Allegany County Featured in the Business Xpansion Journal

Written by Bretta Reinhard, Public Information Officer, Allegany County Government

Monday, 12 July 2010 08:43

The Business Xpansion Journal (www.bxjmag.com) featured Allegany County in the June/July 2010 issue. The State of Maryland was showcased in Quality Places, a regular column. In addition to Allegany County, three counties in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, Harford, Howard, and Montgomery, were referenced in The Business Xpansion Journal article.

Allegany County Director of Economic Development, Matthew W. Diaz, CEcD, provided insight about the County. Diaz highlighted the diversification efforts and noted new industries in Allegany County. Light manufacturing has replaced heavy industry. Hunter Douglas, www.hunterdouglas.com, a leading manufacturer of custom-made window fashions in North America, has its northeast manufacturing and distribution center in the North Branch Industrial Park. Hunter Douglas employs approximately 600 here. American Woodmark Corporation, www.americanwoodmark.com, a leading supplier of cabinetry to the remodeling and new construction industries, is located in the Barton Business Park. American Woodmark employs approximately 300 here. Allegany County also has a number of smaller light manufacturing firms of 20 to 30 employees.

Diaz also cited Allegany County’s partnership with Frostburg State University to develop collaborative relationships with companies they want to attract to the Allegany Business Center at Frostburg State University. Diaz emphasized the downtown revitalization in Cumberland, the county seat, and the new, state-of-the-art Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in his interview by The Business Xpansion Journal. To view the article, from The Business Xpansion Journal’s homepage, www.bxjmag.com, select In This Issue, select Quality Places, and select Maryland.

For additional information about development opportunities in Allegany County, contact the Allegany County Department of Economic Development, 701 Kelly Road, Cumberland, MD 21502, T 301-777-5967, T 800-555-4080, F 301-777-2194, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Economic Development’s website is www.alleganyworks.org.

Comments (3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

I watched the youtube based on your suggestion, and thanks for the link. I really enjoyed the mini-lecture. Very clever, and even more, very well-put. My only problem is that it is easy to find fault with capitalism as an economic system, given that there are so many of them, but I'm not convinced that there is necessarily another one that is better. All are definitely wicked and take advantage of others; perhaps they are all bad, and capitalism is the least bad of the very bad. I would have enjoyed details of what the speaker would favor....I'll check out some of the other videos on the site and see if I find anything.
Anyway, thanks again for pointing out an alternative viewpoint.

Produce things for the purpose of fulfilling our needs rather than for sale and profit.

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