Harford CountyMaryland’s New Center of Opportunity

Harford County Office of Economic Development

Vision:

Maryland’s New Center of Opportunity

“To facilitate business investment, entrepreneurial

development and job creation to foster a diverse

economy and expand the local tax base, enhancing

quality of life for those who live, work, play, learn, invest,

serve and stay in Harford County”

1917

1972

1980

19952000

Agricultural & Canning; APG Established

Ag & Home BuildingLand Use Plan/Zoning Established

Agricultural,Home Building Distribution

Riverside Business Park Built Agricultural, Home Construction & DistributionAPG Expansion

Manufacturing, Distribution, Technology

Niche Agriculture2005Manufacturing, Distribution,Commercial I.T., Electronics,APG Transformation

2016

Technology Commercialization

Harford County Timeline

New or Expansion

Capital Investment

JobsCreated

SquareFootage

2015 Select New & Expanding Companies

Alcore, Inc. Expansion $40,000 15 40,000

Bizerba USA, Inc. Expansion $40,000 40 55,000

Boston’s Pizza New $3.2 Million 98 6,620

Maines Paper & Food Service New $10 Million 75 123,000

Medline Industries, Inc. Expansion $5.6 Million 35 107,000

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Expansion $300,000 0 644,000

Planet Fitness New $ 15 20,880

SafeNet Assured Technologies Expansion $500,000 25 13,000

United Foods International New >$4,000,000 15 41,000

Maryland’s New Center of OpportunityCome Grow With Us

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: MD DLLR; 2015 Average is to December

Average Yearly Unemployment 2006-2015

2015

74,000

76,000

78,000

80,000

82,000

84,000

86,000

88,000

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2009Average

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2011Average

2012Average

2013Average

2014Average

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Harford County Jobs

Source: MD DLLR; Annual Average – 2015 is comprised of Q4

Total Harford County Employment

Source: RBI/MRIS

2008 2010 2012 2015

Average Days on Market

133 114 111 93

% Change -14.3% -2.6% -16.2%

Average Sold Price

$286,879 $268,517 $255,440 $257,928

% Change -6.4% -4.9% +0.9%

Harford County Housing Sales Trends

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Harford County Building Permits

Single Family Units Multi Family Units

Residential Construction

Data through October 2015 / U.S. Census & Harford County Permits

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000

U.S. Social Security Administration

Giant Food

Medstar Health

University of Maryland Medical System

Walmart

National Institutes of Health

Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System

Johns Hopkins University

University System of Maryland

Fort George G. Meade

Aberdeen Proving Ground

3rd Largest Workforce Center in Maryland by population

Maryland’s Economic Engines

• Third largest employer in MD ($3.7B enterprise)

• 17M SF Building Space

• 2 Airfields

• 90+ Tenants

• Army’s Premier Chem/Bio Surety Mission

• Major Range and Test Facility Base (62,000 acres)

• Growing MD National Guard Presence

• Army’s Largest Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) Site

(415 acres)

• Unique facilities for National Research

and Development

– Sample Receipt Facility (SRF)

– Underwater Explosives Pond (UNDEX)

• 5 Centers of Excellence

• Command, Control, Communication, Computer,

Intellegence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

(C4ISR)

• Chemical / Biological

• Medical Science

• Research & Development

• Test & Evaluation

• FY 2014 Contracts

– $10.8B total contracts awarded

– $857M contracts awarded to Maryland businesses

Demographics

Military 1,304

Civ 12,957

CTR 6,592

Total 20,853

A New Robust APG

(NOTE: as of 2013, ~8,200 Civilians ((serviced by APG CPAC)) lived in the State of Maryland)

Philadelphia - 70

Aberdeen

Edgewood

72, 000 Acres

Washington DC - 75Baltimore - 35

~ 15,800 Personnel

~ 5,000 Personnel

New York City - 170

U.S. Army Garrison, Aberdeen Proving Ground

APG Today – 110 Defense Contractors Established in Harford CountyEPS CorporationExeter Government ServicesFastenalFuture SkiesGDITGeneral Dynamics C4 SysHarris CorporationIEMInmarsatJanus Research Group, Inc.JRAD, Inc.Link Solutions, Inc.LinQuestLMILockhead Martin GlobalLockwood GroupMacB EnterpriseManTechMelvin May AssociatesMission 1st GroupMITRE CorporationModus OperandiMSA – Man Machine Sys AssesmtMSA – Manufacturers Svcs Assoc.MTEQNetcentricNetorianNexagenNextGen Federal SystemsNoblisNorthrop GrummanOPTEC Inc.ORISEPotomac FusionPraxis Engineering TechnologiesPrimal Innovations, Inc.

QED SystemsQinetQQuantum ResearchR4 TechnologiesRaytheonRockwell CollinsRoundTable DefenseRSC2Sabre Systems, Inc.Shonborn-Becker SystemsSigmatechSmartFix CorporationSOTERA Defense SolutionsSRC – Scientific Research CorporationSRI InternationalStrategic Alliances GroupSTGSURVICE MetrologySymbolicSyracuse Research Center (SRC)Systek - Systems TechnologyTAPETASCTelcordia Technologies, Inc.Telford AviationTelosTenax TechnologiesTRAXTrideumUniversal Solutions International (USI)URSU.S. FalconVetTCorpViaSatVRC CorporationWYLE

AASKIACE ElectronicsACETAlion ScienceAltus EngineeringARINCARTIAquate Corp.Avenge Inc.Avon ProtectionBlue CanopyBoeing Co.Bowhead TechnicalBravura Information Technology Sys. (BITS)BRTRCBurrow ManagementCACICamber CorporationCGI FederalChesapeake TestingCoherent Technical Services (CTS)Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC)D&SCIDAPCData IntelligenceData Matrix Solutions, Inc.Data TacticsDefense Contract Mgmt AgencyDHPC Technologies, Inc.DRC Dynamics Research CorporationDRSDSAEngineering Solutions Products, ESPENSCOEnvironics USA, Inc.EnvisionEOIR Technologies

• Harford County is strategically preparing for the next potential BRAC round

• Harford County recommitted CSSC with staffing, MOU through 2018 among 52 organizations

• Recently completed Joint Land Use Study (JLUS); entering implementation phase with Coordination Committee

• APG has the land availability and infrastructure to support growth in future BRAC rounds

BRAC 2017?

Vacancy Rates

Sq. Ft.Current Vacancy

5 Year Vacancy

Total Existing Office Space 5,691,708 16.7% 15.9%

Total Industrial Space 22,069,539 6.8% 9.6%

Source Costar Nov. 2015

Workforce Development

• FY 2015 – Fourteen companies were awarded $128,000 in training funds

Enterprise Zones – encompass over 12,800 acres

• Edgewood/Joppa Enterprise Zone

– 3,946 acres

– $118 million in capital investment since 2006

• Greater Aberdeen/Havre de Grace Enterprise Zone

– 8,900 acres

– $207 million in capital investment since 2006

Business Retention & Development Services

Proposed Mixed Office Project

• Retail

• Office

• Service

• Housing Development

• Recreational

• Recent zoning change to support mixed use

SIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

James Run

SIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

EAST GATE

• Two building Industrial Park 2,275,000+/- sf Industrial

• 243 Acres within an Enterprise Zone

• All Utilities

• GI- General Industrial Zoned Property

SIGNATURE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AS P3

EDGEWOOD

• Small Area Study through Office of Economic Adjustment

• Public Engagement with Aberdeen Proving Ground, community organizations

• Informational site video developed in partnership with Dresher Foundation and Harford Community College

• Brokers tour to be offered in Spring 2016

• RFI to follow

• Headquartered in Harford County • Knight Takes King Productions leases 190,000 sf

of space in the county.

Economic Impact

Season 1

• Hired 2,198 Marylanders

• 1,814 MD Businesses

• 292 Harford County Businesses

Season 2

• Hired 1,621 Marylanders

• 3,085 MD Businesses

• 469 Harford County Businesses

Season 3

• Hired 2,121 Marylanders

• 2,050 MD Businesses

• 470 Harford County Businesses

The economic impact to Maryland exceeded $300 million for the first three seasons, much of it in Harford County, and more than 1,400 Harford County businesses provided

products and services to support the production.

Tourism Activity Review Committee

• $1.8M in tourism grants through revenue generated from hotel lodging fee in FY 16

• Competitive grant process for tourism related operations or programs

• 24 organizations received support in first year