When their sports career comes to a close, former athletes must look for the next goal. A number of sportsmen choose to dive into the business world. For those that brave the transition, many find that of the championship habits and mindsets learned on the sports field translate powerfully to the workplace.

As part of this month’s spotlight on the historic assets within the City of Frederick this month, we caught up with Tonya Hatosy-Stier, Director of Development at Heritage Frederick.

Heritage Frederick -- founded in 1892 and a historical asset of the City in its own right -- is a nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of Frederick County. Learn more about the organization's past, present and future here.

As we take the month to highlight the historic assets of our community, our team had the pleasure of chatting with Protean Gibril — President of the African American Resource Cultural and Heritage Society.

Read below as she shares on the mission, programs, and upcoming projects of the local non-profit organization that is dedicated to honoring the significant contributions of African Americans in Frederick County's past and present.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with just a handful of Frederick’s women business leaders who are helping shape tomorrow’s history, today.

Explore below as these impressive owners and executives share some of insight they’ve gained throughout their experiences:

The path of the entrepreneur is known for taking twists and turns. But we’ve also found that it can start just about anywhere! Here we tracked down the stories of four local business owners to learn about the unique career backgrounds that ultimately led them to ownership.

The City of Frederick welcomes the newest members of our business community! If you have a business that has opened, relocated, expanded or celebrated a milestone anniversary this year please tell us!

Just as we celebrate new businesses opening their doors, we are equally excited to see existing businesses choose to reinvest in Frederick! This month, we are featuring five local businesses that have recently expanded or made significant renovations at their Frederick facilities. These projects demonstrate each company’s strong continued commitment to their workforce, customers, and our community.

Although no one would ever wish to go through a disaster, experience is a powerful teacher. We caught up with four local businesses that have weathered unexpected disasters in recent years and asked them to share the wisdom they gained through their recovery process.

Launching and operating a business is no small feat. The task demands a tremendous amount of creativity, tenacity, and risk-tolerance. We call those who have what it takes an ‘entrepreneur.’ The serial entrepreneur is the rare individual who is willing & able to take on the challenge repeatedly. One idea after another, these individuals are ready to do what it takes to bring new visions to life.

Below we interviewed three local business owners that have successfully navigated the experience of launching and managing a second, third, & even eighth location outside of Frederick! Here’s what they had to say about their growth experience: