Economic Development

Carroll County Agribusiness Breakfast
2021-03-04 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-04-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-05-06 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | Baugher’s Restaurant, 289 West Main St, Westminster, MD, 21158, United States
Join us for our ongoing discussions about agriculture in Carroll County!
All are invited to join us. If interested, please RSVP to dhare@carrollcountymd.gov
Snow Policy: If Carroll County Public Schools are delayed or cancelled, the Agribusiness Breakfast is cancelled.

Social Media Content Creation
2021-03-05 08:00 - 12:45, 2021-04-09 08:00 - 12:45, 2021-05-07 08:00 - 12:45 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Social media stands apart in online marketing as an essential way to communicate and engage with the modern consumer. Today’s customers are active online and waiting for their favorite businesses to effectively communicate and engage with them. Creating a consistent, inviting and branded social media presence can dramatically increase your interaction with your online audience, grow your reach and showcase the uniqueness of your brand. Learn how to craft a social media presence to attract your audience through solid strategy, focused content and appealing information that doesn’t take all your working hours to produce. Utilize tools such as content calendars, brainstorming charts and campaign themes to give direction, clarity and power to your post. Construct stories, snaps, tweets and videos to put out into the world with a custom marketing strategy that will grow your business.

Website Development
2021-03-08 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-04-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-05-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Your website is the foundation of all your marketing efforts in the modern marketplace. It’s an online home for your business. Developing a successful website incorporates marketing, sales, copywriting, web design, information technology and branding. This workshop will guide you step-by-step through moving your new online home from your to-do list to a fully launched site that your audience can use to find, contact and support you. Even if you have no background with web development, this workshop provides the instruction and resources to help you write, design and launch your website and increase your brand presence in as little as three weeks. If you already have a website, this course can help you enhance its effectiveness and scope, refresh your text and design, expand your single page layout or even launch a secondary portion for a new product or service. Each class runs in three consecutive Monday evenings from 6-7:30pm.

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Orientation
2021-03-11 08:30 - 09:30, 2021-03-24 12:30 - 13:30, 2021-04-08 08:30 - 09:30, 2021-04-28 12:30 - 13:30 | MD, United States
Virtually Via Zoom
The orientation is an in-depth look at the CARROLL COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
New member businesses and their representatives are welcome to attend.
Current member businesses and their representatives who need a refresher are also welcomed and encouraged to participate.
Not a member but interested in joining and want to learn more? You are welcome to come as well!

Understanding Business Insurance
2021-03-16 18:00 - 2021-03-18 20:15 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Every business is different when it comes to insurance needs and requirements for coverage. Learn about the various types of business insurance that are available and which ones make sense for your business. Get tips on what and how much insurance to buy and make sure you have the basis for understanding how to right-size your insurance needs. Each class meets on a Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6-8:15pm.

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Carroll COVID-19 Update
2021-03-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom Meeting, MD, United States
Guest speakers will be Ed Singer, Health Officer, Carroll County Health Department and Commissioner Ed Rothstein

How to Pitch Your Business
2021-03-19 09:00 - 10:30 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Many times you will only have five minutes or less to explain your business to key stakeholders like customers, vendors, bankers or investors. If you are starting a new business or have an existing business, learning the techniques of pitching your business will be key to your success. The explanation of your business and your plan for success needs to be clear and concise, using simple language with memorable words and ideas. This workshop will help you practice these techniques.

Carroll Co Chamber of Commerce - Virtual PM Connections
2021-03-30 04:00 - 17:00 | MD, United States
Join us for this EXCLUSIVE networking opportunity as we bring the in-person feel of networking to the virtual world using the Remo platform! Guests will virtually mingle with other business owners and professionals, develop new relationships and business contacts. With the Remo platform, guests have the ability to determine who they network with and for how long. Guests can log on to the event beginning at 3:45 to set up their profile/virtual business cards, with the event starting at 4.

Blogging Workshop
2021-04-06 18:00 - 21:15 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Learn how to set up a blog and the basic techniques for getting started. Building an online journal of your business’s activity is an inexpensive way to increase awareness of your business, build a customer base and get sales. Each class runs on a Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6-9:15pm.

Business Exit Strategies and Transition
2021-04-09 09:00 - 10:30 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Every business will transition eventually. You might want to retire in the next several years, you are thinking about selling the business, or the business will be passed to the next generation in your family. Good planning can make all of the difference in effecting a smooth transition. Learn how to position the business for a transition, strategies that can yield better results and processes that make the business more marketable. Avoid some of the biggest pitfalls by having a custom transition strategy and planning.

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Legislative Wrap-up Report
2021-04-15 12:00 - 13:30 | MD, United States
A FREE Virtual Meeting using Zoom.
Legislative Wrap-up, a report on the 2021 Session of the Maryland General Assembly. Speakers will be members of the Carroll Delegation. Moderator will be Danna Blum, Chair of the Chamber’s Legislative Committee

Game Changers
2021-04-23 09:00 - 10:30 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Are you a smooth operator? See what a smooth-running business should look like in this interactive workshop. Find out how to move the needle in the areas of finance, sales, operations and customer service. These learned techniques enable business owners and entrepreneurs to ignore the fear of failure.

SBDC/UPMC Essentials for Success Webinar
2021-04-27 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual, MD, United States
As part of its commitment to supporting economic development in Maryland, the statewide Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced a new, no-cost webinar to strengthening companies owned by minorities, women, disabled, veterans and other diverse groups.
The UPMC Supplier Diversity & Inclusion department has partnered with Maryland SBDC’s to educate interested business owners on contractual opportunities. The webinar is open to all industries, for suppliers of goods and services.
The no-cost training webinar will take place on April 27th with available AM or PM sessions. The intent is to have business owners become familiar with the needs of UPMC and help suppliers improve their finance, sales and other business skills. The event welcomes all retailers, manufacturers, services based, sub-contractors and e-commerce businesses. Emphasis will be on demonstrating UPMC’s Supplier Diversity Portal, where buyers within the health system seek vendors for a wide range of goods and services.
UPMC’s supplier diversity program is designed to provide diverse businesses equal access to the health system’s procurement opportunities. The program ensures that certified diverse businesses are provided the maximum opportunity to participate as partners and suppliers of goods and services to UPMC.
“After a rough 2020 economic year for many businesses, we are proud to offer this new opportunity to keep jobs in Maryland and increase their revenue sources through contractual agreements.” Stated Sandy Mehalko, Director of the Frostburg SBDC.
To attend this program, interested suppliers or vendors can find more information at
https://entrepreneur.pitt.edu/upmc-essentials-2021/

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Commissioners' & Businesses Virtual Meeting
2021-05-04 08:00 - 09:30 | MD, United States
Featuring Commissioner Steve Wantz – District 1: Manchester & Taneytown
An opportunity to meet with Carroll County Commissioners, learn about current issues, strengthen community ties, share information and get answers to important questions.

Carroll Co Chamber of Commerce – Virtual PM Connections
2021-05-06 15:45 - 17:00
Join us for this EXCLUSIVE networking opportunity as we bring the in-person feel of networking to the virtual world using the Remo platform! Guests will virtually mingle with other business owners and professionals, develop new relationships and business contacts. With the Remo platform, guests have the ability to determine who they network with and for how long. Guests can log on to the event beginning at 3:45 to set up their profile/virtual business cards, with the event starting at 4.
PM Connections are free for members and their guest.

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Orientation
2021-05-13 08:30 - 13:30 | Flood Zone Brewery, 50 N. Main Street, Union Bridge, MD, 21791, United States
The orientation is an in-depth look at the CARROLL COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
New member businesses and their representatives are welcome to attend.
Current member businesses and their representatives who need a refresher are also welcomed and encouraged to participate.
Not a member but interested in joining and want to learn more? You are welcome to come as well!

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Economic Update with Anirban Basu
2021-05-18 08:30 - 10:30 | Virtual Meeting, MD, United States
“Anirban Basu and the Chamber of Data”
At last, 2021 is here. This presentation supplies economic data and analysis juxtaposing the pre-pandemic and pandemic world, and then supplies a forecast for the post-pandemic one. Among the areas of focus are labor markets, financial markets, real estate, construction, consumer spending, business investment, international trade and government finances.
Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore. In 2014, Maryland governor Larry Hogan appointed him Chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission. Anirban also serves as the chief economist to Associated Builders and Contractors and as chief economic adviser to the Construction Financial Management Association. In 2007 and then again in 2016, Mr. Basu was selected by the Daily Record newspaper as one of Maryland’s 50 most influential people. The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010. He holds four graduate degrees, including a JD and a PhD.

Sponsored by the Carroll County Public Library

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Member Luncheon
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Best Western Conference Center, 451 WMC Drive, Westminster, MD, 21158
Guest speakers will be Dr. Roger Casey and Dr. Julia Jasken of McDaniel College
Dr. Roger N. Casey has served as the ninth President of McDaniel College of Westminster, Maryland, and Budapest, Hungary, for over ten years.
Dr. Julia Jasken has been selected by the McDaniel College Board of Trustees as the college’s tenth president, effective June 1, 2021. Jasken will be only the second woman president in the college’s history.

Ribbon Cutting for the Autonomous Vehicle Corridor Project
2021-05-20 14:30 - 16:00 | Stocksdale Garage Parking Lot, 29 W. Main St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Join us for the Phase 1 launch of our Autonomous Corridor Project, which will include demonstrations and exhibits of autonomous technologies from local technology companies and organizations, and a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring state and local officials to launch the scanning vehicle that will create the 3D virtual twin environments used for the planning, assessment and autonomous vehicle training in the development of the autonomous corridor. To learn more about this innovative project please visit: https://magicinc.org/projects/autonomous-corridor

SWOT Analysis
2021-05-21 09:00 - 10:30 | Carroll Community College Washington Road Campus, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Identifying your business’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats is imperative to planning and executing a good overall strategy. Learn how to develop your own SWOT analysis
