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Head of county's office of economic development to speak at Jan. 11 meeting

The Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce kicks off the new year at its Wednesday, Jan. 11, luncheon, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1010 Frederick Road.

Guest speaker for the event, which begins at noon, will be Dan Gundersen, director of the Baltimore County Department of Economic Development.

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Before joining the department in June of 2011, Gundersen served as the commissioner of New York state Department of Economic Development.

During his tenure there, New York rose from 14 to 1 for corporate attraction and expansion, creating 13,000 new jobs and retaining an additional 30,000 positions.

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During Wednesday afternoon's event, he will share with us County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's vision for targeted economic development and plans for 2012.

The luncheon is also an opportunity to meet the chamber's 2012 officers and members of its board of directors, and learn about the events planned for the new year geared to help small businesses survive and prosper in this new economy.

The chamber's officers are:

Sally Griffin, president

Ellen Hemmerly, vice president

Brian Wolfe, treasurer

Beverly Wright, secretary

Members of the board of directors include: Larry Aaronson, Gaylene Adamczyk, Mary Gately Bodley, George Brookhart, Kevin Glover, Mixxi Jones-Fair, Danae McDevitt, Brian McFarland, John Murphy and Lou Weinkam Jr.

As always, the chamber has an exciting and ambitious year planned, and we look forward to sharing those new objectives with our membership and the Catonsville community.

If you are a new business in Catonsville or just want to learn more about the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce, this is the perfect meeting to attend.

Meetings are always open to the public and we encourage nonmembers to join us.

Cost is $20 for members who pre-pay, $25 for members at the door and $35 for nonmembers.

Register online at http://www.catonsville.org or by calling the chamber office at 410-719-9609.

Welcome, new members

Member Level

Bank of America

Michael Ostrowski

5211 East Drive

Arbutus, MD 21227

443-377-4175

Upper Chesapeake Insurance

Kathleen Carr

900 S. Charles St.

Baltimore, MD 21230

410-385-0455

T Franklin Marketing

Frank Fiske

305 Ivy Church Road

Timonium, MD 21093

410-382-5414

Nonni's Pies & Tarts

Rebecca Quinn

1203 June Road

Halethorpe, MD 21227

410-271-1595

Akors

Stephen Sroka

1725 Belt St.

Baltimore, MD 21230

410-971-2121

On behalf of the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce, I would like send our best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous new year to the Catonsville community!

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