Prepare for #MACoCon – Download the Mobile App Today!

Are you attending, exhibiting, or sponsoring at the Maryland Association of Counties’ Winter Conference? Then you should download the MACo Conference App! Thank you Nationwide Retirement Solutions for sponsoring the mobile app! Mobile App provided by Param Solutions.   The Agenda feature allows attendees and exhibitors to see what events are happening by day and time. MACo’s new Mobile App can: Access session details and create a personal schedule Network and stay connected with colleagues and fellow attendees Access…

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NORESCO Helps Local Governments Go Greener

NORESCO, a MACo Silver Corporate Partner, offers tools and solutions for local governments. NORESCO offers these solutions: Energy Efficiency Retrofits & Modernization Energy Efficiency & Sustainability Consulting Programs & Standards Development Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCX) Want to learn more about these services and NORESCO? Visit them at the MACo Winter Conference. As a Silver Corporate Partner, NORESCO, is sponsoring the Welcoming & Awards Banquet. Thank you, NORESCO, for supporting the Maryland Association of Counties! Learn more…

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Learn About Smart Public Safety Solutions from Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, a MACo Silver Corporate Partner, offers a series of webinars about Smart Public Safety Solutions. Webinars previously aired and on demand: Improve Community Relations By Better Connecting Your Operation Reduce Crime Rates With Enhanced Agency-Wide Planning Initiate A Response Faster By Capturing Every Incident Detail Zooming In Closer To The Citizen In Need With Dispatch Integration Approach Incidents Safer With A Hands-Free, Eyes Up Response Increase Situational Awareness With Data-Driven Operational Support Reduce…

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CareFirst – Voted One of the Most Ethical Companies

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a MACo Silver Corporate Partner, has been named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" for the 6th year in a row. The Ethisphere Institute, the award presenter, is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. According to CareFirst's website: CareFirst is one of just five companies representing the health insurance industry and one of only 11 nonprofit companies on this year’s list of 135 organizations…

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United Services for UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, has a variety of services that can be included in its health insurance plans. Organizations can provide their employees with Medical Dental Vision Life Disability and Leave Critical Illness Accident Hospital Indemnity through UnitedHealthcare. As a Gold Corporate Partner, UnitedHealthcare is sponsoring the Inaugural Banquet. Thank you, UnitedHealthcare, for supporting the Maryland Association of Counties! Learn more about MACo’s Winter Conference: Registration Brochure Online Attendee Registration Hotel Rates Exhibitor Brochure Online…

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MD-DE-D.C. Beverage Assoc Shares Community Interactions

The MD-DE-D.C. Beverage Association, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, supports efforts to reduce waste in landfills and waterways along with providing community support. According to an opinion piece in the Washington Times: ... I’m proud of the work America’s leading beverage companies have undertaken to increase recycling and reduce waste in our communities. We ensure our products can be easily recyclable by producing 100 percent recyclable aluminum, glass and plastic containers, making them among the…

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Comcast Enhances Operations for these Baltimore Businesses

Comcast, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, has improved operations for a family of Baltimore businesses with its Business Solutions. TCI Trucking, Import System International and Import Sterilization Inc. have implemented Comcast's 75 Megabits-per-second internet and Business Voice Edge. According to the press release: The internet is the backbone of our business. Our dispatch system, office applications, custom services, client communications are run over it. We require a service that has great reliability, accessibility and speed…

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5 Fast Facts: Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company

Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, was created as the Maryland State Accident Fund in 1914. In over a century of business, it has accomplished some pretty awesome things. Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company has $2 billion in total assets. In 2013, Chesapeake Employers received its first A.M. Best financial strength rating of A- (Excellent). Approximately 410 professionals are employed with Chesapeake Employers. Chesapeake Employers markets workers' compensation insurance directly to business owners…

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Ørsted’s Acquisition of Deepwater Wind Makes it Leading Offshore Wind Platform

Ørsted, in an agreement with the D.E. Shaw Group, has acquired 100% equity interest in Deepwater Wind. The merger of the two companies' offshore wind assets and organizations will make it the leading US offshore wind platform. The platform will include comprehensive geographic coverage and the largest pipeline of development capacity. Before the acquisition, the companies had these assets: Deepwater Wind: Block Island (30MW), the only operational offshore wind farm in the US Three offshore…

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Find Solutions for Your County from Industry Leaders at #MACoCon

MACo’s Winter Conference will hold Solutions Showcase Sessions to educate attendees about additional best practices and partnerships that can help solve local governance issues. Each session will be 30 minutes and will be held in the “Life is On” Attendee Lounge (sponsored by Schneider Electric), in Skipjack AB with a few being presented in Windjammer. The Solutions Showcase Session schedule is below: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm  |  Skipjack AB Is Your County…

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