City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0238R

• File #: 15-0238R
• Version: 0
• Name: Building on the Success of the Rec and Tech Center Model
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 6/22/2015
• In control: Recreation and Parks Committee
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Building on the Success of the Rec and Tech Center Model FOR the purpose of commending the Digital Harbor Foundation and the Liberty Rec and Tech Center for their groundbreaking work that is bringing so many benefits to our community, and calling on representatives from the Departments of Recreation & Parks and Finance to appear before the Council to discuss how the City can allocate the necessary funding and other resources to enable other recreation centers to follow this model.
• Sponsors: President Young, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Building, Rec and Tech Center Model, Success

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
6/25/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
6/22/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
6/22/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Young



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Building on the Success of the Rec and Tech Center Model
FOR the purpose of commending the Digital Harbor Foundation and the Liberty Rec and Tech Center for their groundbreaking work that is bringing so many benefits to our community, and calling on representatives from the Departments of Recreation & Parks and Finance to appear before the Council to discuss how the City can allocate the necessary funding and other resources to enable other recreation centers to follow this model.
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Recitals

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan?s recent visit to the Liberty Rec and Tech Center underscored how it, and the Digital Harbor Foundation?s Rec and Tech program, have rapidly risen to prominence as national models for community and youth engagement. This center, slated for closing 3 years ago, was saved by the surrounding community and has now become a community pillar with courses on everything from coding to sewing, GED classes, exercise programs, and an active food kitchen.

The involvement of community and non-profit partners, including the Digital Harbor Foundation, has been critical to this transformation. Volunteer help from Baltimore?s tech community, and generous financial support from both non-profits and corporations, has enabled these technology centered programs to take off and thrive.

Digital Harbor and Liberty?s model of ...