I. Funding assistance for this planning process was provided by the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development:

II. Consultant services for the original CEDS document were provided by Triad Associates of Dresher, PA, in association with the EADS Group: 2002

III. Information updates were provided by the Business, Economic, and Community Outreach Network (BEACON), an outreach unit of the Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University: May 2004, May 2006

IV. Information updates were provided by the Lower Shore Workforce Alliance, working in partnership with the Tri-County Council to provide workforce policy, planning and oversight for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland: April 2005.

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