council’s Housing & Community Development Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation that would name the playground at Easterwood Park for Margaret L. Powell, a long‑time educator, volunteer and neighborhood leader.
Sponsor remarks and committee reports: Chair James Torrance and sponsor Councilman John Bullock described Powell as a community organizer and educator who ran programs for children, curated a small African‑American history museum at Matthew A. Henson Elementary, and coordinated…
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