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GSSCC Members "Speed Network" with TGBCC Members and Guests
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Mussie Betre, Bankers Business Management; Pam Feinstein, A Wider Circle; Maria Jimenez and Kelly Garisto, SECU; and Carmen Camacho, Bud Miller Associates, connect.
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Andrea Dunathan, Dunathan Consulting, and Lawrence Kotchek, Print 1, re-connect during Speed Networking.
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More than 90 GSSCC and TGBCC members and guests make new connections and renew old ones during the 8th annual joint speed networking event hosted by the DoubleTree by Hilton last week.
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Thanks to Robert Scott (left), My Office Products, and Anna Behnam (right), Behnam & Associates, for sponsoring the event and donating door prizes won by Hilary Schwab, Hilary Schwab Photography; Katie McAuliffe, Catering by LaPrima; Maria Jimenez, SECU; and Ben Bruno, TSC Advantage.
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Young Professionals Regional Happy Hour
Join Young Professionals from the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, and Leadership Montgomery for a Regional Happy Hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5, at Lucky Strike Bethesda (7101 Democracy Blvd). Cost is $10 per person, click
here to register.
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Make the Most of Your Chamber Membership
Are you new to GSSCC? Do you have a new team member at your organization? Join us for a FREE breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5, at
Eggspectation (923 Ellsworth Drive). Learn how GSSCC works to promote and advocate for member businesses. Click
here to register.
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USPS Silver Spring will host a
Grand Re-Opening Ribbon Cutting Event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, at its new location (900 Wayne Avenue, Ground Floor). Refreshments will be served.
* YMCA Silver Spring will be undergoing some "facility enhancements" between August 27 to September 4. Information on closures is here.
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Silver Spring Regional Town Center will host its
15th Annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 8, at Veteran's Plaza (Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street). A full schedule and details about this free event are
here.
* Brian Loebig,
Loebig Ink, will hold a
SEO Expert Training Class on Wednesday evenings from September 5 to October 3 at Hero Hub DC (5028 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 100, Washington, D.C. 20016). Learn more
here.
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TranCen, Inc. (12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, 4th Floor, Rockville 20852) will host a Happy Hour Fundraiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 20. Details are here.
* Congratulations to two GSSCC members - Bruce Lee, President and CEO of Lee Development Group, and Mark Bergel, founder and Executive Director of A Wider Circle - who will be recognized at the seventh annual Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame, sponsored by Revere Bank and scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 30, at the Universities at Shady Grove. See details here.
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See your company's news here! GSSCC is pleased to highlight news from our member companies in this section of the weekly e-news. Please submit items via email to info@gsscc.org before close of business each Friday. Include a pdf of news releases or other flyers.
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PURPLE LINE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES
Brookville Road/Lyttonsville Place - Crews continue heavy construction at the bridge site from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays through September. Stewart Avenue remains open both ways 24/7 with a speed limit of 15 mph.
Long Branch Area - Due to varying rock conditions, blasting may be utilized throughout the month of September between the hours of 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Blasting is not planned on weekends or holidays. Residents and business owners will receive at least 24 hours notice before blasting is to occur.
For information on construction activities, schedules and other updates, please visit
www.purplelinemd.com/construction
. For immediate construction concerns, please email us at
outreach@pltcllc.com
or call the construction hotline at 240-424-5325.
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 Upcoming GSSCC Committee/Group Meetings
* Membership Development Committee Meeting
- 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 28
* Young Professional's Network Committee Meeting - 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 6
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About GSSCC Committee/Team Meetings:
All GSSCC members are welcome to participate in Chamber committees. Members are welcome to attend committee meetings to assess interest in joining a committee. Meetings are typically held in the GSSCC Conference Room. Advance RSVP is required and priority will be given to existing committee members when speakers are scheduled.
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The Chamber office will be closed on Monday, September 4, in recognition of Labor Day. Look for the next GSSCC Weekly Update on Tuesday, September 5.
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Thank you to our 2018-2019 GSSCC Partners
Corporate Partners - Downtown Silver Spring; Lee Development Group; Montgomery College; Statland & Katz/Joseph W. McCartin Insurance; Washington Adventist Hospital
Business Partners - Andalman & Flynn, AFI Silver Theatre; Apex Home Loans; Atlantech Online; Bud Miller Associates, Inc.; Digital Industry; EagleBank; Eggspectation; The Fillmore Silver Spring; Lerch, Early & Brewer Chtd.; Linowes and Blocher, LLP; M&T Bank; Revere Bank; The Tower Companies (The Blairs); United Therapeutics Corporation; Washington Property Company.
Partners - Adam Lowe Creative; Bell Flowers; Carlton Creative; EBA Ernest Bland Associates; IBI - Innovative Business Interiors; My Office Products; Signs By Tomorrow.
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