Thanks for the interest! Right now we’re still building the store. We hope to have our grand opening in the Spring of 2011.

I drive by the construction site just about everyday and it looks to be humming along. They already have the skeleton of one of the buildings up. It’s crazy to think we’ve been talking about this for 4 years.

The Maryland Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (MACCE) named Frederick County Chamber of Commerce President & CEO M. Richard ‘Ric’ Adams its 2010 Chamber Executive of the Year during a luncheon at the Westin BWI Airport Hotel on Thursday, June 3, 2010.

The Frederick County Chamber of Commerce also supported several member nominations for the Maryland Chamber’s Small Business of the Year (SBOTY) Awards, presented at the same awards luncheon. Café 611 won the award in the 1-10 employees category. Restaurant owners Randy and Karen Jones accepted the award for Café 611. BridgePath Scientific was a finalist in the same category, and President & CEO Patrick Haley was recognized at the event.

Pretty cool. It’s good to share some good news about area businesses!

According to the note on the door they were forced to close shop due to unfair escalated rent from the landlord and failed negotiations. They mention also that they plan to open a new Urbana location in the next year and in the interim will offer a ten percent discount to people from the area at their spring ridge and mount airy establishments.

In semi-related news I noticed the Pizza Hut on Rosemont looked like it closed. Can anyone confirm that?

The Frederick County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the Exploring New Markets Conference at Mount St. Mary’s University Frederick Campus on Friday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

This all-day conference is modeled after the Chamber’s June 2009 Social Media Conference and February 2010 New Media & Technology Conference, and is part of the “Emerging Ideas” conference series.

Interactive seminars on procurement, positioning, diversity, and other business development topics will help area businesses find opportunities for growth in regional, generational, cultural, and niche markets.

Like I’ve said before the Chamber really puts on a great conference and you should really check this out.

The Turning Point is offering FREE acupuncture to everyone on Saturday, May 1st from 8am – 1pm. Appointments are available online at www.TheTurningPointAcupuncture.com or by calling 240-405-7878. The Turning Point is located at 243 W. Patrick Street in downtown Frederick.

The Turning Point is a member of the Community Acupuncture Network (CAN). Over 70 acupuncture clinics in North America are participating in CAN’s 8th Annual May Day Celebration by offering FREE acupuncture on May 1st.

Thanks for sending the info along Jessica!

The City of Frederick has applied to Google to be considered for an ultra-high speed broadband network trial. Google is planning to launch an experiment to make Internet access better and faster for everyone. They plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Their networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home and workplace connections. They will offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.

Learn more about the program and Frederick’s application. This would be huge if Frederick won, fingers crossed.