Open Houses this weekend in Maple Lawn, Maryland

Open Houses this weekend in Maple Lawn, Maryland.

Fulton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located at the southern tip of Howard County, Maryland, in the United States.

Fulton is located in southern Howard County, bordered on the south by the Patuxent River and on the east by U.S. Route 29. The community of Scaggsville is to the east across US 29, and the Montgomery County community of Burtonsville is to the south across the Patuxent. Maryland Route 216 (Scaggsville Road) is the main east-west road through Fulton. Downtown Baltimore is 21 miles (34 km) to the northeast, and downtown Washington, D.C. is 19 miles (31 km) to the south. Columbia is 5 miles (8 km) to the north up US 29.

Adjacent to the northeast border of Fulton is one of the largest employers in Howard County, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Maple Lawn, a mixed residential and commercial community which opened in 2004/2005, was developed by Greenebaum & Rose Associates and has brought a "Main Street"-style shopping district, with stores such as Harris Teeter, Hyatt & Co. Clothing, Sidamo Coffee & Tea, i.m. Wine, Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt, Ranazul Tapas Wine & Bistro, Venegas Prime Filet, The Pearl Spa & Boutique, Looney's Pub, Pet Barn, Bra-La-La, BP Maple Lawn Market, AAA, CVS Pharmacy, Lax World, PNC Bank, and Techlab Photo & Digital. Four large office buildings house a number of corporate tenants.

Additional businesses are located in the residential section of Maple Lawn: Offit and Kurman, Maryland Homebuilders Association, SunTrust Bank, Columbia Academy Pre-School, and a multi-provider Medical Center.