Get to Know the Baltimore Deaf Community

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September is International Deaf Awareness Month! In Maryland, we have the privilege of being surrounded by the richness of the Deaf community. The Maryland School for the Deaf has two campuses and a short drive to Washington DC is Gallaudet University, the world’s only university designed to be barrier-free for Deaf and Hard of Hearing […]

Supporting Opportunity for Baltimore through YouthWorks

A portrait of McKenzie Strong, Applied Development's Baltimore YouthWorks Hire One Youth Intern.

Each summer, Applied Development makes an important hire. For a number of years, we have participated in the YouthWorks Hire One Youth program. This division of the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Economic Development summer job program offers high school students in Baltimore the opportunity to work in businesses across the city. This summer, Mercy High […]

Why Applied Development Chooses Baltimore

View of Baltimore's Inner Harbor taken from the waterfront. Boats and tall buildings in view.

In 2011, Applied Development opened our doors in Baltimore. Although we knew we would be doing business with the federal government, primarily in the D.C. metro area, we chose an office in Baltimore. Co-founders Kimberly Citizen and Biffrey Braxton knew that Applied Development could grow and succeed here. Today, an advertisement from Live Baltimore will […]

Biffrey Braxton: Committed to Baltimore’s Communities

Headshot of black-owned business co-founder Biffrey Braxton, man in suit with glasses smiling.

In his role as Applied Development’s Chief Operating Officer, Biffrey Braxton prides himself on being able to balance his technology-focused background with his human-centered approach to work. Although these may seem like opposing ways of thinking about the world, Biffrey embraces these two ideas not only in work, but in his approach to life, work, […]