Nearly $1 Million in Community Grants Awarded by South Baltimore Gateway Partnership


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Baltimore's Horseshoe Casino has donated more than $930,000 to 24 community projects in the city's south side.

The South Baltimore Gateway Partnership made the grants using funds generated by video lottery terminals at the casino, the Baltimore Sun reports.

The projects range from improving access to healthy food to reducing high-speed car traffic, according to a press release.

The grants, the largest round of funding yet from the partnership, will be distributed " equitably and are diverse and inclusive in geographic location and project type," the release says. Read the Entire Article


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