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Hagerstown Advance Newsletter
Hagerstown Advance: Your next business partner in Hagerstown. Click here to download the 2010 Second Quater Newsletter
more»National Security Agency Contract Information for Small Businesses
4/27/2010 - U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., hosted an event meant to help build relationships between local small businesses, the NSA and the NSA’s prime contractors. You may access the article by clicking below. For more information, you may contact Congressman Bartlett's office at ... more»
SBA Lenders in Maryland
For a listing of all Small Business Administration Lenders in Maryland, please click here.
more»Eligibility Checklist for SBA Express and the Pilot Loan Programs
4/8/2010 - A revised version of the eligibility checklist for SBA Express and the Pilot Loan programs (SBA Form 1920SX, Part C) will be posted on the 7(a) and 504 loan forms website. The revisions were necessary to make the checklist consistent with ... more»
Ft. Meade Regional Minority & Small Business Government Contracting IT Forum
4/6/2010 - Thursday, May 27, 2010 –7:30 am to 12:00 pm at the BWI Hilton. This half-day event will focus on government contracting information technology with an emphasis on business opportunities in the Fort Meade region for small and minority businesses that are ... more»
Maryland's Job Creation & Recovery Tax Credit
For information on Maryland's Job Creation and Recovery Tax Credit, visit http://www.dllr.maryland.gov/taxcredit/jcrtcflyer.pdf
more»Dr. Elizabeth M. Morgan Named National Superintendent of the Year
3/17/2010 - Dr. Elizabeth M. Morgan, Superintendent of Washington County Public Schools (WCPS), has been named 2010 National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The announcement was made at the National Conference on Education in Phoenix, Ariz., ... more»
Minority and Woman-owned Business Program
3/10/2010 - In 2009, the City of Hagerstown Economic Development Department received $100,000 in grant funding from the US Small Business Administration to provide assistance to Hagerstown Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprises over the next three years. According to Deborah Everhart, Hagerstown’s Economic ... more»
2009 Hagerstown Annual Report: Challenges + Opportunities
Download the 2009 Hagerstown Annual Report (pdf), click here.
more»Small Business Administration Lenders Advantage for March 2010
The attached link will provide you with the SBA's Lenders Advantage Report for March 2010.
Download pdf here.
Hagerstown Advance Website is launched.
9/25/2009 - Hagerstown Advance Website is launched. Hagerstown Advance is a specialized city economic development initiative to nurture, promote, and attract knowledge-based enterprise and a creative workforce, and connect them with incentives, opportunities and properties that lead to higher wages and jobs ... more»
Mayor and City Council recently approved Partners in Economic Progress (PEP) incentive
9/23/2009 - The Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown recently approved Partners in Economic Progress (PEP). Partners in Economic Progress is an incentive program that has been created by the City of Hagerstown staff to entice developers to partner with the City ... more»








