The Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce (CMC) announced that Kristi Simon will serve as its next president and CEO, effective April 20. Simon has significant experience in leading private business, nonprofit and chamber organizations, currently serving as director of operations at Community Action Council of Howard County. She brings to the CMC diverse experience leading regionally-focused business organizations.
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Neighbor Ride, which provides volunteer-based transportation to seniors in Howard County, partnered with the Howard County Food Bank and Howard County Office on Aging and Independence, to deliver food to vulnerable, homebound clients during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Given the shortage of personal protective equipment needed by health care workers on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19, many engineers and scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) mobilized immediately.
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While access to our Howard Community College (HCC) campus is restricted to authorized employees only, it is fully-functioning and delivering courses remotely.
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As part of the response to COVID-19, the Howard County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA) has collaborated with industry partners, business leaders and statewide organizations to launch the Relief Program Eligibility Wizard.
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Howard Hospital Foundation is accepting donations to support their COVID-19 Response initiative. Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) has raised nearly $150,000, including in-kind food donations and sponsored meals, from more than 875 donors.
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In January 2020, Doctors Community Medical Center (DCMC) noticed suspicious activity within its payroll system. Upon investigation, hospital officials determined that a small number of employees had fallen victim to a phishing attack.
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In the early days of loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, an Alignable/Harvard Business School (HBS) Survey and a second poll point to serious obstacles faced by small businesses that need funds soon to stay afloat. According to a recent Alignable Pulse Poll of 31,800 small business owners in the U.S., nearly 67 percent say they haven’t applied for the CARES Act loan yet; and the Alignable/HBS Survey of 5,800 small business owners revealed the reasons why.
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The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, announced the award of $742,225,306 for Maryland hospitals and health care providers through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
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5397 Twin Knolls Rd. Suite 17
Columbia, MD 21045
April 14, 2020
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