ESSEX, MD—The all new Essex Field at Renaissance Park in Baltimore County is now open. The $2.3 million upgrades are part of a partnership between Baltimore County, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, the American Rescue Plan Act, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Chesapeake Gateway Chamber of Commerce. The synthetic turf field is able to be […]
ESSEX, MD—The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks will hold a ribbon-cutting in Essex next week. A ribbon-cutting will be held to celebrate upgrades to Essex Field at Renaissance Park. Additions include a new synthetic turf field, an energy efficient LED field lighting system, permanent seating stands, and a scoreboard. The event will take place on Monday, July 8 […]
ESSEX, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Tuesday announced that Baltimore County’s multi-departmental, place-based revitalization initiative in the Essex community, now known as Essex Reimagined, will host a spring kickoff at a Community Connections Resource Fair. The fair will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deep Creek Middle School (1000 S Marlyn […]
ESSEX, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski along with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Chesapeake Gateway Chamber of Commerce, and Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks, on Monday broke ground on the new Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Youth Development Park at Essex’s Fields at Renaissance Park. The groundbreaking ceremony kicked off the planned […]
ESSEX, MD—The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new field in the Essex area next week. The event will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 7, 2022 at the Fields at Renaissance Park. The groundbreaking ceremony will celebrate a partnership between Baltimore County, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, the Maryland […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD——The annual Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Conference continued this week, with Governor Larry Hogan—co-chair of the commission—leading a fireside chat with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. During the fireside chat with the governor, Ripken shared stories about his early baseball career in Appalachia, lessons on teams and leadership, and his work for youth sports with the Cal Ripken, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Orioles this week unveiled plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards throughout the 2022 season. The Orioles will begin the year-long celebration of The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball™ with festivities leading up to an exciting Opening Day when they host the Toronto Blue Jays on March 31, and continuing through the duration […]
BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur on Friday announced awards of $9,380,000 in Department of Justice grants to support mentoring services for youth and to protect children from abuse, exploitation, and threats such as sex trafficking. The awards were made by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office for Victims of Crime, part of the Justice […]