After years of planning and fundraising, Hillside Park is almost a reality.

Leaders of the Roland Park Community Foundation told area residents this week that the organization is about a month away from taking ownership of a 20-acre parcel that will become a public green space called Hillside Park .

During a meeting of the Roland Park Civic League on Wednesday, community foundation chair Mary Page Michel and other board members said the organization has raised all of the funds needed to purchase the sloping property from the Baltimore Country Club (BCC) and outlined the next steps for turning the land into a park.

“We are on the cusp of owning the park!” Michel told about 40 people who attended the meeting.

The future park site runs along Falls Road across from the athletic fields of

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