Tuesday, May 17, 2022

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Download the Sponsorship details below, email [email protected], or call us at 978-283-1601 to learn more.

Greater Cape Ann Highlights is a new monthly video interview series focusing on two greater Cape Ann businesses each month. The first episode features interviews with Spencer Kalker of Cape Ann Botanicals / Cape Ann Cannabis and Gary Rogers of True North Ale Company.

The show will air on ICAM Public Channels Comcast 9 and Verizon 33 on Mondays at noon and 7:30 PM and Thursdays at 7:30 AM.

The program will also be accessible on icamipswich.com under Video on Demand, on the ICAM YouTube channel, and the Chamber Blog.

The Chamber and The Emerson Inn invite you join for our May Business After Hours. Stay for the whole two hours or just stop by for a quick visit visit – either way you will have a fun time!

Business After Hours events are a great way to to catch up with colleagues, expand your business connections and learn about more about what makes our region so amazing. Guests are always welcome so please feel free to bring non-chamber members to show them what the Greater Cape Ann Chamber is all about!

Please register if you plan to attend.

Join the Greater Cape Ann Chamber's Next Gen Young Professionals for a fireside gathering at beautiful and historic Appleton Farms. Catch up with other young professionals while enjoying the warmth of a fire, pizza, and s'mores!

The event is BYOB. Pizza and S'mores will be provided but feel free to bring your own food too.

Attention beer and ale lovers! True North Ale Company is hosting the next mixer presented by the Businesswomen's Committee on the first Thursday in June. Join us for an evening of networking and award-winning craft beer. Seasonal hard seltzer will also be served.

Registration is open so please reserve your spot today!

Sawyer Free 2025 (visit sawyerfree2025.org), a philanthropic capital campaign to fund a comprehensive renovation and modernization of Gloucester’s public library building, is officially a thing. The planned project will preserve the original exterior and also double the size of the existing library’s footprint with a 15,000-square foot addition.

As the impact of COVID-19 continues, many people in Ipswich and the surrounding communities are facing significant challenges around food insecurity. To help address this issue, The Ipswich Family YMCA is partnering once again with the Ipswich Business Roundtable (IBR), The Open Door, Acord Food Pantry, and the local elementary schools for the second annual “Neighbors To Tables” event, a community wide program to support those in need of food assistance, as well as raise awareness, at a time of year when food assistance can be scarce.

• Make a $10 or more donation to participating local businesses or the Ipswich Family YMCA

• Provide a family in need with a grocery gift card

• Receive a discount at all participating Ipswich Business Roundtable businesses:

Do you wish there was a safe space where you could discuss your sex life and get your questions answered? Want to hear details about other’s joys and challenges to know that you are not alone? Join GenaSis for 2 hours of casual, fun conversation.

Oaxacan-born guitarist and composer Gil Gutiérrez has been wowing audiences with his virtuosity for decades, most recently alongside the great Doc Severinsen. His music and playing have attracted attention across the globe, from North and South America to Europe through his many recordings, film scores, and concert appearances.

This year we are back to shopping in-person outside our greenhouse. Flowers, veggies, & herb seedlings are all available.

About our growing methods: we use certified organic potting soil and fertilizers, and only use non-treated and non-GMO seed. All plants are started and raised with love in our greenhouse! Thanks for your support and we can’t wait to see you at the farm.

Sawyer Free Library to host author Siobhan McDonald to discuss her her picture book Hilda's Story: New Bedford, Massachusetts an interactive read-aloud designed for entertainment, understanding, comfort, and connection with people living with dementia.

Rounding out its 2022 Spring Concert Series, the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation will present a concert by the Appleton Consort of

orchestral works by J.S. Bach on period instruments. The concert is subtitled “An Evening at the Kaffeehaus,” referring to the Zimmerman coffee house in Leipzig where many of Bach’s great secular works were performed. The ensemble is comprised of violin, viola, cello, bass fiddle, flute, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord.

The last of the Ipswich Museum's Spring walking tours focuses on the historical industries of Ipswich. From lace and stockings to lumber, isinglass and rum, Ipswich’s mills and factories have produced it all, often while weathering the ravages of war, fire, economic depression, and labor strikes. Join Scott Jewel on a fascinating journey through the history of industry and trade on the banks of the Ipswich River.

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Join Author Sy Montgomery, Captain Heath, and Crew aboard the Lannon on June 4th for a book reading public sail from 10:30 to Noon. All ages welcome.

"From New York Times bestselling author, Sy Montgomery, comes the beautifully illustrated true story of our very own seagull friend, "Polly", and our captain, Heath, who became friends over the course of the last seven years."

Local Sales, Discounts & Promotions

*Contact Sam at [email protected] if you need assistance

Please check the Business Resources Category in Chamber Blog for Business Resources available to the Cape Ann region!

Crew Leader - Asphalt Maintenance needed at Everline

Schooner Lannon is looking for Office Staff

Seashore Comfort Solutions is seeking an experienced Heating & Air Conditioning Specialist

Woodman's has several openings: Kitchen Workers/Fry Cooks/Bartenders Retail/Ice Cream

Gloucester Housing Authority is seeking a Maintenance Working Supervisor

Avon Independent Sales Representative

If you are interested in promoting with the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and sponsoring this newsletter, please contact Ken Riehl at [email protected]