Harford County Office of Economic Development Presentation

1. Harford County
Maryland’s New Center of Opportunity
Harford County Office of Economic Development

2. 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”

3. 1917
1972
1980
1995
2000
Agricultural & Canning; APG Established
Ag & Home Building
Land Use Plan/Zoning Established
Agricultural,
Home Building Distribution
Riverside Business Park Built Agricultural, Home
Construction & Distribution
APG Expansion
Manufacturing,
Distribution, Technology
Niche Agriculture
2005
Manufacturing, Distribution,
Commercial I.T., Electronics,
APG Transformation
2016
Technology
Commercialization
Harford County Timeline

5. New or
Expansion
Capital
Investment
Jobs
Created
Square
Footage
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 Opportunity
Come Grow With Us

6. 3.6% 3.4%
4.2%
7.5%
7.9%
7.3%
7.0%
6.6%
5.7%
5.1%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
9.0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Source: MD DLLR; 2015 Average is to December
Average Yearly Unemployment
2006-2015
2015

7. 74,000
76,000
78,000
80,000
82,000
84,000
86,000
88,000
90,000
2009
Average
2010
Average
2011
Average
2012
Average
2013
Average
2014
Average
2015
Average
Harford County Jobs
Source: MD DLLR; Annual Average – 2015 is comprised of Q4
Total Harford County Employment

8. 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

9. 1430
2216
1135
824
531 538
701
556 681
512 525
201
406
443
209
169
105
235
70 245 68 414 335
502
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Harford County Building Permits
Single Family Units Multi Family Units
Residential Construction
Data through October 2015 / U.S. Census & Harford County Permits

10. 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

11. • 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 - 75
Baltimore - 35
~ 15,800 Personnel
~ 5,000 Personnel
New York City - 170
U.S. Army Garrison, Aberdeen Proving Ground

12. APG Today – 110 Defense Contractors Established in Harford County
EPS Corporation
Exeter Government Services
Fastenal
Future Skies
GDIT
General Dynamics C4 Sys
Harris Corporation
IEM
Inmarsat
Janus Research Group, Inc.
JRAD, Inc.
Link Solutions, Inc.
LinQuest
LMI
Lockhead Martin Global
Lockwood Group
MacB Enterprise
ManTech
Melvin May Associates
Mission 1st Group
MITRE Corporation
Modus Operandi
MSA – Man Machine Sys Assesmt
MSA – Manufacturers Svcs Assoc.
MTEQ
Netcentric
Netorian
Nexagen
NextGen Federal Systems
Noblis
Northrop Grumman
OPTEC Inc.
ORISE
Potomac Fusion
Praxis Engineering Technologies
Primal Innovations, Inc.
QED Systems
QinetQ
Quantum Research
R4 Technologies
Raytheon
Rockwell Collins
RoundTable Defense
RSC2
Sabre Systems, Inc.
Shonborn-Becker Systems
Sigmatech
SmartFix Corporation
SOTERA Defense Solutions
SRC – Scientific Research Corporation
SRI International
Strategic Alliances Group
STG
SURVICE Metrology
Symbolic
Syracuse Research Center (SRC)
Systek - Systems Technology
TAPE
TASC
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Telford Aviation
Telos
Tenax Technologies
TRAX
Trideum
Universal Solutions International (USI)
URS
U.S. Falcon
VetTCorp
ViaSat
VRC Corporation
WYLE
AASKI
ACE Electronics
ACET
Alion Science
Altus Engineering
ARINC
ARTI
Aquate Corp.
Avenge Inc.
Avon Protection
Blue Canopy
Boeing Co.
Bowhead Technical
Bravura Information Technology Sys. (BITS)
BRTRC
Burrow Management
CACI
Camber Corporation
CGI Federal
Chesapeake Testing
Coherent Technical Services (CTS)
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC)
D&SCI
DAPC
Data Intelligence
Data Matrix Solutions, Inc.
Data Tactics
Defense Contract Mgmt Agency
DHPC Technologies, Inc.
DRC Dynamics Research Corporation
DRS
DSA
Engineering Solutions Products, ESP
ENSCO
Environics USA, Inc.
Envision
EOIR Technologies

13. • 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?

14. 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

15. 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

16. Proposed Mixed Office Project
• Retail
• Office
• Service
• Housing Development
• Recreational
• Recent zoning change to support mixed use
SIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
James Run

17. 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

18. 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

19. • 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.

20. 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