In 2015, Johns Hopkins University and Health System and its corporate and anchor peers felt an urgent need to respond to the unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray. The question was: How can the city’s organizations and ...
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As the company’s name implies, Union Craft Brewing likes to bring people and things together. “We chose the name Union for a couple of reasons. It represents the union of the three founders,” says co-founder and owner Adam Benesch, referring ...
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The Early Years In 1978 gasoline was 63 cents a gallon, the cell phone was introduced and Harriet Tubman became the first black woman honored on a US postage stamp. In Maryland, the General Assembly authorized the dispensing of generic ...
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For years, Marsha Greyeyes oversaw a major contract for the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, tracking task orders, overseeing budgets, managing contracts and more. One day, it dawned on her: She could do the same work on her ...
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In 2018, a new incentive for investing in certain designated census tracts was created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This legislation formally created Opportunity Zones, where qualified equity investments into certain real-estate, equipment and businesses provide meaningful tax ...
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During his 21 years as a flight mechanic and engineer in the Air Force and another couple working as a civilian for aviation industry giant Signature, Jerome Hodge had never considered starting his own company. But when Signature got out ...
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You didn’t listen, and that was smart Perhaps there was a time when small business operators were wise to relegate the thoughts of economists to the back room. While notions such as supply and demand, product differentiation, and imperfect competition ...
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On Monday mornings, coffee in hand, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs team meets for their weekly deep dive – chipping away at the race and gender disparity that exists in state procurement in hopes that ...
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Maryland agencies utilize an electronic bid board system to post all solicitations valued over $15,001. The eMaryland Marketplace platform allows vendors to receive notices and search for procurement opportunities, submit bids electronically, obtain bid results online and register for the ...
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After moving to the United States and earning an accounting degree, Taiwan-born Sophia Parker forged a successful career in government contracting. But 11 years ago, at age 50 and her children grown, she was ready for something more fulfilling. “I ...
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