Goals
  • Plan for a mixed-use development that is flexible and adaptable to changing market demands over time;
  • Maintain strong compatibility and reconnect the site with the Town of Port Deposit;
  • Recognize the importance of preservation criteria, issues and influences on the area;
  • Maximize the resources of the Federal, State and Local Governments;
  • Remain a good neighbor to the surrounding community;
  • Ensure the community is environmentally sound;
  • Ensure the community is economically viable and self-sustaining;
  • Create a tax base that contributes positively to those public services required by the community; and
  • Create meaningful career oriented employment.
Vision
Create a community comprised of residential, recreational and a working environment that is reflective of the highest design and is socially interactive, while maintaining the physical environment standards which are consistent with the natural, historical and architectural character of the area.
Dr. Bob Gell
James F. Reynolds
Dr. Carl Roberts
Joseph Brant
Vernon Thompson
The Bainbridge Development Corporation (BDC) was created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1999 to plan, initiate and oversee the activities necessary to convert the approximately 1,200 acre site (formerly the U.S. Bainbridge Naval Training Center) into re-use opportunities which would maximize the economic contribution from the re-development.  The Board of Directors is comprised of 9 voting and 6 non-voting (ex-officio) members including representation from the Town of Port Deposit, Cecil County Commissioners, State of Maryland, Economic Development Organizations, and citizens in Cecil County.
Board of Directors:
Nelson Bolender (Chair)
Norman Gaither (Vice Chair)
William Harrington, (Treasurer)
Cynthia Rossetti (Asst. Treasurer)

Dominique Murray, DBED
Gerry Krebs, DGS
Bob Brennan, MEDCO
Michael Day, MHT
Kerry Abrams, Mayor Port Deposit
Brian Lockhart, President Cecil County Commissioners
Maryland as a Leader 

  • Even in the toughest of times, we protected our priorities:
  • Maryland ranks first in the nation for our K-12 education system.Maryland has moved from 6th most expensive to 20th in the nation for higher education tuition, as a result of four consecutive years of a tuition freeze, started by the legislature in 2006
  • Maryland is now 16th in the nation for providing healthcare coverage to adults, down from 44th in the nation in 2007.
  • Maryland continues to be one of seven states with a triple-A bond rating
  • Unemployment rate is below the national average (7.4% in MD v. 10% US)