This month’s Field Notes is an update on WHAT’S NEW at Chesapeake Harvest. We have launched our new and improved online buying platform. You will experience easier navigation as well as a better shopping experience. OUR RETAIL PICK UP LOCATION HAS CHANGED! We’re now located at Vintage Books & Fine Art – 4 N....

EASTON — BONHEUR, at 5 Goldsborough St., recently opened its doors in downtown Easton as an ice cream and pie shop inspired by Coco Chanel. “Ice cream is a timeless guilty pleasure,” said Paul Prager, proprietor of BONHEUR and principal of Bluepoint Hospitality Group. “We wanted to capture that sentiment...

NOAA’s Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (COL) in Oxford, MD, conducted an ecological assessment in the Tred Avon River over a 3-year period (2015-2017) to identify impacts of human activity on the environment.  In this study, COL assessed the effects of different land use characteristics (urban, agriculture, mixed forest) on the condition of the...

The Talbot County Chamber Workforce Development Taskforce will host its first meeting on November 6, 2018, from 8:00 – 9:30 am, at the Talbot Chamber office. This Taskforce is a collaborative effort of Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, government agencies and private sector community leaders. It will be an assembly...

Opportunity Zones spur investment in economically distressed census tracts by reducing capital gains taxes for investors.  As previously reported, most of Easton is located in an Opportunity Zone.  The State of Maryland has layered additional incentives for O-Zone investors, including tax credits for companies that locate or expand in a...

Focusing on Diversity and Inclusion is all the rage! Why? As businesses face increasing pressure to innovate to stay ahead of the market, they are looking for strategic ways to capture new ideas. The people most apt to innovate are the people that world isn’t optimized for, and that includes...