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Owings Mills Living

Education

Students in the Owings Mills area are served by the Baltimore city and county school districts offering an excellent range of programs including advanced placement and a magnet school program. Area colleges include Coppin State College, the University of Maryland and Villa Julie College.

Recreation

Baltimore County is rich in history, parks, museums and recreational sites. At the 17,000-acre Gunpowder Falls State Park or at Soldier's Delight Environmental Area, you can explore wooded trails, meadows, streams, ponds, a marble quarry and iron ore pits. The Gwynnbrook Wildlife Management Area offers miles of trails and viewing areas. Historical sites in the area are numerous and include the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Hampton National Historical Site and Rockburn Branch Park.

Museums

There are many museums located in the Baltimore area including the American Visionary Art Museum, B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore), Babe Ruth Museum, Baltimore Civil War Museum, Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Maryland Historical Society Museum, Maryland Science Center, National Cryptologic Museum, National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, Peale Museum, Port Discovery, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Pullen Museum, Walters Art Gallery and others.

History

Baltimore County and Maryland history are traced through exhibits in the county Historical Society Museum in Cockeysville, the Catonsville Historical Society's Townsend House and the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson. The 18th-century Hampton Mansion is surrounded by a 63-acre national park. You can see vintage fire engines and learn about the 1904 Great Fire of Baltimore at the Fire Museum of Maryland in Lutherville. This terrible fire led to the standardization of fire equipment in the United States.

Shopping

The Owings Mills Town Center, one of the area's largest malls, is the centerpiece of development as well as Owings Mills New Town. More than 800,000 people passed through the Owings Mills subway Metro Center for shopping and work; 3,000 on an average weekday.

Businesses & Employment

In addition to residential and retail growth, several business campuses are now in place. Alexander & Alexander, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Owings Mills Business Center, the Corporate Campus at Owings Mills, the Physicians Pavillion, and the Pikesville Commerce Center are the foundation of the business community.

The area enjoys corporate strength and diversity. Home to over 19,300 businesses with more than 300,000 workers including headquarters for companies such as Aether Systems, Black & Decker, McCormick & Company and Sweetheart Cup, the county offers a thriving economic environment with an attractive standard of living.

The Timonium/Hunt Valley corridor offers a thriving technology community next to rolling hills and horse farms, yet minutes from the interstates. Over a dozen interactive entertainment software developers are based in this area. Corporate campus settings in Owings Mills link to Baltimore City's central business district via Interstate 795 and the Metro subway line. The White Marsh Business Community enjoys easy access to I-95, with flex, warehouse/distribution and corporate facilities next to modern retail and housing choices.

Community

Owings Mills was named after the three grist mills started by Samuel Owings. Over the years the community has grown and diversified. While the community has grown, it has protected its past and planned for the future.

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