Our February Meeting was held at Beefalo Bobs on Ft. Smallwood Road. We need to thank them for the great food as our host for the day. Councilman Derek Fink brought the Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning to talk to the membership and other business owners about the Mountain Road Corridor project. The project is from Solley Road to Edwin Raynor and will require right of way from property owners. It was a very informative meeting and gave our business community some answers to their questions regarding this project. If you were not able to attend but are interested, you can read the full Mountain Road Final Report.

Coterie, a Boutique – Bess Clark
We are a women’s clothing boutique specializing in styling and fit-bridging the gap between missy and contemporary styles.
Category: Retail

Bay Green Properties Group w/ Keller Williams Flagship of MD - Shawn Whitehead, Real Estate Agent
My commitment is to provide excellent service to everyone with integrity, care and professionalism.
Category: Real Estate

Tasty Creations - Allen Blankenship, Chef/Owner
Tasty Creations offers a full array of options for all your catering needs including social events corporate events and weddings
Category: Catering

What a great way to get your business name out to possible customers for pennies and it remains out for one year. I have had members of the community tell me they use it as their yellow pages when looking for goods or services. We print and distribute 5,000 copies of our directory and have the community calling asking when the new issue will be available.

We will be sending out the Directory packets soon. We are changing the forms slightly to make it easier on everyone. Please watch your email for your Directory information in about two weeks.

Local radio station 100.7 The Bay, Baltimore's Classic Rock Station, has announced The Bay Home Tour 2016. As a small local business, they want to celebrate small, local  hometowns in the Baltimore area, The Bay wants to know: What is your Favorite Hometown?

Vote Here: The Bay Hometown Tour 2016

The winning hometown will have a live broadcast of The Bay, celebrating what makes that town great.

Roy Rogers, Elizabeth East
Roy Rogers has a tradition of serving an appealing choice of menu items, made with the best ingredients.  
Category: Restaurant

Atlantic Coast Charters, Ron Dillon, Jr., President/Owner
We offer charter bus service throughout Maryland. Motor coaches feature free Wi-Fi, DVD and restroom.  
Category: Transportation

Dues invoices were emailed and mailed so everyone should have received their invoice. All members, even those who joined throughout the year, should have received an invoice. All dues are now due. If you did not receive an invoice please let me know and I will email or mail another copy.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Beefalo Bob's
12pm-1pm
Speaker: Councilman Derek Fink, AA County, AA Economic Development
Topic: MD 177 Mountain Road Corridor Study

Details & Registration

Primo Pasta hosted our January General Membership Meeting on the 6th. Thanks to Eric, Bill, and their staff for the outstanding food choices. Everything was delicious. Stop in and have a meal you will not be disappointed. It was our elections so we did not have a guest speaker but had a great opportunity to network a little.

We want to thank our President Mike Jacobs, JB Machine Parts and Supply. Mike will remain on the Board of Directors as our Immediate Past President and will still be very involved with the PBA.

Thanks to Jerry Nicklow for serving as our Vice President in 2015. Jerry will move up to the President position and lead our organization for the next year. He always stepped up to represent the PBA at Ribbon Cuttings etc. and I know he will be a great President.

We really need to thank Linda Loane, The Bank of Glen Burnie, who has been our treasurer since 2010 and is going to fill that position again for 2016. Thanks to Linda for her dedication to the PBA. We can always count on her to work the door at events and get involved wherever she is needed.

We want to thank Gina Cook, Avon, for volunteering to be the Secretary in 2013. The Board of Directors appointed Gina to that position and she is going to stay for 2016. So thanks Gina for your 4th year as Secretary.

Doug Cashmere, Ace Hardware & Hearth fulfilled his 2 consecutive 2 year terms on the Board of Directors and will now be the Vice President of the PBA. We can always count on Doug and Ace Hardware to pitch in wherever needed.

Kim Wharton, Maher’s Florist and John Williams, Secure Solutions Lock & Key also have fulfilled their 2 terms on the board. We will miss them but know that they will still be involved with the PBA.

Lisa Hart, Arundel Federal Savings Bank and Ruth Toomey, An Extraordinar Limousine will be fulfilling their second year of their term. Thanks to both of them for their commitment.

All of the above members have dedicated their time and effort to make the PBA a great organization. They chaired committees, worked on events, and represented the PBA whenever needed. We are so grateful for their commitment and look forward to many more years

We are proud to announce our Officers and Board Members for 2016. Our elections were held at the General Membership Meeting on January 6th.

President: Jerry Nicklow, Huff Insurance
Vice President: Doug Cashmere, Ace Hardware & Hearth
Treasurer: Linda Loane, The Bank of Glen Burnie
Secretary: Gina Cook, AVON
Immediate Past President: Mike Jacobs, JB Machine Parts & Supply

Board of Directors 2016
Elected:
Angela Balsamo, Coffee News
Hayley Gable Bowerman, Gab Communications
Brian Conrad, Edward Jones
Larry Sells, Pasadena Voice.

- Brad Davis, BB&T Bank was appointed to replace Tracey Jessilonis to complete her remaining one year term.
- Lisa Hart, Arundel Federal Savings Bank and Ruth Toomey, An Extraordinar Limousine, are fulfilling the second year of their term.