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To hear exerpts from interview, Click here. Thurmont native and former president of the Frederick Arts Foundation, Clement Gardiner brought an arts center to downtown Frederick and led a fundraising campaign that exceeded all expectations. Fifteen years in the making, the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center--formerly the Mountain City Mill--houses two floors of renovated classroom space, a reference library and a gallery with monthly changing exhibitions. Mr. Gardiner volunteers at the Center and ensures ongoing expansion of educational programs as one of its main financial patrons. Praised as one of the regions most "far-sighted and energetic leaders," Mr. Gardiner also pioneered projects at the Community Foundation of Frederick County and the Frederick and Hagerstown Chambers of Commerce. He is the retired director of Public Affairs for Potomac Edison. |
