October 19 | 9 - 10:00 a.m.

The Board of Directors is a dynamic group of business and non-profit executives that help set out the CMC’s vision and assist in carrying out it’s important mission: to be the premiere business resource and advocate as the region experiences exponential growth.

Your assistance is critical to the process of forming an active and well-qualified Board of Directors. As a result, we highly encourage you to apply or nominate a worthy individual who can help set a strong course for the Central Maryland Chamber and its member businesses.

FROM $3,099* AIR & LAND

9 DAYS, 7 NIGHTS INCLUDING HOTELS, MEALS, DAY TRIPS, AND AIRFARE FROM WASHINGTON DULLES

On this splendid cultural journey, trace 5,000 years of Greek history while exploring the country’s archeological treasures. Walk in the footsteps of Socrates on the Acropolis and examine artifacts of Athens’ Golden Age at the outstanding Acropolis Museum, sail through the scenic Corinth canal, and enjoy the insights of a local guest speaker on the contemporary Greek economic and social scene.

Create your plan at the "Planning for 2023" workshop with CMC Member Lee Crumbaugh, Forrest Consulting! Join Lee, business owners, leaders and professionals at the Maritime Conference Center on Friday October 28 from 7:45am - 12:15pm for an intensive "Planning for 2023" workshop. Buffet breakfast is included.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) announced the availability of $1 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding for grants to nonprofit organizations.

“Strengthening our nonprofit organizations strengthens our community as a whole,” said County Executive Pittman. “I want to thank the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County and the entire nonprofit community for the work they have done to identify and address the critical needs of our residents as we recovered from the pandemic and the work we will continue to do where and when it is needed most.”

Grants between $10,000 and $50,000 will provide financial assistance to eligible nonprofits that identify solutions to the needs and gaps in services identified in the 2022 Community Needs Assessment Report Poverty Amidst Plenty VII: Moving Forward Together. Grantees must demonstrate they sustained a loss of income, revenue and/or an increase of programming or expenses due to COVID-19’s impact on their operations and the communities they serve. The application portal will open on October 14, 2022 and will close on November 18, 2022.

The Emerge Stronger Restaurant Intensive Training Program is designed to assist growing businesses by providing an engaging environment where business owners can learn how to increase their profitability from experts in the food and beverage industry. Participants will learn how to troubleshoot operational issues, review their financial landscape and how to create a positive brand strategy and culture to capture new customers and attract/retain employees.

The Emerge Stronger Intensive Cohort is an exclusive group selected for a six-month program designed to address the needs and challenges of established businesses.  Small, county - based food service businesses will get access to world class trainings, including one-on-one restaurant consultations and employee retention training sessions so they can provide a foundation of job creation for Prince George’s County residents.

Small business owners in Maryland will have a third chance at obtaining a grant that could help them grow their companies starting Tuesday.

Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Monday that the third round of applications for Opportunity Zone Microgrants would be open to the public this week.

The grants range in size from $50,000 to $100,000.

The grants are distributed through the Neighborhood BusinessWorks program, which is administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, according to state officials.

The first two rounds of Opportunity Zone microgrant funding sank $1 million into 20 businesses across Maryland, state officials said.

Applications for the third round of funding will be reviewed on a first-come, first-serve basis. They will only be open as long as funds are available, state officials said.

To visit the Maryland Opportunity Zone Information Exchange or find more details on Opportunity Zones in Maryland, visit dhcd.maryland.gov/OpportunityZones.

Members may post job openings to the board for free. 

Weekly Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Awareness Conversations

Can setting workforce diversity goals and posting progress reports help companies move the needle on diversity? This approach has spread like wildfire in the last two years. It’s too soon to tell whether the new fad is working, so we turned to past experience of firms that set goals and posted progress as early as the 1970s. That experience suggests that when done right, goals and regular progress reports can boost diversity even among management jobs.

The current wave of posting workforce diversity data began in the early 2010s, with a group of tech firms. Then, in 2020, prompted by the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and by growing shareholder pressure to disclose diversity numbers, firms across the economy began to set goals and post data. By September 2021, 55% of Russell 1,000 companies had posted workforce gender, race, and ethnicity data, up from 32% in January. By then, more than 70 big companies had set public gender-diversity targets for 2025 or 2030, including Airbnb, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Coca-Cola, GE, Intel, McKinsey, TaskRabbit, and Xerox.

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