October 18, 2022

Sent every week, the ChamberWatch keeps you informed. To learn more about the Chamber, visit our website or email [email protected].

View our events calendar.

THE GBCC IS GOING TO GREECE!

After 4 long years the GBCC is returning to international travel. In partnership with Aventura World, we will be visiting Athens, Greece from November 3-11, 2023 and you are ALL invited. A minimum $800.00 is required for initial deposit due by April 21, 2023. 

Please contact Allie Williams at (301) 652-4900 ext. 203 or [email protected] for more information. 

Use group booking code: QKTVIB

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join us for a fun evening of networking hosted by Sports & Social Bethesda.

Lite Fare Provided 

-CASH BAR-



(Special night due to Election Day, Nov. 8th)

November 15th

5:30 - 7:00 PM

11800 Grand Park Ave.

North Bethesda, MD 20852

The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with Behnam & Associates to offer a no-cost workshop to educate our business members on what is required and the options available.  

October 27, 2022

7:30 am

Chamber Boardroom

WEEKLY RECAP

Our October "Off the Clock" happy hour did not Fall short of spectacular.  Thank you to our members at The Chevy Chase Land Company for sponsoring this month's event and thank you to Junction Bistro, Bar, & Bakery for hosting.

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Joseph Gawler's Sons Funeral Home has a new book on shelves. 

Just in time for the holidays and the history buff on your shopping list.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Mark your calendar for this month's upcoming committee meetings!

ChamberConnect

Date: Oct. 25th

Time: 8:30 - 9:30 am

Register

Membership Development (New Meeting Time)

Date: Oct. 25th

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am

Register

NextExecs - Held at Snyder Cohn Office w/ Leadership Montgomery Presentation

Date: Oct. 25th

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm w/HH to follow  

Register

Economic Development Committee - Special Guest Speaker Dawn Luedtke

Date: Oct. 26th

Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am

Register

Real Estate Committee - Westbard Property Project Update

Date: Oct. 26th

Time: 9:00 - 10:00 am

Register

SPONSORED CONTENT

For sponsorship opportunities and benefits, email

Genette Comfort at [email protected]

This annual event is to encourage employees in parts of the County to learn how easy it is to incorporate walking into their daily routines when they consider commute options other than driving alone and sitting in traffic. Telework employees can participate. Registrants log their daily steps on the event website from October 17-November 4, 2022.

Note: This event is for employees only in these 5 areas of the County: Bethesda, North Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Silver Spring and Shady Grove.

Truman Charities & Chip invite you to our annual Halloween Party October 29th 6-10pm at Tommy Joes benefiting Feed The Fridge 

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR EARLY BIRD PRICES. TICKET PRICES WILL INCREASE BY $50 ON OCTOBER 20TH

“Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates founded their pathbreaking companies when they were still in their teens. Steve Jobs founded Apple at 21. Their stories, which get a lot of media attention, have many believing that younger entrepreneurs are the most successful. However, research from Wharton management professor J. Daniel Kim shows they are exceptions to the rule….”

“Why Older Entrepreneurs Have the Edge” by Kim at https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/age-of-successful-entrepreneurs/ explains that the most successful founders in the U.S. were in their 40s. What’s more, the likelihood of entrepreneurial success rises with age.

Gold Sponsors

Pepco  

Silver Sponsors

Advantage Industries - The Chevy Chase Land Company

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C., Suburban Hospital

Bronze Sponsors 

Atlantech Online - Behnam and Associates, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. - The Bernstein Companies - Capacity Partners

Chesapeake Public Strategies - Dembo Jones - Electric Advisors

Grossberg Company LLP - The Jane Fairweather Team - Maier & Warner PR Marriott International - RBC Wealth Management/Melanie Folstad -Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Partner Sponsors 

 Bethesda Magazine - Decision Making Research - Hyatt Regency Bethesda - Mon Ami Gabi - Nothing Bundt Cakes Bethesda - North Bethesda Marriott & Conference Center - sasse agency          

Chamber Connect Sponsor

Sandy Spring Bank

Leadership Luncheon Series Sponsor 

M&T Bank

NextExec Sponsor 

McKay Mortgage Company