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Article: Guest column: City Dock work isn't merely cosmetic
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2007
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Annapolis' City Dock is about to undergo a vital face-lift,
highlighting its importance to the economy and vitality of downtown
Annapolis, and its role as a centerpiece of our community and
culture.
The timing is critical. Our city center is facing multiple
challenges for dollars and attention, not only from new and striking
projects on West Street, such as Park Place, but from a whole new
town center at the site of the former Parole Plaza.
So City Dock must reinvent itself to retain drawing power for
families, students and retirees, as well as newly arriving groups.
At least $9 million is being dedicated to a major renovation of
the guts of the dock itself: its face, pilings and foundation. ...