Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-25 May, 2023 and moderate business costs. Frederick County’s targeted core industry cluster growth creates resilience and diversity with Professional & Business Services and Education & Health Services as two of the many strong industries. Frederick County is intersected by five major highways providing easy access to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Frederick County’s main streets are thriving and the entrepreneurs are creating unique businesses. The County is a top vibrant arts community and is the leader of the craft beverage cluster growth in Maryland. Major employers continue to grow including Fort Detrick with a $7B economic impact to the State of Maryland, Frederick Health, Leidos Biomedical and Frederick National Lab. Life Sciences is Frederick County’s largest growing cluster with international leaders such as Thermo Fisher Scientific, AstraZeneca and Lonza. Recent projects include Kite Pharma with a 279,000 SF biologics manufacturing facility, Ellume’s first U.S. manufacturing facility at 180,000 SF and VaLogic’s 75,400 SF expansion. Frederick County is leading the state with the Quantum Loophole campus, a first-of-its-kind environmentally friendly data center campus. Kroger-Ocado robotics fulfillment center adds to the growing e-commerce cluster alongside Costco E-Commerce and Goodwill E-Commerce. 77 Frederick County comprises 664 square miles with 259,547 people, 6,500 and more businesses with 106,415 workers and 1,373 farms.78 Frederick County has received national recognition79 77https://commerce.maryland.gov/Documents/ResearchD ocument/FrederickBef.pdf 78 https://www.discoverfrederickmd.com 79 OED August 2021 Rating Agency Presentation
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