Today I have a conversation with Mel Litter, an expert in community development with a unique perspective on creative economies and other community impact solutions. Mel Litter is CEO of Elemental Impact Solutions with over 35 years of experience in strategic financial planning; real estate acquisition and development; non-profit operations; and local government. She began her community development and finance career while in Vermont, assisting with site selection analysis for the Burlington Community Land Trust and serving as Environmental Planner and Assistant Assessor for the Town of Shelburne where she also assisted in the creation of the town’s State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreational Plan and designed a local park. 

Mel’s community service work has included 12 years as a Parks and Recreation Commissioner for the Town of Wayland, MA as well as in a variety of school and non-profit organizations.  After moving to  Maryland in 2009, she served on the finance and fundraising committees for the Harford Land Trust. 

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Today, I am so excited to talk to Jason Keckler, a retired lieutenant from the Frederick Police department. Keckler grew up in Frederick and currently serves as a parole commissioner with over 25 years of public service in Maryland. With everything happening in law enforcement, I am so excited to hear Keckler's unique perspective on law enforcement and some of the issues we are facing nationally. 

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Today, I am thrilled to be speaking to Mr. Peter Brehm, a longtime Frederick resident and an active volunteer, community organizer, and a real inspiration in our community. Peter received the Wertheimer Fellow for Exellence in Volunteerism Award from the Community Foundation for Frederick County in 2015, is the current president of Friends of Baker Park, and much, much more.

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Nkem Wellington is a communications professional with over 15 years experience helping mission-driven organizations tell their stories, with a particular focus on global health issues. A rising star in the Frederick Community, Nkem has been a resident of Frederick since 2018, and is currently the chair of NAC 11 downtown, and on the board of the Religious Coalition. 

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Welcome back to another episode of Made in Frederick. Today, we talk to certified planner and  Registered Architect, Alan Feinberg. Alan Feinberg is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a registered architect. Hehas many years of varied professional planning, design, and project management experience, including in the private, public and quasi-public sectors, and as a citizen planner. This has allowed him to view communities from many angles and understand how to work with all interests to achieve superior results that address multiple factors. A decade ago, he founded East Frederick Rising as a non-profit to help shape the over 2000-acres of prime land next to downtown Frederick, Md. With a number of other citizens, they created a vision that was accepted and endorsed by the city government. His work in Frederick and many other communities – such as with expert practitioners earlier on visions for La Plata – fostered the skills needed to work well with others to create places that are vibrant, community-driven, economically viable, and loved long after they are built. His job has been to make sure that key people are in place to make these goals a reality.

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Today, we talk to Michelle Schaffer - owner of North Market Pop Shop - about her business and downtown Frederick.

At North Market Pop Shop, they strive to provide our local community with the largest selection of glass bottled craft, retro and vintage sodas in Maryland and up and down the East Coast. They have doubled their soda inventory with each passing year while also scooping up the best ice cream in town – just ask anyone!

They boast a selection of over 400 constantly rotating sodas. If that seems daunting, just ask one of there staff members for a recommendation; they want to help you find your new favorites! They offer mix match soda packs ranging from a 2-pack all the way up to a 24-bottle case with price breaks for the more sodas your try. They will even help you create your own customized float or point you towards your new go-to mixer.

Michelle Schaffer (owner of North Market Pop Shop) is a Cambridge University educated biochemist and runs the shop like her own little lab. She forms hypotheses about what could be delicious, test them (over and over) and share the results with the community! Michelle truly cares about each individual aspect of her customers, employees and store, which is why she serves only products with the best ingredients and makes green choices to ensure Popshop is as sustainable as possible. 

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Today, I got to interview two of Frederick’s rising young stars - Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Western Maryland chapter representatives: Teen Vice President, Ms. Denver Brown, and Middle School Senior, Shawn Cottrell. We talked about their favorite memories in Frederick, the difficulties of online learning during COVID and their ideas about ways to Move Frederick Forward.  These two were quite impressive and I am excited to see what the future holds for them and for Frederick.

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Western Maryland’s purpose is to serve African American children ages 2 – 19, in the community, to advance their understanding of their heritage through positive role modeling and experiential learning.  They are dedicated to nurturing their self-esteem, igniting their imaginations, and providing enjoyable growth opportunities through interdisciplinary experiences that offer leadership, volunteer, and philanthropic experiences.  The Western Maryland Chapter serves Frederick County and Washington County.

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Today, I’m interviewing Mr. Don Linton, a lifelong resident of Frederick. Donald C. Linton was born on July 19, 1935, midway through the Great Depression, in the city of Frederick, Maryland. Frederick was a small farming community at that time, with a population of just over 14,000 people, surrounded by the hills, farmland and villages that defined Frederick County’s mostly rural way of life. Today, in 2018, more than 70,000 people live in Frederick, making it the state’s second largest city and one that has changed a lot over his lifetime. He has raised a family and built an accounting  firm in Frederick, and participated in some of the opportunities that have transformed the this city. In 2013, he was named a Master Entrepreneur by the Entrepreneur Council. His story is also the story of a dynamic and growing Frederick.

You can read more about Don and his history in Frederick here.

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