The Japanese maker of Asian sauces and spices, United Foods International, chose Harford County, Maryland, for its plant, which is now officially opened, to serve East Coast customers better than it can from its California plant. The company was drawn to Maryland in part by a memorandum of cooperation Gov. Larry Hogan signed last summer between Maryland and Japan.

Revitalizing downtown Brunswick has been a point of discussion among residents and council members for years. But to promote development, city leaders say they need more access to state resources.

ELTA North America, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and support of innovative electronic systems, has selected Maryland for its new Cyber Innovation Center. State and county incentives for which the project may be eligible include conditional loans, tax credits, and training grants.

The Maryland Department of Commerce has approved the designation, redesignation, and expansion of five enterprise zones in the state. Talbot County and the Town of Easton, Anne Arundel County, and Montgomery County's Burtonsville and Briggs Chaney areas have been designated as new enterprise zones. The enterprise zone program, established in 1982, provides real property and state income tax credits to businesses that create jobs and make capital investments.

Howard County, Maryland is implementing a public-private partnership for the design, construction, and operation of a new courthouse. A bidding process would be used to secure a private consortium to execute a single P3 Contract with County covering the required services.

JBG SMITH will be eligible for state and county tax credits, including the state's Job Creation Tax Credit because of selecting downtown Bethesda as the real estate investment firm's new headquarters.

According to Howard Hughes Corporation, the build out impact of the revitalized Columbia development will be $6.1 billion in economic activity during construction, 25,000 construction jobs and, eventually, more than 31,000 new permanent full-time jobs.

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