Leaders of three different historically black Montgomery County neighborhoods have fought for years to secure funding for repairs at Scotland, Good Hope and Ross Boddy community centers...

A County Council committee deviated from part of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed construction budget by recommending advancing renovation projects of four county recreation centers instead of delaying major renovations at three of the centers as originally proposed. Slated to get the funding under a plan discussed in the council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee are four of the county’s centers: Scotland, Plum Gar, Good Hope and Ross Boddy Recreation Centers, which are all in historic African-American communities and have not been renovated in several