The Makings of Community
The local community of Gaithersburg, Maryland is a fairly well to do suburb of Washington D.C. Today, it has a number of industries characterized by the life sciences and science in general. The impetus for these industries arguably occurred midway through the 20th century when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (known at the time as the National Bureau of Standards) arrived (Gaithersburg Life, 2016). The correlation between this entity and other public sector interests in nearby Washington D.C. is responsible for the array of technology and science companies which populate this city, which still feels like a suburb in many ways. Gaithersburg is known for its diversity and its railroad.
In many ways, Gaithersburg’s historical development chronicles that of the United States itself. It originated in the 18th century as a small agricultural town in which the chief industry was husbandry. Moreover, the region had an assortment of trees including Oak trees that typified its landscape. However, with the creation of the railroad system at the end of the 19th century, the town began its development to modernity in earnest. By this time the town had been named after David Gaither who, early in the 19th century, built a...
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