CMREC Headquarters

The Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC) Headquarters is located on Homewood Road near Ellicott City, Maryland. It serves as the business office for the four Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) facilities that are part of CMREC: Beltsville, Clarksville, Paint Branch, and Upper Marlboro.

Administratively, the facility is home base for Frank Allnutt, Center Director for the Central Maryland, Western Maryland, and Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Centers. The Federal Excess Property Program (FEPP) is also managed from an office at this site. Annually, this program oversees acquisition of federal excess property.

University of Maryland Extension (UME) maintains offices at CMREC Headquarters including Extension specialists covering the areas of Nursery & Greenhouse Management and 4-H Horse Programs. In addition, an Agriculture & Natural Resources Environmental Management Area Extension Educator is located at this office and focuses her efforts on water quality and the Bay-Wise Program. The nursery/greenhouse management program conducts research and demonstration projects on-site that support the program. Visit the Commercial Horticulture IPMNet website for more information.

The UME Home and Garden Information Center is located adjacent to the Headquarters building. This Center utilizes phone and computer technology to interact with homeowners and gardeners to assist in solving a myriad of homeowner problems. Four on-site Extension specialists assist approximately one dozen part-time seasonal employees in manning the phone system which receives tens of thousands of phone inquiries annually.

Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC)
Headquarters Building
11975-A Homewood Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
301.596.9330

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For more information, contact Cindy Mason

Last updated: 06/2/2011