In December of 2017, the Easton Town Council brought over three years of Planning for Easton Point and the Port Street Corridor to a close with the adoption of several documents, including the Port Street Small Area Plan.  This Plan grew initially from a Town of Easton-Salisbury University project, was...

The effort to update Easton’s Zoning Ordinance continues with the Planning Commission and staff discussing a variety of issues they would like to address at both regular monthly meetings and special workshop sessions.  Recently, the Commission outlined a schedule for the next three month’s effort on this project. The Commission...

The Easton Economic Development Corporation and Waterfowl Chesapeake have joined forces to conduct a feasibility analysis for the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Armory building located in downtown Easton.  A series of visioning sessions are being held to identify potential uses, resources, and next steps. Ideas that have emerged...

The Easton Business Alliance invites you to enjoy the holiday spirit by bringing the entire family to town during its third-annual Moonlight Madness shopping event. The festivities begin Friday, November 30 at 4 p.m. Stores, galleries, and restaurants in downtown Easton will stay open late and welcome holiday shoppers throughout...

This Fall, students in Salisbury University’s Applied Planning Class, taught in an adjunct capacity by Easton’s Town Planner, Lynn Thomas, will begin the process of examining and updating the Downtown Easton Master Plan for Infill Development. In 2008, Historic Easton, Inc., utilized grant funding and worked cooperatively with the Town...

An innovative statewide public/private initiative, launched by Easton’s own Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center (ESEC), seeks to create a renaissance of economic growth and prosperity, building on Maryland’s industries of agriculture and seafood.  F³ Tech (Farm-Fish-Food) is a proof-of-concept and commercialization initiative enabling solutions through the development of new products and...

Anirban Basu, CEO of the Sage Policy Group is an Economist with a sense of humor. At his annual speaking engagements on the Eastern Shore, he managed to keep audiences laughing while delivering sound economic analysis. Alas, the slowing of Maryland’s red-hot economy is no laughing matter. Basu attributes this to the...

It is no secret that one of the biggest challenges for business owners these days is finding the right talent to hire. In Easton alone, 11,630 people commute from out of town to work at one of our 14,212 jobs; some as far away as Baltimore, Ellicott City, and Washington...