|
Thank you Flavors Sponsors!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bacardi |
|
Balboni's Wine &
Gourmet Foods |
|
Bertucci's |
|
BonCaldo Regional
Italian Ristorante |
|
Boston Beer
Co. |
|
British Beer
Company |
|
Cabot
Creamery |
|
Cena to Go
Plainville |
|
Centerfield's
Restaurant |
|
Chamarre |
|
The Chateau
Restaurant
of
Norwood |
|
Chiara
Bistro |
|
Chinatown
Restaurant |
|
Christina's |
|
Coca-Cola Bottling
Co. |
|
Colonial House
Restaurant |
|
Colonial Wholesale
Beverage |
|
Commonwealth Wine &
Spirits |
|
Diana's Fine
Catering |
|
Domenic & Anthony
Catering |
|
Dream
Dinners |
|
Ever So Humble Pie
Co. |
|
Finz Seafood and
Grill |
|
The Fresh Catch
Restaurant
& Sushi
Bar |
|
Fusion Personal Chef
Services |
|
Future Brands
LLC |
|
Green Mountain Chocolate |
|
Hannaford
Supermarkets |
|
HESSCO Elder
Services
"Meals on
Wheels" |
|
Hilliard's House of
Candy |
|
Ivy's Fine Cakes &
Pastry |
|
J. Lohr
Vineyards |
|
Jalapenos
Grill |
|
Joe &
Maria's |
|
John Harvard's Brew
House |
|
Leanna's Unique
Catering |
|
Luciano's
Restaurant |
|
M S Walker,
Inc. |
|
Majestic Fine
Wines |
|
Martignetti
Companies |
|
Millesimes Fine Wine
|
|
Monadnock
Mountain
Spring
Water |
|
Narragansett Brewing
Co. |
|
One
Bistro |
|
Palumbo
Liquors |
|
Panera
Bread |
|
Quality
Beverage |
|
Raymond Norman
Cooks! |
|
Route 1 Liquor
Mart |
|
Sky Restaurant
|
|
Stoneforge
Foxboro |
|
TGI
Friday's |
|
Twin River |
|
Vinny T's
|
|
Bring Your Appetite!
Just a small sample of the Flavors
samplings:
Balboni's Wine & Gourmet Foods
Wine
Bertucci's
Cheese stuffed oven
roasted
Portabella mushroom w/spicy Bella Napoli
sauce
BonCaldo Regional Italian
Ristorante
Risotto
Primavera
The Chateau Restaurant of
Norwood
Gnocchi
Pomodoro
Chiara
Bistro
Marsala braised pork shank on
honey-truffle turnip puree
Christina's
Oriental seared shrimp
over Asian slaw in phyllo cup
Diana's Fine
Catering
Cajun grilled shrimp over
sweet potato brunoise
Domenic & Anthony
Catering
Filet Poivre and red skin
potato gratin
Ever So Humble Pie
Company
Fruit
Pies
Finz Seafood and
Grill
Mini Crab Cakes, Black
& White Tuna
Future
Brands
Souza Hornitos
Margarita
Bourbon
Sampling
Green Mountain Chocolate
Company
Chocolates, truffles,
chocolate covered potato chips
Jalapenos
Grill
Chipotle BBQ Ribs/Crab
cakes ala Mexicana
Majestic Fine
Wines
Kendall Jackson Wines
One Bistro
Blackened
tuna w/red chile mole sauce
Sky Restaurant
Pasta Bolognese/Caesar
Salad
Stoneforge
Foxboro
BBQ boneless pork ribs
with Asian slaw
Vinny T's of Boston
Restaurant
Penne Alla Vodka Focaccia
Bread Sangria
|
Chairman of the Board
Albert DeNapoli, Esq.
Tarlow Breed Hart
& Rodgers, PC
General Counsel
Peter
Chase, Esq.
Truelove, Dee & Chase, LLP
Treasurer Anthony
F. Caruso
Bank of Canton
President & CEO
Sue
McQuaid
Vice
Chairman
Kathy Harrington
Affordable Insurance
Immediate Past Chairman
Katherine Touafek
School to Careers
Partnership
Previous Past
Chairman
Attorney Leslie Lockard
Law Firm of Leslie Lockard, PC
President &
CEO
Sue McQuaid
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS Bob
Benoit
Milton Hospital
Michael Cecere
Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP
Paul Chaggaris
Walpole
Cooperative Bank
Peter Chase,
Esq.
Truelove, Dee & Chase, LLP
John Chessare,
MD
Caritas Norwood Hospital
Stephen DeCesare
Eastern Bank
Linda Dillon
Century 21/Access
Properties
Steve
Fradkin
The Wizard of Adz, Inc.
Pierce Haley,
Esq.
Johnson|Haley
LLP
Kevin Hallinan
WINNING, Inc.
Sabina
T. Herlihy, Esq.
Law Offices of Sabina
T. Herlihy
Brian Johnson
Quin, Rickard, Lipshires & Grupp,
LLP
Brian A. Joyce, Esq.
Joyce,
Molloy & Cetkovic
Taber
Keally
M. Donahue
& Associates, Inc.
Beth Rosenberg
King
Wachovia
Securities
Willard Krasnow, Esq.
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP
Susan E. Lenkauskas
Copley
Controls Corp.
John S.
Marini
John S. Marini Management
Company
Edwin A. McDaid
South
Shore
Staffing
Julie A. McDermott
Norwood
Bank
Mike Moran
Dedham Institution
for Savings
Joseph B.
Moriarty, CPA
King, McNamara & Moriarty,
CPA
Walter
Mulock
Dedham Institution for
Savings
John O'Keefe
Vail Group/USB Financial
Services
Barry J. Salvucci
NStar
Services Company
Lester P.
Schindel
New England Sinai
Hospital & Rehabilitation
Nada
Smith
Servpro of Norwood/W. Roxbury
Paul
Smith
DataSmith Network
Solutions
Amy Snuffer
The
Walpole Mall
Monty Vaughn
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP
Nancy
Wluka
Wluka Real
Estate Corp.
David P. Wolicki, Esq.
Law Offices of David P. Wolicki
|
|
Neponset Valley Chamber of
Commerce
Business Connection
eNewsletter
March 2008
Volume II,
Issue 3 |
9th
Annual
Thursday, March 27,
2008
Christina's
Route One, Foxboro,
MA 5:00pm Wine Seminar - 5:30-9:00pm Gala
Hours
 Are you
looking for a great way to spend an evening
with your business associates, friends, or
family, while helping the NVCC continue its
tradition of helping our community prosper? We have
just the ticket for you!
At the Flavors Gala
you're sure to be impressed by the wide array
of gourmet flavors from more than fifty of the
area's finest restaurants, caterers, confectioners,
vineyards, specialty brews, and spirits. See the
list of exhibitors below, and some examples
of the fabulous fare they will be serving at the
Flavors Gala.
The
gala silent auction will be held from 5:30pm until
8:00PM, giving you the opportunity to bid on
fabulous restaurant gift certificates, gourmet gift
baskets, wine, sports memorabilia, autographed Kenny
Chesney guitar, an over-sized Coca Cola Polar bear, 3L
Cambria Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir, and much more.
Watch for the online auction preview details in
your mailbox coming soon.
Tickets: $45 Prepaid/$55 at door
10 for $350** Prepaid Only
**Purchase 10 tickets by 3/22/08 and be
automatically entered into a drawing to win Limo service
to the Flavors Gala provided by QLS
Limousine
(restrictions apply). Drawing will be held
Monday, March 24, 2008
@12:00PM
| |
From the President:
Business is
booming at the Chamber Office and I would like to
welcome our new members and highlight some of the great
programs being offered by other chamber members - please
click the link below the list for brief information
about each item.
·
The
Eldercare Alliance Seminar: Care-giving and
Employment: Can You Do Both? - March 20th
7:30-9:00 am at Chamber
·
H.O.
Peabody Scholarships (for women and high school senior
girls in Norfolk County)
· Family Business Awards
(see separate notice)
·
Elder
Dental Program
·
Caritas Norwood Hospital Weight
Management program for companies
·
Volunteer Opportunities at the
Chamber office
·
NVCC
Golf Tournament: SAVE THE DATE: Monday, August
4th at Foxborough Country
Club- Even if you don't play golf, you might
consider volunteering on the committee and/or at the
event or joining us for dinner!
More
|
|
Morning Networking March 12th
@Sky |
 Please join us
for Morning Networking at Sky on
Wednesday, March 12,
2008 from 7:30 to 9:00 AM. This
is a structured, yet friendly event that
allows you to promote your business with the assistance
of facilitators (delicious breakfast buffet
included). All reservations made 24 hours in advance
will be entered in a drawing to win a free "Spotlight"
ad in The Business Connection
eNewsletter.
 Location: Sky
Restaurant, 1369 Providence Hwy, Norwood$25m/$50nm $5 walk-in surcharge
Reservations are required, and please remember that "a reservation
made is a reservation paid". Register
Online |
We would be happy to publish your
noteworthy cause, promotion or upcoming community
event. Please email kathleen@nvcc.com with a minimum
of 30 days notice.
New
England Sinai President and CEO Lester P.
Schindel has announced that Eastern
Bank, the largest independent, mutually owned bank
in Massachusetts, has made a gift of $30,000 to kick off
"The Campaign for Sinai, On the Path to
Excellence ."Funds raised through the campaign
will help the hospital improve the lives of patients and
their families. Eastern Bank Senior Vice President
Stephen J. DeCesare, said, "Eastern
Bank has committed itself to helping the communities we
serve. Just as we at Eastern Bank strive to serve our
customers, we can't think of a better way to help Sinai
serve patients and their
families."
 Senator Brian A.
Joyce, now serving his sixth term in the
Massachusetts State Senate, will be the featured speaker
at a breakfast program hosted by the New England
Sinai Hospital Men's Associates Speaker
Series on Sunday
March 9, 2008 at 9:30 am at the hospital located at 150
York Street in Stoughton. Senator Joyce will discuss
The State of the
State: What's on the Minds of Bay
Staters. A hearty breakfastwill be served and
tickets are $10
for both breakfast and the program. The public is
invited to attend. To purchase a ticket, please call (781) 297-1333
by March 6th, 2008.
This event is brought to you in
conjunction with the following Chambers of Commerce:
Neponset Valley, Hanover, Marshfield,
Norwell, Pembroke, and Duxbury. Admission is
free and all NVCC members are entitled to the $390
member pricing for Expo booths - a $200 savings over the
non-member price. The deadline for booth registration is
April 1 and assignments are made on a first come first
serve basis.
If you are looking to expand your business into
Plymouth County, this is an event you should consider.
For more information or to register for a booth,
visit www.sswbn.org. The NVCC will have a booth at this
Business Expo, so be sure to drop by and say hello.
Family Business Breakfast Meeting
March 12th
Family businesses reach a crisis at some point:
who will run the business? Many times, family loyalties,
poor planning, politics, and relationships influence the
decision. Sometimes the results are great, sometimes
not-so-great. This hands-on workshop is aimed at helping
you, the family and the business make better-informed,
rational decisions about leadership. Be prepared to be
engaged, and to learn about how to identify, develop and
grow the leaders you need. Date: March 12, 2008
7:30-10:00am. Location:
|
|
Family Business Awards
Announcement |
 The Neponset Valley Chamber of
Commerce is pleased to announce that the firms of two of
its members, Michael Cecere, the
accounting firm of Gray Gray
& Gray, LLP and Al DeNapoli,
the law firm of Tarlow
Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C., are again two of the
seven Gold Sponsors of the Massachusetts Family Business
of the Year Competition and Awards
program.
This annual
awards program, which recognizes and honors the most
successfully operated and managed family businesses in
Massachusetts, is a by product of the collaboration of
the Northeastern University Center for Family Business,
www.fambiz.neu.edu, and the Family Firm Institute New
England Chapter, www.ffi.org. The Awards
Program is designed to promote and highlight some of the
great achievements of Massachusetts-based, family-owned
businesses and entrepreneurs.
Not unlike
the rest of the country's economy, many of the most
successful businesses in the Neponset Valley region are
family businesses. Moreover, many of these businesses
are members of our Chamber of
Commerce.
We are pleased to be able to offer to our
members here and on our web site
the opportunity to gain
well deserved recognition and promotion of your business
through this competition and Awards Program.
Applications and further information may also be
obtained, of course, by speaking to either Michael
Cecere or Al DeNapoli, or by accessing directly the
website for the Awards program at www.nuffi.org.
Entry Deadline: March
31, 2008
|
|
Spotlight - Caritas Good Samaritan
Hospice |
Your business can win this
Spotlight coverage if you register at least 24 hours
in advance for a Morning or Noon Networking, and your
name is drawn at the
Networking.
| | |
There's more: listen to
great jazz music by Kathy Earabino and the
Blue Wave Trio. An ensemble from the
(
