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D.C.-area philanthropist opens women’s wellness center in Bethesda
May 24, 2024 -

Three years after it was founded, the women’s wellness startup Modern Revival finally has a place to call home. Co-founders Mikel Blair, a D.C.-area philanthropist, and Courtney Smith have opened the company’s first physical location at 7809 Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda, the pair announced in a press release this week. Until now, their wellness sessions, focused mainly on mental health and emotional well-being, had been held in temporary locations in Greater Washington and Southern California, where Smith is based.

Read More: Washington Business Journal
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New Greater Baltimore Committee plan calls for ‘sea change’ to boost economic opportunity
May 24, 2024 -

Mark Anthony Thomas has long believed the Greater Baltimore Committee needed to better define its purpose and goals to make a mark on the region’s economic development. A new 10-year strategic plan, unveiled Thursday evening, sets out to do that. The plan calls for a “sea change” in what it describes as a lack of urgency in attracting business and nurturing entrepreneurs,

Read More: Baltimore Sun
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Adventist HealthCare still wants to acquire Howard hospital. It could happen soon.
May 23, 2024 -

Gaithersburg’s Adventist HealthCare could wrap up its deal to acquire D.C.’s Howard University Hospital in 2024. That’s what Adventist’s outgoing CEO, Terry Forde, told me Wednesday, confirming the Gaithersburg nonprofit’s intention to buy the academic teaching hospital it’s been running since early 2020, which he called “a very valuable institution.”

Read More: Washington Business Journal
Towson education company to lay off 48 workers
May 23, 2024 -

Towson-based Sylvan Learning is laying off dozens of workers just months after being acquired by a Texas franchise portfolio company. Sylvan Learning notified 48 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off after 60 days, according to a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) log filing and a company spokesperson.

Read More: Baltimore Business Journal
Boyd Cru Wines from Montgomery County seeks to expand to Baltimore area
May 23, 2024 -

A Montgomery County wine company is raising money to expand its retail footprint and eventually open a tasting room in Greater Baltimore. Boyd Cru Wines wants to raise $124,000 through community investors to help its various growth efforts throughout the region. The 1-year-old company hopes to establish a brick-and-mortar space and a community marketplace in Greater Baltimore and expand its distribution.

Read More: WBALTV
$30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project enters design phase
May 23, 2024 -

A $30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project in Baltimore County is now in its design phase. Community leaders are working with a design team to reimagine the mall and bring more foot traffic to the area. Haki Ammi told WJZ that he’s lived across from Security Square Mall for more than three decades and he held his first job there while in high school.

Read More: CBS Baltimore
Port of Baltimore ready for post-Dali recovery with improvements after Key Bridge disaster
May 23, 2024 -

Ports America Chesapeake President Mark Schmidt is ready for the next chapter.  He showed WJZ projects that have been underway since the collapse of the Key Bridge largely shut down port access—including electrifying diesel equipment to operate the cranes and extensive repaving. They are silver linings to the tragedy. (Photo: CBS Baltimore)

 

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Port of Baltimore handled tiny fraction of typical cargo after Key Bridge collapse, April numbers show
May 22, 2024 -

New data released this week reflects the extent of the impact that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has had on the Port of Baltimore. Commercial vessel traffic had been largely cut off in and out of the port for a month after the container ship Dali struck the bridge March 26. As a result, the data shows, the port’s marine cargo terminals handled a tiny fraction of a typical month’s cargo.

 

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Ravens’ John Harbaugh launches coaching academy with goal to ‘share what we learned’
May 22, 2024 -

Ravens coach John Harbaugh was sitting around with his younger brother Jim about five years ago enumerating the many occasions their father, Jack, told the stories that shaped their coaching careers. “These lessons that you learn, it can’t just be us,” John said. “We’re gonna forget these stories. We need people to hear these stories.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
UMD Center for Global Business wins national honor for expanding business in international markets
May 22, 2024 -

The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded a 2024 President’s “E” Award for Export Service to the Center for Global Business (CGB) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. A founding member of the MAPIT Alliance (Maryland Partners in International Trade), Smith’s CGB was recognized for significant contributions over the past four years to expand U.S. business in international markets — contributing to national export expansion efforts that support the U.S. economy and create American jobs.

Read More: The Daily Record

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