Montgomery Community Media

Grow your business & play golf at the same time at the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber’s Annual Business Golf Classic on Friday, September 13 at P.B. Dye Golf Club. This tournament is intended to offer enjoyable golf and the opportunity to network. A four-hour adventure through greens, fairways, bunkers is one of the greatest ways to build […]

The Montgomery Business Development Corporation (MBDC) has launched a new website that includes a tool to enable users to see available commercial space throughout Montgomery County. The website has extensive demographic, workforce, and economic data resources and information to aide area companies as well as those looking to relocate to Montgomery County. The Montgomery Business […]

Local business owners are set to be honored for their innovation during the inaugural Montgomery County Small Business Awards Luncheon. Out of 60 entries, eight winners will be revealed Friday during the awards luncheon in Bethesda. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) will join the keynote speaker Tammy Darvish who is the Executive Vice President […]

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; […]

The Montgomery Business Development Corporation (MBDC), which was created two years ago by the Montgomery County Council and given the mission of helping to retain and attract businesses, today announced the appointment of Holly Sears as its first president. Sears, who was selected after a national search, will begin her duties on Nov. 26. The […]

This week, October 15-19, 2012, is Economic Development Week across Maryland, initiated and sponsored by the Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA). In recognition, the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) announces eleven local companies making the 2012 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, key events taking place this week to support local businesses […]

On Sept. 19, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County released the Arts and Economic Prosperity IV Study at a summit held at United Therapeutics Corporation in Silver Spring. Nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $151 million in annual economic activity in Montgomery County (AHCMC)—supporting 2,955 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $10.2 million in […]

Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, joined Montgomery College for a discussion about sustainability and the next generation technology. The event took place in the Cultural Arts Center. Take a look at this video.

Businesses in Montgomery County have to pay “hotel taxes.”  Is this the reason for the struggling economy in our county?