Middlesex 3 Regional Development Group Assesses First Year
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Discovering Nature through the Lens of Fluorescence
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Meet Charlie Mazel from Bedford, Mass., founder of NIGHTSEA, which provides solutions for viewing and photographing fluorescence underwater, on land, and in the laboratory.
What's fluorescence, you ask? Simply put, it's when something glows a visible color when exposed to specific light sources, for example, ultraviolet light. (I apologize to all the scientists out there for my overly simplified explanation.)
NIGHTSEA lights use high intensity LEDs for steady illumination, and for electronic flash units, it supplies custom filters that only allow the desired light to pass through. To view fluorescence, you simply carry the NIGHTSEA blue light flashlight while wearing the NIGHTSEA yellow visor. To photograph, put a NIGHTSEA blue filter over your camera's flash to provide a blast of blue light, and a NIGHTSEA yellow filter over the camera lens to capture the fluorescence. The results are spectacular!
For Charlie, fluorescence has been a long-time interest and hobby. He started in 1972 as a sport diver, wondering what would happen if he swam around in the middle of the night with an ultraviolet light in the cold waters of Massachusetts. He developed his own specialized equipment, and once he got everything working, it was down to the warm waters of the Caribbean to take fluorescent photos of corals. He showed the photos to a marine biologist and asked if he could explain what was happening. The biologist could not, so Charlie's curiosity led him back to school to learn more.
"I didn't start with the idea of a business in mind," Charlie says.
After earning a Doctorate in Biology, with a focus on fluorescence and marine organisms, Charlie considered starting his own business. "I thought 'Maybe other people want to see this.' I thought of selling equipment to divers, but a friend in the dive business advised me not to go that way." So he began working first at MIT and then at a private company, conducting research on underwater optics and fluorescence.
Timing played a big part in Charlie's decision to take the leap into NIGHTSEA. "The funding for research work had decreased. I had been learning business stuff on the side while running another company. And I saw an opportunity for fluorescence in the industry," Charlie says.
So in 2009, he took the leap into small business ownership and established NIGHTSEA. "I like being in business for myself, and I like making things that people use," Charlie says. "I like hearing from people who have been diving for years and get a totally new view of the underwater world using our gear."
Early on, Charlie experienced a crisis of confidence moment. Worried that he made the wrong decision, he reached out to an experienced entrepreneur friend for advice. "He told me, 'There's going to be ups and downs. You just have to deal with it,'" Charlie says. "That really brought me back down to earth."
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Celebrate July 4th in Bedford
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Submitted by the Bedford Recreation Department
Spend the day at Springs Brook Park
11 am to 2 pm: Free admission for Bedford residents (must show license or i.d.) entering the Park
- Swim, relax and enjoy the day at the Park!
- Discover the spray park
- Play sand volleyball, tetherball or basketball
- Try the waterslide
- Explore the playground
- Enjoy kids' games and contests
- Picnic in the shaded, sandy picnic grove beneath the old pines (grills available, concession available)
1:00 - 2:30 pm: Watermelon served
Then enjoy a concert of patriotic music on the Town Campus
5 - 7 pm: Early-evening Concert at 12 Mudge Way Back by popular demand, Dan Clark the Singing Trooper will sing national anthems, military tributes, patriotic and broadway tunes, opera, Elvis and more from 5 to 7 pm.
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What the Chamber did in June?
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Tee it up Golf
Chamber Directors Retreat
Many thanks to Boardroom Bistro for providing dinner!
Working Women Alliance -Many thanks to Panera Bread for providing lunch!
Multi-Chamber Networking @ Stonebridge
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Adam Schwartz leads the Chamber Retreat
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Working Women Alliance
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BEDFORD FIRST
Participating members as of 5/2
B & D Advertising Agency - 10% discount on any size advertisement placed in the Bedford (or surrounding town) "Town Book" Directory
Bedford Vision Center & Dr. Kiana Kaymanesh - 20% off any
frame & lens combination
Bedford Plaza Hotel - 10% discount off rack rate - use code SP10
Garrison Knight Financial Planning, LLC -Complimentary "get
acquainted" meeting plus 15% discount on all hourly financial
planning services
Great Road Gallery & Framing - 10% off all complete customframing Quality Data Base Design -Free initial consultation, 10 % discount on development fee
Baldwin Insurance - 5 % member discount
JRM Antiques - Purchases $1-$50.00 - 10%, $50.00 and up- 20%
The UPS Store - 15% off packaging/shipping supplies, 5% off shipping charges, 25% off Printing/Copying/Large format printing/blue printing, 20% off Notary Service
SORA - 10 % off any food in the restaurant or lounge
Bedford Florist - 10% off all purchases
First Parish of Bedford - 10% discount on cost of building usage
New England Nurseries, Inc. - 10% on all purchases except year end clearance items Art Smith & Associates - 2 hour design consult Christine Pinney Marketing - 10% off on all interent consultin services Watson Law Offices - I-9 Annual audit review offered at half price to
OrganizingWorks!- 10% off first organizing session, 5 % off second session
existing members & free to potential members who agree to attend one Chamber function
Connected View -25% of subscription
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Bedford Day will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2013. This a town wide community event where you can get tremendous exposure for your business. Applications must be submitted to the Recreation Dept. by August 9. Click here for info and the application
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September 13, 2013
Westin-Waltham Boston Hotel
Waltham, MA
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ALEWIFE SHUTTLE TO CROSBY DRIVE
offers guaranteed ride home program |
Did you know the 128 Business Council's offfers guaranteed ride home, along with several other member benefits such as
- DEP Rideshare Regulation Compliance
- RideMatching
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Commuter Benefits Events
- Shuttle Bus Services
- Transportation Advocacy Programs
128 Business Council could be your one-stop resource for alternative transportation and pro-sustainability solutions for the 128 West region. Their shuttles connect major employers, institutions and communities to public transit (MBTA stations), making commuting more effective and reducing Route 128 West and related roadway congestion.
Please contact the Chamber office at 781-275-8503 if your company is interested in participating in this Shuttle Program and/or if you know some other companies in the Crosby Drive area that you think would be interested.
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I am a Bedford Business video......
CHAMBER CALENDAR
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
TEE IT GOLF Patriot Golf Course 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA
August 6 Atria Longmeadow Multi-Chamber Networking 42 Mall Road Burlington, MA 5:30-7:30 PM
September 13 128 Business Expo Westin -Waltham Hotel 70 Third Ave Waltham, MA 10:30-3:00 PM Click here to register
September 21 Bedford Day Applications are due August 9
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2013 CHAMBER MEMBERS
Amptek Inc.
Art Smith & Associates
Atlantic Capital Strategies Atlantis Sports Club Atria Longmeadow Place
B & D Advertising Agency Baldwin Insurance Agency Baudanza Electric Company Bedford Acupuncture Bedford Car Wash
Bedford Center for the Arts
Bedford
Children's Centre Bedford Family Connection Bedford Farms Bedford Florist Bedford Funeral Home Bedford Historical Society Bedford Montessori Bedford Motel Bedford Orthodontics Bedford Vision Center Bedford Plaza Hotel
Bedford TV Brookline Bank Brown & Brown, P.C. Cafe Luigi Callahan's Karate Studio Calling All Pets Cambridge Savings Bank Carlton & Duran CPAs
Carleton-Willard Village
Christine Pinney Marketing Connected View Cormier Law, LLC
Dalya's Restaurant Debbie Spencer HigginsGroup
Design 1 Kitchen & Bath Design 2 Order Design Photo Dr. Dianne Bridgeman Diane Cadogan Hughes/The Higgins Group Doubletree Bedford Glen Hotel
Dr. Kiana Kaymanesh
DSA Printing
Edward
Jones Investments Elm Brook Place EMD Millipore Enterprise Bank & Trust Co First Parish Church Flatbread
FUJIFILM Recording Media USA, Inc. F.W.Webb Garrison Knight Financial Planning LLC
Genetti's Wine & Spirits Get in Shape for Women Good Together
Great Road Gallery & Framing
Hanscom Federal Credit Union Harold Nichols Insurance Agency
Heritage At Bedford Springs
Independent Living Innovations Inside Out Staging and Design JRM Antiques Keller Williams Realty Kimberly Bee Design Leary Auto Repair Lexington Symphony
Live Life Well
McColough Associates, Inc. Mead Bors. Tree Serice Mettler-Toledo Thorton, Inc. Middlesex Savings Bank
Minuteman Volkswagen Inc.
New England Nurseries, Inc
North Road Chiropractic Organix Spa & Salon OrganizingWorks
Oscar S. DePriest IV, DMD,PC Panera Bread Patrick Sullivan/The Middlesex Group
Patriot Pediatrics Paychex, Inc. Peter C. Quinn Insurance Agency
Progress Software
Quality Data Base Design
Rental Car Momma
Richard Egan Insurance
Right At home Salon OZ Slak Chiropractic Group Soho Spaulding Management Spencer Company Spire
St. Michael Parish Center Strawberry Hill Properties Summit Health & Fitness TD Bank The Bedford Citizen The Bedford Minuteman The Boardroom Bistro
The Goddard School The Higgins Group Realtors The UPS Store Pulte Homes of New England, LLC
Vela Ventures
Watson Law Office
William Raveis Real Estate
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