We are pleased to be the title sponsor of the Washington Business Journal’s State of Small Business. Join us April 5 as the Washington Business Journal unveils research on the issues impacting small businesses in Greater Washington.

Did you know that small businesses employ nearly half of the nation’s private workforce 1 ? Small business is big business, and their success is essential.

While we all dream of hitting it big in the lottery, have you thought about what you would do if you got a bonus or a great promotion at work, an inheritance, or perhaps a tax refund? A little windfall can go a long way, especially if you already...

Today is the launch of a nation-wide effort to raise awareness about the importance of saving. It’s America Saves Week, and all of us at Sandy Spring Bank are here to help you #Save4Success.>

Peggy Hamilton, Esq., Senior Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel at Sandy Spring Bank, was recently named a Top Corporate Counsel by DCA Live .

As the largest, locally headquartered community bank in the Greater Washington region, Sandy Spring Bank works closely with Capital Area Food Bank, the region’s largest food bank, to help fight hunger. That’s why over the past six years we have donated over 120,000 meals and worked with the food bank to help improve access to nutritious food for all of our neighbors.

This year I am celebrating my 20th anniversary with Sandy Spring Bank. In 1996, I fell in love and relocated to Rockville from Chicago. I worked for an ad agency in Chicago and it was a stressful life. So when I moved, I was determined to have a career with more life balance.

“From here. For here. For 150 years.” The bank’s tagline speaks volumes to me, since the bank has been my only employer. With just a work permit and an application, I started my career here in 1980 as part of the on-the-job-training program at Sherwood High School.

As we celebrate another Season of Sharing at Sandy Spring Bank, this year is especially meaningful because it is also our 150th anniversary. What better way to mark this milestone than by giving back—and that’s what we’ve been doing all year long.

I was born and raised in Olney, Maryland, on farmland that had been in my family for over one hundred years—and also happened to be close to the Sandy Spring Bank Olney branch.