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Maryland Governor
Larry Hogan and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a
statement the four-year project would provide $94 million to
tear down vacant buildings to make way for redevelopment.
The project would start in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood
in West Baltimore, where Gray lived. His death in April from a
broken neck suffered in a police van triggered protests and
rioting that highlighted the area's blight.
The plan includes $75 million in Maryland funding to create
areas for businesses, parks and housing. The state is backing it
with more than $600 million in financing opportunities for
private development.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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