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Article: Thriving job market drives housing, too.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: FREDERICK COUNTY AND FREDERICK, MARYLAND)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2007
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Byline: Amy Rogers Nazarov, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Plentiful jobs, rolling green hills and relatively easy access to Washington from bucolic Maryland: These are three of the key factors driving Frederick County's healthy growth in recent years.
As the population has grown to 220,701 - a 13 percent increase over the number of residents counted in the 2000 census - part of the county's expansion can be attributed to new jobs spawned by the county's employers, from Lockheed Martin Corp. to Biogenova Inc. to Fort Detrick and many others.
The Frederick County Office of Economic Development [FCOED] reports that from 2002 to 2006, the county was the fourth ...