Maryland Department of Commerce
State of Maryland
Maryland’s lead agency for business attraction and retention, with strengths in life sciences, cybersecurity, and federal-adjacent industries.
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Income-tax credit for businesses creating a threshold number of new full-time jobs.
Large credit for major projects that create jobs in the state’s most distressed jurisdictions.
Flexible loans, grants, and investments through the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund.
Refundable credit for qualified investors in early-stage Maryland biotech companies.
Matching training grants for skills upgrades at existing manufacturing and technology firms.
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Maryland MattersEnabling infrastructure
Across Chesapeake Bay region, data centers are starting to face bans, moratoriums
Maryland has been at the forefront, but a wave of pushback against data centers is sweeping the Chesapeake Bay region, as distrust of the industry deepens and energy bills rise, even though a pause could cost some localities financial…