Corporate Partners
Shop, Reuse, and Reimagine with MACo’s New Bronze Corporate Partner: Savers

MACo is proud to welcome Savers as a new Bronze Corporate Partner! For over 60 years, the Savers family of thrift stores has been committed to supporting nonprofit partners in the communities where they operate by purchasing used goods from them to sell in their stores. With their partners, they have learned that donors expect an easy, convenient drop off with personal contact. Savers now has staffed Donation Drop Spot pods throughout Maryland. Just like…

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February 23, 2017
Corporate Partners / County News
St. Mary’s County Receives LGIT Training Grant Award

St. Mary's County government has been awarded a training grant from the Local Government Insurance Trust (LGIT). The grant of $5,860 will provide Americans with Disabilities (ADA) training to county employees. According to the press release, The grant will cover two 4-hour live training for new hires. Recorded and online presentations will also be available for individuals unable to attend the live training sessions. Timothy Ailsworth, LGIT Executive Director, presented a check representing the full grant…

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February 14, 2017
Corporate Partners / County News
Fun Fact: Did You Know that the First Gas Streetlamp in the Country was Lit in the City of Baltimore?

Question: Did you know that the first gas streetlamp in the country was lit in the City of Baltimore? It’s true! The gas streetlamp was first lit 200 years ago by BGE's predecessor, the Gas Light Company of Baltimore. Artist Rembrandt Peale first lit up a room in his museum on Holliday Street using a ring of burning gas on June 11, 1816. Eight days later, the mayor signed an ordinance allowing the Gas Light…

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February 9, 2017
Corporate Partners / Environment
McGrath Named Maryland Environmental Service Director

Deputy Chief of Staff Roy McGrath has been appointed to serve as Director of the Maryland Environmental Service (MES), a MACo Bronze Corporate Partner. From the press release, The director is appointed by the governor, and serves as the chief executive officer and chairman of a nine member Board of Directors. MES is a self-supporting, non-profit public corporation that provides services to government and private sector clients, including dredged material management, water and wastewater treatment,…

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December 22, 2016
Corporate Partners / Government Liability and Courts / Information Technology / Intergovernmental Relations
LGIT Helps After St. Mary’s “Ransomware” Attack

Following a recent cyber attack on St. Mary's County government, county professionals were aided by the Local Government Insurance Trust (LGIT) in the reaction. LGIT offers its members a no-cost Cyber Insurance Program, reacting to a demand from governments who are all too often targets of cyber threats. Coverage of the cyber attack ran earlier this month in the St. Mary's County Times, indicating "ten employees... were involved throughout the weekend (after Thanksgiving) and into…

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December 21, 2016
Corporate Partners / Employee Benefits and Relations / Health and Human Services / News You Can Use
CEIWC: Help Stop Opioid Addiction in the Workplace

MACo Gold Corporate Partner, Chesapeake Employers Insurance, has created a “STOPioid Drug Addiction Prevention Message Kit” for employers. Overdose deaths caused by prescription opioids continues to grow in Maryland. From January through June 2016, 210 prescription opioid deaths were recorded in Maryland – a 10-percent increase over the first six months of 2015, according to the Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene. As Maryland’s largest writer for workers’ compensation insurance, Chesapeake Employers Insurance believes tackling…

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December 15, 2016
Corporate Partners / Winter Conference
Get to Know Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company at #MACoCon

Representatives from Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company (CEIC) will be available to meet with attendees at MACo’s Winter Conference, December 7-9, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland. Chesapeake Employers has been providing workers' compensation insurance in Maryland since 1914. Their local presence and unwavering dedication to Maryland counties, municipalities, business owners and their employees have made them what they are today – Maryland's largest workers' compensation insurance company. CEIWC is a…

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November 30, 2016
Corporate Partners / Winter Conference
Learn How the Internet is Essential with Comcast at #MACoCon

Representatives from Comcast will be available to meet with attendees at MACo’s Winter Conference, December 7-9, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland. Comcast is the nation's largest video, high-speed internet and phone provider to residential and business customers under the XFINITY brand. Comcast is a MACo Gold Corporate Partner and an exhibitor at this year’s Winter Conference. Please visit Comcast at table #15 or on the web at www.comcast.com. Learn…

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November 30, 2016
Corporate Partners / Winter Conference
Build a Healthier Community with CareFirst at #MACoCon

Representatives from CareFirst will be available to meet with attendees at MACo’s Winter Conference, December 7-9, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland. In its 79th year of service, CareFirst, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health care company which, through its affiliates and subsidiaries, offers a comprehensive portfolio of health insurance products and administrative services to 3.4 million individuals and groups in…

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November 30, 2016
Corporate Partners / Winter Conference
Seek Governmental Accounting & Auditing Advice with Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC at #MACoCon

Representatives from Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC will be available to meet with attendees at MACo’s Winter Conference, December 7-9, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland. Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC (ZA) is a Pennsylvania based regional CPA firm employing over 45 professionals, with offices in Harrisburg, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, and Greater Philadelphia; Dover, Delaware, and expanding into Maryland, that specializes in providing auditing, accounting and consulting services to governmental entities. ZA’s growth over the…

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November 30, 2016
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