Maryland’s highly skilled workforce, strategic location and zeal for innovation make it an economic powerhouse among states, yet too many policy makers are unfamiliar or uninterested in the concerns of job creators.  The Institute’s key recommendations for economic reform are:

1. Streamline Maryland’s vast regulatory and fee structure to encourage entrepreneurship and investment
2. Shift focus from poaching out-of-state companies to growing transformational companies at home
3. Expand Baltimore City’s tax base through property tax relief
4. Train a 21^st century workforce through K-12 student excellence