Anne Arundel County Council approves $8.5M land purchase in Pasadena for fire equipment maintenance facility

Anne Arundel County will purchase two properties in Pasadena for $8.5 million to build a fire equipment maintenance facility. The County Council voted unanimously Monday to approve the purchase, which includes a two-and-a-half-acre parcel at 8300 Ritchie Highway and a 12-acre plot nearby, owned by Dynasplint Holdings. The county has been seeking a location for a fire equipment maintenance facility for several years and had explored building it on a mostly vacant property in Glen Burnie owned by the county. That location will instead become a housing and retail development.