Habitat for Humanity to open retail outlet

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County Inc. is opening a retail outlet, the Habitat ReStore, at 10 a.m. April 22, at 9110 Gaither Road in Gaithersburg.

The shop, which will sell donated building materials and home furnishings, is one of four ReStores in Maryland and 300 nationwide. The store will serve as a community recycling center for home improvement items – such as windows, doors, stoves and dressers, the organization said in a statement.

‘‘We are excited to see the dream of the Habitat ReStore become a reality here in Montgomery County...by selling donated building materials and household items, we will help the environment as we help build homes for local families,” Kevin White, ReStore manager, said in a prepared statement.

The county group is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International and is directed by a volunteer board.

Jos. A. Bankreports jump in profits

JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., the Carroll County clothier with a store in Gaithersburg, reports net income for fiscal 2005 increased 44 percent to $35.3 million, compared with $24.5 million the previous year.

Total sales for the fiscal month ended April 1 increased 17.2 percent to $41.5 million, compared with $35.4 million in the prior-year period.

Total sales in the last two months increased 17.5 percent to $75.2 million, up from $64.0 million last year. Combined catalog and Internet sales in those months increased 33.8 from last year.

Barbecue to benefit SOS

The Gaithersburg Famous Dave’s restaurant in the Kentlands is one of six in the Washington area participating in the first ‘‘World’s Biggest Backyard BBQ.”

Funds will be raised for Share Our Strength, one of America’s leading anti-hunger organizations.

The chain said half of each $5 meal sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 20 will be donated to SOS.

Businesses win SBA awards

In conjunction with the observance of National Small Business Week by the U.S. Small Business Administration, several Maryland businesses won awards last week. Washington area winners are:

Small Business Person of the Year: Warren Errol Brown, Web’s Cakes, Silver Spring.

Financial Services Champion of the Year: Woodrow Wollesen, Execunet Inc., Germantown.

District Director’s Award: Wayne Gatewood Jr., Quality Support Inc., Landover.

Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year: John Vance Meyers, Native American Industrial Distributors Inc., Upper Marlboro.

People

Gene Logic Inc. of Gaithersburg named Mark T. Crane vice president, marketing and business development for its preclinical division. Previously, Crane worked for Quest Pharmaceutical Services, MDS Pharma Services, Avantec and PerkinElmer.

MedImmune Inc. of Gaithersburg named John J. Trizzino vice president, trade and distribution, and Mark C. Twyman, vice president and general manager, vaccines. Previously, Trizzino was senior vice president, business development at ID Biomedical and worked for Henry Schein’s medical group. Twyman worked in Merck’s vaccine division.

Britt Carina Horncastle, president of U.S. operations for Telenor Satellite Services Holdings in Rockville, and Judith McHale, president and CEO of Discovery Communications of Silver Spring, were named two of Maryland’s outstanding international business leaders for 2006, part of the Maryland World Trade Center Institute’s 10th annual International Business Leadership Awards.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development of Crownsville named Robert W. Lehmkuhl director of the Neighborhood Business Works program.