Tours of the Frito-Lay Facility and Swan Harbor Farm in Harford County included with MPCA Annual Conference
As part of its 36th Annual Conference. the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association (MPCA) invites you to join us on November 6 for a joint tour of the Frito-Lay Facility and Swan Harbor Farm in Harford County. Tour attendees will learn about how these two distinct facilities are enhancing community and economic development in the greater Aberdeen area.
Swan Harbor Farm
More than 200 hundred years ago, Mr. John Adlum ran the 500-acre estate as a wine making enterprise. The wine made here, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, was so good that Thomas Jefferson ordered 165 cuttings from the vineyard’s vines to be planted in Monticello. Adlum bought the property from the Giles family in 1797 and was a pioneer in wine making in Maryland. After the Adlum era and a series of short-term ownerships, John Kenney of Washington, D.C., bought the property in 1951. In 1986, Mr. Kenney conveyed 520 acres of Swan Harbor Farm to Johns Hopkins University. The University purchased an additional two acres along Oakington Road in 1990. Harford County purchased Swan Harbor Farm in 1994, as part of the State of Maryland's Program Open Space.
 Swan Harbor Farms (PHOTO CREDIT: http://www.swanharborfarm.org/)
Frito-Lay Facility
Ty Burris and Brandyn Brown will be highlighting recent improvements to the facility and the expansion of the automated storage and retrieval system (A.S.R.S). In 2015, the Aberdeen City Council approved a major 42,700 square foot expansion of the Frito-Lay plant. They were able to add new product lines and storage, and the facility now employs a staff of 370 full-time and 40 part-time workers. Attendees will learn the inner workings of the largest Frito-Lay plant in the country. Frito-Lay has been operating in Aberdeen since 1994 and has undertaken several expansions over the past two decades.
 (RECORD FILE PHOTO / Baltimore Sun)
Don’t forget to register for the conference, Meeting the Trends, Embracing the Future. The MPCA is excited to bring you two days of informative sessions and networking opportunities. You can view the preliminary agenda here.
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