“I have been here for 24 years,” McKay states. “The mayor has been in office since 2012 and there was only one other mayor in the last 25 years. It has just been a really good, consistent, unified management team and we all have a common goal.” “We work with the town council and the businesses, the developers, residents, and the Leonardtown Business Association. In 2019 we decided to hire consultants to work on an updated downtown plan and the first of that plan focused on the town square,” McKay elaborates. BEAUTIFICATION OF THE TOWN CENTER Some of the first changes the city made on the route to revamping the city center included cosmetic updates such as landscaping, parking improvements, updated signage, and planting additional trees to create a welcoming and pleasant environment for residents to explore, enjoy, and socialize in Leonardtown’s central hub. “We also started talking about adding outdoor seating that happened to coincide with COVID hitting, so we ended up in a very short amount of time getting outdoor seating for our restaurants.” 293 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 07 LEONARDTOWN, MD
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