Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth Holt, and City of Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley congratulated the third cohort of AAEDC’s Inclusive Ventures Program following the group’s recent graduation and pitch day. Introduced by AAEDC in January 2021, IVP aims to help small and minority-owned, woman-owned, and […]
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Scully named dean of Loyola’s Sellinger School
Mary Ann Scully, MBA ’79, has been named the next dean of the Rev. Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and Management at Loyola University Maryland. A distinguished leader and entrepreneur in the Greater Baltimore business community, Scully will begin in the role on July 1. Scully co-founded Howard Bank and served as its chairman and […]
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The Mall in Columbia’s Nicklas to retire
Business and civic leader Barbara Nicklas will end her professional tenure in Columbia on April 8, as she retires from Brookfield Properties, which manages The Mall in Columbia. Nicklas has served as the center’s senior general manager for the past six years after leadership in a variety of local and regional organizations. “It has been […]
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Chicago company relocating to, expanding in Jessup
EverLights, a Chicago-based and woman-owned electrical supply, lighting distribution and recycling company, is more than doubling the size of its existing Maryland location with the signing of a 10,150 square foot lease at 8306 Patuxent Range Road, in Jessup. The company plans to relocate from its current location in Howard County to its new site […]
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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 […]
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Howard candidates file for County Council, Board of Education
Interest in political office in Howard County appears to have abated since the last gubernatorial election cycle. Whereas only one of the County Council districts lacked primary challenges in 2018, this year only two of the five districts have primary contests, both of them on the Democrat ticket. All of the incumbents are seeking […]
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MEA awards nearly $2M in clean fuel grants
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has announced eight awards totaling $1.9 million in funding under the first round of the fiscal 2022 Clean Fuels Incentive Program (CFIP), including at a UPS hub in Laurel. Collectively, these awards have the potential to leverage more than $10 million in fleet investment. The award recipients represent both large and small fleet […]
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Gula Tech Adventures lead $4.3M seed round for Pixm
Pixm, a computer vision cybersecurity startup, has raised $4.3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to protect enterprises from undiscovered, non-traditional phishing attacks. The round was led by Columbia-based Gula Tech Adventures, with participation from FirstIn, AIM13–Crumpton Ventures Partnership, Chaac Ventures and Precursor Ventures. Phishing remains the most common cause of data breaches, according to a 2021 Strategic Security Survey, […]
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Inflation and the Great Resignation: Economic side effects of the Pandemic
The following economic forecast is offered by Mark Kleinschmidt, president and CEO of the Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce. It has been quite a ride navigating all the twists and turns of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just when we think we are on a solid path to recovery we hit another bump. The current one is called, […]
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Hogan announces key department appointments
Gov. Larry Hogan has hired former Maryland Secretary of Commerce Mike Gill has been named secretary of the Maryland Department of Commerce, succeeding Secretary Kelly Schulz; has named Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Executive Director James Ports, Jr., secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), succeeding Secretary Greg Slater; and named William Pines, MDTA’s chief engineer, succeed Ports […]