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Home - Maryland Community Business Compass Discover Opportunities in Your Community Get the help you need to provide essential services, starting with child care and fresh food Explore business-relevant data for locations across Maryland to help you decide where to build your business. Discover state and local incentive programs and learn how to apply, all in one place. Explore government grants, loans, tax-credits, and more.
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Hopkins expanded its Pivot and Bridge program from $12.5M to $60M annually, raised the per-award cap to $250K, and dropped the divisional match requirement. Maryland chipped in $8.5M. The structure tells you where private bridge-funding is heading.
Read articleOn June 1, Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development announced $73.3 million in FY2027 awards across six State Revitalization Programs supporting 247 projects in disinvested communities. $50.7 million — 69% of the total — went to Just Communities, geographic areas the state has designated for equity-focused investment. Another $18.6 million went to ENOUGH-eligible census tracts where childhood poverty is concentrated. The new round opens June 22 with an August 6 deadline. The Maryland model establishes a state-led framework for equity-targeted funding that operates outside the federal DEI restrictions the OMB Uniform Guidance rewrite will impose on federal grants beginning October 1, 2026.
Read articleThe Maryland Clean Energy Center's Climate Catalytic Capital Fund opened May 13 with two application windows closing in late May and late June. Three product lines — bridge loans, lines of credit, feasibility grants — are designed to plug the gap left by IRA tax credit uncertainty.
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