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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Community Group Wants Concessions on Lavender Lot Formalized

Ruth Baisden, president of the Greater Parkville Community Council, wants the Revenue Authority to formalize promises for money and parking at a meeting Thursday.

The leader of a Parkville community group wants the Baltimore County Revenue Authority to formalize concessions to help revitalize the Harford Road corridor as part if its sale of the public parking lot on Lavender Avenue. Ruth Baisden, president of the Greater Parkville Community Council, sent the letter to the Baltimore County Revenue Authority on Dec. 13. The quasi-public agency is scheduled to finalize a sale of the property Thursday morning. Last year the Baltimore County Revenue Authority voted to sell the 56-space public parking lot, located along Harford Road between Lavender and Taylor Avenues, to Towson-based DMS Development for a sum of $500,000. The developer would turn the parking lot into a Walgreens store. "These concessions…

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Lavender Lot Sold to Developer (in Parkville-Overlea Patch), DMS Development, Expected Revenue Authority Grant to Community In Limbo, and 1 more ›

number9dream

11:34 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

In today's world, given $100,000 what kind of "revitalization" could possibly be worth the investment?   more ›

Friday, October 26, 2012

Expected Revenue Authority Grant to Community In Limbo

Parkville community leaders were promised $100,000 from the sale of the Lavender lot.

A promised $100,000 grant to the Parkville community from the sale of the Lavender Avenue parking lot could be in limbo. Members of the board of the Baltimore County Revenue Authority discussed possible changes to to the deal during a meeting Thursday. Among the possibilities is a proposal to allow communities from all over the county to apply for a portion of the money or to have the authority spend the money on behalf of the Parkville community rather than handing the money over to one or more civic groups. The board is also considering the creation of a committee to create a process for handing out the grants and oversee the spending of the money from the sale of the 56-space public parking lot and other lots that might be sold in the …

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Towson Chamber of Commerce, Souris' Saloon, DMS Development, and 1 more ›

John L.

10:12 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012

Del Cluster is correct in that they say one thing and do another which is the norm. The Parkville Business District will suffer wth the bus loop gone and who needs another Walgreens anyway? Parkville deserves & needs any money dervived from the sale of this property.   more ›

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