This a large metropolitan area located northwest of Washington D.C. in Montgomery and overllapping into Frederick County, Maryland. Bethesda, Gaithersburg, and Frederick lie in a diagonal SE - NW line along I-270 from the nation's capital. This highway roughly follows what was once a Native American trail. It later became a local toll road.

Although Bethesda is actually unincorporated, it is an important urban area next to DC. Its name comes from the name of a nearby church - the Bethesda Presbyterian Church (or the Bethesda Meeting House), which was built in 1820 and reconstructed in 1850. The church is named after Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. In Aramaic, beth hesda means house of mercy. Interestingly, Bethesda MD is home to the US Navel Medical Center, a true house of medical mercy, as well as to other hospitals and clinics and segments of the National Institutes of Health.

In 2007, the State of Maryland rose to Number One state in the total number of Engineers & PhD Scientists as a percentage of total workers (0.98%, nearly a full 1 percent). The percentage is much lower in most states. Kauffman Foundation, 2007 State New Economy Index.

Downtown Bethesda is an ongoing revitalization project in Bethesda. It includes new restaurants, retailers, arts community events since 1994. Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) landscapes and repairs the area regularly and comes up with regional events to promote Downtown Bethesda. The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is particularly vibrant and well known. BUP has increased in number of employees hired yearly and is evaluated every 5 years for further improvements and funding sources.

Bethesda has over 55,000 residents and over 43,000 working in Downtown Bethesda. Downtown is right next door to the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, and the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. This surrounds the community with research and techology innovation and new jobs.

Gaithersburg MD adopted a commercial green building ordinance at the end of September 2008, which opens the way for more sustainability jobs in the metro area. The city already had in place residential and municipal green building ordinances in a move toward greater sustainability in the 21st century.

The city partnered with 307 others across America to sign the US Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement in 2006, became dedicated to meeting or exceeding the goals of the Kyoto Protocol, and has earned Tree City USA designation again for a run of 20 years. Gaithersburg is green and going greener for new jobs.

1. Registered Nurses (RNs) – includes Travel Nursing
2. General and Operations Managers
3. Janitors and Cleaners - excludes maids
4. Computer Software Applications Engineers
5. Retail Sales
6. Accountants & Auditors
7. Computer Systems Analysts
8. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
9. Customer Service Representatives
10. Computer Systems Software Engineers

1. University of Maryland
2. Goddard Space Flight Center
3. NASA
4. US Health & Human Services Department
5. Onesource Facility Services
6. Giant Food Stores
7. Bethesda's US Naval Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
8. Marriott International, Inc.
9. Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health
10. Chevy Chase Trust

An additional 4,000 each of General/Operations Managers and Registered Nurses (RNs) are needed each year among these employers and others in the metro area.

1. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
2. Home Health Aides (HHAs) & Personal/Home Care Assts.
3. Physician & Medical Assistants
4. Computer Software Applications Engineers
5. Network and Computer Systems Administrators
6. Database Administrators
7. Mainstream Preschool Teachers
8. Personal Financial Advisors
9. Heating, AC & Refrigeration Mechanics & Installers
10. Dental Assistants

The second largest city in the state, Frederick MD is a hot location for new faciltities and new jobs in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology to contribute to international economy. Maryland itself is home to the highest concentration of US government research and development operations in America. This includes the Number One medical research lab for the federal Biological Defense Research Program. Teh National Cancer Institute is also herem a big user of new nanotechnology in treatment.

One incentive for business locally is that there is no business personal property tax.

• Hood College – Cutting edge Hodson Science and Technology Center.
• Frederick Community College
• Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc (FITCI) - Tech business incubator.
• Johns Hopkins University
• Mount St. Mary’s University and Seminary

• University of Maryland

SPORTS

The Bethesda Big Train -- Collegiate Basball

• Maryland sector of DC on craigslist
• Bethesda employment on Indeed.com
• Bethesda Jobs on SimplyHired
• Gaithersburg Jobs on Yahoo!HotJobs

The most frequently appearing job titles with openings appearing on these job posting lists include physical therapist, occupational therapist, administrative assistants, project managers, program analysts and executive assistants.

The unemployment rate in Bethesda is consistently much lower than in the rest of the United States and approximately 80% of workers make over $50K per year.

Several large research companies are offering substantial numbers of job openings. These companies include:

• Northrop Grumman
• General Dynamics
• Computer Sciences
• Marriott International
• SAIC - "From Science to Solutions"