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Tickets for the Kennebec River Brewfest on sale now!
Join us on August 2nd from 2-6PM for unlimited craft brews, live music, food from local food trucks and vendors, lawn games & more!
$35 | $45 at door | $15 Designated Driver Ticket
| | Thank you to our Kennebec River Brewfest Sponsors! | | |
Our June Chamber Connection is happening this Wednesday from 8:00-9:30AM!
Join national security experts Sarah Poskanzer and Larry Fitzgerald of TRC Companies, Inc. for a discussion on understanding the different types of workplace violence, best practices to prepare your organization for the threat of violence, and strategies to keep you and your organization safe.
Location: KV Chamber, 105 Second St, Hallowell
$20 members | $30 non-members
Includes a hot breakfast and Aroma Joe's coffee and pastries!
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The Power of Pivoting
Self Awareness and Intentional Leadership
Ellen Miller, Founder, MPowered, LLC
Kennebec Valley Chamber
105 Second Street, Hallowell, ME
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SOLD OUT!
Email info@kennebecvalleychamber.com to be added to the waitlist
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Register for July's Women's Network Luncheon before it sells out!
Managing Time and Priorities
Trisha Bremner, BA, NBC-HWC, C-IAYT
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Women's Network Luncheon is sponsored by:
Kennebec Savings Bank & MaineGeneral Health
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The Woodshed
Enjoy a summer evening with us at The Woodshed!
911 Western Ave, Manchester, ME
04351
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The 29th Annual KLI Golf Tournament is back on September 8th, 2025
10AM SHOTGUN START
You're invited to join us on September 8th, 2025 for the 29th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit the Kennebec Leadership Institute!
This is a fantastic opportunity to put together a team, play some golf, and contribute to the success of the oldest leadership institute in Maine!
| | Thank you to our KLI Golf Tournament Sponsors | | The Kennebec Valley Chamber is going on tour - sign up to be a stop! | | |
The 7th Up Business Tour is heading to Cony Middle School October 7th and Gardiner Middle School October 21st.
Every fall, the KV Chamber team transports over one hundred 7th graders from their respective schools on a day-long tour of different Chamber member businesses to expose the students to all the great businesses that are right HERE in the Kennebec Valley.
Interested in being part of the fun? Fill out the interest form below if you'd like us to visit your business!
| | Thank you to our 7th Up Sponsors! | | |
ScrapDogs Community Compost Expands Service to Gardiner
ScrapDogs Community Compost, a Maine-grown composting company based out of Rockland, has expanded its service area to the Gardiner area. Residents and businesses of Gardiner, Farmingdale, and Randolph officially have access to curbside food waste collection by ScrapDogs.
ScrapDogs was founded in 2018 with the goal of reducing food waste sent to landfills and incinerators, and promoting a healthy local food system. Over 40% of all waste disposed of in Maine could be composted instead, reducing not only carbon and methane emissions, but often costs and logistical challenges as well. The organization offers food waste collection services to residents, restaurants, schools, and other food waste-producing organizations, then processes the collected food waste into finished compost to return to customers and community members.
Residents and businesses in these areas have the opportunity to subscribe to the service in order to dispose of their food waste, including fruit and veggie scraps, meat and dairy products, coffee filters, and more. Subscribers are then entitled to receive finished compost back to use in their gardens or donate to local organizations. To learn more and to sign up, visit www.scrapdogscompost.com.
| | Daffodils are in full bloom at the First Amendment Museum | | | | |
The bright and cheery daffodil symbolizes more than the start of spring -- in the early 20th century, Maine women suffragists adopted the daffodil as a symbol of their dedication to the movement and to women's right to vote.
Participants of the movement -- led by the First Amendment Museum's very own Anne Gannett -- brought bouquets of daffodils to lobby legislators, handed them out at rallies, and asked supporters to wear them on their lapels.
Caught in between his Suffragette wife Anne and an Anti-Suffragist mother, Guy P. Gannett, who was a member of the Maine Legislature at the time, famously wore a rose (a symbol of the anti-suffrage movement) on one lapel and a daffodil on the other while casting his vote for women's suffrage.
This floral emblem is proudly blossoming at the First Amendment Museum!
| | WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS | | |
40+ YEARS
Cross Insurance
30+ YEARS
Maple Hill Farm Inn & Conference Center, Super 8 Motel, Transco Business Technologies, University of Maine at Augusta
20+ YEARS
Bread of Life, Children's Center: Early Intervention and Family Support, College Carry-Out, Comparion Insurance Agency - A Liberty Mutual Company, Golden Pond Wealth Management, Maine Children's Home, Skowhegan Savings Bank
10+ YEARS
Augusta Downtown Alliance, Augusta Trails, Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival, Burgess Technology Services, Fielding's Oil and Propane, Hampton Inn, Sullivan Tire
5+ YEARS
Austin Associates, P.A., Gallant Therapy Services, Rene Roy Photography Inc., Top Flight Financial and Insurance Services
RENEWING
ADVANCE 1 Cleaning Services, Hearthside Vine & Tap, Lighthouse Wine and Seafood, Maine Pine Catering, Manchester Motors, Rebekah Wheeler Photography & Design, Summit Real Estate, Wander Pizza Co., Wilkinson Law, PLLC
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Andrew Silsby, Chair*
Kennebec Savings Bank
Lori Dube, Chair Elect*
Sprague & Curtis Real Estate
Matthew Tardiff, Treasurer*
J.S. McCarthy Packaging and Print
Michele Pelletier, Past Chair
PERFORMANCE Foodservice NorthCenter
Cathy DeMerchant, Human Resources*
Capital Area Staffing Solutions, Inc.
Katie Doherty, President & CEO*^
Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce
* Executive Committee ^ Full-Time Executive
Randall Anderson
The Meadows Golf Club
Karen Boston
Lipman Katz & Boston, P.A
Dr. Jenifer Cushman
University of Maine at Augusta
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Sue Grenier
G&E Roofing Co., Inc.
Earl Kingsbury
City of Augusta
Robbi Lockhart
Team EJP
Steven Marson
Central Maine Pyrotechnics
Nicole McSweeney
MaineGeneral Health
Stacey Morrison
Ganneston Construction Corp.
Rebecca Pushard
MIKA
Lynn Quirion
Macomber, Farr & Whitten
Alec Rogers
Maine Evergreen Hotel & Maine Gallery of Art
Jessika Williams
Cross Insurance
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Sincerely,
KVCC Staff
Katie Doherty, President & CEO
Lindsay Corbett, Chief Operating Officer & Events
Melissa Walden, Membership & Development Director
Lauren Turcotte, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Megan Bachelder, Office Administrator
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