Hagerstown Community College
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Hagerstown Community College (HCC) is a two-year public academic institution founded in 1946. The campus is located off Robinwood Drive just outside Hagerstown
, Maryland in suburban Robinwood
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Hagerstown Community College is well-known regionally for its Technical Innovation Center. Due to Hagerstown's proximity to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland coupled with relatively lower costs and an ability to provide a high quality workforce, the area attracts technology oriented firms in aerospace, bio-sciences, information technology, and telecommunications. HCC provides business incubation services for start-up and early stage technology oriented firms. The College's Technical Innovation Center provides facilities—including BSL2 laboratories for life science firms, grants and other business development assistance for technology based entrepreneurs.
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...
, Maryland in suburban Robinwood
Robinwood, Maryland
Robinwood is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,731 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area...
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Hagerstown Community College is well-known regionally for its Technical Innovation Center. Due to Hagerstown's proximity to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland coupled with relatively lower costs and an ability to provide a high quality workforce, the area attracts technology oriented firms in aerospace, bio-sciences, information technology, and telecommunications. HCC provides business incubation services for start-up and early stage technology oriented firms. The College's Technical Innovation Center provides facilities—including BSL2 laboratories for life science firms, grants and other business development assistance for technology based entrepreneurs.