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TOP STORY (Continued from page 1) inscribed: “’s most WEBSITE NEWS & CHANGES! distinguished Lady. A great “First Maryland” brigade at humanitarian and close friend of WWW.CHOOSEDORCHESTER.ORG Gettysburg. Former Governor Abraham Lincoln. She conceived the Successful Tennessee Campaign will be Events Section: The place to go to and guided the President on his remembered at a 1 pm tribute at the view current and past event details constitutional war powers.” According Cambridge Cemetery. and register, by email, your atten- Bittner, “Some believe her presence dance. The oldest of eight children, Anna with Lincoln’s Cabinet was signified AUGUST 2013 was born in Somerset County at her by the empty chair in F. B. Unable to attend our event: Visit family’s home, Kingston Hall. Her Carpenter’s famous painting “First the Events Section and download TOP STORY father, Thomas King Carroll, was a Reading of the Emancipation the published presentations. lawyer, tobacco farmer and one- Proclamation”. The painting was Missed a copy of our monthly e- Life of Political Pioneer Anna Drive in Cambridge. All events are Anna’s niece Nellie Carroll passed time Maryland Governor. Anna was recreated in 2010 by Dorchester newsletter or want a print version: Ella Carroll Celebrated free and open to the public. away in the 1960’s, the Friends schooled in politics and business as native, award-winning portrait artist Effective July 2013, downloadable August 24 resuscitated the annual tributes on his assistant for almost a decade. Laura Era, the ‘new painting’ includes PDF copies are now available in our “ Day provides our Carroll’s birthday in 2010 with the She is buried next to both of her Anna’s image seated in the once new Monthly Newsletters Section. Dorchester’s rich history as a home citizens with a unique opportunity to world premiere of the Lost River film. parents at Dorchester’s Old Trinity empty chair draped by a woman’s to extraordinary political, business connect the County’s past as a Church near Church Creek shawl.” Have an open job opportunity center of commerce, culture and Frank Bittner, President of the within your organization: Email us and literary figures comes to life Maryland. AEC Day includes a conviction with Dorchester’s role Friends, learned Anna’s story when the job posting, and we will post in Saturday, August 24 when the graveside tribute to Carroll at 2:00 For information and schedule, visit shaping American history,” said he moved to Church Creek in 1997. our new Resources/Who’s Hiring? Friends of pm at Old Trinity Church. www.FriendsofAnnaEllaCarroll.org. Keasha Haythe, Economic “Living near the cemetery where Section. Anna Ella C a r r o l l Development Director. “Carroll’s life Anna was laid to rest by her parents Anna Ella Carroll was recognized by presents a is a testament to the strong and at the Old Trinity Church, I met the Maryland Society of d a y l o n g smart women who worked tirelessly people who were taught about her in Pennsylvania in a 1959 monument celebration behind the scenes at pivotal school, or who attended earlier of this civil moments in our country, and whose tributes; they told me then that they war era efforts would be unknown were it not hoped to live to see the day when Dorchester County Economic Development p o l i t i c a l for the unwavering commitment of the world would learn about her 5263 Bucktown Road p u n d i t , county residents.” great influence and role.” Thanks to Bittner’s groups’ efforts, that day is Cambridge MD 21613 presidential advisor and “pamphleteer”. Events One such group of citizens working closer. kick-off at the Dorchester County to keep Anna’s story alive and Public Library with an 11 am introduce the world to this pioneering AEC day ceremonies also include ceremony and continue with woman is event organizer the tributes to two of Carroll’s afternoon tributes, a concert at Friends of Anna Ella Carroll. contemporaries, James Wallace and Christ Episcopal Church, and 6 pm Reviving the long held Thomas Hicks. Cambridge born showing of the film, “Lost River – commemorations that originated with lawyer Wallace, a Maryland state Lincoln’s Secret Weapon” at the the Veterans of the Civil War, and legislator and Civil War hero, led the Historical Society, 1003 Greenway continued in various forms until (Continued on page 4)

WHO’S HIRING? Dorchester Seeks Business Development Manager

Dorchester County is hiring an experienced Business Development Manager to connect business owners and entrepreneurs with the sites, services and strategies they need to start, expand or locate a business in the county. Reporting to the Dorchester Economic Development Director, this full-time position is responsible for cultivating business expansion and attracting new businesses to the County.

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WHO’S HIRING? (Continued from page 1) NEW BUSINESS debuted their partnerships with fellow County Economic Development BUSINESS BRIEF REAL ESTATE NEWS Reale Revival Cuts Ribbon to Dorchester county residents and Department. Gootee’s Marine Goes the GKD Expands Cambridge “The Dorchester County Council Cambridge Brewery former high school classmates BJ Distance for Dorchester Anglers Operations Haythe says Dorchester County, recognizes the important role our Wheatley and Ian Campbell. located on the eastern shore of office provides to help our county The long awaited opening by Wheatley’s original art – mural and When Phillip Gootee opened his boat Dorchester-based GKD Metal Fabrics Maryland, 75 miles from and deliver the programs and services Dorchester natives Chris Brohawn and collages – adorn the brewery’s walls. dealership in the 1950’s to serve the continues to expand its Cambridge 80 miles from Washington, D.C., has a necessary to accomplish the JT Merryweather was realized And Campbell, Bistro Poplar’s award- waterman who plied their trade on the operations to accommodate the history in food processing activities. Its objectives outlined in our recently Saturday August 10 when more than winning chef, unveiled “Bistro Eats”, a waters in and around Dorchester, he company’s growing business. They niche is in aquaculture, with approved strategic plan,” said DCED 100 friends, family members, pub menu for patrons featuring hoped to help fisherman like himself recently began final work on a companies processing tilapia, shrimp Director Keasha Haythe, adding, dignitaries, and drop-ins descended on gourmet fries, hummus, curry roasted secure the equipment, supplies, and $900,000 renovation to the former and oysters. “We used to have “Dorchester is a county on the move downtown Cambridge for the grand pistachios, naan pizza, a Cuban pork services they needed to make a living. Regina plant they purchased in 2011. canneries, including Bumble Bee and we are looking for the right opening of Reale Revival Brewery. As sandwich, and chicken salad wrap. Little could he imagine half a century tuna,” Haythe says. “We continue to person to capitalize on our a dozen local and state elected and later, Gootee would become Scheduled for completion in be an ideal location for food momentum and continue to make business development officials lined up Visit www.realerevival.com, follow synonymous with Chesapeake Bay September, GKD will move processing and advanced this a place where people can start, behind the Chamber’s welcoming them on Twitter, or Like them on fishing and one of the largest boat approximately 15 employees of their manufacturing.” expand or relocate a business.” banner, Brohawn and Merryweather Facebook for news, information and dealer in the mid-Atlantic. Industrial Business Unit to the ‘new’

took a pair of ceremonial scissors and special events. space across the street from their Haythe says the county’s food Recent new business openings on cut the ribbon to their new brewery. Serving professional and recreational Chesapeake Drive headquarters. processing cluster has begun to Main Street, renovation of the former INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT anglers alike, and still owned and Interior renovations – including new capitalize on the integration of science, Regina plant by GKD, and the Keasha Haythe, Dorchester’s Dorchester’s Food Processing operated by the Gootee family, the offices and air conditioning – and technology and research to create state’s re-designation of the county Economic Development Director, Industry Profiled in International flagship sales and service center is exterior work will be finished next clusters of innovation. For example, as a State Enterprise Zone create offered her congratulations to JT and Article located in Church Creek. As their month. Interstate Container LLC has created a opportunities for new and Chris for having the vision and tenacity motto – Fishing Boats from Fishing biodegradable wax-f r ee f oo d experienced business owners. The to convert the vacant pool hall into a Folks – indicates, Gootee specializes In addition to renovated manufacturing The following excerpt appeared in “The container, particularly well suited for Business Development Manager is a community asset. Haythe helped the in fishing boats, motors and trailer space, the newly outfitted building Infinite Potential of Food and the poultry industry. key member of the county’s co-owners secure a $200,000 UMES, packages. includes a product showroom, Feedstocks” in the January edition of economic development team by Rural Development Center loan to conference rooms, visitor amenities Global Corporate Xpansion by Editor in A recent food industry expansion helping businesses access support renovate the one time pool hall and According to Sales Manager – and and offices for GKD’s industrial unit. Chief Rachel Duran. See the complete announcement in Dorchester County and services here. bowling alley into the City’s hip new third generation family member – Nick Project manager Sandra Hummer is article at www.GCXmag.com. came from Protenergy Natural Foods, destination. Haythe took time to thank Gootee, who’s ‘worked here since confident the expansion will support a Canadian company, which Qualifications include a bachelor’s Dorchester’s delegation – Senator before I was paid,’ the company sold and enhance the unit’s success. Food processing companies and their purchased the 200,000-square-foot degree in business administration, Colburn and Delegates Eckhardt and approximately 100 new boats in 2012. suppliers also require acreage to building it had been leasing in the urban planning, community Haddaway – for their support and “Some of our most popular boats are According to Hummer, GKD was support expansion plans, at favorable county, as well as a 67-acre site. The development or a related field, and extended her best wishes to Maycraft, G-3, and Sailfish.” committed to hiring local businesses to rates for real estate development. company expects to invest $20.3 five years increasingly responsible Cambridge Mayor Jackson-Stanley renovate the 64,000 square foot million, and plans to create 100 professional service in economic or and Main Street’s Mari Stanley for their The company employs 12 people in all space. Dorchester’s Crosby & Agriculture-related industries are also additional jobs, employing 200 people community development, real estate role bringing Reale Revival Brewery to of their divisions, including a charter Associates served as the project attracted to a regional technology within the year, Haythe says. The or public administrations. A life. fishing operation run by third architect and Hill & Kimmel industrial park opened in the winter of company, a manufacturer of natural comprehensive position description generation family member Phillip Contracting managed construction. 2012 in Cambridge and Dorchester food and beverage products, has and application is available at As business owners from adjacent Gootee from mid-April through The company plans to hold an event to County, Md. The industrial park commissioned two additional www.docogonet.com. shops stopped in to offer their November. Open year-round, this mark the expansion by the end of the features complete infrastructure production lines to meet demand, congratulations, and wayfaring visitors ‘seasonal’ business is just as busy in year. development, with available lots of 4 supplying to 17 of the largest U.S. Interested candidates must submit a found themselves in the middle of the the off-season, participating in regional acres to 5 acres. The park is located grocery retailers. completed county application by opening revelry, City Commissioners boat shows, performing maintenance After purchasing the building from adjacent to the Cambridge-Dorchester August 27. If you are – or know of – Robbie Hanson and Gage Thomas on hundreds of boats, and preparing Regina in 2011, GKD leased office Regional Airport, and is one mile from “Protenergy demonstrates the a qualified candidate looking to took a minute to enjoy Reale’s debut for the next seasons sales and space back to them for two years U.S. Route 50. importance of public and private move Dorchester’s economy brews: Nanticoke Nectar, an India Pale charters. before launching the renovation. partnerships to build a strong economy forward, visit Ale, and Bucktown Brown, coffee- Regina continues to maintain a “I believe the tech park is an and create private sector jobs,” Haythe www.ChooseDorchester.org for flavored brown ale. To learn about Gootees, visit their Dorchester location and moved into a opportunity for more food processing says. The company was awarded a more information. website www.Gootees.com or call 800- 2,000 sq. ft. office suite in the former and agribusiness companies to locate state-backed loan guarantee on a $36 In keeping with their motto, “Reale 792-0082. Sensata plant on Woods Road earlier here to Dorchester County,” says million bank loan, and was approved brew. Reale local.”, the team also this year. Keasha Haythe, director, Dorchester for a $250,000 conditional loan.