Chamber Events

The GGCC will hold its 12th Annual Beer Tasting at the Kentlands Mansion. Each ticket includes a wine-tasting glass and tastings.

The event sponsors include:

• The City of Gaithersburg
• Pinky and Pepe’s Grape Escape
• The Melting Pot Gaithersburg
• Local 301
• Not Your Average Joe's
• Brasserie Beck
• Asia Nine 
• Bargain Movers 

This year’s wine tasting features a guided wine tasting tutorial four featured wines compliments of Pinky & Pepe of Pinky and Pepe’s Grape Escape. Also attendees will receive a special discount coupon to use that week in the Pinky and Pepe’s Grape Escape Kentlands store.

The wine will be paired with delicious food from Local 301, Not Your Average Joe's, Brasserie Beck and Asia Nine! Fresh strawberries dipped in chocolate will be served compliments of the Melting Pot Gaithersburg.

Cost: Tickets are $35 for GGCC Members & First-Time Visitors; and $65 for Returning Non-Members.

You're invited to the Grand Re-Opening / Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of Homewood Suites. Discover your home away from home in their all-suite Gaithersburg hotel. 123 suites with kitchens, perfect for relocation, temporary housing, special projects and more. Social and Executive Business Meeting Facility, Fitness Center, Pool, Putt putt, Gazebo and outdoor BBQ area and more!Cutting will occur at 5:45 pm. We hope to see you there!

• AGENDA
  5:30 PM Networking
  5:45 PM Ribbon Cutting
  6:00 PM Networking & Reception & Tours

The 33rd Annual Celebrate! Gaithersburg Festival will draw an entire community to Gaithersburg’s historic city center. The one-day event is scheduled for Sunday, June 14, 2015, from noon to 5 p.m., and will include multiple stages of live entertainment, food, and themed activity areas for all ages and interests.

Celebrate! Gaithersburg in Olde Towne street festival takes place in and around the intersection of Summit and Diamond Avenues.

Free shuttle service is available to and from satellite parking at Lakeforest Shopping Center. Additional parking is available at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, less than a quarter mile from the festival area. 

For more information and/or to sponsor this event, visit:  http://gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/special-events/celebrate-gaithersburg-in-olde-towne.

Business Spotlight - MedImmune 

Speaker - Liz Huntley,  Director, Corporate Citizenship & Community Relations

MedImmune is one of the County's largest employers located in Gaithersburg. Come and learn more about their mission and their impact on our local economy. 

GGCC Members Only!

GGCC New Members will learn how to maximize their Chamber membership and the benefits of the GGCC. Come and discover the best way to get a return on investment. Please note this event is for Chamber Members only. Advance registration is requested. The event will end at 9:30am. Thank you.

You're invited to the Grand Opening / Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of Zoe's Kitchen. They are a fast casual dining experience, Mediterranean style restaurant with a Southern twist. Cutting will occur at 2:15 pm. We hope to see you there!

AGENDA
2:00 PM Networking
2:15 PM Ribbon Cutting
2:30 PM Networking & Reception

TOPIC: Privatization of the Department of Economic Development

SPEAKER: Lily Qi, Special Projects Director, Montgomery County

GGCC Members Only!

The GGCC will honor local heroes from Public Safety personnel of the Upcounty for their courageous, life-saving actions at the 20th Annual Public Safety Awards Breakfast.

We invite you to this time-honored tradition as we recognize the heroic deeds of our local law enforcement and fire-rescue workers at our Annual Public Safety Awards Breakfast on Friday, August 14 at 7:30am at the Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Inc., 16 Chestnut Street, Gaithersburg.

These men and women go above and beyond the call of duty to serve our local community and we want them to know we appreciate them and their hard work.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Title
Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling (www.pdrmontgomery.com

Official Gift Sponsor:
Lerner Enterprises (www.lernerenterprises.com)

Shining Silver Sponsors:
City of Gaithersburg (www.gaithersburgmd.gov)
First Potomac Realty Trust (www.first-potomac.com)
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (www.hughes.com)
Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union (www.mafcu.org)  
omniNET+ (www.omninetplus.com)

Table Sponsors:
Asbury Methodist Village (www.asburymethodistvillage.org)
Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP (www.bsgfdlaw.com)
ELaunchers.com (www.elaunchers.com) 
EVO Payments International (www.evodmv.com)
Fatemi Family & Gaithersburg Sedation Dentistry (www.fatemifamilydentistry.com)
Gaithersburg Police Foundation (www.gaithersburgpolicefoundation.org)
Holy Cross Health Germantown Hospital (www.holycrosshealth.org)
i2 Design Group, LLC (www.i2designgroup.com)
Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus (www.mcc.jhu.edu)
Lakeforest Mall (www.shoplakeforest.com) 
Lerner Enterprises (www.lernerenterprises.com) 
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered (www.lerchearly.com)
Montgomery County EFCU (www.mcefcu.org)
PCC Construction Components, Inc. (www.teampcc.com)
Pepco (www.pepco.com) 
Robert Cowdrey
Rockin' Jump (http://mdm.rockinjump.com) 
Rodgers Consulting, Inc. (www.rodgers.com)
Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center (www.adventisthealthcare.com)
Therrien Waddell, Inc. (www.therrienwaddell.com) 
United Security, Inc. (www.usisecurity.com)   

Public Safety Official Sponsors:
GeneDx (www.genedx.com)
Genesis Security Systems, LLC (www.gensecsystems.com)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites (www.hiexpressgermantown.com)
Linowes & Blocher, LLP (www.linowes-law.com)
Rossi Commercial Real Estate, LLC (www.rossicre.com)

Gift Sponsors:

Official Photography Donated by / Sponsored by: Sugarloaf Photography by Fabrizio (www.sugarloafphoto.smugmug.com)

Honor Guard by: Gaithersburg Police Department (www.gaithersburgmd.gov)

Come help us plan the Annual Business Golf Classic! Each September, nearly 100 decision makers and business professionals enjoy a day away from the office by participating in the GGCC's Annual Business Golf Classic. This day of networking and competitive fun is a much anticipated event each year. You don't need to golf to be a part of this fabulous committee. If you enjoy planning special events, helping to secure sponsors, door prizes and becoming involved in the marketing and promotion of the event - then join us. We hope you will join us in planning this terrific outing and we will see you in September as a sponsor and /or player and be a part of this year’s Business Golf Classic. 

GGCC Members Only.

NOTE: This is our final meeting before the tournament. ANy volunteers interested should be on this call. Please RSVP to Laura at lrowles@ggchamber.org.  thank you!