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Patch Poll: What Should Happen to the Bowie Market Place?

Formerly the Belair Shopping Center, the now mostly vacant center was once Bowie's premier shopping locale.

Since the 1990s, the enclosed Bowie Market Place shopping center on Route 450—once the city’s most thriving and central shopping area—has been mostly vacant. Recently, residents have raised concerns that the center could become a magnet for crime.

Patch wants to know: What should the 20-acre Bowie Market Place shopping center be redeveloped as?

Vote in the poll and leave a comment below if your choice isn't listed or if you have something else to add to the discussion.

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