Governor Martin OMalley Announces FastTrack as Part of Maryland Made Easy

Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) June 30, 2011

Governor Martin OMalley today joined Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown, members of the Executive Cabinet, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, and other state and local leaders at Bakery Express, Inc. in Halethorpe to officially launch FastTrack as part of the Maryland Made Easy initiative. FastTrack is a new tool for business owners and developers to streamline and expedite the review of state permits for projects in priority development areas.

One of the ways in which we can create jobs, expand opportunity, and do it now, is by cutting the bureaucratic red tape, said Governor OMalley. Were doing that with Maryland Made Easy, simplifying and streamlining the business licensing and permitting process not just in specific agencies, but across our entire State government. One of Maryland Made Easys key strategies is the FastTrack initiative, designed to streamline the kind of business expansion our State is looking for. This is the FastTrack to expanding businesses in our State. This is the FastTrack to jobs and opportunity, not in a few years from now, but now.

As part of todays announcement, Governor OMalley signed the Executive Order establishing FastTrack and appointed Lt. Governor Brown as Chair of the initiative.

9 Year Old NH Inventor Makes Apple Picking Safe Fun Easy

Bedford, NH (PRWEB) November 11, 2011

No more ladders, climbing trees, dangerous reaching or bruised fruit. You can now pick any apple that you want and it is deposited gently at your feet.

Quinn Hutchins of Bedford, NH has taken his invention to market. Quinn has started his own company and with the help of his grandfather and they are marketing his invention.

Late last fall Quinn came into the house and said Pa Jack come see my new invention. He had set up a 6 step ladder next to one of the apple trees. He then took a 10 long cardboard core from a recently purchased rug, taped a plastic bag to one end and leaned the open end upon the step ladder. What apple do you want Pa Jack? Once the apple was spotted he pushed the open end of the core up under the apple and 5 seconds later it was in the bag unblemished.

"Quinns Fruit Shoot" has evolved to a collapsible pole that allows you pick most any type of fruit. Orchard owners love it because there is less damage to the trees and it speeds up picking. Kids love it because they can pick out the hard to reach fruit, point it out to dad and in a matter of seconds it is gently deposited at their feet. Apples are never out of reach, even for older people.

No more frustration of not getting that prized apple. "Quinns Fruit Shoot" lets you capture them all. Apple picking is now a fun adventure for the entire family, young and old. Visit his website, http://www.quinnsfruitshoot.com, to learn more about Quinn and his fruit picking invention.

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