Baltimore County is dedicated to making sure that projects are restored, ecologically sound, self-sustaining, and aesthetically pleasing. The County's Contract Management Section is responsible for the bidding process and tracking the expenses of each project, managing the City's mandatory tax vehicles. The CPO (Chief Project Officer) is in charge of overseeing restoration sites to guarantee that the project is executed according to the design intent. This initiative will create jobs, strengthen the partnership between Baltimore City and Maryland, and create safer, healthier, and more attractive spaces for families to live and thrive.
Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development (the City) and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department), the Maryland Stadiums Authority (the MSA) will be in charge of demolishing ruined structures located throughout Baltimore City as part of Project C. O. R. E.
Baltimore County has a nationally recognized program to implement stream restoration and stabilization projects. These projects involve the installation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to store and treat stormwater runoff, particularly in communities built before meeting stormwater management requirements. Five years after the death of Freddie Gray, a demolition team is tearing down the six largest buildings of Gilmor Homes, a public housing project in West Baltimore. Conversion projects have improved and created acres of vegetated areas that treat runoff from impervious surfaces, reducing pollutants, sediments, and nutrients that enter and damage local waterways.
The funding for these projects is primarily provided by county general obligation bonds and supplemented by state grants from the Maryland Departments of Environment and Community Development and Natural Resources. Living shoreline projects protect shorelines from erosion while incorporating non-structural project design elements. The Capital Projects Division is headed by Marwan Alkarajat at 200 North Holliday Street, Room 204, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (4 396-4600). For more information about these projects, visit the Department of Housing and Community Development website.
Architects and engineers on staff perform the actual design or select and supervise external design professionals on larger projects.
