The Maryland Marketing Partnership, which helps drive
Maryland's branding and marketing
efforts to attract businesses, create jobs, and grow the state's
economy, today shared a summary of the latest news from companies
and organizations that invest in the partnership.
BALTIMORE, May 23, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Maryland Marketing Partnership, which
helps drive Maryland's branding
and marketing efforts to attract businesses, create jobs, and grow
the state's economy, today shared a summary of the latest news from
companies and organizations that invest in the partnership.
"With the state's strategic location,
modern infrastructure, and leading industries, Maryland has so much to offer businesses and
individuals alike." - Maryland Department of Commerce Secretary
Kevin Anderson
"With the state's strategic location, modern infrastructure, and
leading industries, Maryland has
so much to offer businesses and individuals alike," said Maryland
Department of Commerce Secretary Kevin
Anderson. "Our Partnership organizations are proof of this
and we encourage businesses of all sizes to explore the many
advantages of locating in Maryland."
BGE, based in Baltimore and
Maryland's largest natural gas and
electric utility, is upgrading 260,000 streetlights with smart
technology to improve public safety and outage response. Over
45,000 smart lighting controls (also known as smart nodes) have
been installed on BGE-maintained street and private area lights to
date. Deployment areas for 2024-2025 include northern Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll and Harford Counties. "BGE is currently recognized
as an industry pioneer for smart lighting," says Eric Barger, manager of new business overseeing
this program. "In addition to the deployment of intelligent field
technology, we remain innovative in the ways we capture, manage,
and monitor data using our smart lighting operations software, all
of which provides a better lighting solution and experience for our
customers."
Peterson Companies, a longtime Maryland business, announced Rio, Gaithersburg's most celebrated shopping and
dining destination, is now home to IKEA. The second location in the
Peterson Companies portfolio opened in March and is among a handful
of their new "Plan & Order Point with Pick-up" concepts open
nationwide. Additionally, Locally Crafted, once a temporary
storefront at Rio, has reopened in a new long-term space. The local
women-owned business offers an impressive collection of artisan and
hand-crafted goods created by local makers from in and around
Maryland.
St. John Properties, Inc., based in Baltimore and one of the nation's largest and
most successful privately held commercial real estate firms,
received the prestigious 2024 NAIOP Maryland Awards of Excellence
for two projects. St. John Properties celebrated a renewal with
Precision for Medicine to expand at Riverside Tech Park, occupying
over 116,000 square feet of the Frederick, MD facilities. Additionally, they
welcome Chipotle Mexican Grill, Charleys Cheesesteaks and Wings,
Hibachi Express and TropQ Pizzato restaurants to Cromwell Business
Park, a 165-acre mixed-use business community.
SECU, Maryland's largest
state-chartered credit union, recognized the barrier high four-year
university tuition creates for community college students wanting
to earn their bachelor's degree. SECU MD Foundation is awarding
$10,000 scholarships to 12 students
enrolled at any Maryland community
college who are transferring to a University System of Maryland university for the 2024-2025 academic
year. Students currently enrolled at a University System of
Maryland school who recently
transferred within the last 18 months are also eligible to apply.
Apply for a $10,000 SECU MD
Foundation Scholarship by May 31.
Bozzuto, based in Greenbelt,
ranked 11th in the 2024 The National Multifamily Housing Council
(NMHC) 50 largest apartment managers list. This acknowledgment came
after the successful expansion of more than 100,000 apartment
homes. Additionally, Bozzuto acquired Gables 12 Twenty-One in
Rosslyn, its first acquisition in 15 years through the Strategic
Multifamily Fund. Renamed The Alcott, the 132-unit boutique
community acquisition supports Bozzuto's larger effort to acquire
more high-quality, stabilized assets across the East Coast.
United Therapeutics Corporation (UT) announced another
first-ever success with the transplant of a UThymoKidneyTM,
produced by UT, into a living person on April 12, 2024. Performed by surgeons at NYU
Langone Health, this is the third xenotransplant using UT's xeno
organs, following two successful UHeartTM transplants at the
University of Maryland Medicine in 2022
and 2023. It marks another positive step forward in the company's
aim to help address the shortage of tolerable, transplantable
organs for all who need them.
Cloudforce, based in National Harbor, completed its
15,000-square-foot office expansion. It also continues to impact
higher education, empowering educators nationwide to harness AI in
the cloud effortlessly. Teaming up with Microsoft, Cloudforce
sponsored hackathons. Cloudforce held a free 5-day Bootcamp on AI
to prepare local jobseekers for success; and presented at the
Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC), Blacks at
Microsoft Minority Day, and the 2024 Microsoft MWBE Innovation
Forum. Founder Husein Sharaf was
keynote speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Cybersecurity Capabilities and
Careers Symposia (MA3CS) hosted by Prince
George's Community College. Celebrations included its third
Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work award, and FSC's
First 2024 Small Business of the Year Award.
TEDCO, Maryland's economic
engine for technology companies, announced the appointment of the
Equitech Growth Commission, federal earmarked funding for the
Federal Lab Leveraging Innovation to Products (FLLIP) Pilot
Program, and a successful exit of portfolio company Allovue, Inc.
The organization continues to invest in Maryland-based startup companies through its
Social Impact Funds, evergreen Venture Funds, and Seed Funds. These
Funds have most recently invested in companies like Keep Company,
Astek Diagnostics, Aquatic Circle, Aloe Therapeutics, IPGen,
LASARRUS, Innate Technologies, Sonogen Medical, Dockshare, and
Minnowtech. Additionally, they released new episodes of TEDCO Talks
featuring Secretary of Commerce, Kevin
Anderson, and BDC CEO, Colin
Tarbert.
Route One Apparel, based in Towson, continues to expand its offerings –
especially for local sports fans – through new collaborations and
wholesale partnerships. Last month, the online retailer launched
the "Brightside x Route One Home Run Collection" with Brightside
Boutique, which is selling out quickly, and is now preparing to
unveil its new "Boh-timore Baseball" line featuring National
Bohemian. In addition to online at RouteOneApparel.com, shoppers
can find large displays of Route One Apparel's sports gear at local
retailers EC Pops, King of Bling and Poor Boys. Route One Apparel's
University of Maryland collection,
along with other Maryland-pride
products, can also now be found at Shop Made in MD in College Park.
Warehouse Cinemas, based in Frederick and developed by HighRock, recently
hosted its annual Trailer Fest at all three of its Maryland locations. The event series sold out
and brought over 700 participants together to celebrate upcoming
releases through exclusive trailer screenings, special guest
appearances, and interactive activities.
About Maryland Marketing Partnership
The Maryland Marketing Partnership, founded in statute as the
Maryland Public-Private Partnership Marketing Corporation, develops
branding strategy for the state, markets the state's assets, and
encourages the location and growth of new businesses in
Maryland.
Media Contact
Ellina Buettner, Abel
Communications for Maryland Marketing Partnership, 4104195945,
ellina@abelcommunications.com,
https://marylandmarketingpartnership.com/
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