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Letters to the editor
As published Jan. 21, 2009
Grateful for the support
I am writing this letter in an effort to publicly recognize several businesses in the town of Mt. Airy for their support of the Twin Ridge Elementary School Parent Teacher Association.
Blockbuster Video, Blossom and Basket Boutique, The Brick Ridge Restaurant, CarterQue Barbeque and Grilling Company, Dominoes, The Greene Turtle, McDonald’s, On the Town Limo, SK Printing, and the UPS Store have made generous donations to our PTA during the first half of the 2008-2009 school year.
Twin Ridge Elementary PTA is limited in the amount of fundraising we can do each year and therefore we rely on donations from individuals, organizations, and businesses to help us fund various PTA Programs for our children and to support the teachers, staff, and school. The donations from these businesses have enabled our PTA to support literacy programs, offer after-school clubs, and foster our membership efforts.
We are very lucky and thankful to have the support of these wonderful people.
Hope Adams, president
TRES PTA
Downtown changing for the better
The innovative vision of such business leaders as Rob Scranton, Frank Illiano,Frank Dertzbaugh, et al., has changed the dynamics and looks along Main Street in Mt Airy for the better. And the willingness of these men to open their wallets whenever asked in order to help those in need is, to me, what the spirit our community is all about.
Main Street is beginning to get the feel of Old Town in Ellicott City, albeit on a smaller scale. With town planner Kelly Ziad, along with the Downtown Business Association (DBA) and the Mt. Airy Main Street Association (MAMSA), there is something happening, it seems, almost every weekend.
With the highlights of such events, the annual Spring and Fall Fests and the Main Street Christmas and Parade, have become main stays for multitudes of people who visit each year with their families.
And the shops! So many to choose from now. I do a lot of my shopping along Main Street because it always puts me in mind of shopping with my mom when I was little along Colesville Road in Silver Spring. There are restaurants, a coffee cafe, antique stores (with the large 'Shops of Yesteryear' right off Main Street a must see), as well as specialty stores. There’s even a year round Christmas Shop at Ben Gue Gifts and Collectibles.
Deja Vu boutique now carries designer items usually found in the larger stores like Macy's and Sak's 5th Ave. I was able to get authentic ‘Crocs’ shoes there in the latest Mary Jane style without having to travel 30 miles and pay an arm and leg for them.
Tina Grogg
Four County Commission
Howard County representative
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