ALLETE Inc. has closed the previously announced acquisition of New Energy Equity, of Annapolis, a distributed solar developer, for approximately $165.5 million. New Energy has successfully completed more than 250 distributed solar projects across the nation totaling more than 330 megawatts. The company’s pipeline of development projects is slated to include about 2 gigawatts across 26 […]
Anne Arundel County
Curtain to fall on Chesapeake Bay Blues Fest
The following statement was issued by Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Founder and Promoter Don Hooker: “It is with deep regret that we announce that 2022 will be the last year for Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival. “The festival, scheduled for May 21 and 22, 2022, at Sandy Point State Park, in Annapolis, will end a 24-year […]
Ex-MITAGS chief Paine receives lifetime achievement award
Glen Paine, retired executive director of The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) and Maritime Conference Center (MCC), received the annual lifetime achievement award from The Marine Society of The City of New York. Paine dedicated 23 years at the helm of MITAGS-MCC before retiring in January, leading the organizations to become a world-class maritime institution and expansive […]
Heart To Beat expands, acquires Bay Area CPR
Heart To Beat, a Baltimore County company that offers comprehensive safety training programs and equipment to protect employees from workplace emergencies in Central Maryland, has acquired Pasadena-based Bay Area CPR. The deal will give Heart To Beat as many as 70 new commercial clients while continuing to expand its presence in the Washington, D.C., and […]
Workforce rentals slated for Odenton Town Center
MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services brokered the sale of 5.3 acres in the Odenton Town Center to Conifer Realty, a Rochester, N.Y.-based company specializing in the development and management of multifamily housing units throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, by the E.L. Gardiner family, of Annapolis. Conifer Realty will develop two buildings containing […]
Arundel announces renewable solar energy initiatives
Anne Arundel County has announced two key solar and renewable energy initiatives. Executive Order 57 commits the county to purchasing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 to run all government operations; and Bill 19-22 paves the way for a public-private partnership with Ameresco to build a solar project on the closed Glen Burnie Landfill, which will provide the county […]
Cardin, Van Hollen support fed workers, agencies in funding package
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced key provisions in the final fiscal 2022 appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden that they worked to secure in order to support federal workers through improved compensation and working conditions. The Omnibus Appropriations Act also enables critical maintenance projects at federal facilities […]
BWI Marshall to host AMAC economic development event
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will host the 2nd Annual Airport Minority Advisory Council’s (AMAC) Economic Opportunity & Policy Forum from March 21–22. The forum will be held in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Marriott Metro Center. The forum welcomes aviation industry leaders, government officials and business representatives to Washington to exchange ideas, share entrepreneurship best […]
BWI Marshall hits new cargo record
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) set a new annual record for cargo operations in 2021, with more than 618.8 million pounds of cargo transported – an increase of 4 percent from 2020. In 2021, BWI Marshall’s cargo operations accounted for more than 55 percent of the total air cargo flown through the region’s three major […]
Summer Youth Initiative at BWI
At the March 10 BWI Business Partnership Signature Breakfast, Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Aviation Administration (MDOT MAA) Executive Director Ricky Smith revealed that BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, along with the Partnership, will again hold the Summer Youth Initiative (SYI). The program calls for 50 students from Baltimore City to be immersed in the work environment […]