TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, continues to elevate and build on its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work with a series of new initiatives, including a DEI webpage, a TEDCO diversity rider and a company registration process. TEDCO is committed to ensuring its programs and funds are utilized by a broad array of under-represented innovators […]
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CA, Columbia Festival partner for Lakefront Live
Columbia Association has announced a new partnership with Columbia Festival of the Arts to provide the community with a new series of fun, food and music. In total, CA will provide 55 nights of free entertainment at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront through the summer and beyond. Lakefront Live includes five headline performances by a diverse group […]
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State delegation announces $5M-plus for early childhood programs
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen; and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $5,382,250 in federal funding for the Community Action Council of Howard County’s Head Start projects, as well as the Head Start of Washington County and the Board of Education of St. […]
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CFHoCo opens grant application process
The Community Foundation of Howard County (CFHoCo) has opened the application process for its 2022 Community Grants Program. The 2022 grants are part of an open grant application process in which any eligible 501(c)3 nonprofit in Howard County may submit a request for funding. “The Community Foundation of Howard County is pleased to work with so […]
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Merkle unveils Experience & Commerce practice
Columbia-based Merkle, dentsu’s leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management company, has formally unveiled its global Experience & Commerce practice and named the leadership team spearheading the agency’s services. The announcement completes a multi-year strategy and investment plan that brought together agencies from around the world – including including blue-infinity and eCommera, in Europe; Bluecom, in […]
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TEDCO provides funding, resources to Maryland STEM entrepreneurs
The Columbia-based Maryland Technology Development Corp. announced that NasaClip, a Builder Fund portfolio company, received Small Business Innovation Research funding and completed its recent pre-seed raise. NasaClip is a diversity, equity and inclusion technology startup based in western Howard County and received an investment from TEDCO’s Builder Fund in 2020. Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, founder of NasaClip and emergency room […]
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Howard agrees to buy, preserve Girl Scouts’ Camp Ilchester
Howard County has purchased Camp Ilchester in Ellicott City and to preserve it as open space as part of the county’s parks and recreation system. County Executive Calvin Ball announced the signing of a letter of intent to complete the sale of the nearly 21-acre camp from the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland for $6 […]
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PCS-Mosaic acquires four ASRC federal intelligence solutions companies
PCS-Mosaic Holdings, of Fulton, has acquired four ASRC Federal intelligence solutions companies and the launch of its new Athenix business unit in a move designed to dramatically expand the firm’s intelligence community footprint. The acquired companies – OSI LLC, Agency Consulting Group, Kimmich Software Solutions and ExaTech Solutions – all of which previously operated within ASRC Federal’s Defense and Intel […]
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NASA extends APL-led Solar and Space Physics Research Center
Two years ago, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in Laurel, joined researchers from across the country to establish a NASA science center that would foster new collaborations and create models and simulations that would transform our ability to understand and predict potentially harmful events in the space surrounding Earth. Now, after the tremendous initial […]
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APL’s REACTOR prototype brings XR collaboration capabilities
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, have designed and implementing what it’s calling the Mixed Reality Collaboration Environment framework, or REACTOR. The system allows subject matter experts and analysts to interact and collaborate globally with no externally hosted servers, and with the capability to customize the approach to the user’s […]