{"id":178,"date":"2012-06-29T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2018-11-01T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T16:57:43","slug":"economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/?page_id=178","title":{"rendered":"Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ ECONOMY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The region\u2019s prime transportation assets\u2014including the Port of Baltimore, railway system, high-speed highways, and the BMI or Baltimore-Washington International Airport\u2014play an important role in the regional economy. They serve business and industry while directly supporting the area\u2019s distribution, warehousing, and logistics companies. Beyond its deep roots in both trade and transportation, Maryland has emerged as a major technology center. The relationship with Washington continues to expand, spurring many federal research and regulatory agencies that serve as catalysts for technological activity. Growing sectors include software and computer services, data processing and information services, and the manufacturing of communications equipment. Maryland has long been active in the aerospace industry, while Baltimore\u00a0 anchors the state\u2019s thriving international services sector and claims the nation\u2019s oldest brokerage house. The Baltimore area also boasts one of the highest concentrations of scientists and engineers in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ ECONOMY The region\u2019s prime transportation assets\u2014including the Port of Baltimore, railway system, high-speed highways, and the BMI or Baltimore-Washington International Airport\u2014play an important role in the regional economy. They serve business and industry while directly supporting the area\u2019s distribution, warehousing, and logistics companies. Beyond its deep roots in both trade and transportation, Maryland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Baltimore3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}