﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.mcccmd.com</link><description>News related to Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>MCCC Business EXCELerator - Business Opportunities with WSSC Water 12/2/2026 10:00 AM - 12/2/2026 11:30 AM</title><description>&lt;p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TOPIC: Business Opportunities with&amp;nbsp;WSSC&amp;nbsp;Water&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SPEAKERS: &lt;/b&gt;Caprecia Poole,&amp;nbsp;Chief Procurement Officer, WSSC Water/Tracey Edwards, Senior Supplier Diversity Program Specialist,&amp;nbsp;WSSC Water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Discover how to conduct business with&amp;nbsp;WSSC&amp;nbsp;Water, including information on procurement opportunities and programs designed&amp;nbsp;for diverse suppliers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Small, large, minority-owned, woman-owned, and local businesses interested in working with&amp;nbsp;WSSC&amp;nbsp;Water are encouraged to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PROGRAM AGENDA:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 - 10:15 AM&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Welcome &amp;amp; Introduction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:15 - 11:15 AM &lt;/strong&gt;Presentation with Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:15 - 11:30 AM&lt;/strong&gt; Networking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Business EXCELerator Series is a how-to on best business practices. The program provides small businesses with information, resources, and relationships to succeed in commercial and government contracting. Join us at the MCCC Business EXCELerator!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.mcccmd.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1051</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MCCC Government Relations Committee Meeting 12/3/2026 8:30 AM - 12/3/2026 9:30 AM</title><description>&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Join an upcoming meeting of the MCCC Government Relations Committee. All Chamber members are welcome to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Government Relations Committee meets weekly during the Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly and meets monthly during the interim. These meetings provide Chamber members with opportunities to learn about, discuss, and engage on a wide range of policy issues impacting the regional business community.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Advocacy Committees are open to MCCC members only. Not a member?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://montgomerymdcoc.wliinc25.com/join-us/application.aspx" title="https://montgomerymdcoc.wliinc25.com/join-us/application.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Join today!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This event will be held on Zoom. You will receive a calendar invite with the login link after registering.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Questions? Contact Brian Levine, VP of Government Affairs at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-linkindex="1" href="mailto:blevine@mcccmd.com" title="mailto:blevine@mcccmd.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;blevine@mcccmd.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>https://web.mcccmd.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1041</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:18:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MCCC Infrastructure and Land Use Committee Meeting 12/8/2026 8:30 AM - 12/8/2026 10:00 AM</title><description>&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Please join us for a meeting of the Chamber&amp;rsquo;s Infrastructure and Land Use Committee.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Infrastructure and Land Use Development Committee meets regularly to provide Chamber members with opportunities to learn, discuss, and engage on land use, transportation, energy, and infrastructure issues impacting the region&amp;#39;s business community.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Advocacy Committees are open to MCCC members only. Not a member?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://montgomerymdcoc.wliinc25.com/join-us/application.aspx" title="https://montgomerymdcoc.wliinc25.com/join-us/application.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Join today!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;Questions? Contact Brian Levine, VP of Government Affairs at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-linkindex="2" href="mailto:blevine@mcccmd.com" title="mailto:blevine@mcccmd.com"&gt;blevine@mcccmd.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>https://web.mcccmd.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1014</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:43:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MCCC Morning Mixer 12/9/2026 9:00 AM - 12/9/2026 11:00 AM</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;MCCC Morning Mixers are the best way to start your day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Our&amp;nbsp;Morning Mixer is open to employees of all MCCC member companies as well as prospective members. Connect with other business leaders, meet potential clients and partners, and learn more about our Chamber.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;We start each Mixer with open networking, followed by &amp;quot;speed introductions&amp;quot; before returning to open networking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Bring your entire team, plenty of business cards, and your elevator pitch. Refreshments are provided.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don&amp;#39;t miss this in-person networking opportunity!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Questions? Contact&lt;span style="color:#3498db;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mmucha@mcccmd.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3498db;"&gt;Megan &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mmucha@mcccmd.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#3498db"&gt;Mucha&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, MCCC Manager of Events.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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