The state of Maryland has awarded grants to three projects on the Route 1 corridor, including two aimed at Black history.

The first grant, worth $50,000, will go to Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier to develop “The Story of Water and Art,” a stormwater treatment project that will integrate art and storytelling.

The second grant, worth $55,000, will help the town of North Brentwood restore a dance pavilion at Sis’ Tavern, a historic music hall once frequented by Duke Ellington. That will complement other recent efforts to restore the building’s exterior and interior and add colorful public art.

The city of College Park is the recipient of the third grant, worth $15,000, which will go towards continue to develop the Lakeland Community Heritage Tour, which seeks to preserve the history of Lakeland, an African-American community along Lake Artemesia that was displaced in the 1970s.

The grants from the state Department of Planning were awarded through a competitive process that involved Maryland Milestones/Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, a nonprofit based in Hyattsville that manages local heritage tourism sites and historic preservation in Prince George’s County.

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