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Historic St. Mary’s City Commission seeks design funds for visitor center conversion, warns of backlog that could affect 400th anniversary
Summary
The Historic St. Mary’s City Commission told the Capital Budget Subcommittee the commission supports the governor’s capital request and seeks $381,000 in FY26 to begin design for a visitor-center conversion; officials said a backlog of site improvements is clearing but warned that delays could affect preparations for Maryland’s 400th anniversary.
Dr. John Seidel, executive director of the Historic St. Mary's City Commission, told the Capital Budget Subcommittee on behalf of the commission that the agency supports the governor’s capital budget and the analyst’s recommendations and asked for design funds to convert the existing visitor center.
The commission requests $381,000 in fiscal 2026 to begin planning to convert the current visitor center and an adjacent storage facility into an education and artisan center with flexible programming spaces, staff offices, storage and additional restrooms. "We're really grateful for those design funds and eager to move forward," Seidel said.
The funding request is part of a multi-project Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the park. The Maryland Department of Legislative Services (DLS) analyst reported that four projects are listed in the commission’s CIP but only the…
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