Arlington Chamber of Commerce
 
Chamber News 
May 2015
In This Issue
Shop Arlington First Favorite Contest
Spring Celebration at Menotomy Grill & Tavern
Women's Networking Group 3rd Annual Event
Sponsorship Opportunities
Give Back Time Hosts Fundraiser
What Arlington Businesses Care About
Shop Arlington
Support for Non-Profits
Chambermaster Tutorials
Quick Links

SCORE Boston 

Member to Member Discounts 

Shop  

Arlington First 

Favorite Contest

Winner

for  April 2015

is Mirak Automotive Group! 

 

Each month the business who redeems the most Shop Arlington First Gift Certificates 

will be posted on the chamber home page.

 

 Display
your Shop Arlington First decal on your door or window.(Need another?- just email/call the office and request one)

   

Add

the Shop Arlington First logo to your website so customers know you accept them.Right click on the logo above to download.

 

Ask

your customers if they have any Shop Arlington First Gift Certificates they would like to use.

 

There are currently over $30,000 in Shop Arlington First Gift Certificates waiting to be spent so make sure you get your share!      

 

          


SCORE Counseling Available at the Chamber Office (temporarily at Cambridge Savings Bank in Arlington Center)
Every First and Third Thursday of the Month!

The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) is a non-profit organization offers free, confidential counseling to anyone who owns a business or is interested in starting a business.

SCORE counselors are working or retired business owners or executives who have the expertise and experience to help local entrepreneurs succeed.    Each meeting is one hour, and participants may come back for as many meetings as they would like.   

 

Click here for more information and to register 






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Happy Spring, or is it summer? Now that the warmer weather is here we see more people out in the various business districts shopping and supporting local businesses. We hope that everyone's foot traffic has picked up after the long hard winter.

The Chamber has been busy reviewing resumes and interviewing candidates for the Executive Director's position. The Board will send out an announcement as soon as the new Executive Director is hired. We want to thank everyone for their patience as we go through this process.

Thank you to everyone who has been helping behind the scenes to keep the Chamber running.

If you have anything that needs immediate attention, please feel free to contact one of the Board Members. View the list here.

There are lots of announcements in this month's newsletter. Read on to learn more.

Sincerely,
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
 
 
Upcoming Events 

Spring Celebration 

Wednesday, May 27, 2015
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
25 Massachusetts Avenue
 
 

 

  Come join your colleagues and the Arlington business community at Menotomy Grill & Tavern for an enjoyable evening of networking, special cocktails and tasty appetizers provided by Menotomy Grill & Tavern. Cash bar. 


Admission Fees:
$10.00 Member Advance Registration
$15.00 Member At the Door
$25.00 Non Member Advance Registration
$30.00 Non Member At the Door Registration

 
3rd Annual
Women's Networking Group 
Breakfast Event
Thursday, June 11, 2015 
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

  

flora Restaurant
190 Massachusetts Avenue 
Arlington, MA



Come celebrate with us for our final breakfast event before the summer break! Chef Bob Sargent and his team always prepare a delicious breakfast and provide us with a beautiful setting. Dine, socialize and network. Lots of surprises! Please bring PLENTY of business cards.  
 

Admission Fees:
$15.00 Member Advance Registration
$20.00 Member At the Door
$25.00 Non Member Advance Registration 
$30.00 Non Member At the Door Registration

Arlington Chamber of Commerce  
Women's Networking Group Mission Statement
 

 

Provide a network for business women to make connections, and form partnerships and friendships

 

Inspire women to learn and grow, both professionally and personally, through a supportive healthy environment

 

Empower women to be confident leaders at work,  

home and in the community

 
 

 

Summer Concert
Sponsorship Opportunities Available

Our Summer Concerts, a great community event,
will be back again this year due to popular demand.

Karen K & the Jitterbugs

Various sponsorships are available.
First come, first serve!
It's a great way to have a visible presence
within the community.

Contact Kathleen Darcy
at Cambridge Savings Bank
for your sponsorship opportunity.

Summer Concerts on the Green
Wednesdays
June 17th ~ 4 Ever Fab
July 22nd ~ Glorious Noise
August 26th ~ Karen K & the Jitterbugs 
Concert Location: 611 Massachusetts Ave. In front of the
Jefferson Cutter House which houses the Cyrus Dallin Museum
and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce


Give Back Time Hosts Fundraiser  
at Common Ground

  Thursday, May 14, 2015
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Common Ground
319 Broadway, Arlington

Give Back Time, chamber member and local non-profit, is hosting a fundraiser to support a youth leadership program by creating clubs at local high schools and colleges, teaching them about volunteerism and civic engagement, and helping them engage their peers in acts of kindness!
To learn more about the fundraiser..
 
 
Chamber News 
 
State of the Town
What Arlington Businesses Care About

In Case You Missed It......

The Chamber of Commerce hosted the "State of the Town" event at the Town Hall on April 15th. Chamber members heard from both the Town Manager, Adam Chapdelaine and Ted Fields, the Town's Economic Development Planner.

Read Your Arlington's article as reported by Bob Sprague to learn more.

You can view this event in it's entirety on the Chamber's YouTube channel thanks to ACMI-TV and Len Diggins who taped the event.


Shop Arlington
sponsored by the Town of Arlington
(not to be confused by Shop Arlington 1st)

The Town of Arlington Department of Planning and Community Development recently announced a Shop Arlington program taking place between April 16 and  May 19, 2015. The program was designed to boost shopping at local businesses after the long winter that was hard on Arlington's shops and restaurants. It's not too late to participate!

The Shop Arlington program asks customers to use a passport card when patronizing any local businesses. Send in your completed passport for a chance to win great prizes!  Learn more...

Thank you to Ted Fields, the Town's Economic Development Planner and his department for helping to boost more local shopping.


 
Support for Non-Profits


The Have A Heart event in April at the Cambridge Savings Bank was a great success showcasing many of Arlington's non-profit organizations. 

Thank you to Cambridge Savings Bank and its President, Wayne Patenaude for hosting this event.

Bob Bowes from Bowes Real Estate Real Living won the raffle prize ~ lunch with Police Chief Fred Ryan.

The money raised by selling raffle tickets totaled $210.00. Cambridge Savings Bank and Bowes Real Estate Real Living each matched the funds and gave $210.00 to each of the following non-profit organizations:

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