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Annapolis reports steady small‑business activity; Black Market Bakers expands with 40 new jobs
Summary
Economic development manager Adam Straut told the Economic Matters Committee that updated permitting data show modest new openings and relocations and an existing employer, Black Market Bakers, expanded on West Street adding about 40 full‑time positions; staff described steps to improve outreach and permitting support for local businesses.
Adam Straut, the city’s economic development manager, told the Annapolis Economic Matters Committee on Jan. 7 that three years of permitting records show modest recent business growth and a notable downtown expansion. “We’re leveraging the data that we have available to us to be able to draw inferences regarding businesses in the city of Annapolis,” Straut said.
Straut said that in the most recent reporting window (December, with comparisons back to October) the city recorded two new businesses and seven relocations, expansions or changes of ownership that together accounted for about 26 full‑time and 16 part‑time positions. He identified one December expansion that added roughly 40 full‑time employees and noted another…
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