Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond A. Skinner announced $4.25 million in Community Legacy program awards to more than three dozen municipalities and community groups around the state for revitalization projects. Community Legacy provides flexible funding to local governments and community development organizations for essential revitalization projects in existing communities through activities that expand neighborhood business and job development, homeownership investment, commercial revitalization, and other activities that support Governor Martin O'Malley's Smart Green & Growing initiative. Award-winning projects highlight strategic reinvestment in Maryland's historic Main Streets, in transit-oriented community development, and in those areas that will benefit from BRAC-related growth.

"Each of these business districts has had its own struggles in this fragile economy," said Secretary Skinner. "Community Legacy will help these communities overcome these challenges, to help them retain their unique character and history while also helping them move forward on a new path toward a more stable and vibrant future."

Cambridge will receive a Community Legacy grant in the amount of $100,000 for City Gateway Streetscape improvements to the first block of Maryland Avenue and Cedar Street from Route 50 west to Dorchester Avenue.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development works with partners to finance housing opportunities and revitalize great places for Maryland citizens to live, work and prosper. To learn more about DHCD's programs, visit www.mdhousing.org.