Royal Farms could be start of redevelopment
By RYAN JUSTIN FOX, Staff Writer
By RYAN JUSTIN FOX, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
03/23/10
Signs of life are emerging in the struggling, aging stretch of commercial businesses along Route 175 in northern Odenton known as "Boomtown."
Shannon Lee Zirkle — The Capital
Construction crews clear the site of the old Okinawa Restaurant along the gritty stretch of Route 175 in North Odenton better known as “Boomtown.” A new Royal Farms convenience store will be built in its place. Area leaders point to the construction as a sign of the redevelopment of Boomtown.
Construction crews in the past few weeks knocked down a dilapidated, graffiti-covered, vacant building near the Blue Water Boulevard intersection that had housed two shuttered eateries to make way for a new Royal Farms convenience store.
West county officials said they are hoping to revitalize Boomtown and the greater Odenton area despite red tape and a struggling economy.
County officials recently passed a revised master plan for the planned 1,600-acre Odenton Town...
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