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.
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.
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!