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TEDCO invests in Md. cybersecurity startup CyDeploy

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment of $150,000 into CyDeploy, a woman- and minority-led startup working to provide businesses with security solutions to improve the overall functionality of their systems. TEDCO’s Builder Fund invests in and provides executive support to Maryland-based technology companies run by entrepreneurs who demonstrate economic disadvantage.

 

Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum and workers strike deal to form union

The Walters Art Museum and its employees signed an agreement Monday night that paves the way for a union election this spring, resolving a nearly two-year impasse. The agreement is a win for employees because it will allow about 90 of them to be represented by the labor union of their choice and to form one, large and presumably stronger union instead of two smaller ones.

 

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States with legal pot consider how to protect cannabis workers

Most cannabis dispensaries are cash-only businesses, constantly at risk of being robbed. Indoor growing facilities use harsh lighting, and plants get sprayed with pesticides. Those conditions can create daily hazards for cannabis workers, which is why labor organizers are trying to unionize them as legalization spreads and the marijuana workforce grows.

 

Maryland’s recreational cannabis market is set to launch this summer. What can other states teach us?

In November, Maryland became the 20th state to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. Maryland follows states such as Colorado and Washington, which each legalized in 2012. Medical cannabis became available in Maryland in 2017. “The world of legalized cannabis, it changes daily, and comparing it to what it was in 2014 or 2012, it’s a different world,” said Justin Tepe, a lawyer at Baltimore law firm Goodell DeVries who works with cannabis companies.

 

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Md. developers adding more affordable housing in Queenstown

Salisbury-based Green Street Housing and Rockville-headquartered TM Associates Development, two of Maryland’s largest affordable rental housing developers, will host a groundbreaking ceremony March 29 at the second and third phases of Slippery Hill in Queenstown. The new construction includes two additional phases to the existing first phase. The first of the new phases will provide mixed-income, mixed-use residential apartment homes. The third phase will provide senior living apartments.

 

A first look at Ascension Saint Agnes’ new Howard County outpatient office

Ascension Saint Agnes has almost completed a new care center to consolidate the Catholic health care institution’s Howard County outpatient offices. The new clinic is set to open on April 28 and occupies a 63,000-square-foot office building at 6740 Alexander Bell Drive in Columbia. The facility is focused on women’s health with primary care, OB/GYN, cardiology, population health and surgical and medical specialty services. As a result, five of Ascension’s 10 outpatient facilities in Howard County will move into the new center.

Program looks to bring more Black-owned businesses to city storefronts

The vacant Harborplace once bustling with businesses is looking to make a comeback under new ownership — and it starts with bringing in Black-owned businesses to its storefronts. To make that happen, P. David Bramble, who is embarking on a multimillion dollar redo of Harborplace, reached out to Downtown Partnership of Baltimore to bring its BOOST program to the waterfront landmark retail center as it embarks on a temporary plan to bring crowds back.

Deal between Montgomery County, nonprofit aims for new affordable housing and arts center in downtown Wheaton

A nonprofit developer will soon file early-stage plans for a sizable new Metro-accessible affordable housing project in downtown Wheaton, involving a land swap with the county government and co-location of a new county arts and cultural facility. Montgomery Housing Partnership Inc., a nonprofit developer and service provider, owns the 1960s-era Amherst Square garden apartments, just east of and adjacent to a vacant publicly owned lot, which property records show the county government acquired from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 2020.

Under Armour plans to sell a community garden in Locust Point. Over 1,300 people are asking them to save it.

On a sunny March afternoon, the Locust Point Community Garden showed its first signs of bloom after a mild winter.  Little purple buds peeked out from a rosemary bush. Bees buzzed about four hives. Black-eyed Susans began to grow. One gardener had started planting vegetables for the spring and summer months. At the thought of the space in full bloom, garden manager Dave Arndt let out a sigh. “It’s just so beautiful,” he said.

 

Scenic railroad awarded $60K labor grant

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is among 63 Maryland employers to receive grant awards from the state Department of Labor from the $15 million Jobs That Build Employer fund. The railroad was awarded $60,000, which will be used for job retention, Wes Heinz, CEO and general manager, said. “We’re very pleased to receive this funding,” Heinz said. “The grant will help with job retention and incentivizing employees to maintain their residence here while continuing their education.”

 

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