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PlayAnnapolis, a nonprofit trying to make sports more accessible to young people, is looking for a new executive director after the departure of its founding executive director, Neilye Garrity.<\/p>\n

Garrity said when she took the job about a year ago, the position was always meant to be temporary. Garrity, who is also campaign manager for Annapolis mayoral candidate Jared Littmann, said she might work in his administration if he is elected. She will officially leave PlayAnnapolis once a new executive director is hired.<\/p>\n

The organization supports sports and recreation programs across the city with scholarships, which are of various amounts and cover equipment and season registration fees, and advocacy. It also has some of its own programming such as its sports fair. The organization was founded in 2023.<\/p>\n

Bess Langbein, PlayAnnapolis’ board chair, said she could not give an exact number, but a good number of applications were received before July 15 when the application process closed.<\/p>\n

At the center of the organization is the PlayAnnapolis playbook, the strategies and goals the new executive director will be asked to put into practice.<\/p>\n

“We heard from over 300 families, including many of whom have children who are served by the Title I\u00a0schools in the city, as well as those for whom Spanish is their primary language or native language, and through that data collection, we’re able to lift up some of the those voices to identify what the needs were in\u00a0the city, and then use that data and the knowledge of our coalition crew to create a playbook,” Langbein said.<\/p>\n

The new executive director will also have to build relationships with partners and the community, in addition to ideas they bring to the organization.<\/p>\n

Langbein expects to hire someone by the fall in time for sports season.<\/p>\n

Have a news tip? Contact Benjamin Rothstein at brothstein@baltsun.com, 443-928-1926.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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