Businesses in the Purple Line Corridor
Goal: Diverse, locally established businesses thrive during and after the construction period.
Strategies:
Strategies:
- Prepare an economic development strategy
- Support existing businesses and foster new business creation
- Support organizations that promote small and local business prosperity
- Create environments that support small, locally established businesses
- Minimize business disruption during construction
- Provide specialized assistance to businesses before, during and after construction
Largest no. of Jobs
Bethesda
36,569
Largest Change in Total Jobs
Silver Spring
5.94%
Largest no. of Small Businesses
Bethesda
1,278
| Subarea | Total Jobs (2000) | Jobs Trend | Total Jobs (2014) | 2014 - 2000 Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda - Chevy Chase | 40,020 | 37,987 | -2,033 |
|
| Silver Spring | 30,585 | 28,870 | -1,715 |
|
| International Corridor | 7,725 | 7,472 | -253 |
|
| University of Maryland | 21796 | 22652 |  856 |
|
| Riverdale - New Carrolton | 24,745 | 24,690 | -55 |
|
| Total Jobs Change | 124871 | 121671 | -3200 |
Denotations: D1 - Year 2000, D2 - Year 2006 to 2010, D3 - Year 2009 to 2013, D4 - Year 2010 to 2014. If you hover over the sparkline for unemployment trend, you can see the value in each division. Unemployment Change column depicts change in population per division.