Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County officials are encouraging business owners to take the 4Business Climate Survey before it closes on Sept. 30. The survey is posted on the County’s website and it is available in English and Spanish. The survey is part of the Benchmarking to Be the Best for Business initiative. Responses will help County officials determine what […]

Rockville has too much retail space for the number of residents the Town Center serves, and the city should consider more housing to ensure an adequate customer base, according to a report issued Thursday. The report, conducted in conjunction with the Urban Land Institute, also suggested the Town Square library site might be better suited […]

Michael Amilcar was the featured guest of Montgomery Community Media’s September Small Business Network (SBN) session. The event took place on September 19 at our studios in Rockville. The series of monthly morning sessions facilitated by Kelly Leonard address topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. September topic:  “A Seat at the […]

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon sent a memo to employees this week announcing cutbacks to gun sales and ammunition in stores. “We’ve also been listening to a lot of people inside and outside our company as we think about the role we can play in helping to make the country safer. It’s clear to us that […]

The Sears at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg is closing in December. It’s among nearly 100 other Sears stores that will be closing by December. This news, first reported by USA Today, comes weeks after the company that owns Sears and Kmart confirmed that 26 other locations will close by October. Larry Costello, the PR […]

Daniel Parra, de origen colombiano, emigró hacía Estados Unidos hace 20 años en busca de una vida mejor. Daniel reside en el Condado de Montgomery y se ha destacado por su valiosa labor ayudando a crecer y fortalecer a pequeños y medianos empresarios. Como muchos inmigrantes ha pasado por situaciones difíciles en este país, pero […]

The drama surrounding the much-hyped Popeyes chicken sandwich is not over. Far from it. The company announced on Tuesday that the sandwiches have officially sold out nationwide. “Y’all. We love that you love The Sandwich. Unortunately we are sold out (for now),” Popeyes tweeted out Tuesday afternoon. So does that mean there are literally none […]

A new barbecue restaurant is scheduled to open Sunday, Sept. 1, in Rockville Town Square. Friendship BBQ, at 33 E Maryland Ave., is a fast-casual Asian BBQ restaurant with skewered meats and seafoods using wood imported from the Xinjiang region of China giving it a unique flavor. Owner James Du brought the concept from New […]

The leader of the county’s workforce development nonprofit is leaving to start a new business venture, the organization announced Tuesday. Ellie Giles, president and CEO of WorkSource Montgomery, has led the agency since it was privatized and detached from county government in 2016. The business venture will be a local start-up that will bring technology […]

Durante una discusión en línea, este lunes, con los residentes se le preguntó al ejecutivo del condado de Montgomery, Marc Elrich, sobre la noticia de que Amazon se retiraba del acuerdo para construir un almacén en el área de Westphalia en Upper Marlboro. Audrey Ramey de Rockville le preguntó a Elrich: Amazon se retiró del […]