Creating a special benefits district at Patterson Park to pay for operations and maintenance is an intriguing funding mechanism given the limitations of the…

Patterson Park has numerous permitted activities.  The two most prominent permitted events are festivals that take place in the spring and summer and sports leagues…

  Charitable foundations have played an important role at Patterson Park over the last two decades.  For instance, the Friends of Patterson Park has secured…

  Another option to raise funds to implement the recommendations in Patterson Park’s Master Plan is through charitable corporate giving.  Typically, corporations give charitable donations…

  Considering the Recreation and Parks Department is underfunded to a large degree, alternative funding methods need to be explored to implement the recommendations made…

  We know that Baltimore’s parks system is woefully underfunded compared to other park systems in high density cities, but there isn’t a lot of…

Baltimore’s Recreation and Parks Department’s operations budget is well below the norm of other high-density cities.  In fact, Baltimore’s operations spending per acre was a whopping $17,627 lower than the average spending per acre of other high-density cities.

Patterson Park is an important asset to the high-density neighborhoods surrounding the park.  That importance was demonstrated during the drafting of Patterson Park’s 2016 Master…