As Frederick is finding its footing in the reopening process, we wanted to take some time to celebrate some of our member businesses as they began the journey.
We had the pleasure of visiting more than 15 our members over the last couple of weeks to celebrate them as they get back to business in Frederick. Even as business begins to pick up for many as people get back to their regular lives as much as possible, our local businesses continue to struggle to recover and thrive in this new environment. We are proud of how dedicated and focused our members have been and we’ve loved to see them finding unique and creative ways to keep themselves going, but we know the struggle is real and the journey ahead remains long and arduous.
We are here to support our members in any way possible and we hope you take a moment to visit their sites, learn about what they do, and shop local whenever possible.
Shop Local: 15 Frederick Businesses to Visit Now
Lilypons Water Gardens
Your local source for water gardening, Lilypons provides customers with water gardening products; waterlilies, lotus, and bog plants all available at their Adamstown location. Check out their site to learn about changes in response to COVID-19.
TreeTrekkers
Their outdoor aerial adventure and zip line park is a great way to get outdoors. To increase safety, they’ve installed several new cleaning protocols and safety routines. Don’t forget your masks when you visit! They’re required at various times while on site. Have a grad in the house? Check out their awesome grad party deals!
South Mountain Creamery
They joyfully reopened their mountain store and farm to visitors this past weekend. While you notice a few new protocols in store, the things you love (think ice cream and calves) are now available to visit again. Just Announced: their downtown ice cream shop and restaurant, Hometown Harvest Kitchen, will be reopening this week too!
South Mountain Creamery and Hometown Harvest Kitchen
Troyce Gatewood & Partners
Officially back in their corporate office, the entire Troyce Gatewood & Partners team is now available to assist you. They’re happy to guide you through this unprecedented times as you embark upon your buying or selling journey.
Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, MMI Division
While telemedicine may be a permanent part of our future when it comes to medical care, MMI is open and welcoming clients back into their offices across Frederick. Offering various services, including physical therapy, they have instituted protocols designed to keep you safe while receiving the hands on care you need.
Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, MMI Division
AR Workshop
Ready to get your craft on? AR Workshop reopened their classes last week and are ready to help you create a little craft magic in their Frederick location. It’s a great way to get out of the house and enjoy a fun day with your close family and friends. Check them out right now as they gear up to celebrate Christmas in July with their holiday themed art boxes.
Seton Center
The Family Store is officially open to shoppers and donations again. Visit their Emmitsburg thrift store to shop or make a donation to support their mission of assisting those in poverty.
Stumpy’s Hatchet House
The axe throwing party location has officially opened! To prepare they’ve made tons of updates to their check-in process and layout to allow for ample social distancing within their building. Be sure to follow them on Facebook to stay up to date on any promotions they’re running.
Essential Systems Solutions
ESS is a single-source technology provider of traditional, mobile, and cloud-based Point of Sale systems for restaurants, hospitality, and retail establishments. ESS also offers a vast selection of hardware equipment to meet a wide variety of your business needs.
Spilt Polish Nail Studio
In addition to manicures, pedicures, gel polish and LCN gel nails, Spilt Polish is also home to one of the only certified technicians providing toenail reconstruction in the area. They also provide lash extensions and tinting as well as Cellulma Light Therapy. Spilt Polish Nail Studio is welcoming clients by appointment only.
Thorpewood Mountain Memories
Mountain Memories, located not far from Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin National Park, is a beautiful, peaceful and natural setting for any event or gathering, but nearly picture perfect for a wedding! This year they are happy to be celebrating their 20th year and, while it’s not anything like what they expected, they’re excited about the opportunity to begin to provide their venue to brides and grooms again.
When the retreat, event and educational center at Thorpewood closed in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of the weddings that were set for this Spring, Summer and Fall were impacted. At least 40 weddings had to be cancelled. The team at Mountain Memories reached out to their clients to attempt to reschedule dates and arrangements. Julie Castleman, the owner at Mountain Memories at Thorpewood, personally handled many of these delicate and difficult negotiations. She attributes the fact that many couples had visited and fallen in love with the venue as one of the reasons why folks were willing to reschedule. Mountain Memories has a great web presence, and Julie created a wonderful virtual tour to assist with future bookings. Attendance at events is now limited to ensure proper social distancing, vulnerable family and friends can be provided with online access or a post-event video, and masks can be worn for those who prefer the extra protection.
Mountain Memories at Thorpewood
Pivot Physical Therapy
Pivot is the nation’s fastest growing physical therapy services provider compassionately committed to safely and efficiently getting their patients back to their regular activities. Offering a variety of physical therapy and occupational therapy services as well as sport medicine, concussion rehabilitation and management, dry needling, vestibular rehabilitation and more, Pivot has three locations in Frederick. In response to restrictions set because of the global pandemic they have expanded their services to provide not only in-office treatment, but also telehealth and home visits.
Galaxy Control Systems
A global leader in the access control industry. Galaxy’s access control systems not only perform basic ‘lock & key’ security functions, they also provide control over specific access privileges for each person by time and date for each door within your facility.
Tuscarora Tennis Club
With options available for both members and non-members, Tuscarora Tennis Club features outstanding playing conditions, a top-notch teaching staff, a wide variety of tennis programs for both youth and adults, and a fully stocked Pro shop. At this time, both their outdoor courts are fully opened and their indoor facilities are available at a reduced capacity. They will be welcoming youth players to their summer camps this summer.
@VR
Offering nine virtual reality stations where you can enjoy over 40 games including sports, action, adventure, sightseeing, and many more, @VR is Frederick’s first virtual reality gaming center! They also offer multiplayer games. Multiplayer games will allow you to hear, speak, and even see other players in virtual reality! For those that love traditional PC gaming, @VR has up to three PC gaming stations are available at select times. They’re hopeful to reopen Friday, June 19th at County Executive Jan Gardener’s approval.
Canapes Catering
Canapés has been offering fine cuisine and impeccable, personalized service since 1989 throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC. Whether large or small, casual or elegant, Canapés will work diligently to ensure your event is perfect!
Illuminate Beauty Studio
A welcoming hair and waxing destination offering a private, luxury experience in Frederick. They offer hair cuts and styling services as well as coloring services. They also perform a variety of waxing services.
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