Pines Police Receive T wo Grants

challenges facing the region, to assist in long-term planning and to guide the development of public policy

The Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) summarized the findings in infographics that can be found on the Eastern Shore Economic Recovery Project website, but economic developers also have access to an internal dashboard that enables them to mine the data for insight on specific issues

Designed to gauge the opinions of the region’s business leaders, this survey is one of the tools that has grown out of the Eastern Shore Economic Recovery Project, a venture made possible by grants totaling $507,000 from the U S Economic Development Agency (EDA)

The Mid-Shore Regional Council and the Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore are recognized as Economic Development Districts by the EDA

The data tools used in the project have been recognized with regional and national accolades including the Maryland Economic Development Association’s 2022 Economic Development Program Award, the 2022 International Economic Development Council Silver Award and the 2022 National Asso-

BERLIN – The Ocean Pines Police Department recently received two grant awards, for police retention and for community engagement

Police received $20,000 from the Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention for police retention

Chief Tim Robinson said the funds would be used for providing both retention incentives for current officers and recruitment incentives for future new hires

The department also received $2,750 from the Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention for the police department's community engagement programs, specifically to help pay for police overtime for events like the recent National Night Out cel- ciation of Development Organizations (NADO) Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award

In addition to the regional councils, partners in the project include ESRGC, BEACON, the Lower Shore Workforce Alliance, the Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board, and the Caroline, Cecil, ebration and staffing for July 4 fireworks and other large events

Both grants were secured by grant specialist Valerie Mann, with help from Ocean Pines Police Lt Shakhan Toppin Robinson said Ocean Pines Police would continue to seek and utilize grants to help fund police activities, and to help recruit and retain officers

"We are grateful to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention for awarding these two grants to Ocean Pines,” he said “With this help we will be able to help maintain our current staff of officers while attracting new ones with one of the grants, and it will make it easier to provide police assistance with major events in our community "

Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester county economic development offices

To access Eastern Shore Economic Recovery Project data, visit https://recovery delmarvaindex org The complete Delmarva Index can be found at https://delmarvaindex org