To Draw In Business, Taneytown Could Get Gussied Up

The folks are difficult-working, the downtown area is rife with history, and outlying areas boast available industrial sites.

The relaxation around the globe just does not realize it -- yet. But things maychange within the next nine years.

The Taneytown 2000 committee has started focus on an agenda to brighten in the downtown area and attract companies.

"This can be a swell town to possess your company in," stated EdwardD. Leister, a committee member and senior v . p . at Taneytown Bank & Trust Co.

"This really is most likely among the lovliest cities inCarroll County whether it had worksome work done. It's rundown now," he stated.

The committee really wants to help generate start up business, nevertheless its goals are larger, stated Paul D. Denton, leader of Maryland Midland Railway in Union Bridge.

"You want to aid in increasing the whole quality of existence around Taneytown," he stated. "You want to place the esprit p corps into the fabric. Taneytown includes a heck of a great deal to offer."

"You want to end up being the eyes and ears from the city," stated Neal W. Powell, city manager and committee chairman.

The eight-membergroup has met several occasions but still is focusing on its mission and strategy, he stated.

"There is lots of talk and incredibly little action up up to now,Inch Powell stated.

The concept to have an economic development group germinated in an annual breakfast for city leaders backed by Taneytown Bank several several weeks ago, he stated.

James C. Threatte, director from the county Office of monetary Development, provided to function as an agent towards the group, stated Eileen Shields, economic development marketing manager.

Taneytown is "small town U.S.A., and individuals want that," she

stated. "We have had our romance with departmental stores and strip centers, and there is a place for your. But there'salso a spot for downtowns."

The town has numerous historic structures, including one on You are able to Street where George Washington remained overnight in 1791, Powell stated.

The town of approximately 3,700 includes a thriving corporate community, stated Shields, who surveys county businessesregularly.

"The town did farsighted planning economic development years in front of other people in Carroll County," she stated.

The city's Chamber of Commerce required an energetic role within the sixties to find industrial sites and bringing in business towards the area, Shields stated.

Evapco Corporation., manufacturer of cooling and heating equipment the Taney Corp., making wooden stairs and stair parts Worthington Pump Division Dresser Corporation., a pump manufacturer and Lion Bros. Co. Corporation., a stitching factory, are some of the companies in the region.

The labor force is yet another credit towards the city, Leister stated.

"People here start working once they don't feel great,Inch he stated.

Committee member James G. Sturgill, a Westminster accountant who's developing flats and town houses within the city, stated he'd want to see East Baltimore Street look a lot more like Primary Street in Emmitsburg, Ernest County, by putting phone and electrical lines subterranean.

"You will have a lovely town along with a credit to Carroll County. It can be a showpiece for Maryland," he stated.

Emmitsburg, seven miles from Taneytown, "really catches the attentionInch using its old-fashioned streetlights and tidy business district, Denton stated.

And, Shields stated, "It does not hurt to achieve the Catoctin Mountain tops like a backdrop for your town."