Frederick is embarking on a bicycling and walking plan, called Let’s Move Frederick, to see how everyone can be accommodated on its streets and it wants to hear from Golden Mile residents about what the city is doing well and what it could do better.
Given the importance of this plan to the residents of the Golden Mile, the Golden Mile Alliance is hosting a “listening session” by the City to assure your needs are represented.
JOIN city transportation planner, David Edmondson, and the GMA to discuss and provide your thought and vision for your neighborhood. The “listening session” will be on Wednesday, June 30 at 6:00 pm on Zoom.
If you can’t attend the “listening session” you can provide your input by taking the Let’s Move Frederick Bicycling and Walking Plan SURVEY by end of July.
Visit Frederick is pleased to announce this year’s Summer Restaurant Week from August 2-8, 2021. Participation is once again free — we will return to paid participation in 2022.
To participate in the August 2-8 Frederick Restaurant Week promotion, please sign-up here.
We’ll contact participating restaurants in a few weeks with a separate form for menu collection. While there is no cost to participate in the event, we are still requiring participating restaurants to offer a special multi-course prix fixe menu during Restaurant Week — so start thinking about your dishes! Menus will be due by July 12.
We also like to encourage restaurants to consider featuring local wine, beer and/or spirits as optional pairings with your Restaurant Week menu. Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with this year!
Exciting News! A New Job Training Program Is Launching in Frederick County!
Empowered to Live, Inc.’s premier program, Project GUIDE is moving forward with a partnership with Frederick Community College. Project GUIDE is a 14-week pre-apprenticeship program that offers youth ages 16-24 job readiness and technical skills training and paid internship opportunities with local businesses in the construction and skilled trades industry.
The Golden Mile Alliance (GMA) wants to thank the business owners, business property owners and residents of the Golden Mile community for helping make the GMA’s “Status of the Mile” meeting a huge success!
One outcome of this meeting was to illicit input from business owners, business property owners and residents on the activities that GMA should provide or pursue to improve the Golden Mile for the entire community. If you haven’t done so, please go to https://tinyurl.com/GMA-2021-Survey-Form and make your views heard or simply e-mail us at GMAEvents@goldenmilealliance.org.
The “Status of the Mile” meeting might be over, but there is still time to provide your input! It’s not too late! The GMA wants your input to help develop its plans for future
The SBA’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund will begin accepting applications next Monday and will provide eligible businesses with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue up to $10 million per business, and $5 million per physical location.
Restaurants, food trucks, caterers, breweries & distilleries, bakeries, snack bars, inns, and more are among the businesses that may be eligible. Program requirements for the age of the business are much more flexible than other programs and allow for businesses that opened during the pandemic, as well as for those that have not yet opened for sales but incurred eligible expenses as of March 11, 2021.
Spread the word to those that may be able to take advantage of this program. And if eligible, start getting your application documentation together now!
The Golden Mile Alliance is holding its first 5K Virtual Run!
Run, walk, skip, jump for a cause in your own neighborhood, in your favorite park, or on your local trails, all in the name of getting out to move and to help drive the Golden Mile area to be a welcoming, economically strong, and desirable commercial and residential community!
Are you up for the challenge? Running not your thing? No problem! Can’t get outside? That’s ok! It’s a 5K YOUR WAY! You can walk, run, cycle, hop, do alone or with family and friends…however you choose to do your 5k is up to you!
Between June 11-20, on the day of your choosing, grab your friends and family and get outdoors for a socially distant activity benefiting the non-profit organization The Golden Mile Alliance.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE A T-SHIRT is May 21, 2021 at noon.
Application for the State of Maryland’s new Small Business COVID-19
RELIEF Grant Program will open TOMORROW (March 30, 2021) at 9am.
The grant offers working capital to assist certain Maryland small businesses
with disrupted operations due to COVID-19.
Funding is extremely limited and may ultimately result in approval on
a first-come, first-served basis. The application process will be open
for a limited period, and Commerce anticipates substantial interest
in this program. We encourage you to apply as soon as applications
become available.
Full program information can be found at:
https://commerce.maryland.gov/fund/small-business-covid-relief-grant-program
Golden Mile Alliance Announces A Virtual Easter Coloring Contest
GMA’s Virtual Easter Egg Contest officially kicks off on March 29, 2021. All entries must be scanned and emailed back to GMAEvents@goldenmilealliance.org by midnight on April 5, 2021. A winner from each age group will be selected and contacted by April 8.
Age Categories: 4-6 years old, 7-9 years old, and 10-12 years old.
We hope to spread positivity and enjoyment with this contest and continue the tradition of Easter despite the current state of the world right now. We look forward to seeing all of the beautifully colored Easter pictures and encourage families to decorate hard boiled eggs with your families at home.
Winners will be notified via email on how to pick up your prize. For more information, please call 240-600-1925 or send email to GMAevents@goldenmilealliance.org.
The Golden Mile Alliance has invited the Easter Bunny to stop by and give away Easter eggs with any movie ticket from 12:30 – 3:30 for the first 300 guests.
You could get lucky and get a golden egg filled with goodies from businesses along the Golden Mile: Including movie passes, free popcorn, free ice cream, and gift cards.
Also happening:
-Limited showing of the film “Hop” from the creators of Despicable Me for only $5.
-A spring-themed popcorn mix and cocktail
Get your tickets now and make your day egg-stra special
Frederick County’s annual Winter Restaurant Week – March 1 -7, 2021
Since 2010, Visit Frederick has partnered with area restaurants to showcase the unique and fine dining options available throughout Frederick County. By participating in Frederick Restaurant Week, you can reach first-time customers, celebrate loyal patrons and help bring added business to Frederick City and County.
Registration
To support restaurants through COVID-19, Frederick Restaurant Week is free for participating restaurants. Register by January 31 at frederickrestaurantweek.com
How to Participate
Participating restaurants must provide a special prix fixe menu during Frederick Restaurant Week (March 1-7). Unique dishes are encouraged! Restaurant Week diners are looking for multi-course meals at appetizing prices, so your prix fixe menu must feature a minimum of 2 courses, with 2-5 options per course. Restaurant Week menus can be offered for indoor dining, outdoor dining and/or to-go! Menus are due by February 10.
Marketing
Frederick Restaurant Week will be promoted by our presenting partner The Frederick News-Post, in addition to limited out-of-county advertising paid for by Visit Frederick. Restaurant Week is also a cross-promotional effort between Visit Frederick, partnering Main Street programs and all participating restaurants. Social media promotion surrounding the event generally reaches upwards of 35,000 people.
