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Baltimore Region Investment Attraction

Home to a highly educated workforce, an active real estate development landscape, and a vibrant arts and cultural tourism economy, the Baltimore Region is a fast-growing hub of investment activity. In 2023, the Baltimore Region saw more than $4.2 billion in economic activity, encompassing $3.4 billion in real estate deals and nearly $1 billion in new early-stage capital funding.

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Unprecedented momentum & collaboration

The momentum generated by a newly energized GBC, strong political leadership, and the region’s landmark designation as a federal Tech Hub signals to local, national, and international investors that the Baltimore Region is ready for transformative, private sector-led growth.

An understanding of how to position the region

GBC leaders and partners have extensive experience successfully positioning major markets for global investment and are bringing those insights and best practices to the Baltimore Region. In April 2024, GBC became an official member of the Site Selectors Guild, an organization involved in the creation of 107,000 jobs and $101 billion in investment by corporate clients.

Showcasing the Baltimore Region's economy

In June 2024, GBC convened the first-ever Baltimore Region Investment Summit. Recognized as an official spinoff of the United States Department of Commerce’s SelectUSA Investment Summit, the event brought hundreds of out-of-market investors to the region to learn about the opportunities for business expansion and attraction happening across dozens of sectors. Watch the Investment Summit Presentations here.

2024 Investment Summit Speeches & Presentations

The Baltimore Region Investment Summit featured more than a dozen presentations and panel discussions by business leaders spanning several key investment sectors. Watch the presentations below:

Baltimore Region Tech Hub
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JPMorgan Chase on Baltimore's Housing Market
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The future of the Port of Baltimore
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Regional Elected Officials on the Baltimore Region
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Max Beatty - Principal at Beatty Development Group
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Ryan Whalen - Senior Advisor for States and Implementation in the Biden-Harris Administration
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Jeremie Feinblatt - Vice President, Strategy at Resonance
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Kathy Hollinger - President of the Greater Washington Partnership
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Al Hutchinson - President & CEO of Visit Baltimore
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Gordon Innes - Economic Development Lead, Bloomberg Associates
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Tory LeMaile Stovall - TEDCO CEO
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Brian Pieninck - President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield CareFirst
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Luigi Rosa - Amtrak AVP, Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program
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Ricky Smith - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Executive Director
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Mark Anthony Thomas - GBC President & CEO
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Matt Tremblay - Blackbird Laboratories CEO
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Christy Wyskiel - Senior Advisor to the President for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins University
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Media Coverage

GBC Announces Speaker Lineup for Inaugural Baltimore Region Investment Summit
The Daily Record

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Blackbird Labs CEO Matt Trembly and Maryland Port Administration Executive Director Jonathan Daniels were among those announced Tuesday by the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) to speak at the inaugural Baltimore Region Investment Summit, an official spinoff event of the SelectUSA Investment Summit that will showcase the Baltimore Region’s economic potential in an effort to attract investment. Read More.

Building Economic Growth
I95 Business Magazine

Today, Mark Anthony Thomas is one of the Baltimore Region’s leading voices on economic development in his role as CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC), with a vision to evolve the nearly 70-year-old nonprofit into a modern civic organization. Read More.

8 things to know: GBC woos investors with better Baltimore 'brand'
The Baltimore Business Journal

Jeremie Feinblatt, vice president of strategy for Resonance Consultancy Ltd., talked about how his organization was working with the GBC on raising Baltimore’s profile. Read More.

GBC on boosting Baltimore's economy
WBAL-TV

Outside of Baltimore City Hall, the Greater Baltimore Committee is focused on the city’s economic development. GBC’s president and CEO, Mark Anthony Thomas, tells 11 TV Hill what his organization is doing to support that effort. Watch Video.

Leaders at Baltimore Region Investment Summit push for equitable growth
Technical.ly

Heads of some of the region’s main innovation support entities, from public and private universities to a new investment fund, broke down their respective employers’ ongoing local impact. Read article.

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