Our Mission
To foster and maintain a thriving business climate in which our
members and community can grow and prosper.
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Welcome our recent new members! |
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Mr. Greg S. Alton
16911 Hampshire Dr.
Williamsport, MD 21795
240.707.8521
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6 N. Church St.
Middletown, MD 21769
301.573.4736
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12509 Legore Bridge Rd.
Woodsboro, MD 21798
240.394.9439
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365 Premium Outlets Blvd.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
240.625.6375
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22 N. Mulberry St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
917.741.7001
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333 Caperton Blvd.
Martinsburg, WV 25403
304.901.3701
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224 W. Main St.
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
301.432.8171
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18450 Showalter Rd.
Hagerstown, MD 21742
844.744.7464
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96 W. Washington St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
240.366.8287
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The Maryland Department of Labor is hosting Statewide Apprenticeship Virtual Information Sessions that businesses can join online to hear about creating talent pipelines through the Maryland Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship Program. Each session targets different area industries to focus on the specific occupations and needs of various organizations. These events are free and open to anyone who would like to participate virtually.
Learn more about the sessions here.
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3 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder
To start your business on the Pathway to Success, we know it will require a little hard work. But this doesn't always mean you have to work yourself to the point where you are totally exhausted and barely able to stay awake.
Read more
www.ceocosulting.com
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Browse through news from some of our members, some may even be able to help you during this critical time. |
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Meritus Health Reports on Opportunities to Improve Health Equity
Meritus Health is formally researching its opportunities to improve and achieve health equity for all patients by openly releasing its 2020 Health Equity Summary this week. The complete report may be read online at www.meritushealth.com/about-us/diversity-and-health-equity/. Six measures were identified for further investigation.
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Meritus Pulmonary Consultants is Latest Partnership for Health System
Beginning Aug. 1, 2021, Pulmonary Consultants & The Sleep-Breathing Disorders Center joins the Meritus Health family as a practice partner.
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Adna B. Fulton Family Scholarship Awards Eight Students with $1,960 Each
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The Adna B. Fulton Family Scholarship recently awarded eight scholarships to Washington County students who are continuing their post-secondary education. The Fulton family established this scholarship at the Community Foundation of Washington County MD to provide scholarships to students pursuing a post-secondary education, with preference given to AC&T employees and their children or grandchildren. These scholarships, in total, equal $15,680.
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Fund Accepting Applications: Deadline Approaching! |
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Washington County MD, is now accepting applications with a deadline of August 8th at 11:59pm.
Grants will be directed to programs specifically targeting a decrease in teen pregnancy and unsafe sexual practices in teens. Preference may be given to organizations or programs that offer education and programming to parents of pre-teens and teens.
Suggested amount for grant applications are $600. However, requests for other amounts will not be disqualified.
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RICH DAUGHTRIDGE SUCCEEDS BYRON BERKLEY AS ICA PRESIDENT |
The Independent Cinema Alliance is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has named Rich Daughtridge as the new ICA President. Daughtridge, President and CEO of Maryland-based Warehouse Cinemas and a member of the ICA Board, succeeds Byron Berkley, who retired June 30. Berkley, whose vision helped lead to the establishment of the ICA, will continue to serve as a volunteer and industry advocate. |
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d’Vinci Interactive Awarded 1.69M Phase II SBIR Grant from The National Institutes of Health
Work will advance adoption of genomics in classrooms and distance learning environments
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d’Vinci Interactive, a leading K-12 learning technology solutions company, has been awarded a 1.69-million-dollar Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for the “Blueprint of Life” Genomic Literacy Tool.
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August is National Golf Month! Come celebrate with your local Charles Schwab branch!
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August is National Golf Month! Come celebrate with your local Charles Schwab branch!
Whether you are a master putter or a novice on the green – we have a challenge for you! Starting Thursday, August 5th, swing by the Hagerstown Charles Schwab branch to show off your putting skills in our Schwab Putt-Putt Challenge. All participants will receive a Schwab swag bag just for playing. The best of the best (or the luckiest of lucky) will be placed on our leaderboard. At the end of August, a few of the month’s players will also earn additional Schwab goodies such as golf balls, a golf umbrella, microfiber scrubber towel, golf cap, an awesome travel mug!
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Do you want to improve your golf swing? Let the Schwab team help you. We have partnered with GOLFTEC professionals to gift clients a FREE swing analysis virtually from the comfort of your home. More details available at your Hagerstown local branch.
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The Ship Simply ribbon cutting on July 7th announced the release of their cloud-based shipping software solution to the public! |
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The Authentic Community Theatre (ACT) Black Box Studio Grand Opening was July 10th! Venue TV captured some of the celebration and brings you on a virtual tour in this video!
Congratulations to Authentic Community Theatre, Inc. for opening the ACT Black Box Studio to create even more opportunity for the local theatre community. The citizens and visitors of Washington County will surely enjoy this new ACT Black Box Studio in the heart of downtown Hagerstown, and the contribution it makes to the arts and entertainment district of the city.
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Discovery Station kicked off a month-long celebration of their 25th Anniversary with a ribbon cutting on August 1st!
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Thank you to Discovery Station for serving our community's children with a hands-on museum learning experience! |
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Attend some upcoming events hosted by our members! Add your events to our Member Events Calendar here to get your event posted in the next newsletter, or email the event details to brianna@hagerstown.org.
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Friday, August 13
4 - 5 pm
Location:
365 Premium Outlets Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21740
The Washington County Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to a ribbon cutting for Hub City Tees & More! This shop just opened this summer and they’re celebrating with a ribbon cutting on August 13th, followed by a weekend-long celebration filled with giveaways, raffles, games, and sales!
Hub City Tees & More sells graphic tees, leggings, accessories, purses, mugs, handmade wooden signs, handmade cards, candles, wax melts, locally roasted River Bottom Roasters coffee, and more. Find out more in this press release.
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Saturday, August 28
6 - 10 pm
Green Hill Farm
5329 Mondell Road
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
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Your ticket purchase(s) include:
- Food Trucks
- Beverage Stations: Brewery Row, Wine & Bubbly Bar, Bourbon Barrel
- Photo Booth
- Cornhole
- Raffle
- Music by The Reagan Years
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Opportunities to network with your colleagues...and knowing that YOUR participation and support serves the patients and programs of Meritus Health!
(Event capacity: 250 people - so, register early)
Casual attire
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Jazz Festival 2021 - An Evening at The Wharf |
With a fabulous new location, the jazz festival continues to spotlight top professional artists each year that light up the outdoor stage with hot summer jazz.
This year’s headliner is trumpet player and singer, Benny Benack III, rising star on the jazz scene. Plus, guitarist Paul Bollenback returns—Paul has missed only a handful of our 30 years of jazz! The band also includes Alexander Claffy (bass), and Byron Landham (drums). See the full lineup with musician bios here.
The Jazz Festival will be at The Wharf, a beautiful, park-like property at 10141 Wharf Road, just 2.5 miles from downtown Waynesboro, Pa.
As always, the concert is offered free to the public. In case of rain, the concert will take place at an indoor area at the same location.
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Saturday, September 25
6 - 11 pm
Rider Jet Center
18421 Henson Boulevard
Hagerstown, MD 21742
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Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for this benefit fundraiser event! There will be a Pre-Show Band premiering on an outside stage: Jill Fulton Band.
Afterwards, starting at around 7:30pm there will be live music by The Reagan Years – the East Coast’s Original 80’s Tribute Band!
Dancing, great food, a cash bar, and 50/50’s too! Get your tickets now - they're $20 in advance, $25 at the door!
A Special Thanks to all of our sponsors - Middletown Valley Bank, Henson & Son, Tom Riford, Emerald Pointe by Paul Crampton Contractors, AC&T, Valley Storage, JD Holdings, Ellsworth Electric, Wish Kitchens and Baths, and River City Dental.
Tickets are non-refundable and IDs will be checked at the door.
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A Helpful Article From The BEP Committee |
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Our Business and Education Partnership Committee has an interesting article to share with you this month: |
Many of us routinely have the need to communicate effectively whether opening or closing a seminar, delivering a sales pitch, requesting funding, participating in performance evaluations, etc. Compelling conversations such as these require having a great impact in a short time frame. In a leadership seminar held by Impact® International, the speaker shared the “2 x 3 Technique” for effective communication.
This simple technique focuses on identifying 2 points you want to make as the speaker and using 3 actions to effectively deliver those 2 points. It works like this:
1. Identify 2 points you want to get across to your audience, and
2. Use the following 3 actions to deliver those points.
a. Open by headlining the 2 points you’ve decided on,
b. Make each point a bucket, and fill the each bucket with facts, information and justification (what, how and why) to support those two points.
c. Recap the 2 points you started with.
This technique works very well to ensure you stay focused on your topic at hand, leave your audience with something memorable, and will allow you to do so in a very short time frame.
Give it a try!
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GenNext is our young professionals group here at the Chamber. If you're interested in meeting a group of like-minded young professionals who want to network, volunteer, and grow professionally, you should join GenNext.
This group is open to anyone between the ages of 21-39. If interested, fill out an application form here and send it to brianna@hagerstown.org.
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We're looking for individuals who are interested in speaking at a GenNext event. Is there something you wish you had known as a young professional? Come share your wisdom with us!
Take a moment to fill out the form below to let us know what you'd like to share with our group.
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Chamber Members: You can post discounts or coupons on our website, and make them available for Chamber members only OR for the public.
Here's how to post them:
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- Log in to your Hagerstown.org portal
- Select “upload a coupon”
- Set to “public” or “members only”
- Set your expiration terms
- Submit for free
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Visit our website with COVID-19 economic resources and health information at https://www.hagerstown.org/ and go to the Strong Together tab on our menu in the right-hand corner.
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Do you have something to share with fellow Chamber members? Simply email Director of Member Services Brianna Scott at brianna@hagerstown.org to get started on this free opportunity.
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Washington County Chamber of Commerce members include more than 575 organizations, representing over 40,000 local jobs in a wide variety of industries: Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Skilled Trades, Service and Hospitality, Technology, Government, Nonprofit, and Education. |
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