More News

Legislators to attend chamber breakfast

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006

A breakfast with elected state and county legislators sponsored by the Wheaton-Kensington Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Kensington will be held 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. today at Kensington Town Hall, 3710 Mitchell St. Cost is $10 at the door. To register, call 301-949-0080 or e-mail wkchamber@wkchamber.org.

County chamber hostsbreakfast for new members

A breakfast for prospective members of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce will be held 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Z-Tech Corp., 1803 Research Blvd., Suite 301, Rockville. To register, contact Dorothy Michael at dmichael@montgomerycountychamber.com or 240-403-3513.

Learn to exit businesson your own terms

A breakfast mixer and seminar titled ‘‘Exiting Your Business on Your Own Terms” will be held 8 a.m. to noon today at the Wheaton Business Innovation Center, Westfield Wheaton South Building, 11002 Veirs Mill Road. For more information call Vanita Kushawa at 301-403-0501, Ext. 11, or e-mail training@capitalsbdc.umd.edu.

Discovery gets intothe pet business

Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications has formed a business called Animal Planet Media Enterprises with the acquisition of Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible. Both businesses will expand services and content for the newly formed Animal Planet Media Enterprises.

Petfinder.com facilitates pet adoption and works through animal shelters and rescue groups across North America. PetsIncredible produces and distributes pet-training videos and includes Web service PetVideo.com.

The new business unit also includes the Animal Planet television network, online assets including www.animalplanet.com, the 24⁄7 broadband channel, Animal Planet Beyond, and other media platforms.

Chambers host breakfast

A breakfast sponsored by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Women Business Owners of Montgomery County, Leadership Montgomery and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County will be held 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Doubletree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Cost is $35 for nonmembers; members pay $25. To register 240-403-3539 or www.montgomerycountychamber.com.

Women Business Owners focus on good nutrition

In observance of National Good Nutrition Month, Women Business Owners of Montgomery County will host Ann Quasman, owner of Living in Your Heart, at its monthly membership meeting 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, with networking beginning 5:30 p.m., at O’Donnell’s Restaurant, 311 Kentlands Blvd., Gaithersburg. Quasman will explore the theme of good nutrition and how women might nourish their businesses and themselves.

The cost is $45 for members and $50 for guests and nonmembers at the door.

To register online, and learn more about WBO, visit www.wbo-mc.com.

Tech Council hosts November, December events

A Tech Council of Maryland Financial Executives Forum fall reception will be held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 29 at Congressional Country Club, 8500 River Road, Bethesda. Cost is $60 for nonmembers; members pay $40. To register, e-mail Brian Levine at blevine@techcouncilmd.com.

The Tech Council of Maryland’s holiday ball will be held 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 12 at Chevy Chase Club, 6100 Connecticut Ave. Cost is $125 for nonmembers; members pay $90. To register, e-mail Wendy Dudrow at wdudrow@techcouncilmd.com.

County departmenthosts lunch meetings

A lunch meeting sponsored by Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and titled ‘‘Roundtable Discussion on Employment-Related Topics” with lawyer Michael Froehlich will be held noon to 1:15 p.m. today at 8070 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. For more information, call 240-777-3000.

A lunch meeting sponsored by the county Department of Economic Development and titled ‘‘Maryland Small Group Health Insurance” with Robert Poli will be held noon to 1:15 p.m. Thursday at 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville. For more information, call 240-777-3000.

A lunch meeting sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and titled ‘‘Business Insurance Basics” with Joe McManamey of MC2 will be held noon to 1:15 p.m. Nov. 28 at 11002 Veirs Mill Road, South Building, Wheaton. For more information, call 240-777-3000.

Items appropriate for Business Notes may be mailed to The Gazette, 8650 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910. They may also be sent by fax to 301-562-3262 or by e-mail to flewis@gazette.net.

Baltimore-Washington Corridor chamber holds introductions, seminar

An introduction to the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce will be held 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Dec. 14 in the chamber office, 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. For more information about the free event, call 301-725-4000 or 410-792-9714.

Another introduction will be held 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 28 in the chamber office, 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. For more information about the free event, 301-725-4000 or 410-792-9714.

A seminar titled ‘‘Power Partnering” and sponsored by the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce will be held 8:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday in the chamber office, 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. Cost is $10. The event will feature with Jerry Schwartz of Business Network International and Mike Weiner of Network Referral Group. For more information, call 301-725-4000 or 410-792-9714.

Avon representative among top sellers

Caroline Sirri, a Silver Spring resident and Avon representative, was named to Avon’s President’s Club and won an all-expenses-paid cruise to the Bahamas for being one of the company’s top-selling representatives in the Silver Spring area.