The needs at Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center in West Baltimore are readily apparent. A gaping hole in the ceiling looms over an indoor gymnasium, exposing the aging guts of the building’s heating and air conditioning system. The fields outside disappear into deep muddy pockets, waiting to swallow the ankles of young athletes. During a tennis tournament last summer, organizers used caution tape in place of a net on one cout because there weren’t enough nets available.
