Maryland is the state that sits right in the middle of the American experience. Not northern, not southern Maryland has it all, including the wonderful city of Gaithresburg.

Gaithersburg has undergone significant changes in recent years. The City is now an urban area and suburb of Washington, D.C. It has become a major regional location for high-technology companies while commercial agriculture is close to non-existent. The rolling fields of wheat are now roads, housing developments and commercial enterprises, but at the same time a number of historic communities and traditions have been preserved. As the City enters the next millennium and continues to grow it will retain many of the qualities of a small town with a rich diverse heritage.

On June 14, 1961 the National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology) broke ground on its first Gaithersburg building. The move of this government agency brought an incredible amount of growth to the City.

The organization's coming gave Gaithersburg the designation as "Science Capital of the United States." When the Bureau moved to the area, other science related firms came to do business in the community.