Connections | Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advance Manufacturing Center-Baltimore

From the Director | Smart Growth America Looks at Baltimore

The City of Baltimore is one of six cities selected to receive technical assistance from Smart Growth America’s Small-Scale Manufacturing and Place-Based Economic Development program, a project in partnership with Recast City. The Project has engaged Made in Baltimore and the Mid-Atlantic MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center along with a wide range of stakeholders to develop visions for small scale manufacturing in three target areas: Carroll-Camden, Highlandtown and the Jones Falls Valley. From June 4 th to June 6 th the project will engage in a three day community assessment that will include in-depth interviews with small-scale manufacturers, property owners and civic leaders.    Small-scale manufacturing gives residents the opportunity to access high paying jobs and economic opportunity in the neighborhoods they call home. The growing sector is filling vacant storefronts, adding diversity to existing businesses, and contributing to a greater sense of place.   It is important that the clients and stakeholders of the Center engage in this discussion and have your voices heard. If you would like to participate in the interviews or host a site visit please give me a call. The opening session will occur on Tuesday June 4 at 9:30 a.m. at the Impact Hub. I encourage you to register for this event at https://spacetomake.eventbrite.com .  For more information call our office at 443-401-0242. N. Scott Phillips

Client Highlights

Citywide Youth to Open E.M.A.G.E Center

Join Citywide Youth Development for a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the E.M.A.G.E. Center, Friday, 10:00 a.m. June 7, 2019, at 2132-2136 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217. A longtime endeavor of Citywide Youth Development President Rasheed Aziz, the E.M.A.G.E. Center will help Citywide achieve its goal of utilizing entrepreneurship and manufacturing as a crime prevention, poverty eradication, and community revitalization strategy. Occupying approximately 4,000 sq. ft. will be the BMore Clothing manufacturing line, and a skills training center for manufacturing and enterprise development. The center is expected to train and employ 75-100 participants annually in its industrial apparel manufacturing program. Frozen Desert Sorbet will occupy 3000 sq.ft. for sorbet production/packaging, cart storage space, and will also have a small retail sorbet shop open to the public. E.M.A.G.E. Mall will serve as a retail incubator for up to 12 small businesses.   For More Information

FiberElectronics | Baltimore SourceLink Company of the Month

Center client FiberElectronics, LLC, Baltimore SourceLink's May 2019 Company of the Month, is featured in a video interview with CEO Mubariz Razvi by SourceMark's Naomi Shay. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) FiberElectronics manufactures each product according to customer specification, specializing in single mode, multimode, and specialty optical fiber spec cords and pigtails. Products comply with or exceed Telcordia Compliant, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and RoHS Compliant standards and are delivered globally. FiberElectronics also designs and installs fiber solutions for its clients. Video Interview

Three Pace Setting MBDA Events

MBDA Minority Business Enterprise Week

We start this summer with the National Stakeholder Summit, which brings together Minority Business Development Agency teams from nearly 50 business centers from across the country June 17-19, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan, including from the Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center - Baltimore. This annual convening of key stakeholders provides strategic direction for MBDA business centers and other grant recipients. This year, team members will return to their jurisdictions with updates on: New and existing innovative initiatives programs New initiatives related to the President's Management Agenda, the Department of Commerce, and MBDA Opportunity Zones Agenda

MBDA Minority Business Enterprise Week

This year's MBDA Minority Business Enterprise Week Conference, September 9-13, 2019, is close to home for Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center clients, customers, and minority business service and resource providers. Join us for a specular 50th Anniversary Year theme, Winning the Future, and agenda. Learn More

National Minority Supplier Development Council  Conference & Business Opportunity Exchange

The National Minority Supplier Development Council Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange attracts more than six thousand corporate CEO executives, supplier diversity professionals, and leading minority business owners and international organizations who attend this national premier forum to "re-energize their collective efforts to Certify > Connect > and Advocate" for solid minority firms in the global corporate supply chain. Agenda Coming Soon

AMC Baltimore Partnering Organization Events

RMI | Why Manufacturing Matters

The Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center – Baltimore joins strategic partner, the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland (RMI), as a program partner when RMI presents “Why Maryland Manufacturing Matters” June 5, 2019, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry on the Baltimore Inner Harbor.  Center client April Richardson, President and Owner of Baked in Baltimore, is among the distinguished speakers, including those from Stanley Black & Decker, Arnold Packaging, and Dunlop Protective Footwear, to give remarks on the impact of the industry. Hear about RMI’s new manufacturing industry awareness initiative with Maryland Public Television and celebrate the industry at this evening of networking with the RMI Board of Directors and other leaders from business, government, education, and the non-profit sectors.  Register

RMI | Manufacturing Matters to Senator Ben Cardin

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin convened a meeting for Maryland manufacturers to express their business challenges to him and members of his staff, teaming the companies with staff for resolution. The meeting was hosted by RMI and manufacturing industry contractor Textron Systems , Hunt Valley, Maryland. Participants included center clients Citywide Youth Development's Made in BMore Clothing Manufacturing, M Luis Construction, Prime Manufacturing Technologies, and Center Business Representative Anthony Robinson.

VMA | 2019 Spring & Summer Events Line Up

VAIBC May Event: Future of US/UK Trade @ Omni Richmond May 22 @ 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM VAIBC May Event: Future of US/UK Trade @ Omni Richmond May 22 @ 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Shape of Things to Come: 3D Printing in Manufacturing @ Virginia Air & Space Center Jun 11 @ 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Intellectual Property Seminar @ Williams Mullen Center Jul 9 @ 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM MSI Workforce Symposium @ Liberty University School of Business Aug 8 @ 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM 17th Annual Environmental Health & Safety Conference @ Hilton Hotel & Conference Center Sep 18 @ 1:00 PM – Sep 19 @ 12:00 PM More

MEP | Manufacturing Extension Partnership Training & Events

Center alliance partner, the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), is part of an extensive network of MEPs throughout the country funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce to help manufacturers identify opportunities to accelerate and strengthen competitiveness in the global marketplace. Connect with your local MEP for training, events, and more. Other MEPs

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MWMCA & MSU EDAC Host Annual Events

From seasoned contractors to youth entrepreneurs, Mid-Atlantic Region Advanced Manufacturing Center outreach spans the manufacturing industry pipeline. May Center activities included participation in t he Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association's (MWCA's) 16th Annual Spring Breakfast and Business Showcase Expo and EYECon, hosted by Morgan State University's Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center (MSU EDAC).

MWMCA President Wayne Frazier, Sr. is pictured on the right with a host of  distinguished speakers and guests at the MWMCA's breakfast and expo, including keynote speaker and Baltimore Gas & Electric CEO Calvin Butler, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin, Maryland House of Delegates Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones, and Maryland Department of Commerce Kelly Schultz.

Mid-Atlantic Region Center Operator, the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women Owned Business Development, were represented by Director Paul Taylor and AMC Business Representative Anthony Robinson (not pictured); Myra Blanchard, Reginald Mack, Briana Dixon, and Jim Peterson (pictured here from left to right with MWMCA President Wayne Frazier, second from left).

Asphalt manufacturer M. Luis also exhibited at the event. M. Luis is the only woman and minority-owned multi-generational asphalt manufacturer and construction services company in the country.

EYECon featured greetings from Morgan State University President David Wilson, Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management Dean Fikru Boghossian, and EDAC Director Omar Muhammad. The annual event draws participation of youth entrepreneurs and corporate, government, and nonprofit volunteers from throughout Baltimore City to celebrate and educate youth interested in business ownership.

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