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2016 OED SWN Presentation 2-26-2016
The document summarizes Harford County, Maryland's focus on becoming Maryland's new center of opportunity through facilitating business investment and job creation. It highlights Harford County's transition from an agricultural economy to one focused on manufacturing, distribution, technology and commercialization. Statistics are provided on job growth, housing market trends, major employers, and development opportunities being pursued to continue expanding the local economy.
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2016 OED SWN Presentation 2-26-2016
- 1. Harford County Maryland’s NewCenter of Opportunity Harford County Office of Economic Development
- 2. Vision: Maryland’s New Centerof 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 SelectNew & 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 20072008 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 20102012 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 512525 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 20,00030,000 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 largestemployer 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 Countyis 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 5Year 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 • FY2015 – 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 OfficeProject • Retail • Office • Service • Housing Development • Recreational • Recent zoning change to support mixed use SIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY James Run
- 17. SIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY EASTGATE • 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 OPPORTUNITYAS 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 inHarford 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 ReviewCommittee • $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