We are a vertically integrated community development team providing a one-stop shop for economic development consulting, construction management and real estate development. Let’s work together to drive efficiency and impact for your project. We regularly find ways to give back to region, both as a firm and by helping with community work with our clients.
The phrase Mason-Dixon has powerful connotations for many people. It was created to represent a boundary between “North” and “South” and became directly related to slavery and fleeing slaves’ pursuit of freedom.
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We decided to take a different approach to this history by naming our company Mayson-Dixon. For us, “Mayson” is a combination of our founders names and a reference to the fact that both of them grew up in counties that touch the Mason-Dixon line. More importantly, we are reclaiming this heritage as an interracial business team that erases lines building communities for a better future.
Mayson-Dixon was born from a calling to improve communities wherever we can. As we have expanded from Baltimore into the region, we never have lost focus on helping our clients and neighbors achieve their collective goals.
Connecting people through meaningful work and relationships is in our blood. Jayson’s great grandfather was a small-business owner, famed bill-ringer, deacon at his church, and a fighter for racial integration for more minority businesses and career opportunities for people of color in Baltimore’s Lexington Market. Mr. Carpenter taught his family that when doors are open for you in life you don’t close them behind you.
In order to be the best community partner possible, we follow a guiding principle: Listen first, act second. Our clients and partners currently look to us as a guiding force that diagnoses problems and identifies opportunities before prescribing solutions. We want this to be the case across the board in all projects we engage in.
We regularly find ways to give back to the region, both as a firm and by inspiring altruism in our clients.
Working as an African American and LGBTQ-owned firm in our offices two jurisdictions with the highest percentage of black residents in Maryland gives us a cultural perspective and desire to create opportunity for others that companies do not have. This compels us to emphasize the importance of racial and gender equity in all areas of life, by being great corporate citizens and giving back to communities we are engaged in. We regularly find ways to give back to the region, both as a firm and by inspiring altruism and equity conversations and opportunities from our clients and partners. This is the way.
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