My Arundel Biz

We couldn't think of a better day than Valentine's Day to publish a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode featuring an ArundelBiz that's all about self-love: ⁠ Levonye Professionals . We sat down with Yalmikia Edmonds, the coincidentally red- and pink-clad owner of the hair restoration center based in Glen Burnie, to discuss: - How wanting to continue servicing her cosmetology clients and purs...

Looking for some business tips for 2024?! We're excited to publish a video featuring some of the top business tips and pieces of advice from the 17 business owners who appeared on the My ArundelBiz Podcast in 2023. They cover it all, from what questions to ask yourself when you're just starting (or thinking about starting) a business to what to focus on as your business grows. But all of t...

🚨The 2023 My ArundelBiz HOLIDAY POD is HERE!🚨 Our FIFTH holiday episode - and perhaps most footage-filled episode ever - features Greenstreet Gardens , a family-owned nursery and garden center based in Lothian. We sat down with Ray Greenstreet, the sometimes Santa hat-wearing owner of the 23-year-old ag-based business, to discuss: Why, after spending many years as a Long Island-based sales rep f...

Just in time for a holiday focused on food, we're proud to publish a special episode featuring a nonprofit that seeks to ensure that all members of our community have enough: the Anne Arundel County Food Bank (AACFB). We sat down with Leah Paley, CEO of the 37-year-old organization, to discuss: The many ways that AACFB works to alleviate food insecurity in Anne Arundel County, where 8.1% of re...

With the holiday season approaching, our next well-timed episode features a business that's all about helping make it - and every other time of year - as stress-free and comfortable as possible for canines (as well as their humans): Chesapeake Dog Training . We sat down with Linda Stallings, founder and owner of the 14-year-old company that "connects people and dogs through training"...

With the fall harvest season in full swing we're excited to feature one of the hundreds of farms in Anne Arundel County: Wild Kid Acres . We sat down with Gerardo Martinez, owner of the five-acre agricultural enrichment and education center, to discuss: How a trip to Cameroon inspired a United States Naval Academy graduate and corporate leadership business founder who, notably, happened to gro...

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, Anne Arundel! Two weeks into the month, which runs from September 15 to October 15, we're excited to highlight TWO of the many great Hispanic-owned businesses in Anne Arundel County: Annapolis Latino Market (ALM) and Sin Fronteras Cafe . We sat down with Walter Vasquez, owner of both Annapolis-based businesses (and many others), to discuss: The valuable experienc...

As September arrives and Anne Arundel County residents of all ages adjust to new routines - from returning to school or college to watching football throughout their weekends - a perennial question arises: What can I (or my kids) snack on? With that question in mind, we're excited to publish our next My ArundelBiz Podcast featuring Moore Crunch : a new but VERY fast-growing business offering s...

Skin isn't just the biggest organ of the body - it's also big business! That's clearly the case in Anne Arundel County, where a simple Google search for "skin care services" will yield a lengthy list of places for dermatology, cosmetology, and everything in between. With that in mind we’re pleased to publish a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode featuring one of the newest spots fo...

With the Maryland Buy Local Challenge and our Arundel Grown Farm To Table Tasting just days away, we're excited to publish a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode featuring one of Anne Arundel County's many farm-based businesses: Morris Hill Farm . We sat down with Dave and Vicki Haberkorn, owners of the small family farm in Tracy's Landing, to discuss: The journey from community farming and c...

Among many things June is National Immigrant Heritage Month: a time to honor and celebrate the very wide array of contributions that immigrants have made and are continuing to make to our country. On the economic side of things it's a time to, as this year's White House Proclamation states, celebrate the fact that "Immigrants own approximately one in five businesses, create millions o...

Ten years after awarding our very first VOLT Fund loan (on May 23, 2019) and ten days after the four-year anniversary of publishing our very first My ArundelBiz Podcast episode (on May 13, 2019), we're excited to feature a dynamic duo that exemplifies just what our now officially "award-winning" podcast aims to do: give Anne Arundel County business owners a platform to share their un...

Happy May Day and Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Anne Arundel! We're excited to be celebrating lots of things this month, from the arrival of warmer weather to the graduation of our March 2023 Inclusive Ventures Program (IVP) cohort, and we're pleased to feature a business owner who's a big fan of both: Jeremiah Batucan, owner of Peake Social . We sat...

Four weeks after the first day of spring and eight weeks after announcing some big news about our Arundel Community Reinvestment (ACR) Fund , we're excited to publish an episode featuring a business that is a big fan of both: City Clean Inc. We sat down with Dan Steele, owner of the Brooklyn Park-based power washing company and one of 62 Anne Arundel County business owners who have received an...

Sure it might be April Fool's Day but YES, NO FOOLING, we really are publishing a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode on a Saturday - and we're doing it for a VERY special reason: 2023 is AAEDC’s 10th year of managing the VOLT Fund - a casino revenue-funded program that assists small, minority-owned, woman-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses in Maryland by offering them loans from $25,000 to $50...

Fresh off our announcement of the first cohort of business owners to complete our Inclusive Ventures Program (IVP) in 2023 - notably our first all-women cohort! - we're pleased to publish our second My ArundelBiz Podcast episode focused on all-things IVP. We sat down with Barbara Quaye, AAEDC Business Development Director and IVP Manager, and IVP Facilitator Will Holmes to discuss: The origins of...

Perfectly timed with National Engineers Week , a celebration running from February 19-25, 2023, we're pleased to publish an episode featuring one of Anne Arundel County's most exciting employers of engineers: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions , a company that “develops and fields transformative, affordable systems, platforms, and products for national security and communications needs." We s...

With Valentine's Day - aka the biggest day for dinner dates - and Annapolis Restaurant Week ahead, there's no better time for one of our most anticipated My ArundelBiz Podcast episodes yet: 2022 & 2023 New Eats in Anne Arundel County. Featuring AAEDC Vice President of Business Development & Real Estate Wes MacQuilliam - aka the TRUE Anne Arundel County real estate guru - this very special...

As the first full work week of 2023 begins, we're excited to publish a video featuring some of the top tips and pieces of advice from the 17 business owners who appeared on the My ArundelBiz Podcast in 2022. The tips run the gamut, from how to pursue your passion to how to find and treat your employees, but they all have one thing in common: they come from an Anne Arundel County business owner who...

As 2022 comes to a close we're excited to feature a company that celebrated its sixtieth year in business throughout it: Chaney Enterprises (CE). We sat down with Hall Chaney, third-generation CEO of the family-owned business, to discuss:  How CE has grown from a humble sand and gravel business in Charles County to a Gambrills-headquartered company with sand, gravel, and ready-mix concrete pl...

With Christmas just a week away we're excited to publish a special holiday episode featuring Blank Slate , “an entrepreneurship collective that’s passionate about helping small brands start, grow, and thrive.” We sat down with Taryn Ouzts, founder of one of many new businesses to open in the Annapolis Mall in 2022, to discuss: How horrible migraines led her to create one of her three businesses, B...

With the holiday feasting season upon us we're pleased to feature one of Anne Arundel County's many great producers: Makeathe . We sat down with Tom Giancola, self-proclaimed "bread guy" and owner of the Annapolis-based cottage food business, to discuss: How he decided to build "Annapolis's Underground Bakery," a full-scale professional commercial kitchen, under his home, and give the business suc...

We ended October, notably designated as both National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month, by featuring Purview , a fast-growing telehealth software company. We sat down with Josh DeBartolo, COO of the Annapolis-based business, to discuss: Why second opinions are so important, especially when it comes to cancer, and how Purview's "remote second opinion software" wo...

We're helping Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) go out with a bang AND celebrating National Dessert Day (TODAY, October 14) by publishing another special episode featuring one of the many great Hispanic-owned businesses in Anne Arundel County: Cake Artista . We sat down with Sandie Torres, owner of the almost ten year-old cake and confections baking business, to discuss: How the...

As we hit the halfway point of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15, we're celebrating one of the many great Hispanic-owned businesses in Anne Arundel County: MuralizeIt Interiors . We sat down with Andrea Moragues and Sonia Alignani, co-owners of the Crofton-based home staging and interior design company, to discuss: How the two art-loving Argentinians very randomly met in America,...