An anonymous donor has given $200,000 to Sandy Spring Museum to go toward digitizing historical archives, the museum announced last week.
The project is expected to take two years. Digitizing the museum’s collections will allow broader access while preserving the original items.
“This donation came as a surprise to us,” Sandy Spring Museum director Allison Weiss said in a statement. “It’s such a generous act on the part of the donor because it will enable anyone with a computer to have access to every original document in the museum’s archives.”
This is one of the largest donation in the museum’s history, Weiss said.
Notable items up for digitization include Quaker wedding contracts, the complete compilation of meeting minutes for all the community’s social clubs and correspondence from the first president of the Maryland Agricultural College, which later became the University of Maryland.
Bethesda insurance firm merges with brokerage organization
Reese, Yeatman & Associates Inc. is joining forces with Ensurise LLC following a merger announced last week.
Reese Yeatman was founded in 1970 in Bethesda. The firm will continue to operate Reese Yeatman Insurance from its downtown Bethesda office.
“The unique perspective and vision to agency perpetuation that Ensurise brought to the table was very appealing to me,” Reese Yeatman President Mike Reese said. “In addition, the managing partners at Ensurise took the time to understand our needs and business strategy.”
Ensurise partners with insurance agencies in and around the District, the company said.
At Home opens in Gaithersburg
The home décor superstore debuted in Gaithersburg on Saturday at 209 Kentlands Blvd. It has items for every room in the home with styles ranging from Boho Chic to Rustic/Farmhouse.
The company is headquartered in Plano, Texas and has around 180 stores across 30 states.
At Home’s internal investment outlook states the company has the potential to expand to at least 600 stores across the country. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lee Bird affirmed the company’s financial outlook in an update of expected fourth quarter financial results.
“We are pleased with the continued strength of both our new and existing stores quarter-to-date and expect to deliver net sales and comparable store sales toward the high end of our previously provided outlook of $347 million to $352 million and 1.0 percent to 2.0 percent, respectively,” Bird said.
At Home’s arrival was first reported by MoCo Show.
