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Dear Business Owner,

The City of Rockville is committed to promoting economic development and helping existing businesses and new companies start, grow, finance and manage their organizations.  As you browse this website, you will discover the exciting things that are happening in our City, and the reasons why Rockville is such an excellent business location. 

Rockville’s traditional economic pillars are the fields of technology, health care, government, law, and education.  These areas are alive and well, even as the diversity and range of businesses in the City expand with significant emerging sectors in engineering, design, architecture, banking, finance and professional services.  (more...)

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Calendar of Events

Event Listing Current Through May 8, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Capital Region Small Business Development Center Office Hours
Rockville Innovation Center, 155 Gibbs St.
Appointments are suggested; call Vanita Kushawaha at 301-403-0501, ext. 11.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008   12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
FREE Technology Transfer and Innovation Forum Series
Topic:  Federal Manufacturing R&D Priorities and Technology Deployment for Small Manufacturers
Speaker: David Stieren, Manager, Technology Deployment Manufacturing Extension Parntership (MEP), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cafritz Conference Center/The Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
Please register here.

Monday, May 19, 2008  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Capital Region Small Business Development Center Office Hours
Rockville Innovation Center, 155 Gibbs St.
Appointments are suggested; call Vanita Kushawaha at 301-403-0501, ext. 11.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008   7 p.m.
Town Center Action Team Meeting
Guest Speaker:  Bill Murray, Rockville Town Square Operations Manager, Federal Realty Investment Trust
Blue Crab Conference Room, Rockville City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave.

Thursday, May 22, 2008  8 a.m. - 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
FREE: Crime Prevention for Businesses Training Day
Detectives David Hill, Scott Wayne and Deborah Clark of the Montgomery County Police present a number of topics on workplace crime prevention.
The 8 a.m. session will focus on retail workplaces; the 1 p.m. session will focus on commercial/office workplaces.  For more information, click here.
VisArts, 2nd Flooor of the Arts and Innovation Building,  155 Gibbs St., Rockville Town Square.  Directions.
RSVP to Dana Matthis at 240-876-1277 or Michael Prather at 240-777-6077.

Monday, May 26, 2008  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Capital Region Small Business Development Center Office Hours
Rockville Innovation Center, 155 Gibbs St.
Appointments are suggested; call Vanita Kushawaha at 301-403-0501, ext. 11.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
FREE Seminar:  Writing a Business Plan - Focus on the Financial Section
Instructor:  Bob Hoffmann, Vice President, EagleBank
Rockville Regional Library, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville.     Directions.
To register, click here or call Rayna Glucksman at 301-315-8096.

Friday, May 30, 2008  7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
REDI Board Meeting
REDI Offices
RSVP to 301-315-8096

Saturday, May 31, 2008  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  First Public Meeting
A public, collaborative process that allows everyone who lives, works, shops or travels in Rockville to help develop a design plan for the future of the portion of Rockville Pike (Route 355) that is in the City of Rockville.   This interactive workshop will have participants working in small groups to respond to specific design question and to draw ideas on a map.  (Child care provided/available.)
Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Saturday, May 31, 2008  2:00 - 8:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Design Studio Open
A public, collaborative process that allows everyone who lives, works, shops or travels in Rockville to help develop a design plan for the future of the portion of Rockville Pike (Route 355) that is in the City of Rockville.   Designers will be working on the plan; the public may visit to see the evolution of the design.
Location to be announced.
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Sunday, June 1, 2008  10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Design Studio Open
 Designers will be working on the plan; the public may visit to see the evolution of the design.
Location to be announced.
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Monday, June 2, 2008  10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Design Studio Open
 Designers will be working on the plan; the public may visit to see the evolution of the design.
Location to be announced.
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Monday, June 2, 2008  5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Design Studio Open House
The public may visit the design studio to monitor plan progress, ask questions, and provide comments.
Location to be announced.
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008  10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Design Studio Open
 Designers will be working on the plan; the public may visit to see the evolution of the design.
Location to be announced.
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008   7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
FREE:  Rockville Pike Master Plan Design Charrette:  Second Public Meeting
The results of the charrette will be presented, and public feedback will be requested.  (Child care provided/available.)
Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville
For more information, contact Mayra Bayonet here or at 240-314-8214.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Out to Lunch Wednesday/Farmer's Market
East Montgomery Avenue in front of Regal Cinemas

Friday, June 6, 2008  7:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Succeeding with 8(a) and Federal Procurement Seminar:  "You Must Know What Number and Trends to Keep Your Eyes on to Anticipate and Avoid Disasters, and Most of These Don't Come from Your Accounting System"
Instructor:  Dick Otero, Entrepreneur and Federal Procurement Expert
Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, OBA Building, 20300 Seneca Meadows Pkwy, 1st Floor, Germantown.  Directions.
$35 for MAHCC members, $45 for non-members.  Register.

Friday, June 6, 2008   5:00 - 8:00 p.m
FREE:  Rockville Town Square First Friday Deck Party
Great view and music by Leaving, TX; food and drink available for purchase.  Admission for ages 21 and over with identification.
Arts and Innovation Building, Rooftop Deck, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville Town Square.  Directions.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Out to Lunch Wednesday/Farmer's Market
East Montgomery Avenue in front of Regal Cinemas

Wednesday, June 11, 2008   12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
FREE Technology Transfer and Innovation Forum Series
Topic:  The ACTiVATE Program:  A Regional Technology Transfer Model for Increasing Start-Ups
Speaker: Stephen Auvil, Director, Office of Technology Development, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Cafritz Conference Center/The Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
Please register here.

Friday, June 13, 2008  7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
NASA Tech Transfer Showcase:  Materials & Composites - Pioneering NASA Technologies Available for Commercial Application
For entrepreneurs, engineers, tech executives and others who wish to know about composite and material manufacturing technologies that are available for commercialization.
The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, MD
$80; register here.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Out to Lunch Wednesday/Farmer's Market
East Montgomery Avenue in front of Regal Cinemas

Wednesday, June 25, 2008  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Out to Lunch Wednesday/Farmer's Market
East Montgomery Avenue in front of Regal Cinemas

Tuesday, June 24, 2008  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
FREE Seminar:  Writing a Business Plan
Instructor:  Ruth Semple, Business Development Specialist, Montgomery County Economic Development
Rockville Regional Library, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville.     Directions.
To register, click here or call Rayna Glucksman at 301-315-8096.

Friday, June 27, 2008  7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
REDI Board Meeting
REDI Offices
RSVP to 301-315-8096

Wednesday, July 9, 2008  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
FREE Seminar:  Writing a Business Plan
Instructor: Luis Diaz-Colorado, Business Development Manager, Sandy Spring Bank
Rockville Regional Library, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville.     Directions.
To register, click here or call Rayna Glucksman at 301-315-8096.



 

What's New

Directions  to the Rockville Innovation Center, located in the Arts & Innovation Center.  Find out more about this small business incubator. 

Directions to Rockville Economic Development, Inc.

Where do you park in Town Center?  Download REDI's Parking Guide.

Rockville Town Square is now open.  Click here for a merchant list.  Plus there are 105 other great restaurants and shops in the rest of Town Center!  Click here to  download the guide to them.

The winners of the 2008
Women's Business Plan               Competition are:

First Place: 
Lisa Chan, ZaraCom Technologies

Second Place: Sharon Flank, Ph.D., InfraTrac, Inc.

Third Place (tie):  Dr. Loleta Robinson and Colleen Nye, Syan Biosciences and
Jessica Feltz, The Turning Point, LLC

Honorable Mention (Most Improved Business Plan):  Nichole Jefferson, UniverSoul T.O.U.C.H. Massage Therapy

For more information on this year's competition, click here.  StartRight! is sponsored by


Griffen Enterprises, a Rockville Innovation Center company, has released its first product!  Read the news release.

The Capital Region Small Business Development Center has new satellite office hours in the Rockville Innovation Center, 155 Gibbs Street, on Mondays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Appointments are suggested; call Vanita Kushawaha at 301-403-0501, ext. 11.

Check out our Rockville company listings!

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