The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce held its annual 'Spring Seasonings' event on Monday, May 6. A sellout crowd packed the Newton Marriott to sample food from dozens of Newton and Needham restaurants.
The Chamber is offering transportation to Back Bay businesses on Wednesday, May 8.
The Chamber is offering transportation to Back Bay businesses on Wednesday, May 8.
Roughly a week after Back Bay was reopened to the public, the local chamber of commerce is lending a hand to the businesses affected by the April 15 Boston Marathon Bombings. The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to provide free round-trip bus rides to the Back Bay next week. The trip will take place on Wednesday, May 8, and will allow locals to shop and dine at the stores and restaurants that lost business while Back Bay was shut down. “It’s unusual for the Newton-Needham Chamber to be promoting commerce outside of our two communities but this is a very worthy exception,” Chamber President Greg Reibman said in a statement. “We’re really pleased to be standing in solidarity with…
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Submissions for a Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce scholarship or green business awards are now open.
Nominations are now open for the Newton Needham Chamber of Commerce's green business awards, as are applications for their scholarship, according to announcements on the chamber's site. The deadline for Green Businesses is first: by April 30, interested applicants must submit a one-page description of their business (based in either Newton or Needham), and how it has made progress toward either reducing energy and improving sustainability, or supplying green goods or services. These nominations should be in to Chamber member, and Environment Committee chair Peter Smith, psmith@igc.org, by a week from Tuesday. For questions, call him at 617-233-6071. Scholarship applicants have a little bit longer to apply for the $1,000 cash prize — …
The Board of Directors voted to endorse the mayor's override proposal at its Feb. 13 meeting.
With just a couple of weeks left until the special election, Mayor Setti Warren's $11.4 million override proposal is getting some support from the local business community. The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to support all three proposed override questions, according to a press release issued today by the Chamber. Newton voters will head to the polls on March 12 to vote on the three override questions, which include an $8.4 million operating override as well as two debt exclusion overrides for the rebuilding of Angier and Cabot elementary schools. “This was not an easy decision because we recognize that increased property taxes are a significant burden for many Newton businesses,” Joseph De Vito, chairman …
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Following in Auburndale's footsteps, the West Newton community will hold a "Ca$h Mob" event to support small business.
Following in Auburndale's footsteps, the West Newton community will hold a "Ca$h Mob" event to support small business.
First spotted in Auburndale earlier this month, the Newton "Ca$h Mob" is making its way to West Newton. The event, which looks to promote local small businesses, encourages residents to bring $10 (or more) to spend at West Newton businesses from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. According to an email sent to Newton Patch by Alderman Greer Tan Swiston, shoppers are encouraged to visit businesses from Parsons Street to the Mass Pike off-ramp, as well as retailers on Boarder Street, Elm Street and Watertown Street. Those who are interested in participating in the Ca$h Mob can meet at the "start location" at Morningsilver Gallery at 10 a.m. The "end location" will be at Keltic Krust at 11 a.m., the email said. The Ca$h Mob idea was …
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The 97th Annual Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce Achievement Breakfast honored a number of local entrepreneurs and business leaders. State Treasurer Steve Grossman, a Newton resident, was the keynote speaker.
It was all about keeping business local Wednesday morning at the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce 97th Annual Achievement Breakfast. The event, which was held at the Needham Sheraton, featured WBUR business & technology reported Curt Nickisch as master of ceremonies and State Treasurer Steve Grossman as the event's keynote speaker. Grossman focused on the importance of keeping small businesses strong in the Newton and Needham communities and across the Commonwealth. Among the many topics he spoke about, Grossman emphasized the importance of the "main street fairness" campaign, which looks to require online companies to charge the 6.25 percent sales tax to customers in Massachusetts. Keeping with the theme of local, small businesses, …
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The “cash mob” will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10, and attendees will be encouraged to spend $10 or more at any Auburndale business of their choosing.
The following is a press release from the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce: As part of a continuing effort to bolster business and keep our communities vibrant, the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce is launching a new campaign designed to educate consumers about the value of spending locally. The seven-week Shop Local for the Holidays campaign is designed to educate residents about the many benefits of supporting local merchants, restaurant and service providers, said Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce President Greg Reibman. “If we all agreed to modify just some of our shopping habits, we could lift our local economy, support our schools, our police, our fire departments and the conditions of our streets and sidewalks,” Reibman said. …
Help the chamber develop its five-year strategic plan and you could win an iPad.
The following is a press release from the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce: The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce is looking for area business owners, entrepreneurs and anyone else who is interested in Newton and Needham’s economic and cultural vitality to compete a short online survey. The survey, which will take less than five minutes to complete, will be used to help the chamber develop a new five-year strategic plan, said Newton-Needham Chamber president Greg Reibman. “Both members and non-members of the chamber are encouraged to participate,” Reibman said. Everyone who completes the survey before Oct. 5, 2012 will be eligible for a chance to win a Third Generation iPad, courtesy of Newton's NewTV. The survey can be found here or …
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