Feedback Needed About $11.5M Community Center, $30M Indoor Track Facility

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — A community input meeting will be held Aug. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Howard County Public Library System’s Elkridge Branch, 6540 Washington Blvd. to discuss a proposed $30 million state-of-the-art indoor track facility to be built at Troy Park in Elkridge and an $11.5 million Elkridge Community Center.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball included $2.5 million in his proposed fiscal year 2025 budget allocated for the planning and design stage of the facility. With construction scheduled to begin in fall 2025 and wrap up in 2027, the new indoor facility will be the only indoor track facility in Howard County and will be touted as a premier indoor track facility for the entire region, able to host regional and state indoor track meets.

Following a short presentation from Howard County Recreation & Parks and their consultant at the Aug. 27 meeting, residents and community organizations can provide feedback and ideas for services needed in a proposed community center and the indoor track.

"For far too long, our Elkridge residents have advocated for facilities to help our growing community thrive. We are making impactful investments to make progress on both the Elkridge Community Center and Indoor Track Facility at Troy Park in Elkridge forward. I strongly encourage Elkridge residents and businesses to join us at this public meeting to provide your input on the future of our Elkridge Civic District," Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said.

Residents will be allowed to speak for up to three minutes per person. Sign up in person to speak at the meeting or online starting Aug. 8 by visiting apps.howardcountymd.gov/E_RAPTestimony.

Ball recently announced several other investments he plans to make in the community of Elkridge that are allocated in his FY25 proposed budget:

• $15 million in county PAYGO funds for land acquisition, planning and design for high school #14 in Elkridge
• $11.5 million for a new Elkridge Community Center
• $4 million for the planning, design and expansion of the Elkridge Branch Library
• $100,000 to the Elkridge Heritage Society for the preservation and restoration of the Brumbaugh House
• Installation of Wi-Fi and six new pickleball courts at Rockburn Branch Park
• Upgrade of traffic control signs and pavement markings between Old Washington Road and the railroad tracks.

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