Entrepreneurship / Design: Growing Companies

Owings Mills marketing firm MGH works with many of Baltimore's best-known brands, including MASN, Ocean City, Old Bay and Smyth Jewelers. It recently expanded its relationship with McCormick & Co. 

100 Painters Mill Road
Suite 600
Owings Mills, MD 21117

Canton architecture, planning and design firm DDG was founded in the late 1970s and today has a portfolio of commercial developments around the world.

3700 O'Donnell St.
Baltimore, MD 21224

Urban Design Group LLC is a Fells Point architecture and sustainable design service firm that is designing a green roof for the $10 million Riverside Wharf project in South Baltimore. 

1909 Thames St.
Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21231

This 27-year-old design firm counts the Maryland Institute College of Art, Johns Hopkins Lacrosse and the Baltimore Orioles among its clients. 

16 W. Hamilton St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Hampden store Lovelyarns promotes "yarn bombing," or knitted graffiti, that you can see at South Moon Under and in front of its Falls Road store. 

3610 Falls Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21211

This 27-year-old company in Mount Vernon counts the Maryland Institute College of Art, Johns Hopkins Lacrosse and the Baltimore Orioles among its clients. 

16 W. Hamilton St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

April Toner LLC sells toner, inkjet cartridges, ribbons and postage meter ink to businesses and nonprofits in Greater Baltimore.

2400 Boston Street
Factory Building, Suite102
Baltimore, MD 21224

Six-year-old Hampden store Lovelyarns encourages "yarn bombing," or knitted graffiti, that you can see in front of its Falls Road store. Its graffitti art will also be on display at this year's Artscape. 

3610 Falls Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21211

Al Rubeling started Rubeling & Associates in 1981 at age 26 with his life savings of $2,000. Today, the 18-person Towson firm counts M & T Bank, Loyola Blakefield High School and Baltimore County government among its clients.

1104 Kenilworth Dr.
Suite 500
Towson, Maryland 21204

Started four years ago, Clapp Studios' husband-and-wife owners take photos for weddings, corporate materials, book covers, fashion shoots, and web advertising for small businesses. Its corporate clients include the Bozzuto Group and Go First Mortgage. 

3000 Chestnut Ave., suite 220
Baltimore, Maryland 21211

Founded by a teacher-turned-technologist, Mindgrub Technologies LLC recently moved into a larger office in Catonsville and is looking to fill eight open positions. The "technology innovation agency" creates applications for cell phones, the Web and social media outlets. 

640 Frederick Road
Catonsville, MD 21228

Founded in 1976, Structural is a specialty engineering and construction firm that is providing blast protection technology for the new buildings at the New York World Trade Center in Manhattan. The Hanover company is hiring for 30 positions throughout the US. 

7455 New Ridge Rd.
Suite T
Hanover, MD 21076