Relocate: Maryland

WHEN YOU GO AWAY FOR A WEEKEND, GARRETT COUNTY Garrett County Economic Development Department Oakland, MD 21550 Timothy Jacobsen 203 South 4th Street, Courthouse Room 208 301-334-1921 www.gcedonline.com POPULATION 2005 Estimate: 29,900 2010 Projection: 30,300 TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE Highways: MD 135, U.S. 40, U.S. 50, U.S. 219, and the National Freeway (I-68), with easy access to I-81 and I-79. Yearly Precipitation (inches): 47.6 Yearly Snowfall (inches): 85.7 Summer Temperature (degrees F): 66.6 Winter Temperature (degrees F): 29.1 Duration of Freeze-Free Period: 128 days HOUSING Median Selling Price: All owner-occupied properties (2007): $145,500 All multiple-listed properties (2006): $299,900 RECREATION AND CULTURE PERSONAL INCOME Per-Capita Personal Income (2005): $27,843 Visit www.visitdeepcreek.com/www.MarylandLife.com LABOR AVAILABILITY (by place of residence, 2006) Civilian Labor Force: Total civilian labor force: 16,718 Employment: 15,888 Unemployment: 830 Unemployment rate: 5.0% Employment in selected occupations: Management, professional and related: 3,363 (25.7%) Service: 2,332 (17.8%) Sales and office: 2,988 (22.9%) Residents commuting outside the county to work: 3,516 (27.2%) (Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Workforce Information and Performance; U.S. Bureau of the Census) Production, transportation and material moving: 2,296 (17.6%) TOP FIVE EMPLOYERS Employer Garrett Industrial Supply/Pioneer Conveyor Garrett County Memorial Hospital Wal-Mart First United Beitzel Product/Service Indust. equip. manufct. & maint. Medical services Consumer goods Banking and insurance service Metal fabrication Employment 350 335 320 268 220 EDUCATION Educational Attainment- age 25 and over (2006) High School Graduate or Higher: 79.2% Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 13.8% Public Schools: www.ga.k12.md.us Number: 9 Elementary, 4 Middle/Combined, 2 High Enrollment: 4,617 (Sept. 2006) Higher Education (2006) Name 2-Year Institution Garrett College Private Schools Number: 6 Enrollment: 157 (Sept. 2006) Cost per Pupil: $9,800 (2005-2006) Students per Teacher: 12.7 (Oct. 2006) High School Career/Tech Enrollment: 753 (2007) High School Graduates: 293 (June 2006) how often do you say, “I’d like to live here?” What if you could find a place with such a unique variety of homes and lifestyles that just making the decision to invest there would be fun? Whether it’s for a vacation getaway or for a permanent move, purchasing a home in Garrett County, Maryland, is more than a real-estate investment. It’s an investment in living. Maryland’s westernmost county, Garrett has over 76,000 acres of parks, lakes, and publicly accessible forestland. Considered Maryland’s “Mountaintop Playground,” the county boasts the state’s largest inland body of water, Deep Creek Lake, which attracts visitors year-round. Garrett County also features the state’s only four-season resort, Wisp Resort, offering skiing, snow-tubing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, and the Mid-Atlantic region’s only Mountain Coaster. With an average temperature of 66 degrees, the summers offer a welcome respite from the congestion and humidity of the city, and the small-town charm and friendliness of this 30,000-person county can’t be beat. With the myriad activities, festivals, parks, forests, waterfalls, golf, world-class fishing, and cultural events that Garrett County offers, you’ll soon realize that this unique combination cannot be duplicated. It’s the perfect mix of work and play. The tremendous tourism appeal of Garrett County offers plentiful opportunities for recreation, retail, and tourism business development. Garrett County is home to over 920 businesses that employ over 10,000 workers. And the growing leisure and retirement market makes Garrett County an especially attractive place to open shop, literally and figuratively. Young professionals are also increasingly moving their families to the area, attracted by the growth and possibilities afforded by new business opportunities and by telecommuting. The Garrett Information Enterprise Center has been set up to attract technology-intensive companies, and numerous business parks house everything from manufacturing and financial businesses to educational and health services. Garrett County also participates in the One Maryland Program, which offers significant tax credits for capital investments that create jobs, and has been designated a HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) Zone by the U.S. Small Business Administration. And with a location just two hours from Pittsburgh and less than three hours from Baltimore and Washington, DC, Garrett County is far from the pace of city life, but not too far. Head to visitdeepcreek.com for more information about making Garrett County your home. Enrollment 729 Degrees 70 2008 RELOCATE MARYLAND 31 http://www.gcedonline.com http://www.visitdeepcreek.com http://www.MarylandLife.com http://www.ga.k12.md.us http://visitdeepcreek.com

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Relocate: Maryland Contents Maryland Map Welcome! Real Estate: Its Contribution to the MD Economy Why Use a REALTOR® What does BRAC Mean to Maryland? Allegany Anne Arundel/Annapolis Resources Baltimore County Baltimore City Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George’s Queen Anne’s Somerset St. Mary’s Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester/Ocean City

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