Prince George’s County wraps around the eastern boundary of Washington, D.C. and offers urban, suburban and rural settings for employers and residents. The region’s national and international airports and the Port of Baltimore are less than an hour away. The county boasts a friendly business climate, skilled workers and an outstanding quality of life.
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Montgomery County is the gateway to the Mid-Atlantic’s robust business community, centrally located in the region’s federal and advanced technology marketplace. It is literally next door to the nation’s capital and home to over 250 biotech companies and industry leaders such as GSK, MedImmune, and United
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Anne Arundel County is located in the heart of the nation’s fourth largest market, the Baltimore-Washington D.C. corridor. It is home to the state capital, Annapolis, and to the U.S. Naval Academy, both major destinations for visitors. With over 500 miles of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the county successfully combines natural beauty and rural charm with metropolitan sophistication.
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economy, highly educated workforce, and attractive standard of living. Over 21,000 businesses employ 308,000, with more than 500 of these businesses employing over 100 workers. The business community is balanced across sectors with corporate or divisional headquarters for McCormick & Co. and Stanley Black & Decker etc.[/ultimate_info_table]
Carroll County’s central location in the state attracts a diversity of business interests. The business composition in the county includes a signi cant number of rms in manufacturing, transportation, and health and business service sectors. Agriculture remains a viable industry with an emphasis on nurturing bioscience enterprises. Carroll County’s 4,450 businesses employ 48,300 workers, and over 60 of these businesses have 100 or more workers.
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Garrett County is a progressive community that welcomes business. The westernmost county in Maryland, Garrett offers a central location to local major markets, interstates, available community-owned business parks, one of Maryland’s best K-12 school systems, a variety of housing options, and an excellent workforce. The Department of Economic Development works to attract, retain, and expand businesses to our area. Our workforce, location, and affordable community-owned business parks have attracted some of the best business that Maryland has to offer.
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With its strategic location along the East Coast and situated at the crossroads of Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore, Wicomico County serves as a hub for commerce, industry, health care, education and transportation. Situated halfway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay, cultural, recreational and civic amenities add to the lure of Wicomico, offering citizens a lifestyle second to none. Wicomico is the number two agricultural producing county in Maryland, and ranks third in broiler chicken production. Popular crops include corn, soybeans, wheat and vegetables.
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“Business rocks in Queen Anne’s County” as it offers close proximity to metropolitan areas balanced with the relaxing lifestyle of a waterfront and rural community. The county is located within a one-hour drive to such major metros as Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA utilizing US Routes 50 and 301. Queen Anne’s County appeals to companies seeking a prime, affordable location that offers an excellent quality of life and a well-educated workforce. 1,390 businesses in the county currently employ over 11,600 workers.
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St. Mary’s County is situated on a peninsula in Southern Maryland with over 500 miles of shoreline on the Patuxent River, Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. The Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, employing 22,400 military, civilians and defense contractors, is home to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), including the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (N AWC AD). With over 200 high-tech aerospace and defense contractors, the county has emerged as a world-class center for maritime aviation research, development, testing, evaluation, and acquisition.
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Kent County, founded in 1642, is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, directly east of Baltimore. The boundaries include the Sassafras and Chester Rivers, the State of Delaware, and the Chesapeake Bay. The Port of Baltimore is located approximately 75 driving miles from Kent County. Route 301 provides a major north-south artery for commercial transportation, linking Maryland to Delaware. Kent County encourages the growth and development of diverse businesses such as clean industrial, biomedical, technology, and agriculture-related establishments.
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Caroline County is a strong economic center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Its leading industries include manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and value- added agriculture. The county offers a sizable technical workforce that is well suited to meet the needs of advanced manufacturers. Its location on major transportation arteries that serve the Mid-Atlantic region has helped Caroline County become a major logistics hub, especially for the agricultural industry. Caroline County has three industrial parks in the town of Federalsburg and one in the town of Denton (the county seat).
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Incomes are high and rising, and the combination of job and income growth has buoyed a property market that was battered by the housing bust. House values in most cities fell in the year to January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of prices. But whereas an index of prices in 20 large cities dropped 3% during that time, values in Washington rose 3.6%.[/ultimate_info_table]
region. Interstates 81, 70 and 68, coupled with excellent rail service, provide easy market access. The Hagerstown Regional Airport is a fully instrumented air eld with the second-longest commercial runway in the state. In fact, assets such as the airport helped the county earn recognition as one of the country’s “Top Five Defense Destinations” by Expansion Solutions magazine. Hagerstown, the county seat
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