Thanks for the great article by Timothy Wheeler ("Maryland Port Administration greening an old harbor dumping ground," May 28) about the restoration of Masonville Cove to an urban nature park and bird sanctuary. The Baltimore Community Foundation is proud to have been an early investor in this project through our 2006 support of an outreach coordinator to ensure that there was community input and participation in the project.

The terrific result — a cleaner, greener and more vibrant Masonville Cove — highlights what is possible when the community is given the opportunity to exercise its voice in major development projects. This project also is an example of the public-private-community partnerships required to achieve the goal of making Baltimore's harbor and waterways fishable and swimmable by 2020.

Cheryl A. Casciani, Baltimore

The writer is director of community investment for the Baltimore Community Foundation.