May 13
Free Course on Reopening Retail & Rebuilding Trust

If you missed MRA’s webinar yesterday with Bob Phipps, The Retail Doctor, the presentation included eight free courses you can take online. This free course aims to help you develop a plan for reopening as well as train your staff how to interact with customers in this new normal — to care for them rather than […]

May 12
Face Mask Opportunity

The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will soon be in a position to provide FREE cloth face masks to businesses in need in Maryland. If your business is in need of face masks, please provide us with the following information as soon as possible: Quantity Needed Business Name and Address Point of Contact Phone Number and […]

May 12
Recovery and Revitalization Depend on Understanding Human Psyche

Downtowns and urban commercial districts across the U.S. won’t recover from the economic impacts of the global pandemic simply by way of government proclamations to reopen or a marketing campaign to bring customers back downtown. Recent national polls indicate that the majority of Americans are uncomfortable going to retail stores and restaurants, and other public […]

May 11
Nonprofit Leadership Program

4 Sessions: (Thursdays) May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., online via Zoom As part of its response to COVID-19, the Mid-Shore Community Foundation invites nonprofit leaders to participate in a 4-session program to boost leadership, fundraising, programming and planning skills in the era of the “new normal”. Led […]

May 10
Presenting Chesapeake Film Festival Selects for your Virtual Viewing Pleasure

We’re bringing the Chesapeake Film Festival to you! Put your feet up and watch some of our finest films on Chesapeake Film Festival Selects, an exciting new feature of the Laurel Channel. To watch, go to laurelchannel.tv and find Chesapeake Film Festival Selects under catalog. Screen films for free during a seven-day trial subscription! Then, with a monthly subscription fee […]