Grown Right Here: Maryland Bets on Its Own Wood, Wine, and Wallets

Cal and Chessie cover Big Chicken's first standalone Maryland restaurant in Gambrills, a fresh deal bringing South Australian wine to Total Wine's shelves, a heads-up on a new executive order steering state construction dollars toward Maryland-grown lumber, and a Baltimore biochemist's bet on funding the state's next wave of medtech startups.Sources:Big Chicken Opens Its First Standalone Maryland Location in Gambrills | Patch (Crofton) | https://patch.com/maryland/crofton/amp/34590920/shaquille-oneals-big-chicken-opens-1st-md-eatery-this-weekMaryland's Total Wine Signs Deal to Promote South Australian Wines Stateside | Maryland Department of Commerce | https://business.maryland.gov/news/marylands-total-wine-to-promote-south-australian-wines-stateside/Executive Order Could Mean Big Things for Maryland Forestry Businesses | Maryland Department of Commerce | https://business.maryland.gov/news/executive-order-could-mean-big-things-for-maryland-forestry-businesses/From Biochemistry to Venture Funding: Fehmida Kapadia Building Maryland's Medtech Pipeline | Technical.ly | https://technical.ly/entrepreneurship/fehmida-kapadia-fay-ventures-medtech-fund-fehmida-kapadia-how-i-got-here/Sponsored by Maryland Smart Energy — smarter buildings, smaller bills. Utility-funded energy programs for Maryland businesses, nothing out of pocket. https://mdsmartenergy.comProduced with AI. https://marylandmeans.business