BALTIMORE, MD (December 20, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development today announced that it has awarded $60,000 in matching grants to a dozen Maryland companies, helping them market their products and services in overseas markets. The grants, through DBED’s Export MD program, are awarded to small- and medium- sized companies to help defray the cost of international marketing initiatives, including trade show fees, travel expenses, brochures and website development.
BALTIMORE, MD (December 12, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation announced today that $550,000 in conditional loans have been approved to help Comcast expand its operations in Maryland. The funds will be used for project costs associated with Comcast’s new Advanced Service Center in Largo, Md., which is expected to bring up to 500 new permanent, full-time jobs to Prince George’s County.
BALTIMORE, MD (December 5, 2007) – As part of Governor Martin O’Malley’s continued commitment to small and minority businesses, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development today announced it will provide an additional $100,000 in grants to two Maryland Microenterprise Funds. The Garrett County Community Action Committee, also known as Microworks, and Maryland Capital Enterprises Inc. (MCE) in Salisbury will each receive a $50,000 grant through DBED’s Maryland Economic Adjustment Fund.
BALTIMORE, MD (November 30, 2007) – In an effort to boost economic development and revitalize one of Cumberland’s business districts, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development today announced that it has approved a request to extend benefits of the Allegany County/Cumberland Enterprise Zone to retailers along the Virginia Avenue corridor.
BALTIMORE, MD (November 15, 2007) – The Maryland Office of Tourism Development, an agency of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, announced today a tourism education scholarship in memory of Marcia Harris, President and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) who passed away earlier this year. The scholarship will be given annually to a student attending Baltimore’s National Academy Foundation High School and studying the Hospitality and Tourism program. The funding will pay for the student to attend the annual Maryland Governor’s Tourism Industry Conference, including registration, accommodations and transportation.
ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 13, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley and Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon today announced that leading financial services firm Morgan Stanley has signed a lease to expand operations into Harbor Point, a new mixed-used waterfront project located between Harbor East and Fells Point that is being developed by Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse and H&S Properties Development Corporation. Morgan Stanley, which already has a significant presence in Baltimore, plans to add up to 900 new jobs in the city over the next decade as a result of this expansion.
BALTIMORE, MD (November 2, 2007) – The Northeastern Economic Developers Association awarded Maryland’s economic development agency top honors at their Awards for Excellence in Literature and Promotions held last month in Atlantic City, N.J. The Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) took home NEDA's top prize of "Best in Show" for its BIO International Campaign, beating out more than 100 entries across a myriad of categories. The campaign, designed by the Department’s Marketing team, focused on promoting Maryland’s outstanding biotechnology community at the industry’s international conference, held this year in Boston.
BALTIMORE, MD (October 22, 2007) – In an effort to provide Maryland teachers with ideas and itineraries for educational school trips around the state, The Maryland Office of Tourism, in partnership with Baltimore’s Child magazine, has released the Maryland Field Trip and Teachers’ Guide.
CAMBRIDGE, MD (October 17, 2007) – Officials from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Dorchester and Caroline counties will join with local and federal partners this evening to celebrate the completion of the Corridor Management Plan for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. The event, which will take place at 315 High Street in Cambridge at 7 p.m., marks the first step in attaining a federal designation for the Byway as an All-American Road.
BALTIMORE, MD (October 16, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development has approved a $150,000 conditional loan to a Delaware-based company, Hospital Billing and Collection Services, for the creation of a call center in North Gate Business Park III in Wicomico County. HBCS plans to add as many as 175 full-time jobs in the next three years.
BALTIMORE, MD (September 18, 2007) –– Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has announced the members of the newly created Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board. The Board, which was created through legislation during the most recent General Assembly session, is tasked with developing a comprehensive strategic plan for Maryland’s life sciences industry.
BALTIMORE, MD (August 30, 2007) – Principal photography has begun in Baltimore for “Step Up 2 The Streets,” a follow-up to the successful 2006 Touchstone Pictures’/Summit Entertainment sensation “Step Up.” The film returns to the fictional “Maryland School of the Arts” and follows the story of popular dance student Patrick (Robert Hoffman of “You Got Served” and “She's the Man”) and rebellious new student Andie (newcomer Briana Evigan). Jon Chu directs this sequel that also stars Telisha Shaw, Adam G. Sevani and singer/model/actress Cassie.
BALTIMORE, MD (July 26, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) today announced plans to move its headquarters to the World Trade Center Baltimore, effective October 2008.
BALTIMORE, MD (July 26, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the appointment of eight new members to the Maryland Tourism Development Board. The new board members, who began their terms July 1, are Michael Haynie, Peggy Maher, Terry Prather, Khaled Said, Kathy Sher, Sheldon Suga, Andy Vick, and Cindy Wolf.
BALTIMORE, MD (July 26, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that six new councilors have been appointed to the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED). Named by the Governor are David Harp, Abigail Hoffman, Dr. Jony Jiang Liu, William Mandicott and Dr. David Terry. Maryland Senator Richard Madaleno was appointed as the new legislative councilor by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Councilors re-appointed to the board are E. Scott Johnson, chair of Maryland Lawyers for the Arts, and Patricia “Patsy” Mote, an artist and former chair of the Prince George's County Arts Council.
BALTIMORE, MD (July 12, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) today announced it will assist in the expansion of Allen Family Foods, Inc. with up to $1.7 million in grants.
BALTIMORE, MD (July 11, 2007) – The Board of Public Works today approved $1 million in funding for the development of the Mid-Shore Regional Business and Technology Park located in the Town of Ridgely in Caroline County.
SALISBURY, MD (June 25, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley, joined by State and local officials at his Cabinet meeting in Salisbury, today announced an advance of $2 million to continue installation of the Rural Broadband Initiative from Salisbury to the Bay Bridge, the second phase of the massive project to bring fiber optic lines to the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland. Earlier this month, NASA’s Wallops Island Space Facility was linked to Salisbury State University completing Phase 1 of the initiative.
BALTIMORE, MD (June 11, 2007) – Margot Amelia, a veteran travel marketing executive with more than 20 years in the industry, has been named Director of the Maryland Office of Tourism, the Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) announced today. Ms. Amelia, a native Marylander, currently serves as vice president of marketing with the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association (BACVA), the official destination development and marketing leader for Greater Baltimore. She will assume her new post July 9.
BALTIMORE, MD (May 21, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the City of Salisbury is the most recent designee of the Arts and Entertainment District program, which is administered by the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
BALTIMORE, MD (May 21, 2007) – Follow in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman and other freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad. Imagine yourself in a horse-drawn wagon traveling west along the Historic National Road. Feel the thunder of soldiers' drums on battlefields of infamy and glory. Hear Native Americans sing moving songs at a Pow Wow. Maryland Byways can take you there...
Baltimore, MD (May 21, 2007) – Cinetic Landis Grinding Corp., a global manufacturer of precision grinding systems, today announced the relocation of its manufacturing/assembly facility to Washington County, Maryland. The new state-of-the-art facility, to be built on 28 acres in the Newgate Industrial Park, will include 85,000 square feet of manufacturing space and a two-story, 24,000 square foot office complex.
BALTIMORE, MD (May 15, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the State will provide a $2.5 million grant for the Allegany Business Center at Frostburg State University (ABC@FSU), a business park to be located on the Frostburg State University campus. The announcement was made as part of a partnership celebration event held at the construction site for the new facility at the FSU Research Center in Frostburg.
BALTIMORE, MD (April 6, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) recently approved a $50,000 investment into RemeGenix, Inc. a bioscience company located in Rockville, Maryland. The investment will be made through DBED’s Challenge Investment Fund, a program designed to assist small start-up companies in the high technology sector.
ROCKVILLE, MD (April 3, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Brown today applauded the legislature for passing the O’Malley-Brown Administration’s Life Science Advisory Board bill. The Board, comprised of leaders from Maryland’s biotechnology industry, will work to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for Maryland’s life sciences industry.
March 29, 2007 – California headquartered Sierra Hygiene Products, LLC, is expanding and will locate in Allegany County, Maryland at the Frostburg Assembly Plant. This company focuses on the away-from-home paper market in North America – hand towels, bathroom tissue, and industrial wipers. Sierra Hygiene emphasizes product quality and customer service.
FROSTBURG, MD (March 23, 2007) – A business that provides a unique nationwide communications service to people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Speech Disabled is opening a Telecommunications Relay Service Center in Frostburg.
BALTIMORE, MD (March 22, 2007) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) will be hosting business executives from 10 of Turkey’s top aerospace, defense, homeland security and technology companies that have expressed interest in learning more about potential partnerships with Maryland’s business community.
BALTIMORE, MD (March 2, 2007) – Maryland exports climbed to a record high of $7.6 billion in 2006, up from $7.1 billion the previous year, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development announced today.
BALTIMORE, MD (February 27, 2007) – David Edgerley, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, today announced the appointments of Samuel J. Lloyd as Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Dominick E. Murray to the post of Assistant Secretary for Regional Development for the Baltimore Region, David Tillman as Executive Director of Public Affairs and Devon L. Dodson to the position of Chief of Staff.
BALTIMORE, MD (February 27, 2007) – David Edgerley, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, today announced the release of a Business Opportunities Guide for small businesses seeking to do business with Maryland’s federal facilities. Rapid growth at the state’s federal and military facilities has opened new opportunities for businesses of all sizes.
BALTIMORE, MD (February 16, 2007) – David Edgerley, Maryland Secretary for Business and Economic Development, has named Clarence T. Bishop as Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED).
BALTIMORE, MD (February 16, 2007) – David Edgerley, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, today announced the appointments of Robert W. McGlotten, Jr. as Assistant Secretary of Business Development and Hannah Lee Byron to the post of Assistant Secretary for Tourism, Film & the Arts.
ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 9, 2007) – Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown today announced the release of a study that assesses the state’s needs to accommodate the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) decisions that will bring more than 45,000 new jobs to Maryland by 2011. Governor O’Malley directed the Lt. Governor to chair the Subcabinet on BRAC for the State of Maryland.
ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 7, 2007) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the nomination of four additional cabinet secretaries for the O’Malley-Brown Administration: Alvin C. Collins to be Secretary of the Department of General Services, David W. Edgerley to be Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Former Senator Gloria G. Lawlah to be Secretary of the Department of Aging, and Donald W. DeVore to be Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services.
BALTIMORE, MD (February 6, 2007) – More than 13 million people attended arts events in Maryland in Fiscal Year 2006, generating a record breaking $1.05 billion in economic impact for Maryland, up from $970 million the previous fiscal year, according to a study released today by the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED).
BALTIMORE, MD (February 6, 2007) – Eighty-seven Maryland artists representing seven artistic disciplines have been selected to receive Individual Artist Awards totaling $243,000 from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Fiscal Year 2007 competition categories include Choreography, Music Composition, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Visual Arts: Sculpture and Visual Arts: Crafts.
