There is no such place as the Margaret Brent School Playground

I read today the announcement from Central Baltimore, an organization reportedly attempting to better the area of Baltimore City within the central Baltimore area.  They announced that the playground has received a grant from the Homewood Community Partnership Inc., to Greater Homewood Community Corporation to make the playground known as "the 26th Street Playground" since the 1970's, which was dedicated to the residents of the community known as Charles Village by then City Council Member Mary Pat Clarke.

Greater Homewood Community Corp., have finally gotten their way in their attempt to lead Central Baltimore/Homewood Community Partnership Inc.,  to believe that this little pocket of land is part of the Baltimore City Public School system, which it is not.  This property has been on lease to the City of Baltimore since the times when the Baltimore & Ohio railroad ran through the community.  This is property that has been used by this community for many years for the enjoyment of the children in this neighborhood. We don't have many places for the children of this community and this group, Greater Homewood has been attempting to destroy this little plot of land for as many years that I have lived in this community.  They have tried to turn the basketball court into a tennis court, but the children of this community love their basketball court  They had a meeting with children and drew up fancy plans to improve the playground and suggested that they got acceptance for their plans by these children.  I agree that there should be some more swings for the children and that the padding should be repaired, but the playground was nearing it's 10 year life span and would have been brought up to date by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

There is, was and should have been no need for Greater Homewood to have been involved in the "26th Street Playground" now or ever since it was a part of this community, where under the "Baseline Agreement" the control of the playground was in the community's hands.  This is nothing more than Greater Homewood asserting its authority over this community despite what the community and the children want.