We consider our current market area to consist of the suburban Maryland counties
of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s, Montgomery and St.
Mary’s (Washington, D.C. suburbs) and Baltimore and Carroll (Baltimore
City suburbs). The economy in our current market area has focused on real estate
development, high technology, retail and the government sector.
Our headquarters and a branch are located at 1525 Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie,
Prince George’s County, Maryland. A critical component of our strategic
plan and future growth is a focus on Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties.
Prince George’s County wraps around the eastern boundary of Washington,
D.C. and offers urban, suburban and rural settings for employers and residents.
There are several national and international airports less than an hour away,
as is Baltimore City. We currently have one branch location in Montgomery County
located in Rockville. As a result of the acquisition of WSB, we acquired the
building located at 4201 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Maryland which houses a
branch and our mortgage group. This loan production office primarily originates
loans sold in the secondary market and has expanded our presence in the surrounding
counties of the Washington D.C. metro area, including in Montgomery County,
Maryland.
We opened a loan production office in Silver Spring, in Montgomery County,
Maryland in 2013. We opened our first branch in Rockville, Maryland, in Montgomery
County on November 10, 2015 and a second location, located in the Rockville
Town Center, is scheduled to open in 2016. Montgomery County is located just
to the north of Washington, D.C., and is adjacent to Frederick, Howard and Prince
George’s Counties in Maryland and Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia.
Montgomery County is an important business and research center and is the third
largest biotechnology cluster in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department
of Commerce are among the top county employers. Several large firms are also
based in the county, including Marriott International, Lockheed Martin, GEICO,
Discovery Communications and the Travel Channel. Montgomery County has the 11th
highest median household income in the U.S., and the second highest in the state
of Maryland.