Outstanding Location for Business and Living

Cecil County is located in the northeastern corner of Maryland, at the top of the Chesapeake Bay The largely rural county is situated midway between Baltimore and Philadelphia with connections to major mid-Atlantic cities via a superior network of transportation infrastructure.

With a land area of 360 square miles, the County's landscapes vary from open farmland and forest covered uplands to miles of beautiful shoreline and marshes that line the upper Chesapeake Bay. Cecil County offers an outstanding location, both in terms of business opportunities and quality of life, for companies seeking to start, relocate or expand.

Diverse Business Community

Cecil County is already home to a diverse business community of over 1,980 businesses of all types and sizes. Together they employ 23,400 workers; an estimated 35 of these businesses have 100 or more workers. Key employers include a host of world-class companies such as Air Products, ATK Elkton, basell, DuPont, General Electric, W.L. Gore & Associates, Konica, and Terumo Medical.

Cecil County is Ready for Your Business

Although about 70% of the county is farmland, most of its major industrial centers are located along or near interchanges of I-95 at the towns of Elkton, North East and Perryville. The Cecil County Master Development Plan provides zoning for commercial and industrial expansion along the major transportation corridor of Routes 40 and I-95 in an established State Enterprise Zone with nine distinct areas.

Nine business parks established in these enterprise areas have affordable land and existing buildings, ranging in size from 20,000 to 345,000 sq.ft, with availability for immediate occupancy. Included in this group are:

• a fully air-conditioned 233,000 sq. ft. Class A flex building located in a corporate campus setting and within sight of I-95; and
• Principio Business Park, a new rail-served, 800 acre industrial park and home to General Electric's one million square foot east coast distribution center.