Welcome to The Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is to promote the establishment, growth, prosperity and retention of Hispanic businesses, and those entities, and persons that support them in the State of Maryland.

2012 MDHCC Legislative Priorities

• Taxes: The reality that businesses need a stable, predictable, and fair environment in which to thrive, with a particularly relevance and importance for small businesses.
  

• Small Business Support: The need for Maryland entrepreneurs to be encouraged to develop their own businesses creating sustainable jobs for other residents and improving the State’s overall economy. Including a strong show of support on behalf of the Chambers for the Governor’s Small Business Commission recommendation to set aside certain procurement opportunities of a specified size to the Small Business Reserve Program.    
  

• Minority Business Enterprises:   The need and support  for the re-authorization of the MBE/WBE program.
  

• Workforce Development and Education: The need to support programs that help Maryland residents develop the skills necessary to be gainfully employed in Maryland continue to be      supported and enhanced.   
        
• Immigrant Discrimination: That the Chamber would not support any legislation that disproportionately targets foreign born residents of Maryland. The Chambers collectively feel that a  worker’s immigration status is a matter of federal law and should be left to the federal       government to enforce.           

• Health Care Act: The need to support legislation related to the implementation and protection of the federal Affordable Health Care Act and ensure that the costs of implementation of the    Act have a minimal impact on small businesses in the state. The legislation (SB 238, SB 234 and SB 206) will ensure more people become insured and provide tax benefits for businesses to provide   health care to their employees.  

The Chamber understands and agrees that making sure these issues are and remain a priority will allow the Maryland Hispanic and all of the Greater Maryland community to continue to prosper and grow.

Please click here to read the full press release on the 2012 Hispanic Business Legislative Reception.

2012 Legislative Priorities and Agenda

MDHCC/FCC/SBA/SCORE E-Commerce Now Workshop 

On February 15, 2012 at 8:00 a.m., the Federal Communications Commission, the E-Business Now Consortium, the Small Business Administration, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will jointly host a series of workshops on broadband tools for small businesses. E-Business Now was created to ensure that small businesses develop the skills necessary to compete in today's rapidly evolving digital marketplace.

This free event will take place at the Convention Center here in the District of Columbia.  We encourage entrepreneurs from the tri-state area and beyond to take advantage of this unique opportunity.  The workshop will explore strategies for boosting your revenues through broadband technology; creating a technology plan for your business; building the perfect website; tech strategies for improving cash flow; and one on one mentoring sessions on the latest broadband applications and techniques for small businesses. A light lunch will be provided free to the registered attendees.

Whether your business is IT focused or traditional brick and mortar, this conference will offer much needed insight on how the web can help you create a virtual online presence, expand your business footprint and streamline your administrative processes.

To obtain additional information please click here to view the agenda and since space is limited, please click here to register.

On Monday, January 23rd, MDHCC Vice Chair, Enrique Melendez, represented the Maryland Hispanic Chamber at the Maryland Political Summit sponsored by UMD's. Melendez presented some of the Maryland Legislative Leadership during the Political Summit.

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