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Chesapeake Bay Region Technical Center For Excellence
John General is the CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Region Technical Center of Excellence, an organization dedicated to bringing business and technology to Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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John moved to the region after a career in the Navy and entrepreneurial efforts in California. He and his wife began the Avalon Foundation which restored and runs the Avalon Theater in Easton, Maryland.

Though the Center is involved in work across the region, their primary area of focus is in Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties. The Center has support from several sectors of community.
The Center's Regional Focus:
  • Caroline County
  • Dorchester County
  • Talbot County
The Center sometimes collaborates with Skipjack and the Rural Development Center of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The Center's Goals Include:
  • Create a high technology business incubator.
  • Recruit entrepreneurs to this area.
  • Assist in recruitment of hi-tech companies.
  • Improve technology & business infrastructure.
  • Improve access to capital for area businesses.
  • Serve as a technology advocate for the Eastern Shore.
  • Facilitate technology transfer initiatives out of federal laboratories in Maryland.
Innovation within traditional Shore industries is alive and well. The Center provides a variety of services for entrepreneurs and new businesses in the area. The Center's Projects Also Include:
  • Entrepreneur's Dinner Club
  • Governor's Rural Wideband Access Task Force
  • Board Service on Talbot County Economic Development Commission
Find out more. Please visit the links associated with this story and all the other sections of this site.

Contact Information
Chesapeake Bay Region Technical Center of Excellence
John General
11 S Washington St, Easton, Maryland 21601
410-819-6550
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Links
Avalon Theater
http://www.avalontheatre.com

Chesapeake College
http://www.chesapeake.edu

Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center
http://www.esecfund.org

Horn Point Laboratory
http://hpl.umces.edu

Maryland Department Of Business And Economic Development (DBED)
http://www.choosemaryland.org

Mid-Shore Regional Council
http://www.midshore.org

Maryland Sea Grant
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu

MUST - Community Transit
http://www.dcsdct.org/dct.htm

Salisbury University
http://www.salisbury.edu

Washington College
http://www.washcoll.edu

Wye Research and Education Center
http://mceeast.umd.edu