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This month, our Partner Spotlight highlights techfrederick - a local non-profit focused on fostering Frederick’s rapidly growing high tech community … and ensuring there is fun to be had along the way. We spoke to Vaughn Thurman, a founding board member of techfrederick, to learn more about the organization, and the resources available to businesses in Frederick.
At this year’s NBAA-BACE conference, Frederick Municipal Airport’s competitive amenities and proximity to major markets were showcased as leading reasons for aircraft owners and business travelers to choose FDK instead of busier and costlier commercial service airports in the region.
Earlier this year, Wilcoxon – a leading producer of vibration monitoring solutions for over 55 years – signed a 42,000SF lease with St. John’s Properties at 8435 Progress Drive and announced plans to relocate operations to the City of Frederick. The company, which brings over 100 employees to Frederick, is now targeting an early October opening for the new facility.
The Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI), Frederick, Maryland’s tech incubator, announced September 7th that it is the recipient of two grants totaling $450,000 from the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund of the Rural Maryland Council (RMC). The Fund provides targeted investment to promote economic prosperity in Maryland’s rural communities.
The Manufacturing industry has played a part of Frederick’s history for centuries. Names that still resonate today such as Frederick Brick Works and McCutcheons, have a place in Frederick Manufacturing history.
Stulz-ATS, EDCO, Canam Steel, AstraZeneca, Miscellaneous Metals, Wright Manufacturing and RoosterBio are just a few of the many advanced manufactures that currently call Frederick home.
