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Talking Politics: City
February 15, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
City Council to Vote on Hillman Garage Project Mark Kleinschmidt For many years the Annapolis business community and city residents have talked about replacing the Hillman Garage and argued about the future redevelopment of City Dock. The decaying condition of the garage and the increased frequency of flooding at City Dock have pushed both projects […]
Show Them Some Love
February 15, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Show Them Some Love Recruitment in the Post-Pandemic Economy By: Mark Kleinschmidt Hopefully you are enjoying the spirit of Valentine’s Day and you have found your true love. Many employers are still looking, not so much for their true love but for some qualified candidates for job openings. We have all been reading about how […]
Talking Politics: City
January 10, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Talking Annapolis Politics On the local level, Gavin Buckley is getting settled into his second term after a significant election victory where he got 73% of the vote. There was slight change on City Council as Fred Paone, the lone Republican, did not run for re-election and Alderman from Ward 2 and Karma O’Neil, a […]
Talking Politics: County
January 10, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Talking County Politics As we start the new year it seems that it’s déjà vu all over again as we continue to debate the mask mandate. County Executive Pittman issued an Emergency Executive Order temporarily requiring masks to be worn for seven days. This was put in place due to the surge of COVID cases […]
Talking Politics: State
January 10, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Talking State Politics We had a chance to hear from four members of the Anne Arundel County delegation to the General Assembly at our virtual Legislative Breakfast on January 6th. This included Senators Elfreth and Reilly along with Delegates Rogers and Kipke. We maintained a balance of Republicans and Democrats. A topic of great interest for […]
Talking Politics: State, County & City
January 10, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
By: Mark Kleinschmidt Talking State Politics We had a chance to hear from four members of the Anne Arundel County delegation to the General Assembly at our virtual Legislative Breakfast on January 6th. This included Senators Elfreth and Reilly along with Delegates Rogers and Kipke. We maintained a balance of Republicans and Democrats. A topic of […]
Inflation and the Great Resignation
January 10, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Economic Side Effects of the Pandemic By: Mark Kleinschmidt 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, OMICRON. Hopefully, this is just a short term set […]

2022 Legislative Breakfast Wrap Up
January 7, 2022, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Due to the surge of COVID cases in the County, the Chamber decided to hold the Legislative Breakfast via Zoom format. We had 87 people attend the virtual breakfast to hear about the upcoming Legislative session. Given the dynamic nature of the COVID surge, we added a special COVID update from County Executive Pittman and […]

Congrats 2021 Business Hall of Fame Recipients!
October 22, 2021, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
The 2021 Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner was full of excitement and energy as the Chamber celebrated the accomplishments of some truly outstanding people. We were very pleased to have Jim, Elizabeth, Carter and Pam join the Business Hall of Fame. Each one has contributed so much to Anne Arundel County it was very […]

Local Business Leaders to be Inducted into the Business Hall of Fame
August 25, 2021, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Chamber to Host Awards Dinner Annapolis, MD, August 25, 2021–The Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 15th Annual Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner on October 14, 2021 at the Double Tree Hotel located in 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis. The purpose of the dinner is to recognize the outstanding achievements of several […]