02/12/25 Maryland Board of Public Works Meeting on State Park in Wicomico County Transcript

For more on the significance of this acquisition and why we are so excited to have this come on board, we have the County Executive of Wicomico County Julie Giordano. Our friend who is here virtually, I believe. There she is. (Indiscernible), good morning. MS. GIORDANO: How are you? GOVERNOR MOORE: Great to — 2/12/2025 *Board of Public Works* 11 HUNT REPORTING COMPANY Court Reporting and Litigation Support Serving Maryland, Washington, and Virginia 410-766-HUNT (4868) 1-800-950-DEPO (3376) MS. GIORDANO: Good morning. GOVERNOR MOORE: Great to see you virtually. Congratulations. MS. GIORDANO: Oh, thank you so much. I just wanted to say that this is definitely historic because Wicomico County is the last county to — without a State park. And so that no longer will be the case, and so we are just so excited. I do want to tell you I don’t hike, so Bunky will be there with you. I will designate him to go hiking with you, but we are really excited. And one of our biggest pushes here, you know, with our administration is bringing people to our county, right? Bringing people to Maryland and bringing people to our county, and this is just one step in that direction. So thank you to DNR and thank you to everyone who made this possible. So we are really excited. GOVERNOR MOORE: It’s great. Great to see you my friend and listen, we’re going to get you out there too. It is going to be great. And actually, you are right. While it’s the last county in Maryland that does not have one, Baltimore City still does not have a State park. So —

Secretary. County Executive, thank you so much. Stay warm and thank you and congratulations again. Your leadership — MS. GIORDANO: Yeah, thank you. GOVERNOR MOORE: Your leadership mattered in this. MS. GIORDANO: Yeah, we apologize for not being in-person. We just got a little bit more snow than what we were anticipating. So thank you for being so flexible. GOVERNOR MOORE: You’re doing the right thing. You’re where you need to be. So God bless you. Thank you. MS. GIORDANO: Yeah, thank you.