On June 13, First Lady Yumi Hogan addressed a crowd of more than 100 guests at a Suffrage Tea at the Naval Academy Officer’s Club to kick off the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage by Congress of the 19th Amendment. The tea was part of a number of events planned by the Read the Rest…
“Hope’s Legacy,” a feature film about a couple navigating their relationship through the world of competitive horse eventing, is the first film to qualify for the new Maryland Small Films Tax Credit program. The film, which is being produced by DBM Communications, Inc. of Towson, began filming in Baltimore County this month using local crew, Read the Rest…
Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder kicked off the 2019 season of the Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail on May 25 at Chesapeake Bay Farms in Berlin, Md. The 2019 Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail will run through Sept. 23 and is made up of nine Maryland dairies that produce and sell Read the Rest…
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Tom Riford spoke at the ribbon cutting for the Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT) extension (Phase 4) on June 1. The WMRT runs from near Fort Frederick State Park in Washington County to Little Orleans in Allegany County. The WMRT is a prime recreational activity for the region attracting hundreds of Read the Rest…
AAA Mid-Atlantic estimated that 918,000 Marylanders got away over the Memorial Day holiday weekend from Thursday, May 23 through Monday, May 27. The total represents a 3.4 percent increase over last year, and a new record according to AAA, which has been tracking Memorial Day weekend travel since 2001. 2019 also marks the fifth consecutive Read the Rest…
Local hoteliers, tour operators and destination marketers joined OTD in representing Maryland at the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow-Wow (IPW) in Anaheim this week. IPW is the premier industry marketplace and the largest generator of inbound travel to the U.S. OTD and its partners held scheduled meetings with more than 150 domestic and international tour Read the Rest…
Maryland has a robust Underground Railroad legacy and many tourism partners across the state have visitor-ready experiences and attractions, interpretive materials, and guides enabling visitors to explore this powerful history and stories of courage. To showcase and to honor Maryland’s freedom fighters who were involved in the Underground Railroad, OTD is gathering all of Maryland’s Read the Rest…
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,006,442 visitors to national parks in Maryland spent $202,500,000 in the state in 2018. That spending resulted in 2,573 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $271,200,000. The data was provided as part of a peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis conducted by economists Read the Rest…
A Public Art Across Maryland project supported by a Public Art Project grant debuted recently in Cambridge — a Harriet Tubman mural entitled Leading the Way, by artist Michael Rosato. The art adorns the Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center and was implemented by Dorchester Center for the Arts and Alpha Genesis CDC. The concept Read the Rest…
On May 20, Catherine Batavick, Project Manager, OTD, attended the 10th Annual Maryland Green Registry Leadership Awards held at the annual conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. Presented by Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles, the Awards recognize the top five member organizations that Read the Rest…
