“Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana and Oklahoma bested Baltimore in a competition this month for federal dollars to build a tech hub.

The loss was disappointing and surprising for the partners of the Greater Baltimore Tech Hub Consortium, who applied for a $70 million grant after winning a designation last year as a federal tech hub.

It especially stung for Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Mark Anthony Thomas, who introduced President Joe Biden at last year’s White House event kicking off the federal funding competition.”

Mark Anthony Thomas presented on Baltimore’s Regional Tech Hub in January 2024.

Read The Baltimore Banner Article here.