After his playing days were over in 2019, former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith was looking for a home for his LEVEL82 Foundation, so he took a ride around the city.
He looked for a place with high need, near a school, with a strong community association, and a green space for kids to play outside.
When he came to the Hilton Recreation Center in West Baltimore, he found a field that was half dirt, so it was missing quite a bit of green, and the building needed extensive renovations after being closed for more than 10 years.
"This place is perfect," he thought. "We created a vision and a dream for what it would be like to truly maximize the space."
Six years later, on a sunny October afternoon, that dream came true. The ribbon was cut on the Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club, a stat