Chamber News

Business with Pleasure, CG Real Estate/Logistics Consulting/Paradiso Insurance

Over 75 people were in attendance at our recent Business with Pleasure event, held at CG Real Estate/Logistics Consulting/Paradiso Insurance, located on Boston Post Road in North Windham.

The event was catered by That Breakfast Place, beverages provided by Windham Wine & Spirits & Hosmer Mountain Soda.

Pictured above are :

Chris Grant, Owner/Host, CG Real Estate & Mike Orzolek, Barnum Financial Group

Photos courtesy of: David Rogers, David Rogers Photography

 

 

 

 

U.S. Rep Joe Courtney D-2nd District speaks at Eastern CT State University

Local businesses discussed in a recent breakfast held at Eastern CT State University, where U.S. Rep Joe Courtney D-2nd District was the speaker.

He stated that Congress doesn’t fous enough on local communities when creating the much talked about  federal economic stimulus packages. Courtney noted that he was ot crazy about the way money was spent.

In a community with few manufacturers, the universities are the two of the biggest businesses, making it extremely important for the community to invest in education. “Kudos to the Chamber for making this connection”, Courtney said. “I think we still have a lot of work to do to connect education to the workforce needs.”

Roger Adams, Executive Director of the Chamber, said Courtney is attuned to the needs of the local businesses and the way they are affected by the federal budget crisis.

“The number of small businesses and events he has been to indicate he is truly concerned,” Adams said.

Like many businesses, agencies and universities in the state, the University of Connecticut and Eastern recently suffered budget cuts as well.

As a member of the House education and labor committee, Courtney was involved with the passing of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, as well as the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

Both measures were designed to help combat rising tuition costs at universities.

Courtney remains optimistic about the financial crisis, but said Congress will have more of a handle on the situation after a February 25th meeting, when it will discuss the stimilus package.

Congressman are prepared to help hospitals with waiver requests and the Republican and Democrat parties plan to appeal an anti-trust exemption for health insurers.

“We’ll all see whether or not this can happen,” Courtney said.

Courtney said he is starting to see some positive developments within local communities in terms of infrastructure.

For example, many towns, such as Madison and East Lyme, are in the process of building new bridges.

“I feel these investments are completely justified,” Courtney said.

 

This story origianally appeeared in The Chronicle, submitted by Michelle Firestone

Pictured above, left to right:

Roger Adams, Executive Director, The Chamber of Commerce, Inc, Windham Region

U.S. Rep Joe Courtney

Diane Nadeau, Marketing & Membership Director, The Chamber of Commerce, Inc, Windham Region

 

Pictues by: David Rogers, of David Rogers Photography

 

Home & Business Expo at East Brook Mall in Mansfield a SUCCESS!

The Home & Business Expo was held February 20 & 21st, at the East Brook Mall in Mansfield.

The Home & Buisiness Expo is an opportunity for local businesses to showcase their items. There were more than 30 vendors on hand, including a massage therapist, tree servcies, realtors, cosmetics and home improvement vendors.

This is an annual event, in it’s 5th year. Thousands of people were in attendance to visit the expo throughout the weekend.

Pictured above:

Libery Bank

 

 

 

CG Real Estate celebrates new location with a Ribbon Cutting

Thursday, January 21, 2010 several people attended the Ribbon Cutting and Open House to welcome Chamber Member, CG Real Estate in his new location at 361 Boston Post Road, North Windham.

Chris Grant, owner of CG Real Estate, celebrated with fellow Chamber Members at his lavish new location. CG Real Estate is a real estate office that can help you with all of your residential real estate needs.

CG Real Estate can be reached at 860.786.7371 or www.cgrealestate.net.

Business with Pleasure, Thirsty Frog

Our recent Business with Pleasure was held at the Thirsty Frog, on Main Street in Willimantic.

Business with Pleasure is our monthly networking event, that gives people an opportunity to network in a casual, fun environment.

The Thirsty Frog is a new Italian Restaurant that offers delectable food choices. The Thirsty Frog also has live entertainment on the weekends.

Pictured above, left to right, are Michelle Garabedian of TD Bank; Roger Noll of Wal*Mart, North Windham; and Lisa Sullivan of TD Bank.

For more information about the Thirsty Frog, please visit www.thirstyfrogct.com.

Please go to our events section, to see how you can attend one of our exciting Business with Pleasure networking events.

Welcome to The Chamber of Commerce, Windham Region’s new website!
See what we’re doing to make things easier for our members and visitors.

In our ongoing efforts to promote our members in the region, the Chamber has upgraded and redesigned our website.  We hope you will find page navigation easier, and event registration quicker and more efficient.

We will be adding new pages weekly, and we will let you know their content through our weekly e-newsletter.  Please check our website frequently as updates will be added often.