Council Panel Supports Funding for Rec Centers Leggett Would Have Delayed

A County Council committee deviated from part of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed construction budget by recommending advancing renovation projects of four county recreation centers instead of delaying major renovations at three of the centers as originally proposed. Slated to get the funding under a plan discussed in the council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee are four of the county’s centers: Scotland, Plum Gar, Good Hope and Ross Boddy Recreation Centers, which are all in historic African-American communities and have not been renovated in severalyears...