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Lynn Tokarczyk receives the 2019 “Next Century Award” from Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)

Lynn Tokarczyk, the founder of the government tax incentives consulting firm, Business Development Strategies, Inc., (BDS) has assisted more than 100 Massachusetts businesses with creating 10,000 new jobs and retaining another 20,000 jobs. Those companies have saved more than $100 million in state and local taxes and invested more than $1 billion in Massachusetts cities and towns by navigating the often-mystifying maze of state and municipal business incentives with help from the BDS team.

Joanne Hilferty, President & CEO, Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. / Chair, AIM Board of Directors

Lynn Tokarczyk, Government Tax Incentives Consultant, Business Development Strategies, Inc.

John Regan, President & CEO, AIM

Alzheimer's Association Invites Members to Join Community Discussion

The Alzheimer's Association is organizing a leadership meeting in Norwood on December 6th from 8:00-9:00 AM to brainstorm with community and business leaders how they can move the mission forward to use the resources of the Alzheimer's Association to educate organizations and their customers to become dementia friendly and to provide other services. 

Contact: Astrid Hendren

Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Association

Massachusetts/ New Hampshire Chapter

Cell: 508-735-6805

aghendren@alz.org

www.alzwalkMANH.org

Click to view invitation

From the President:

Bits and Pieces

It's hard to believe how quickly another year is racing by. With that in mind I want to remind our members of a few items to consider before the holiday rush takes our mind off of business and on to celebrations with family and friends.

It's that time of year to think about those businesses and individuals whose contributions to the Chamber and the community deserve recognition. Our Annual Meeting will take place on Friday, January 31st at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood (mark your calendar).

As always we will be presenting four awards based on your recommendations: Small Business of the Year; Large Business of the Year; Business Person of the Year and the Paul Smith Award for Outstanding Volunteerism.

Please take a moment to consider whom you think might be a worthy recipient and submit a nomination for them. The form is easy to complete and can be downloaded here.

You can view a list of previous winner's here .

Our partners at Chamber PG are beginning their work on the annual printed Membership Directory and Community Guide. If you haven't been contacted yet about placing an ad in the guide, you will be soon. Or you could reach out to Kenneth Leonard at ken@chamberpg.com . The guide is distributed to all members and also to area hotels, town halls and libraries.

You should also have received an email recently asking you to update your contact information so that it is correctly displayed in the guide. Please click the link to your member portal to ensure that your listing is up to date. Or you could login from the Chamber homepage by clicking the "Member Login" button.

Thank you.

Tom O'Rourke

President and CEO

Grand Opening and Open House at Staples Studio

If you are looking for one location where you can have office workspace, free business consulting and the support of the Neponset River Regional Chamber, don't miss this event.

 

Staples Studio, SCORE and the NRRC have combined their resources to deliver the small business community a one stop shop for:

• Office space, conference rooms, workstations and a lobby-like seating area for meetings

• Free business consulting to help your business prosper, from experienced business executives

• Workshops on such topics as social media marketing, financial & accounting topics, applying for SBA loans, sales and marketing strategies and more...all hosted by the NRRC and delivered by Score and its partners.

This level of collaboration is designed to provide a comprehensive set of services to the small business community in Norwood and the region. Please join us to learn more and meet the dedicated people from Score, the Chamber and Staples.

 

Thursday, November 21

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Staples Studio

991 Providence Hwy.

Norwood, MA

 Register

Winterlights at the Bradley Estate

Member Promotion and Volunteer Opportunity

Winterlights is a visual evening time holiday light extravaganza planned for the Bradley Estate each weekend, Friday-Sunday, November 22, 2019 - December 29, 2019.

Bring the family for scavenger hunts, crafts, seasonal characters and experiences, food, refreshments and more. 

Information and tickets

The Trustees are seeking volunteers to help set up the event, as well as execute the event. We are very flexible for setup help anytime during weekdays until November 30th. Help during the event is needed on weekends between November 22nd and December 29th between 4:30-8:30, on as many of the nights as the volunteer is willing.

Click for the complete opportunity overview   

Tom O'Rourke Elected NEACCE President

The New England Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (NEACCE) held their annual conference last week. At the meeting Neponset River Regional Chamber President, Tom O'Rourke was elected President of the association.

O'Rourke will serve a one-year term leading the organization which provides professional development opportunities for chamber of commerce staff throughout New England.

Tom is shown above with fellow NEACCE Board members, Jack Lank, United Regional Chamber and Lisa Konicki, Ocean Communities Chamber of Commerce.