Editing Crisfield, Maryland (section)

==Economy==
Crisfield's economy is centered largely around retail, health care, and automotive.<ref name=comprehensiveplan>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdp.state.md.us/PDF/OurWork/CompPlans/Somerset/Crisfield/10_CMP_Crisfield.pdf|title=City of Crisfield, Maryland: Comprehensive Plan|access-date=2010-08-13|year=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629155021/http://www.mdp.state.md.us/PDF/OurWork/CompPlans/Somerset/Crisfield/10_CMP_Crisfield.pdf|archive-date=2014-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Seafood is also an important part of Crisfield's economy, just as it has been for most of its existence, with several packing plants existing within the city. In 1997, the company [[Www.CrabPlace.com|CrabPlace.com]] began selling seafood online, caught by local watermen.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Leslie|date=August 2, 2001|title=They Blazed A Trail for Online Retail|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2001/08/02/they-blazed-a-trail-for-online-retail/b8686476-da5a-4e86-8329-e4757ceded98/|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

The largest employer inside Crisfield's limits is the McCready Memorial Hospital.<ref name="commprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/community_profiles/MD/crisfield-md.pdf|title=Crisfield, Md. Community Profile|page=5|access-date=2010-09-06|year=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613200517/http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/community_profiles/MD/crisfield-md.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The second largest employer in the city is the [[Sherwin-Williams]] plant (formerly Rubberset company), which manufactures paintbrushes and roller covers.<ref name="commprofile" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/100721.asp |title=Governor O'Malley Visits Crisfield Rubberset Plant, Continues "Jobs Across Maryland" Tour |date=2010-07-21 |access-date=2010-09-05 |location=Annapolis, Maryland |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725012852/http://www.governor.maryland.gov//pressreleases/100721.asp |archive-date=2010-07-25 }}</ref>

In the past, the economy was centered on the watermen and seafood. About 150 seafood processing and packing plants were located within the city in its heyday.  As the health of the Chesapeake Bay began to decline, so did the numbers for the blue crab catch, which have fallen by 70% since the 1990s.<ref name=commprofile/> Regulations have been placed on harvest of female crabs in order to control [[overharvesting]].

Most of the labor force in Crisfield works outside of the city and elsewhere on the peninsula—the largest seafood employer in Somerset County is located nearby in [[Hopewell, Somerset County, Maryland|Hopewell]].<ref name="commprofile" />  Additionally, a new industrial park, slated for construction as early as September 2013 just north of Crisfield, near Carvel Hall and along MD 413, will expand Crisfield's corporate limits.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100813/NEWS01/8130307/Crisfield-industrial-park-is-on-the-fast-track |title=Crisfield industrial park is on the fast track |access-date=2010-09-06 |date=2010-08-13 |publisher=[[The Salisbury Daily Times]] |author=Holland, Liz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702013103/http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100813/NEWS01/8130307/Crisfield-industrial-park-is-on-the-fast-track |archive-date=July 2, 2014 }}</ref>