GBC NEWS

1. New study: commercial historic rehab tax credits generated $1.9 billion economic impact
2. Four local studies of BRAC impact on Maryland due by July 2006
3. GBC urges passage of tax credit for businesses locating in university research parks
4. Draft Baltimore City comprehensive plan outlined to GBC Board
5. Jill Porter joins GBC staff
6. Army's non-traditional initiative to gain private-sector bioscience partners to be detailed at April 3 GBC event

GBC EVENTS

COMING EVENTS:
March 28: GBC & Network 2000, Inc. - "All aboard... Getting Considered for Board Service," 7:30 a.m., Tremont Grand, Corinthian Room, 225 Charles Street, Baltimore
April 3: GBC Bioscience Speaker Series II, 8:00 a.m., UMBC Tech Center Bldg, Main Seminar Room, 1450 South Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland
April 6: GBC Lunch with the Orioles, 11:30 a.m., Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore
May 22: GBC 2006 Annual Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore

UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS (See the GBC Calendar for details)
April 4: Education Committee Meeting, 8:00 a.m., GBC Board Room
April 5: Technology Policy Committee Meeting, 8:00 a.m., GBC Board Room
April 20: Public Safety & Legal Affairs Commitee Meeting, Noon, GBC Board Room
April 26: Hospitality/Tourism Commitee Meeting, Noon, GBC Board Room

MEMBER NEWS HEADLINES

• BCCC Faculty Academy seeks to unlock students' "hidden genius"
  
• U.S. geological survey to move MD-DE-DC Water Science Center to UMBC
• Mayor's Office of Minority Business Development will host 5th Annual Mayor's Minority and Women's Busines Outreach Fair - "How to do Business with the City of Baltimore," April 10
  
• TEDCO hosts a technology transfer and federal marketplace event - "Homeland Security: Detect and Protect," April 20
  

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NEW MEMBERS

• Humanim, Inc.
• House Market Research
• Transwestern Commercial Services

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