On August 2018, the Town of Easton submitted a grant application from Community Parks and Playgrounds Program in the amount of $200,000 for the development of Easton Point Park. The proposed park has been tagged as a way to add needed green space, while also reconnecting Easton to its waterfront...
Over the past four months, nineteen area educators from Talbot County Public Schools, Caroline County Public Schools and Saints Peter & Paul School joined with Talbot Chamber President & CEO Al Silverstein in visiting Chesapeake College, The Inn at Perry Cabin, Agriculture Agencies, Star Democrat, Avon Dixon Agency, Easton Utilities,...
March came in like a lion, just not the lion that we expected. On the weather front, we’ve been enjoying unseasonably warm weather and early Spring flowers. On the economic development front, we are seeing increasing investment activity and interest in Easton, ensuring a strong pipeline of projects to secure...
M&T Bank presented SCORE Mid-Shore with a charitable contribution for $2,000 on Friday April 19, 2019 at the bank’s Easton branch on Glebe Road in Talbot County. Located in Easton, SCORE Mid- Shore provides free mentoring and business advice to entrepreneurs interested in starting a new business and/or growing a...
The Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board is responsible for coordinating employment and training initiatives across several agencies. The coordination is a requirement of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. The coordination is accomplished through a Memorandum of Understanding and Resource Sharing Agreement for the Upper Shore American Job...
EEDC spoke to Mayor Bob Willey last week about the Easton’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is his response. EEDC: What changes have been made in Easton to help deal with the Corona virus crisis? Mayor Willey: We’re going to go ahead, and as long as possible, keep the...
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Even before COVID-19 hit our area, 40% of the children in Easton Elementary schools were considered ‘food insecure.’ Through programs such as FARMs (free and reduced-priced meals) that work with Talbot County Public School (TCPS) and Sodexo (the company that provides the food), these children and others in the school...
“No race can prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” — Booker T. Washington In the face of the unprecedented disruption to lives and livelihoods due to COVID-19, let’s look to our farmers and watermen to calm our nerves....
After 18 months of preparation, the Waterfowl Chesapeake (WC) announced the beginning of the restoration of more than 30 or the original steel-framed windows in the historic Waterfowl Building. In 2018, Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) awarded the organization $100,000 from its Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program for this project. Architectural...
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