Nearly $5M in funding earmarked for future Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park

Ahead of a draft master plan mapping out the future of the Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park, federal officials have secured more than $4.6 million in funding to preserve historic artifacts and clear the way to develop a public park on the former hospital grounds. About $4.1 million of the funds announced at a news conference Wednesday will be used to demolish dilapidated structures at the hospital site to prepare for a public park and develop a trail system through the Chesapeake Heritage area.