Howard County

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Location

Howard County is located in the center of the nation's fourth largest consolidated market, the Washington-Baltimore corridor.  I-95, US 1 and US 29 intersect the eastern end of the County which allows for direct access to Washington and Baltimore.

Major Employers

• ADVO, Inc.
• Allied Signal Technical Services
• The Arviton Company
• Baltimore Aircoil Company
• Coca-Cola Enterprises, N.E.
• Columbia Medical Plan
• Corporate Express
• Ford Motor Credit Company
• Giant Food, Inc.
• Howard County General Hospital
• Ideas, Inc.
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
• ManTech International Corporation
• Marriott Distribution Services
• Maryland Health Enterprises
• Niro, Inc.
• Ohmeda
• The Rouse Company
• The Ryland Group, Inc.
• S3 Technologies
• Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.
• Smelkinson Sysco
• Tate Access Floors
• Taylor Manor Hospital
• Turf Valley Hotel & Club
• W.R. Grace & Co. Res. Div.

Colleges & Universities

• Howard Community College
• Johns Hopkins University - Howard Campus
• University of Maryland
• University College - Howard Campus
• Loyola College - Howard Campus

Public School system

• 31 Elementary Schools
• 14 Intermediate
• 8 High Schools

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