Forsite Chief Operating Officer Ryan Ford said the developer company will continue to own the rest of the 153-acre property, some of which will be used to hold battery storage facilities. Photo by Bri Hatch/WYPR.
Forsite Chief Operating Officer Ryan Ford said the developer company will continue to own the rest of the 153-acre property, some of which will be used to hold battery storage facilities. Photo by Bri Hatch/WYPR.

The former site of a coal-fired power plant in eastern Baltimore County is set to become a new waterfront park.

Local, state and federal leaders gathered in Bowleys Quarter Monday to announce the purchase of 85-acres of land next to Carroll Island, where the Charles P. Crane Generating Station operated for over 50 years. The plant closed down in 2018, and was demolished by North Carolina developer Forsite in 2022.

Baltimore County council members voted unanimously last Tuesday to use $10 million of Maryland’s Program Open Space (POS) grants — plus nearly $3 million from the state and federal government — to fund the site’s park transformation.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.

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