Breaking Barriers and Building Community: The Rise of Black Entrepreneurs in Downtown Frederick

By Kiki Wilson The Partnership is thrilled to introduce Voices of Downtown Frederick – a blog series highlighting the many communities that help make Downtown Frederick special. This month’s blog celebrates Black-Owned Businesses and is written by Kiki Wilson, founder of OUT40 Media. At ten years old, Amira watched her grandmother empty the old spaghetti […]

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Celebrating Black History Month in Downtown Frederick

Celebrate Black History Month in Downtown Frederick! Downtown Frederick is a vibrant, welcoming community that is fortunate to be home to diverse business owners, employees and residents from all over the world. As we head into Black History Month, seek out activities and organizations that celebrate Black history and culture, make an intentional effort to […]

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TONIQ: A Mercantile Rehab in Downtown Frederick

Chandra & Anitha Soma took over the building at 89 S Market St in July 2020. Now, after nearly a year and a half of top-to-bottom renovations, the couple prepares to celebrate the grand opening of TONIQ: Beer, Wine, Deli & More in the heart of Downtown Frederick. The Somas have completely revitalized the space […]

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How to Spend your Downtown Frederick Gift Card

How to Spend your Downtown Frederick Gift Card You got a Downtown Frederick Gift Card over the holidays, and now you’re wondering how to use it! With more than 190 businesses that accept the card, your options are basically limitless — but here are a few of our favorite suggestions to get you going. Our […]

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Frederick’s Main Street Program Awards $40,000 to Downtown Businesses

Downtown Frederick Partnership is thrilled to announce the awardees for the fifth Mission: Interior matching grant program – Artisinal Hair, Cucina Massi, Frederick Coffee Company & Café, Hometown Harvest Kitchen, Idiom Brewing Company, North Market Pop Shop, Pretzel & Pizza Creations, Smoketown Creekside and The Tasting Room. Mission: Interior’s purpose is to assist in making […]

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New Cocktail Bar to Open in Downtown Frederick

The Grand Opening of Tenth Ward Distilling Company’s Cocktail Lab is set for July 13th. The Grand Opening starts at 1:30pm with the coolest ribbon cutting ceremony you’ve ever been to. Once the ribbon is cut, the party will begin! At the event, you can expect to find vendors, cocktail demonstrations by Pratt Standard Cocktail […]

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Downtown Frederick Businesses Helping Those Affected by the Government Shutdown

With the federal government being shut down for over a month now, small businesses around Downtown Frederick are offering certain promotions to those government workers who have been affected. See the list of offerings by businesses below!   Community Produce Market The community produce market supported by Hungry Harvest is available all year long (not […]

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Downtown’s Professional Life: Shabri Moore

For Shabri Moore, having her office downtown just makes sense. “Being downtown makes it easy to collaborate with people and easy to build relationships; everyone’s very open to saying we’re part of this community, let’s work together,” she says. The President of Moore Wealth, a concierge wealth management firm, Shabri has had her office in the South […]

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