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 Originally published March 2008 Job hunt
 Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center. Photo courtesy of Gaylord.
The mega complex, located at National Harbor in Prince George's County, held a hiring event from Jan. 30 through Feb. 2 in search of staff for its 2,000-room resort. The four-day job search included a series of interviews with Gaylord representatives. Qualified candidates were offered jobs on the spot.
When fully staffed, Gaylord National will employ 2,000 employees in a variety of full-time, part-time and on-call positions, said Amie Gorrell, public relations director at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.
 Photo by John Keith.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) hit an all-time record with the number of travelers flying through in 2007.
Last year, the regional airport had more than 21 million passengers — a 1.7 percent increase over the previous year.
Southwest Airlines, BWI's largest carrier, had 11 million passengers. The discount airline, which currently provides 172 daily nonstop departures to 38 destinations, added nonstop service to new markets including Pittsburgh and Oklahoma City in 2007.
AirTran Airways carried nearly 2.5 million passengers, a 16.4 percent increase from 2006. Last year, AirTran was the airport's fastest growing airline and added new nonstop service to Portland, Maine and seasonal service to Daytona Beach, Miami, West Palm Beach and Seattle. -Donna De Marco
Help for Alzheimer’s
A Clarksville drug development company is getting a boost from the state.
The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) has invested $50,000 in Neuronascent Inc.
The four-person company, with laboratories in Rockville and Walkersville, Md., is working on therapies for Alzheimer's disease, stroke and depression.
The state's investment will allow for further studies to be completed, said Kathleen L. Mattis, chief financial officer of Neuronascent, which was founded in 2004.
“Alzheimer's is our lead program and so this will allow us to make progress toward that work,” she said.
The DBED investment was made through the Challenge Investment Fund, a program that assists small start-up technology companies and helps cover a portion of the initial costs associated with bringing new products to the marketplace.
The program, which began in 1988, has provided more than 100 companies with financial support. Companies are required to provide matching funds to be eligible to receive up to $150,000 in assistance through the program. -Tammi Slater CIC adds new firms
MGB Ltd. Spearhead Innovations, OnLine LinkUp and Raptor Networks Technology Inc. have joined the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), Anne Arundel County's business accelerator for homeland and national security.
The three firms join CIC's six resident and seven affiliate member companies.
The companies “have technologies that can potentially help the CIC partners find solutions to their pressing technology needs,” said Robert L. Hannon, president and CEO of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp.
The CIC partners are Northrop Grumman, National Security Agency, ARINC, Athlone Global Security and Boeing.
MGB, headquartered in Arlington, Va., has developed a handheld inspection device for sealed containers. As part of the CIC, it will receive assistance with business strategies toward product commercialization, access to funding and mentoring from field experts.
OnLine LinkUp, which relocated from Pennsylvania, is developing a homeland and national security product to facilitate communication among geographically dispersed communities of security personnel. The firm will receive services such as access to potential government, defense contractors and military buyers as well as help with its product development.
Raptor Networks Technology, headquartered in California, distributes network ethernet settings. The company, which was founded in 2003 and has 30 employees, also has an Annapolis office.
“Joining the CIC will provide the CIC's constituents with increased awareness of the game changing nature of Raptor's networking technologies,” said Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger, chairman and CEO. -Tammi Slater Innovation Network to expand
The Montgomery County Business Innovation Network will open a fifth facility this summer at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus.
The network helps small and emerging advanced technology, biotech, pharmaceutical and professional service firms succeed. The county currently has network locations in Shady Grove, Silver Spring, Wheaton and Rockville Town Center.
The Germantown location’s 64,000-square-foot building will house approximately 35 companies, said John Korpela, manager of the Montgomery County Business Innovation Network.
“We have a demand for office space and our Rockville location will be 95 percent occupied by June,” he said. “This new location will help fill that demand.”
The county will use the first floor of the building for offices and classrooms. The second floor will be outfitted for biotech and technology firms and will include 11 biotech laboratories.
Overall, approximately 150 people will work in the $5 million building, said Korpela.
Pre-lease marketing has already started and by April the county hopes to have companies signed up, Korpela added. -Tammi Slater |
