Montgomery Community Media

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) invites you to its Big Data for Business seminar on April 4.  The event is sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus and M & T Bank. Why should you attend? Why would you even care about data? Is this seminar even for me? It is. This seminar will help companies […]

County Report This Week includes reports on Governor Hogan’s visit to the Germantown campus of Montgomery College, a recent summit in Silver Spring focused on STEM education, the urban redevelopment of downtown Wheaton, and more. Watch the show in its entirety, below:

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) supported Celebration Art Glass and celebrated the grand opening of their new studio by conducting a “Ribbon Cutting” Ceremony for them on Thursday, February 16. They are located at 18247-A Flower Hill Way in Gaithersburg.             Celebration Art Glass is an art glass studio, where students come to relax, […]

Germantown resident Marilyn Balcombe, who is the president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, is planning a run for Montgomery County Council in 2018. In an interview at the studios of Montgomery Community Media (see videos below), Balcombe, a Democrat, said she wants to make sure the County Council has experienced, knowledgeable, and […]

The Montgomery County Council is set to return on Jan. 17 for its first meeting in the new year. One item on its tentative calendar agenda is the controversial issue of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. There have been many rallies across Montgomery County supporting the increase and hundreds of […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber (GGCC) awarded Metropolitan Ballet Theatre and Academy (MBT) as the recipient of the 10th Annual Small Business of the Year Award (SBY) on December 8 as a part of their Annual Celebration Dinner & Awards Ceremony. The award was presented by Bruce Kanner, Owner of Cartridge on Wheels and the 2011 recipient […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) with the help of its donors, awarded five Montgomery College students with Montgomery College Scholarships at its Annual Celebration Dinner & Awards Ceremony on December 8. It was a great evening for the Chamber. $16,500 was awarded to five Montgomery College students, with different majors– cybersecurity, mechanical engineering & […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) will hold their Annual Celebration Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, December 8 at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg. The evening events include: the installation of the 2017 Board of Directors, a silent auction, dinner, music, the presentation of the Annual “You Made […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce continued its Entrepreneur Breakfast Series on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the  Montgomery College, Paul Peck Building in Germantown. The fourth in the series was entitled “Evolution is Essential for Entrepreneurs”. “It was great to have so much expertise in one place. Our speakers were very generous with the time […]

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) held its 11th Annual Upcounty Business Breakfast Briefing (UCBBB). The UCBBB gives Chamber members and Upcounty Business Leaders an opportunity to discuss legislative issues with their elected officials. The GGCC was honored to have Montgomery County Executive Isiah “Ike” Leggett, State Senator- District 39 […]