Our office recently said "See you soon!" to our Small Business Development Center Senior Counselor Beth Woodring as she has accepted a position as a Fund Manager for the Volt Fund for the State of Maryland. We look forward to working with her in other capactities as she helps distribute Maryland's Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Loan Fund to potential Frederick County companies.
This means that our department, in partnership with the Maryland Western Region Small Business Development Center (SBDC), located at Frostburg State University, is seeking applications for a Small Business Consultant.
This is a full-time, exempt position based in Frederick, MD and includes University System of Maryland benefits package.
Minimum Qualifications: MBA and at least five years of relevant business experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Word and Excel). Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of clients; excellent oral and written communications skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Five years of business ownership experience. Knowledge of the economic development community in Frederick County and an understanding of licensing and regulatory requirements, especially in technology.
For more info and to apply visit https://frostburg.peopleadmin.com/ to apply. Application deadline is September 15, 2014.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Frederick Welcomes Nanotherapeutics to Frederick and Dr. Robert House to Back to Frederick
Nanotherapeutics, an integrated biopharmaceutical company, just announced the opening of a new location in Frederick off of Progress Drive headed by Dr. Robert V. House, formerly of Frederick's Dynport Vaccine Company, LLC a CSC Company.
With existing locations in FL and NC, the company opened this location to better serve it's U.S. government contracts. Read more of the story here.
With existing locations in FL and NC, the company opened this location to better serve it's U.S. government contracts. Read more of the story here.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
City of Frederick Economic Development News Blog: Entrepreneurs, Get Ready to Make Your Pitch!
City of Frederick Economic Development News Blog: Entrepreneurs, Get Ready to Make Your Pitch!: Got a great business idea? Ready to pitch your startup? You're in luck, because the the Maryland Startup Bus is coming to Downtown F...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Frederick's Vaccinogen Makes National Business News
Big news for Vaccinogen, a Frederick-based cancer immunotherapy development company leading the way in cancer research. They have just announced the completion of an initial $80 million in financing and have appointed Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, noted pediatric neurosurgeon to Chairman of the Board.
Check out today's article in the Wall Street Journal here.
Check out today's article in the Wall Street Journal here.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Frederick County Cybersecurity Company Luminal Receives $451K from Maryland Venture Fund
To learn more about how Maryland is investing in Frederick County companies and to read the article, please click here.
Friday, August 15, 2014
July Monthly Business Economic Indicators Now Available
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Now Recruiting Fantastic Businesses for Business Appreciation Week
Frederick County Business Development and Retention is hosting the 2014 Business
Appreciation Week (BAW) during the week of October 27-31 and looking for businesses to visit. We want to hear about all the wonderful things our county businesses are doing!
A small groups of local
ambassadors will be making short visits to businesses throughout the county and listening to ways we can improve the business climate in Frederick County and how we can assist businesses with any potential issues. Most importantly, these visits give our teams a chance to hear about the new products, services, research and things our companies are doing right here in Frederick County.
Other benefits to companies who participate are:
To view a photo gallery of last year's Business Appreciation Week, please click here. |
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Best Places to Work in Frederick County Honored
In front of a standing room only crowd, 10 companies were honored last night at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center as the 2014 Best Places to Work in Frederick County. The Campaign, now in it's 12th year, is part of a countywide partnership between the Frederick County Business Development and Retention Department, City of Frederick Department of Economic Development, Frederick County Workforce Services and the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce.
All Frederick County businesses were invited to take the survey and winners were chosen based on their family friendly practices including: benefits, voluntary turnover rate, median salary and diversity practices. This year, two new awards were given for the People's Choice and Most Creative Workplace.
Helen Propheter, Frederick County Business Development and Retention Manager said, "This year's winners make it easy to showcase what a great place Frederick County is to do business in. This year's Best Places to Work help make Frederick County shine as the Best Place to Work in Maryland."
The winners are:
Small Employer (1-10): Honorable Mention-Jean Peterson Design; Winner-Swift Systems
Medium Employer (11-49): Honorable Mention-Canapés Catering; Winner-Orases
Large Employer (50-200): Honorable Mention-Regent Education; Winner-Battelle National Defense Bio Institute
Major Employer (200+): Tie-Experient and Fort Detrick, U.S. Army Garrison
People's Choice: St. John Regional Catholic School
Most Creative Workplace: iHire
Thank you to all of our sponsors who are also past winners and who helped make this event possible:
- Country Meadows Retirement Communities
- Canam Steel
- ClinicalRM
- En-Net Services
- Morgan-Keller Construction
- Hood College
- ImQuest BioSciences
- Dr. Harvey Levy & Associates
- The Law Offices of Scott Alan Morrison
- Plamondon Hospitality Partners
Be sure to check out Frederick County Best Places to Work on Facebook for more photographs and for information on next year's Campaign!