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Please give a warm welcome to our newest members and enjoy reading about all the businesses that make our community the best place to live!
Jamie Koehler, Cummings & Co – Silver Member
Jamie is an Anne Arundel County resident and has been proudly serving the Central Maryland real estate community since 2008. As a licensed Realtor with Cummings & Co Realtors, she specializes in helping neighbors sell their homes with confidence. Jamie’s mission is simple: to maximize your proceeds while providing exceptional, personalized service, a dedication that placed her among the top 500 agents in Central Maryland for 2024, the top 4% in the region. Known for her strategic, detail-oriented approach and thorough coordination, Jamie prides herself on making the home sale process smooth, while taking the time to connect with each client and celebrate their success!
Y'ollk Bakery (Coming soon to Severna Park)
Y’ollk Bakery is an artisan French-inspired patisserie coming soon to Severna Park, specializing in handcrafted pastries, breads, cakes and coffee. It combines traditional European techniques with approachable flavors, creating everything in-house from buttery croissants and brioche doughnuts to elegant petit gâteaux and quiches. The menu reflects a dedication to quality, seasonal ingredients, and a warm, welcoming experience for our community.
Green's Jewelry Co. Inc
In September 1963, Bill and Charlotte Green opened the doors of their first store in Severna Park. After 50 years of a tradition of quality and excellence, they have passed on the tradition to their sons, Howard and Jeffrey. Howard is a GIA Diamonds graduate and Jeffrey is a graduate gemologist (GIA) and is certified in insurance replacement appraisals (GIA). With over 50 years of combined experience, Howard and Jeffrey offer a great deal of jewelry services from repairs and custom design to their wedding collections and more!
Ballenger & Roche LLC
Award-winning Ballenger & Roche LLC has a skilled team of attorneys with over 100 years of combined experience in the industry. The firm prepares every case with superior attention to detail and unparalleled dedication to its clients. The attorneys work hard to secure you the settlement or compensation that you deserve due to negligence, malpractice and more.
We kicked off August with National Night Out, held at Kinder Farm Park on August 5. National Night Out is a vibrant celebration of community spirit and public safety, bringing neighbors together for an evening of connection, fun and shared purpose. Over 70 exhibitors provided demos, games, giveaways and more! The chamber was a proud chief-level sponsor of this wonderful event.
We held five ribbon cuttings in August, a testament to the vibrancy of our business community. The first was for The LoveJoy Project, a business selling home decor, candles, diffusers, pillows and more. Proceeds from sales are donated to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition in memory of the business owner’s mother, Judith Lovejoy Stewart.
Next, we celebrated the 15-year anniversary of KMA Law Office and the three-year anniversary of Park Modern Realty. Karen Authement is the founder of KMA and recently purchased a building on Ritchie Highway in Severna Park that houses her offices, along with Park Modern Realty and her son’s company, Bayrise Builders. We enjoyed food, music, giveaways and more.
We were honored to perform the ribbon cutting for the grand opening of iCode Severna Park. iCode makes STEM education fun with instructor-led, hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) classes and camps utilizing gamified learning techniques to keep students engaged and excited to learn.
Another new business celebrated its official grand opening – Gotta Have HeART Studio. The space is a haven for artists of all levels and ages who want to participate in workshops, classes and studio sessions, igniting their passion for art!
Cottonwood in the Park was the host of our Successful Women in Business Group’s “First Cup Club.” And what an amazing place it is, filled with sewing and crafting essentials, antiques, jewelry, clothing and much, much more.
We kicked off a new event called Monthly Mingle where chamber members and guests enjoyed a no-pressure, relaxed opportunity to network and get to know one another. The August event was held at Park Tavern. We enjoyed delicious appetizers, libations, a beautiful bundt cake courtesy of Nothing Bundt Cakes, and great conversation. We will visit a different place each month.
There are six chambers in Anne Arundel County, and we often partner with them to host events. We recently held a multi-chamber Power Connections breakfast at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies in Linthicum. Participants enjoyed meeting more than 100 attendees in a fast-paced, speed networking format.
There are some milestone ribbon cuttings coming up in September. Landmark Roofing is celebrating its 10th anniversary on September 18 at 4:00pm. The event is free and open to all. Zeskind’s/Park Hardware is celebrating a 100th anniversary on Saturday, September 20, with an open house from 8:00am–6:00pm. The businesses will have raffles, giveaways and more for the community to enjoy. A ribbon cutting will take place at 11:00am.
We are again partnering with the Maryland Plastic Surgery Center and PURE MedSpa at the Aesthetic Institute to offer a health, wellness and beauty fair in Millersville. The event will be on Saturday, September 20, from noon to 3:00pm, and is free and open to all!
Our 2025 Driving Force for Business golf tournament will be held at the gorgeous Chartwell Golf and Country Club on September 22 from noon to 7:00pm, and we look forward to a fantastic day.
For more information about the chamber, go to www.gspacc.com. As always, please shop locally and support our community!
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