2022 Carroll Biz Challenge: Taneytown blacksmith forges metal work that will last for centuries

Jacob Selmer, of Taneytown, combines his love for metal working and his passion for history to make tools and decorative steel products. Selmer’s Iron Works is one of five finalists in this year’s Carroll Biz Challenge, an annual “Shark Tank”-style competition. This year 44 applicants, all local entrepreneurs, pitched their business ideas in the hopes of winning a $10,000 grand prize and additional awards. Finalists will make live pitches to a panel of judges during a finale Thursday in Westminster.