Top 10 Reasons to do Business in Frederick
As read by Mayor McClement on Episode 13:
#10 — It’s not Montgomery County.
#9 —If you do business with someone in Frederick County and they don’t pay their bills, you probably know where they live.
#8 —You don’t have to go far to find great beer. Flying Dog offers tours at their brewery, and you’ll find craft beer on tap at many local pubs.
#7 —If you find a wad of cash when you clean out the office closet, you’ll have no trouble finding a place to donate it for an end-of-the-year tax write-off. Just call one of over 100 nonprofit organizations that are members of the Chamber.
#6 —There are more people than cows. I think.
#5 —The Frederick News-Post might write a story about your business. Then you can have lots of fun reading comments in the online edition.
#4 —“Picking up dinner” on the way home means buying directly from a producer at a farmers market or CSA pickup.
#3 —If you drive fast enough, the Police Department will send you a photo of your rear license plate as a souvenir of your trip through town.
#2 —You can’t throw a rock in this town without hitting a restaurant owned by a celebrity chef or award-winning restaurateur.
#1 —Setting up shop in Frederick County means you can be part of the BEST and FIRST Chartered Chamber in the United States.
THANK YOU to the following members and Chamber TV fans who submitted suggestions for this list: Bruce Dean, Kathy Krach, Sean Morrissey, Jim Hardy, Emily McCoy, Mary Miller, Steve Chafitz, Jean Wright, Diane DeMarco, Carla Goodwin, Helen Riddle, Allison Seaton, Jeannine Morber, and Jason Mecler.
WARNING: This video contains humor, including sarcasm and satire.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Chamber TV, we take you behind the scenes with producer Kelly Beach and co-hosts Joe Porpiglia, Jon-Mikel Bailey, and Jessica Hibbard.
We had TONS of fun making this silly thing … I hope you like it!
Thank you to everyone who attended Episode 10 today … We had a great crowd, great food, and great interviews. Also, we had a bobblehead.
I couldn’t resist posting this photo of Joe with his bobble-likeness while I work on editing Episode 10!


