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
49,066
Largest Change in Total Jobs
Bethesda
22.6%
Largest no. of Small Businesses
Bethesda
1,623
| Subarea | Total Jobs (2000) | Jobs Trend | Total Jobs (2017) | 2017 - 2000 Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda - Chevy Chase | 40,020 | 49,066 | 9046 |
|
| Silver Spring | 30,585 | 28,890 |  -1695 |
|
| International Corridor | 7,725 | 8,438 | 713 |
|
| University of Maryland | 21796 | 23,684 | 1888 |
|
| Riverdale - New Carrolton | 24,745 | 24,769 | 24 |
|
| Total Jobs Change | 124871 | 121671 | 9976 |
Denotations: D1 - Year 2000, D2 - Year 2006 to 2010, D3 - Year 2009 to 2013, D4 - Year 2010 to 2014, D5 - Year 2011 to 2015, D6 - Year 2012 to 2016. 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.