Chamber Update

Please give a warm welcome to our newest members and enjoy reading about all the small businesses that make our community the best place to live! Visit their websites and find them in our directory at www.gspacc.com.

Junk Knights

www.junkknightsmd.com

Owner Emory Jernigan began Junk Knights LLC as a way to satiate his passion to make an impact and to be an entrepreneur. During his senior year of high school in 2022, he began the company as Jernigan Junk Removal. In August 2022, he put the business on break to serve God on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in Idaho. Upon his return in August 2024, he restarted Jernigan Junk Removal with a new name and new invigoration.

Quinn Patton

www.quinnpatton.com

From sole proprietorships to large corporations, Quinn Patton helps clients with their most complex corporate questions and legal matters. Offering services that span from the beginning of the business to retirement and succession planning, Quinn Patton advises clients on issues critical to business success. Contracts, employment and employee relationships, growth and investment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and routine everyday challenges could use a legal hand, and they are there to help. Flat fee services and payment plans are available.

Be Our Guest Travel Company

www.beourguesttravelcompany.com

Be Our Guest Travel Company is a travel agency specializing in Disney destinations and family vacations around the world. They plan vacations for small families, multi-generational family groups, destination weddings, couples and small groups, and have experience planning for those with food allergies and special needs, as well as military clients who may be eligible for special discounts. Let them plan the vacation of your dreams!

Cottonwood

www.cottonwoodinthepark.com

Owners DJ and Julie Antinucci's vision for Cottonwood is to create a vibrant community hub that offers a comprehensive range of quilt shop inventory, engaging classes, exquisite antiques, vintage items, and art supplies. It will be a place where creativity flourishes, fostering a welcoming and inspiring environment for patrons passionate about quilting, antiques and the arts. They have 3,600 square feet of space for shopping, quilting, classes and more!

Hewes Health Consulting LLC

heweshealthconsult.com

Health care is becoming more complicated every day. Thankfully, there are always advancements to cure ills. With this landscape of medicine ever changing, it can be difficult to navigate. Owner Suzanne Hewes has been a physician assistant and a medical researcher, accumulating over 30 years of experience in medicine. Her care is compassionate and empathetic for all people.

Tidy Nest

www.yourtidynest.com

Tidy Nest is a home organizing business serving Anne Arundel County. The business helps their clients review what they have, choose what to keep, responsibly get rid of the rest, and decide how to organize what remains. Tidy Nest embraces each client’s uniqueness and style, needs and requests. Simplifying and organizing looks different on different people and this service will provide systems to match.

We held five ribbon-cutting celebrations this month. The first was in celebration of Park Tavern’s 10-year anniversary. Next, we held a grand opening and yappy hour at Severna Park Taphouse for Woofie’s Mobile Pet Unit. Then the doors were opened for Cottonwood in Severna Park. Hard to believe that the Severna Park Taphouse is turning 15, and we held a celebration there for the Tinordi family for many years of supporting the community with their great venue. Lastly, we held a ribbon-cutting celebrating the grand opening of Crepes in the Park, owned by young entrepreneur Abby Larkin.

Many thanks to the Health and Vitality Clinic for hosting our monthly Successful Women in Business gathering at its location in Crofton. The clinic provides services including Botox treatments, IV drips and more.

Thank you, Jing Ying Institute of Kung Fu & Tai Chi, for hosting our Wellness Business Connections meeting in Arnold. Owners Nancy and Billy Greer do so much in the community to support our nonprofits and senior citizens, as well as the chamber.

Our annual Shoptoberfest, with a trick-or-treat twist, was held on October 19 at Park Plaza in Severna Park. We had more than 50 exhibitors participating in this fun and family-oriented event. This year’s gold sponsors were the Jing Ying Institute of Kung Fu & Tai Chi and SERVPRO Annapolis/Severna Park. The gold sponsors presented $500 to their charities of choice, with Jing Ying donating to Bello Machre and SERVPRO donating to the Chrysalis House.

Our bronze event sponsors were Griswold Home Care, St. Martin’s in-the-Field Episcopal School, Park Hardware, Lean on Dee Senior Home Care, Fair Winds Travel, the Severna Park Community Center, LaToya Nkongolo for Board of Education, Neat Wall TV and Matador Mobile Advertising.

Entertainment was provided by Jason Canaan of Neat Wall TV, musicians from Priddy Music Academy, Kwon’s Taekwondo and Jing Ying. We held a fun costume contest for kids and dogs.

This year’s annual tree lighting event will be held at the chamber on Friday, December 6. Don’t miss this wonderful experience that kicks off the holiday season with Santa, the Grinch, performances, hot chocolate, ice cream and more.

Tickets are available for our fabulous Taste and Sip extravaganza, now in its 14th year. It will be held at the Chartwell Golf and Country Club on December 10 from 5:00pm–8:00pm, and features “tastes and sips” from our wonderful local restaurants, liquor stores and bakeries. Tickets can be found at www.gspacc.com.

As always, remember to shop local and give local to support your community! You can find out more about the chamber and membership at www.gspacc.com.