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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is providing some clues about how the city will spend the big windfall of federal money provided through the American Rescue Plan.Since taking office as Baltimore s mayor in December, Scott s biggest task has been guiding the city through the pandemic. Now, his focus is on a city recovering from the pandemic. He s getting some huge help with the $641 million the city is getting through the American Rescue Plan. My message has been very clear. We want to support businesses, agencies, people, residents in Baltimore to get them back from COVID, but also acknowledging and supporting areas and people that have been forgotten for far too long, Scott said.A top priority for the money, the mayor said, is workforce development. Last week, city leaders welcomed a new apprenticeship program with a local plumbing company as just one example of what the mayor sees as a way to put people to work in a post-COVID economy.COVID s impact on the city s unemploymen ....