Walt TownshendDear Web Guest,

Welcome to the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber, Maryland’s only regional chamber of commerce, serving the heart of America’s fourth-largest marketplace.

It is our privilege to provide on a daily basis on-call consultation services to our varied members, fielding a wide array of questions about government, procurement, permitting, marketing, legislation and more.  We are a chamber that asks you to think of us as the first place to call for help in finding solutions to your business challenges. 

Our strength is developed through the partnerships and strategic alliances we have forged with institutions, organizations and people throughout the region.  As serial, social entrepreneurs, we started the first highway information centers in Maryland, the first one-stop employment center and for two decades were the only chamber in America to conceive, develop and manage a regional transit system, winning national recognition along the way. 

We were also the first chamber to develop an electric purchasing cooperative on Maryland’s western shore.  That program now includes a residential cooperative available to your employees.  We’ve also developed a strategic alliance with Office Depot to provide your business (and your employees) with a substantive discount program.  If you’ve not been a part of these programs—your opportunity awaits.  Providing real and timely solutions to difficult issues is what makes this chamber an effective partner for you, bringing a tremendous return on your investment along with a quality of life within the community that benefits you and your workforce. 

We also provide business opportunities through a variety of networking events.  This year our breakfast at the Maritime Institute drew more than 250 attendees!  We help sharpen your business acumen through task forces, committees and special programs and help you obtain business through our Annual Procurement Fair and the Business & Technology Showcase.  We have faithfully represented the interests of business before numerous legislative bodies and commissions, while at the same time developing excellent working partnerships with government, academe and institutions.

Please review the information and the resources contained within this website.  If you are not a member, we invite you to become part of this dynamic, business-focused organization.  To our members, we offer our thanks for helping make the Baltimore Washington Corridor one of the most dynamic regions in the world.

Sincerely yours,


Walt Townshend
President & CEO