Montgomery Community Media

County Executive Ike Leggett recently sent over legislation to the County Council that will reorganize the Department of Economic Development. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal supports the concept of privatizing the Department of Economic Development (DED) and he says local leaders need to move fast. Take a look: One reason he supports the concept is because Leventhal said he believes the county’s strengths could be marketed better. When asked if he thought a new […]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Montgomery County Food Council, and Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development will host a networking and educational event, for chefs and local farmers, entitled the “Chef & Farmer’s Summit” on Feb. 24 at the Universities at Shady Grove. The goal of the summit is to build relationships between […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett April 15 joined local chamber and business support organization executives and board members, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) Director Steve Silverman and other representatives of the local business community to officially launch the Increase Your Business Strength local marketing campaign. “We are excited to spearhead the County’s first-ever […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will help kick off the second annual Innovation 2 Commercialization (I2C) Conference at 9 a.m. on Oct. 24 at the Universities at Shady Grove. Conceived and presented via a partnership between the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer, the full-day conference […]

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 […]

Steve Silverman, director of Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development, recognizes the strong support of both the Montgomery County Council and the County Executive for “aggressive” efforts to retain private business, including the use of economic development funds to keep business in the county. He made these comments at the March 11 meeting of the […]