The Mid-Shore Regional Council was founded in 2001 in response to recommendations made in the Governor's Eastern Shore Economic Development Task Force Report.

The Mid-Shore Regional Council operates as a cooperative regional planning and development agency within Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties to foster physical, economic, and social development.  The Council initiates and coordinates plans and projects for the development of human and economic resources.

Activities include:

• Facilitate the Mid-Shore Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
• Continue to partner with the Maryland Broadband Cooperative, Inc.
• Assist with EDA funding for the Mid-Shore Business and Technology Park located in Ridgely
• Assist with EDA funding for the Dorchester County Business and Technology Park
• Facilitate the establishment of a Mid-Shore Business and Technology Incubator
• Support the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center (ESEC)
• Administer the regional transit program Maryland Upper Shore Transit (MUST)
• Support the resource-based industries (Agricultural Economic Development Specialist)
• Support the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC)

EDA = Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce