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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Grandma’s Ice Cream & Waffles
On Thursday, February 23rd, the Greater Rockville Chamber of Commerce had the privilege of conducting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Grandma’s Ice Cream & Waffles located at 389 E. Gude Drive in Rockville.
Grandma’s is a family-owned and operated shop serving homemade, flavor-infused ice cream and waffles. Thank you to all who came out to support Grandma’s Ice Cream & Waffles.
Woman Owned Small Business Program Webinar with Roderick Johnson
Roderick Johnson is a Business Opportunity Specialist with the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development. He specializes in Woman-Owned Small Businesses, the Federal Contracting Program & U.S. Small Business Administration. Download a copy of Rod’s presentation slides here.
Danette Nguyen with the Maryland Women’s Business Center also joins and gives us some great information. Download a copy of Danette’s presentation slides here.
Equity Incubator
Universities at Shady Grove is excited to be accepting teams and individuals for the 2022 Equity Incubator. All are invited who reside and/or attend school in Maryland. Please visit the website for more information.
Greenhouse Gas Emission Law – Are You Compliant?
Are you aware of the recently passed Climate Solutions Now Act
(SB528)? It calls for Maryland to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) by 60%
(compared to a 2006 baseline) by 2031 and for the Maryland economy to
reach net-zero emissions by 2045. Buildings failing to achieve the
“performance standards” will be required to pay a fee based on the
difference of the building’s direct emissions to the standard to be developed
by the Maryland Department of the Environment. The fee will be equal to
the “social cost of carbon” set by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) which is currently $51 per ton and could increase to
$120 per ton.
The legislation requires that the Maryland Department of the Environment to
develop and submit a draft plan for achieving the 2031 goal by June 30,
2023 and to adopt a final plan by December 31, 2023.
CQI Associates offers consulting support to develop greenhouse gas
emission reports and assistance in order to be compliant with the new
regulations.
For more information contact CQI Associates at 410-500-9555.
2nd Annual Golf Tournament
We had warm but good weather for our second annual Golf Tournament earlier this week, bringing together 100+ players, sponsors, and friends for a fun day of golf, great food, prizes, and networking at Montgomery Country Club. Congratulations to all hole & putt contest winners!!
Many thanks to all our sponsors, including our title sponsor SERVPRO of Rockville-Olney. Special kudos to our chamber secretary and tourney chair Dan Helhowski for another outstanding event!
If you missed it, you’ll get your chance next year. Perhaps these images will convince you!