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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, were joined by over 300 companies in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. Wedding Wire was recognized as the Information Technology Company of the Year. Timothy Chi—the creator of one the nation’s largest wedding services […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. Creatv MicroTech was recognized as the Bioscience Company of the Year. Cha-Mei Tang is the founder and president for the company. Tang talked about […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. Gator Ron’s Zesty Sauces & Mixers was recognized as the Start Up Business Of the Year. Debbie Kaufmann and Connie Griffith talked about how […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. SPAGnVola was recognized as the Small Business of the Year, in the category of 1 to 10 employees. Chocolatiers Eric and Crisoire Reid of SPAGnVola […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. Apex Home Loans was recognized as the Small Business of the Year, in the category of 51 to 200 employees. Eric Gates—the president of […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. Merry Maids of Gaithersburg received the Workforce Development Award. Fabiola Cornacchia and Ruth Silva of Merry Maids accepted the award for the company. Cornacchia […]

Over 300 companies joined Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Steve Silverman, the director for the county’s economic department, in honoring eight local businesses at the Small Business Awards on May 24. SOL VISTA Consulting was recognized as the Innovation Network Company of the Year. Shannon Sentman and Zack Moore talk about how they save hotels […]

    To bring awareness to autism in Africa, the UNESCO Club Racines Heritage Foundation in partnership with Autism Community of Africa is hosting a Little Malaika International Boys & Girls Leadership Cultural Pageant in Chevy Chase on May 25. Each of the contestants from ages 7 to 12 years old will represent a culture […]

Earlier today I covered the first Small Business Awards luncheon and it was exciting. Montgomery County has over 30,000 small businesses and eight of of them were recognized at the luncheon. Look forward to a story unveiling the heads of each of these innovative companies and the impact they make on the local marketplace.

Richard Jaeggi is founder and Executive Director and started Gandhi Brigade with volunteers almost eight years ago. Within in their first two years, Jaeggi says the entire team was comprised of volunteers. Jaeggi sat down with MyMCMedia’s Community Engagement Specialist Tamika Smith to talk about his nonprofit and what drives his efforts in the community […]