Dear ABA Community, 


I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. In our last communication, we shared that to continue as the ABA, we would need new board members.  


I am excited to share that the ABA board has voted to continue the ABA locally and nominated Scott Pelletier, Principal of Real Property Management Pinnacle as the next ABA President and John Dudley, United Home Experts as Vice President on January 1st to join the board with an official board vote occurring in December.  

I would also like to welcome Jasmin Faranacci, the new Director of Planning and Economic Development for the Town of Ashland, Bob Savin, owner of Fitness Together, Richard Payne, owner of Modelville Hobby, and Barbara Chisholm, Ashland Cable Access Corporation who will be serving as board and committee members.   

To celebrate, we welcome all members and potential members to attend our Holiday Party on December 18th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at TJs. Please register here.



In addition, I would like to thank the following Ashland businesses who have agreed to be judges and/or provide gifts for the winners for Ashland High School Business Teacher, Jared Jones class project in mid-January: 

 

If you would like to participate, please reach out to Jared Jones at jjones1@ashland.k12.ma.us 

Warmest regards, 

 

 

Adam Sachs 

ABA President 

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