Montgomery Community Media

The number of green jobs in Maryland is on the rise. The Bureau of Statistics reports that green jobs now comprise close to 4 percent of the jobs in Maryland. The fastest growing sector of green jobs is solar energy which has grown nearly 64 percent from 2003 to 2010. Visit our PEG partner County […]

The second of three small business seminars will be held on April 16 at the Germantown Library. The first seminar was held last month. The seminar titled “Essentials of Starting your own Business” was led by Larry Tremonti a SCORE mentor. Approximately 60 attendees learned about factors that will help lead to a successful business; […]

Local Chocalatier SPAGnVOLA is scheduled to open its second store in Lakeforest Mall early in May. SPAGnVOLA opened its first boutique and factory in Gaithersburg within the Kentlands community in 2011. With its grand opening scheduled for early May, SPAGnVOLA will offer customers their signature single-estate gourmet chocolates, artisan gelato and in-house Barista. SPAGnVOLA customers […]

Employers interested in learning more about telework and its impact on productivity and employee morale are invited to a free breakfast presentation on April 11 from 8 – 10 a.m. The workshop will be held in the Montgomery County Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Lobby Level Auditorium, Rockville. Sponsors are the Montgomery County Chamber […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) held a Business Networking Before Nine (BNBN) event on April 10 at Kaplan University Rockville Campus. Kaplan University Learning Center Rockville & Corner Bakery Gaithersburg were the sponsors of the event. What I love about our networking events is the great team effort. We had Kaplan providing a fantastic […]

UPDATED 5:45 p.m. 4/10 Montgomery County’s newest Costco opened its doors at 8 a.m. to thousands of people and some minor problems. “We had thousands of people, holiday season volumes,” said Pat Fahey, Costco’s general manager in Wheaton. “We were a lot busier than we thought.” According to Fahey, there were some minor power problems […]

After 40 years in Silver Spring, Choice Hotels International is relocating its corporate headquarters to downtown Rockville. CEO Steve Joyce and Managing Director Steve Stoycos led the media on a tour of the new office space on April 4 at the corner of Rockville Pike and East Middle Lane. As of April 8, over 400 […]

At a recent meeting of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, Steve Silverman, Director of Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development (DED) spoke about the county’s efforts to encourage business start ups in the “green economy,” including a green investor incentive program. Take a look.

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Conference & Visitors Bureau (CVB) have produced a three minute in-flight video to be shown aboard more than 1,700 U.S. Airways and American Airlines business first class national and international flights during the month of April 2013. “The department’s marketing and communications team is always […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will join Gaithersburg elected officials, Bruce Allentuck, chief executive officer of Allentuck Landscaping and other invited guests to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Clarksburg-based Allentuck Landscaping on March 28. The landscaping company will dedicate a Children’s Garden at Hospice Caring Cottage, 518 South Frederick Road in Gaithersburg, at a 10 […]