In 2005, when the City Council put Baltimore in the hotel business by approving a $305 million bond for the construction of a 752-room Hilton Hotel at the Convention Center, Councilman Kenneth Harris Sr. made sure the Hilton was willing to invest in Baltimore as well.
On Wednesday, at the National Academy Foundation High School in Federal Hill, the Hilton Hotel Corp. presented a $200,000 down payment on what will ultimately be a $3 million Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel Scholarship Fund for local public high school students.
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