DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

World Trade Center (a pentagonal building), 401 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Division of Administration
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Division of Administration, 1987-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Administration, 1995-99
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Administration & Information Technology, 1999-2000
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Administrative Services, 2000-03
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Support Services, 2003-05
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Administrative Services, 2005-07
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Administration, 2007-

Office of Economic Development
Department of Economic Development, 1959-70
Department of Economic & Community Development, Division of Economic Development, 1970-73
Department of Economic & Community Development, Division of Business & Industrial Development, 1973-76
Department of Economic & Community Development, Division of Economic Development, Office of Business & Industrial Development, 1976-87
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Division of Business Development, 1987-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Marketing, 1995-99
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Business Development, 1999-2008
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Economic Development, 2008-

International Business
Department of Economic & Community Development, Division of Economic Development, Office of International Trade, 1985-87
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Division of Business Development, Office of International Trade, 1987-88
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Maryland International Division, 1988-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Marketing, Office of International Trade, 1995-96
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Marketing, Office of International Business, 1996-99
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Business Development, Office of Marketing & Sales, Office of International Business, 1999-2000
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Business Development, Office of Technology & International Business
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Business Development, Office of International Trade, 2001-03
Department of Business & Economic Development, Technology Strategy & Business Development, Office of International Business, 2003-06
Department of Business & Economic Development, Business Development, International Business, 2006-

Division of Economic Policy, Research, & Legislative Affairs
Department of Business & Economic Development, Economic Development Policy, 1995-98
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Economic Policy & Legislation, 1998-2003
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Economic Policy, Research, & Legislative Affairs, 2003-

Division of Financing Programs
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Financing Programs, 1987-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Financing Programs, 1995-

Office of Marketing & Business Development
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Division of Business Resources, 1991-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Regional Development, 1995-2003
Department of Business & Economic Development, Technology Strategy & Business Development, 2003-05
Department of Business & Economic Development, Business Development, 2005-08
Department of Business & Economic Development, Office of Marketing & Business Development, 2008-

Division of Tourism, Film, & the Arts
Hall of Records Commission, Department of Information, 1948
Department of Information, 1949-59
Department of Economic Development, Tourist Development & Publicity Division, 1959-70
Department of Economic & Community Development, Tourism Division, 1970-73
Department of Economic & Community Development, Division of Tourist Development, 1973-81
Department of Economic & Community Development, Tourist Development Office, 1981-87
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Tourist Development Office, 1987-89
Department of Economic & Employment Development, Division of Tourism & Promotion, 1989-95
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Tourism & Promotion, 1995-96
Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Tourism, Film, & the Arts, 1996-

Small Business
Department of Business & Economic Development, Small Business, 2007-

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