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•  Provides time-series information on over one million establishments in Maryland from 1990 through 2012 (2013 data available Winter 2014) o  Establishment Data o  Relocation Behavior o  “Birth” and “Death” years

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•  Interact with your data •  Tells a story about your data •  Targets your geography

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Provide answers to questions such as… •  How many and what types of companies are

relocating to a specific area? •  What are the impacts of tax changes, incentives,

programs, and regulations? •  What linkages and clusters exist? •  Types of industries likely to move into the County?

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•  Industry composition •  Employment changes •  Geographic comparisons (i.e. other enterprise

zones) •  Additional demographic data

o  Educational attainment o  Household income o  Occupational breakdown

•  Infrastructure o  Broadband

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•  Would this be a valuable tool? •  Do you have data that you would like to visualize? •  What questions would you like your data to

answer?

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