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Cape Ann Chamber Business Exchange – Cape Ann Lanes

Title: Cape Ann Chamber Business Exchange – Cape Ann Lanes
Location: Cape Ann Lanes – Gloucester
Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce presents a Business Exchange at the Cape Ann Lanes, located at 53 Gloucester Avenue – a candle pin bowling and networking opportunity.

July 1st, 2009 the Chamber will hold their exchange networking event from 5pm to 7pm.

Network with fellow business people as you roll a strike (or a gutter ball), conquer an arcade game, or simply relax and have fun. Appetizers and beverages will be served, and great door prizes will be offered. The cost is just $10 for members.

For reservations, please call the Chamber office at: (978) 283-1601, or email: info@CapeAnnChamber.com.

Cape Ann Lanes features family fun seven days a week and “Cosmic Bowling” Fridays and Saturdays, where you can bowl to the beat of your favorite music while the high-tech light show surrounds you.

For more information, please call: (978) 283-9753, or visit: www.funbowling.com

Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2009-07-01
End Time: 19:00

Gloucester Schooner Festival

Title: Gloucester Schooner Festival
Location: Gloucester Harbor Gloucester
Description: The Mayor’s Race for 100 schooners, races for other classes, parade of sail, deck tours, public sails, lighted boat parade, fireworks, and other maritime activities. Sponsored by the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee and the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.

For additional information, please contact the chamber at: (978) 283-1601.

Start Date: 2009-09-05
End Date: 2009-09-06

Contractors Networking Mixer

Title: Contractors Networking Mixer
Location: Smith’s Ace Hardware and Lumber, located at 3 Station Square in Rockport, MA
Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will hold a “Contractor’s Only” mixer on Monday, June 8th, 2009 from 5pm to 7pm at Smith’s Ace Hardware and Lumber, located at 3 Station Square in Rockport, MA.

Chamber member Eric R. Allon, a Partner at the law firm of Bernkopf Goodman LLP, has arranged for a presentation by his partner, Peter B. McGlynn entitled “Contract Risk Allocation –Negotiating and Drafting Tips.” Lecture materials will be provided at the Mixer.

For more information or to register for the Mixer, contact the Chamber at: (978) 283-1601, or info@CapeAnnChamber.com

Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2009-06-08
End Time: 19:00

Cape Ann Chamber presents: Options for Healthy Living Breakfast Club

Title: Cape Ann Chamber presents: Options for Healthy Living Breakfast Club
Location: Gloucester House Restaurant – 63 Rogers Street – Gloucester
Description: The Health and Wellness Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Breakfast Club on Friday, May 15th, 2009, at 7:30am at the Gloucester House Restaurant, located at 63 Rogers Street in downtown Gloucester.

The breakfast theme will be, “Get Hooked on Health,” and feature three local wellness practitioners.

Lin Chandler, LMT, from 222 Arts & Wellness Center will discuss “Six Areas of Wellness”, Richard Sagall, MD, Needy Meds will address the question “What is Real Medicine?” and Malcolm Henderson, BA, BTh, Living Alive will talk about “Living Passionately”. Rich Healey of Iron Rail Gymnastics will be the moderator.

There will be a table for Health & Wellness Division members to display their literature as well.

The Breakfast Club will include such regular highlights as the introduction of new Chamber members, special salutes, and the chance to mix with business colleagues and elected officials. The meal will be served promptly at 7:30am and the program will conclude by 8:45am.

Tickets are $20 and may be reserved by email at: info@CapeAnnChamber.com or by calling the Chamber office at: (978) 283-1601.

For more information, please visit: www.capeannchamber.com

Start Time: 7:30
Date: 2009-05-15
End Time: 8:45

OSHA Seminar for Tradespeople

Title: OSHA Seminar for Tradespeople
Location: Gloucester House Restaurant – 63 Rogers Street – Gloucester
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Description: The Contractors’ Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will present an all-day safety training workshop leading to the awarding of an OSHA 10 Certificate on April 23rd, 2009 at the Gloucester House Restaurant, located at 63 Rogers Street in Gloucester. Many states require each person who enters a job site that is a prevailing rate job to have an OSHA 10 certificate in their possession.

Since August 2006, all prevailing rate jobs in Massachusetts have required them, and, increasingly, certificates are being required on non-prevailing rate jobs as well. All general contractors nationwide will eventually follow suit.

The cost for the workshop is $180 for Chamber members and $250 for non-members. The workshop will be presented by Randy Purser of Crane’s Safety Institute in Ashland– a recognized leader in training programs for the construction industry. Purser is certified by OSHA to teach the course.

Class size is limited to 40 participants. For information or to register, contact the Chamber office at: (978) 283-1601, or info@CapeAnnChamber.com

Date: 2009-04-23

Annual Labor & Employment Law Update Breakfast

Title: Annual Labor & Employment Law Update Breakfast
Location: Brackett’s Oceanview Restaurant – Rockport
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Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Sara Goldsmith Schwartz for an overview of the most critical court decisions and legislative changes in federal and Massachusetts labor and employment laws during the last year.

The breakfast will be Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at Brackett’s Oceanview Restaurant, located at 25 Main Street in Rockport.

Topics will include the amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act, genetic discrimination and veterans with service-connected disabilities, significant expansions to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and much more.

Sara Goldsmith Schwartz is the Founder, President and Managing Partner of Schwartz Hannum PC, a law firm based in Andover, MA, providing labor, employment and immigration counsel to a wide variety of businesses and non-profit organizations.

The Breakfast Club will also include such regular highlights as the introduction of new Chamber members, special salutes, and the chance to mix with business colleagues and elected officials. The meal will be served promptly at 7:30am and the program will conclude by 9am.

Tickets are $20 and may be reserved by contacting the Chamber office at: (978) 283-1601, or: info@CapeAnnChamber.com.

Start Time: 07:30
Date: 2009-04-02
End Time: 09:00

Chamber’s Women of Cape Ann Forum

Title: Chamber’s Women of Cape Ann Forum
Location: Cape Ann Chamber – Gloucester
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Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Businesswomen present a panel discussion with an intriguing line-up of community leaders at the “Women of Cape Ann” forum on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the American Legion, 14 Church Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea.

The panelists are Massachusetts State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante, City of Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk, Manchester Essex Regional School District Superintendent Marcia Adams O’Neil, Rockport Board of Selectmen Chair Sarah Wilkinson, and moderator Val Gilman of the Gloucester School Committee. Each will tell life stories illustrating how they got where they are today. A question and answer period will follow their presentations.

Take advantage of this opportunity; hear inspiring stories, network with the Businesswomen in a relaxing atmosphere, and enjoy an assortment hors d’oeuvre and beverages.

Admission is $25.

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please contact the Chamber at: (978) 283-1601, or email: info@capeannchamber.com

Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2009-03-04
End Time: 19:30

Speakers Announced for the Cape Ann Home & Garden Show

March 20, 2009 - A strong line up of speakers and special guests will be one of the highlights of this year’s Cape Ann Home and Garden Show on March 28th and 29th at the Gloucester High School Field House, located at 32 Leslie O. Johnson Road in Gloucester, MA.

Patrick Parent grew up in a world filled with plants, fun, and a family that had the highest regard and respect for the green industry. Patrick learned what true excellence meant by working hand and hand with his father, Paul Parent from an early age. Patrick earned his Associates degree in Horticulture of Woody Ornamentals from Stockbridge School of Agriculture and his Bachelors degree in Urban Forestry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Patrick’s talk “Waking Up Your Garden for Spring” will be at 1pm on Saturday, March 28th, 2009.

A lifelong resident of New England, David Epstein has been a gardener his entire life. David has been fortunate to be able to put together his love of gardening and, as a Channel 5 meteorologist, his knowledge of the weather. He hosted Garden Makeover on WCVB for over three years and brought scores of weekly tips to viewers throughout the region. Now, with the ability to put video on the internet, he started www.growingwisdom.com and can do video tips from almost anywhere. David will be speaking at the Show on Sunday, March 28th, 2009 at 1pm.

Dave Zarella of Scotts Lawn Care Products, Natalie Hildt of NationalGrid, local landscape designer Martin Ray, and Dan Ottenheimer of Mill River Consulting are on the schedule to offer expert advice in their field. The Boston Globe’s Handyman on Call, Peter Hotton, will be on hand both days from 10am to 4pm to help find solutions to all your home project problems.

For a full schedule of Show events, sponsors, exhibitors and a $1 coupon off the $5 entry fee, go to www.capeannchamber.com/homegarden

Cape Ann Chamber Offers Free Small Business Counseling

Free small business counseling is offered at the Cape Ann Chamber’s – 33 Commercial Street office – on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Anyone who is considering starting a business or has questions about an aspect of their current business is invited to make an appointment to meet with a representative from the Small Business Development Center of Salem State College at the Chamber office. This is the twenty-third year that the Chamber has offered this service to area firms and prospective new business owners; and over 7,300 business-people have taken advantage of this service.

For an appointment, please call the Chamber office at: (978) 283-1601, or email: info@CapeAnnChamber.com

Chamber Business Women’s Seminar

Title: Chamber Business Women’s Seminar
Location: Cape Ann Savings Bank, Gloucester
Description: The Chamber Businesswomen’s Seminar Series is Forging Your Financial Future, presented by Gail Ramos, Vice President and Senior Trust officer for the Cape Ann Savings Bank Trust and Financial Services Department. Learn how to organize finances, set realistic goals and develop strategies to reach those goals.

Gail is a graduate of Salem State College, The New England School of Banking for Commercial Banking, The School of Banking at Williams College for Trust Banking, The National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University and the Northeastern University Program for Financial Planners. She holds the professional designations of Certified Trust and Financial Advisors, Certified Financial Services Counselor, Certified IRA Specialist and Certified Financial Planner. Gail has thirty-seven years experience in the financial services industry.

The Seminar will be held at the Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main Street, Gloucester on Friday, February 6th, 2009 from 8am to 10am.

Tickets are $15 per person and includes a continental breakfast. To reserve a space, please contact the Chamber at: (978) 283-1601, or email: info@capeannchamber.com
Date: 2009-02-06

Cape Ann Chamber debuts video: “Cape Ann is Calling!”

Title: Cape Ann Chamber debuts video: “Cape Ann is Calling!”
Location: Cape Ann – Gloucester
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Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce has premiered its new promotional video “Cape Ann is Calling!” at its Annual Dinner Dance, January 24th, 2009. The video is a powerful new outreach and promotional tool designed to attract visitors to Cape Ann’s four communities, Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester-by-the-Sea.

The debut culminates a yearlong effort on the part of the chamber and the award winning, Gloucester advertising company, Bait & Tackle. “Cape Ann is Calling!” captures both the beauty of region and the richness of its culture. Chamber Chairman of the Board Steve Kaity said, “distributing this video is the most significant step the chamber has made to drive traffic to Cape Ann since we launched our website.”

To view clips from the video, please visit: www.CapeAnnVacations.com

For more information about the video and/or Chamber, please call: (978) 283-1601, or email: info@CapeAnnChamber.com

Date: 2009-01-30

Cape Ann Chamber Small Business Start-up Seminar

Title: Cape Ann Chamber Small Business Start-up Seminar
Location: Peak Performance Group -Gloucester
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Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will offer its annual day-long seminar for new and prospective business owners on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 from 8:30am to 4pm.

Topics to be addressed include: Financing, Accounting, and Record Keeping, Elements of a Business Plan, Lease Negotiations, Insurance and Deductible Retirement Plans, Marketing and Legal considerations.

This seminar has graduated over 700 people in its 21 year history- many of whom have gone on to become successful business owners in their communities. Special corporate support for this program is being provided by Cape Ann Savings Bank.

“Activating Your Entrepreneurial Spirit” will feature eight expert speakers, who will provide a comprehensive overview on all aspects of starting and running a business..

Tickets: $60 per person, including continental breakfast and lunch, reservations are recommended.

For more information, please call: (978) 283-1601, or visit: CapeAnnCamber.com
Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2009-01-17
End Time: 04:00

Cape Ann Chamber’s 87th Annual Dinner Dance

Title: Cape Ann Chamber’s 87th Annual Dinner Dance
Location: Tavern on the Harbor -Gloucester
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Description: The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will kick off the new year at its 87th Annual Dinner-Dance at the Tavern on the Harbor on Saturday, January 24th, 2009.
The dinner will celebrate the installation of Todd Tanger of North Shore 104.9 FM to the office of President, and honor outgoing President Steve Kaity of Strong Group, Inc.
The social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner, entertainment, door prizes, and dancing.
Special Highlights include: Introduction of New Executive Bob Hastings, the premiere showing of the first ever Chamber promotional video for Cape Ann, and a salute to the Ambassador of the Year.
Tickets are $85 per person; reservations are preferred.
For more information, please call: 978-283-1601, or email: info@CapeAnnChamber.com
Start Time: 06:30
Date: 2009-01-24
End Time: 00:00