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PERRY HALL AND KINGSVILLE

David Marks is a lifelong resident of northeastern Baltimore County. He graduated from Perry Hall High School, led the Perry Hall Improvement Association for a historic nine terms, and is raising his family in the Perry Hall community. He understands the need to control development and provide the schools, parks, and infrastructure needed in a growing community.

Every community needs peace of mind, which is why David Marks has worked to make Perry Hall and Kingsville safe and strong.  He helped secure funding for new fire stations in Kingsville and White Marsh. He helped create the Seven Courts Area Citizens on Patrol to improve safety in the densely-populated neighborhoods west of Belair Road, and advanced traffic calming along routes such as Ebenezer Road, Hickoryhurst Drive, Klausmier Road, and Schroeder Avenue.  Baltimore County will construct a traffic circle at Honeygo Boulevard and Cross Road—an effort championed by David Marks for nearly a decade. 

David Marks initiated the largest downzoning of land in Perry Hall history to lighten school overcrowding and preserve green space.  He cosponsored legislation establishing the Perry Hall Community Plan to guide future development.  He extended the Honeygo area for the first time in 20 years, ensuring better development in eastern Perry Hall, and pushed for more senior communities—such as Brightview Perry Hall—so older residents can live closer to their families.

David Marks created the Perry Hall commercial revitalization district, which offers incentives to local businesses and provides grants to beautify this area.  He negotiated an agreement that preserved the iconic Double-T Diner, and successfully pushed for a redevelopment of the derelict shopping center at 8833 Belair Road.

Working with parents and other elected officials, David Marks secured funding to build three new northeastern schools and construct an addition at Pine Grove Middle School.  He obtained funding to air condition Chapel Hill, Joppa View and Kingsville Elementary Schools, and expand the parking lots at Gunpowder and Seven Oaks Elementary Schools.  A proud graduate of Perry Hall High School, David Marks championed the construction of a new artificial turf field there for the school’s athletic program.

David Marks secured funding to resurface seven miles of the heavily-traveled Joppa Road corridor.  He also obtained money to improve routes such as Chapel, Forge, Klausmier, and Schroeder Avenues in Perry Hall, and Sunshine Avenue and Cedar Lane in Kingsville, as well as to repair the historic Jericho Covered Bridge.  David Marks also garnered funding to repair the chronically-leaking water main break along Seven Courts Drive. 

David Marks helped advance five new parks in Perry Hall—Angel Park, Gough Park, Soukup Park, the Perry Paw Dog Park, and the Gerst Road site—and obtained funding to build the Northeast Trail at Indian Rock Park.  He secured money to replace the Honeygo Park turf field, and upgrade Perry Hall Park.  In Kingsville, David Marks worked for eight years on a complex agreement to preserve the Rutkowski Farm and move a proposed state transportation facility away from the community and closer to Interstate-95.  He also worked successfully to upgrade Kingsville Park. As the author of a book on Perry Hall’s history, he is a strong supporter of preservation and is working on a long-term plan for the Perry Hall Mansion.

By authority: Friends of David Marks, Kathy O’Sullivan, Treasurer.

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