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St. Mary's leaders debate folding innovation set-aside into base budget; manager hire deferred to midyear
Summary
St. Mary's County economic development staff urged commissioners to convert two years of set-aside funding for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship into permanent operating support and to unfreeze a business development manager position; commissioners agreed to keep the FTE but delay its funding until midyear so a new director can set priorities.
St. Mary's County economic development staff urged the Board of County Commissioners on March 10 to build recent, one-time set-aside funding for technology commercialization and entrepreneurial supports into the department's regular operating budget.
Robin, a department staff member identified in the meeting as the acting director, described a two-year effort funded by a $250,000 set-aside that backed studies and pilot projects including a comprehensive economic development strategy (SEDS), a Southern Maryland Innovation Technology Initiative (SMIT meetups) and a local pitch contest scheduled for May 12 at the Patuxent Naval Air Museum. "We would like some of the things that we have done in the last couple years to become…
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