coming in from the park across the street. You can take the elevator downstairs and get a nice bagel sandwich, and it’s all right along the Cultural Trail, which is another great attraction downtown.” This trail connects the Hagerstown Arts and Entertainment District to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts located in City Park, an area with potential for further development in the coming years. Along with this the city has close to 250 upper floor housing units in the downtown, in various stages of completion, underway or planned. Those have investment levels of more than $60 million,” says Conrad. “When you go citywide, we’re looking at nearly 2000 completed or planned housing units with investment over $250 million in housing in our city.” The opening of the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine has been another benefit for the community.“Besides John Hopkins and the University of Maryland, this is the third medical school that was established in Maryland,” Nicewarner recounts. “We 107 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 11 HAGERSTOWN, MD
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