Conference Educates Potential Investors on State and Federal Incentives, Highlights Current Opportunity Zone Success Stories Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford, chair of the Maryland Opportunity Zone Leadership Task Force, today delivered opening remarks at the second Maryland Opportunity Zones Conference. Hosted by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development at the Turf Valley Resort […]
Opportunity Zone Task Force Host Summit
Lt Governor Boyd K Rutherford, Maryland Opportunity Zone Leadership Task Force Host Eastern Shore Regional Summit Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford and the Maryland Opportunity Zone Leadership Task Force today hosted an Eastern Shore Regional Summit at the Truitt Street Community Center in Salisbury. The task force, chaired by Lt. Governor Rutherford, was created through […]
Investigating Challenges & Opportunities of Minority Business
Public Meeting of State Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs is conducting a meeting of the Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business on Monday, September 11, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 PM at […]
Governor Fulfills One Recommendation of Task Force
Governor Larry Hogan Announces Funding for Washington County’s First Adult Day Reporting Center Governor Larry Hogan today announced Maryland is providing $540,000 to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to operate the state’s first adult day reporting center. This announcement fulfills a key recommendation of the Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force to establish a day […]
Hogan Signs Compact on Fighting Opioid Addiction
Governor Larry Hogan today joined 46 governors in signing the Compact to Fight Opioid Addiction, which was developed by and released today through the National Governors Association (NGA). “Far too many families and communities have experienced the devastation caused by heroin and opioid abuse,” said Governor Hogan. “Our administration has been a leader in the […]
Task Force Makes Recommendations Honoring Brown
Task Force Recommends Community Center, Roadway, and Portrait to Honor Harriet Elizabeth Brown After six months of meetings, public hearings, and research, the Harriet Elizabeth Brown Commemoration Task Force has made three powerful recommendations to honor Calvert County’s own civil rights hero. According to Task Force Chair Margaret Dunkle: “We are already working with our […]
Harriet Elizabeth Brown Commemoration Task Force
On Tuesday, the Task Force appeared before the Calvert Board of County Commissioners with a request to name the interim community center in Prince Frederick for Harriet Elizabeth Brown, as well as the new community center to be built. The Harriet Elizabeth Brown Commemoration Task Force invites community members to provide input and recommendations to […]
Task Force Seeks Public Input
Harriet Elizabeth Brown Commemoration Task Force Seeks Public Input Hearings Scheduled for September 14, October 5, and October 20 The Harriet Elizabeth Brown Commemoration Task Force invites community members to provide input and recommendations to honor a remarkable Calvert County woman. In 1937, Harriet Elizabeth Brown, then 30 years old, successfully challenged Calvert County Public […]
Task Force on Drugs Convened at CSM
Government Task Force on Heroin & Opioids Held Calvert County Commissioner President Steve Weems was joined by County Commissioner Tom Hejl, Calvert County Health Officer Dr. Lawrence Polsky, Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans and other government and community leaders from the tri-county area this morning gathered at CSM to share information and look for collaborative […]
Maryland Joining Multistate Task Force
Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Maryland has joined a first-of-its-kind task force that will leverage the resources of several Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to combat the growing and dangerous cross-border distribution of heroin. Prosecutors in the Maryland Office of the Attorney General will join counterparts in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, […]