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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Thomas H. Maddux, Secretary of Economic and Community Development
Hans F. Mayer, Deputy Secretary
Ardath M. Cade, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Community Development
Gerald L. McDonald, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
Thomas E. Plank, Principal Counsel
45 Calvert St.
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3174
The Department of Economic and Community Development was created in 1970 (Acts of 1970, ch.
527). Its origins, however, date back to the formation of the Department of Information. Originally
authorized by the Board of Public Works in 1948 as a division of the Hall of Records Commission, the
Department of Information gained independent status in 1949 (Acts of 1949, ch. 665). By 1959 it was
superseded by the Department of Economic Development (Acts of 1959, ch. 185), from which the
Department of Economic and Community Development was created in 1970.
The Department of Economic and Community Development was established to advance the economic
and cultural welfare of the people of Maryland (Chapter 527, Acts of 1970). The Department's enabling
legislation directs it to create and preserve optimal job and income opportunities for Marylanders and to
protect and enhance the social, economic, cultural, and fiscal viability of the State's communities.
The Department's more than twenty programs are organized into two principal divisions: economic
development, which focuses on economic development financing and marketing, and housing and
community development, which focuses on housing and community development as well as historic
preservation and cultural programs.
The Division of Economic Development consists of the following agencies: the Office of Business and
Industrial Development, Maryland Industrial Training Program, Maryland Small Business Development
Financing Authority, Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority, Office of Seafood
Marketing, and Office of Tourist Development.
The Division of Housing and Community Development consists of the following agencies: the
Community Development Administration, Division of Local and Regional Development, Maryland
Housing Fund, Maryland Industrial and Commercial Redevelopment Fund, and the Neighborhood
Housing Fund.
The Department also includes the Maryland Energy Financing Administration, Maryland Magazine,
the Division of Public Affairs, the Division of Administrative Services, the Division of Research, and the
Day Care Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund.
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY COMMISSION
Chairperson: Dr. Rudolph P. Lamone
Peter E. Aylen; Warren Barley; William F.
Burkley; J. Henry Butta; Elliot H. Cole; William
P. Coliton; Frank Collins; Mary Bell Grempler;
Sue Hess; W. Paul Hicks; Frederick J. Hill;
Martin G. Knott; David R. Lewis; G. J.
Manderfield; J. Michael McWilliams; Harold
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Manekin; Matthew Neitzey, Bruce W. Ruark;
Allen Quille; Daniel Russell III; Michael
Shibata; Arlene Simons; Bernard L. Tetreault;
George R. Walsh; I. Jay Warren; Ronald N.
Young, Stanley Zorick. Terms expire 1987.
45 Calvert St.
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3176
The Commission advises and assists the Secre-
tary on matters relating to the functions of the
Department. The Commission consists of 29 mem-
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