Baltimore’s pandemic aid money could be ‘life-changing.’ How will the city measure the success of its spending?

Baltimore leaders have said hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief approved last year is a historic opportunity for a city replete with need. Mayor Brandon Scott has set high exceptions for the city’s $641 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, referring to potentially “life-changing” investments, while his office’s stimulus coordinator has pitched the money as a chance “to restore the lost faith in government” and “help change the trajectory of the city.”