Raquel Sanudo, MACo Executive Director from June of 1985 through June of 1991, passed away on June 28, 2018, from pancreatic cancer. Prior to being MACo Executive Director, Sanudo had been the Executive Assistant to the Howard County Executive. During her tenure, the MACo office grew to include six members, the Board grew to 15 members, and the Correctional Officers were added to the list of affiliate groups for a total of seven affiliates. Sanudo and then MML Executive Director…

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the Maryland Department of Commerce would like to invite you to take part in a Maryland Opportunity Zone Conference on July 31st from 9 am until noon in College Park, MD. Join Secretary Kenneth C. Holt (DHCD), Secretary Mike Gill (Commerce) and others to discuss new tax incentives for investing in your communities. For more information and to register, see DHCD's website. From the Maryland Opportunity Zones…

The social media site Twitter has become a fast-moving setting for news, information, and advocacy on public affairs. We welcome followers of MACo’s own Twitter feed for updates from the Conduit Street blog and other MACo hot topics and often use Twitter to reach our own audience and to hear from others following the same issues as county leaders. Here are some tweets that caught our eye this week: Tim Ailsworth from Local Government Insurance Trust (LGIT) presented a…

Sign up for a MACo sponsorship to bring your message to the county decision-makers! The Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) has released its official Summer Conference Sponsorship Brochure. The brochure is up-to-date with available sponsorships, which are on a first-come-first-serve basis. MACo's 2018 upcoming Summer Conference theme is "Water, Water Everywhere." Sponsorships provide organizations with paramount opportunities to connect with county decision-makers. Your sponsorship will show you support county governments, understand their needs, and can help them…

The social media site Twitter has become a fast-moving setting for news, information, and advocacy on public affairs. We welcome followers of MACo’s own Twitter feed for updates from the Conduit Street blog and other MACo hot topics and often use Twitter to reach our own audience and to hear from others following the same issues as county leaders. Here are some tweets that caught our eye this week: FYI #HoCoMD, @HCDFRS will be out & abt canvassing the…

The National Association of Counties and Nationwide are accepting applications for a scholarship, honoring their 39 years of partnership. Are you Eligible? Be a high-school senior Have a parent, grandparent, or legal guardian enrolled in and actively contributing to a 457 (b) plan offered through the NACo Deferred Compensation Program Be a U.S. citizen enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study no later than the autumn term of the 2018-2019 school year at an…

The Calvert County Department of Community Resources Public Transportation Division has created Southern Maryland's first tri-county public transit connection uniting Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles County. It includes a route from Calvert County to the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in St. Mary's County. The bus will run Monday through Friday beginning on Feb. 5. Riders from all three counties may take the new connection for FREE from Feb. 5-9. Calvert County Press Release Reports: We are thrilled to…