Welcome to the Melville Chamber of Commerce 
E-Newsletter
- "Vision & Voice"
Monthly Edition
December, 2017



On Behalf Of The Melville Chamber Board Of Directors And Staff
We Wish You All A Very Happy And Healthy Holiday Season!
 
In This Issue
Message from our Board
News and Programs
Upcoming Events
"Insights on the State of the Economy"
Employment Law
Your "Business Link"
Financial Planning
Member Spotlight of the Month
Message from our Board
 
Message from our Vice President
Dawn Grzan


What's Happening In and Around Melville?
I decided that I would write something different in the newsletter for my article. I wanted to share information about all the great things happening in Melville! Just do a search in google for businesses opening, special events and all kinds of amazing things for you to attend, network or get new business. For example this week in the news for the area:
  • Dime Community Bank held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its new Melville branch - the bank's first location on Long Island in nearly 40 years. Guess what the Melville Chamber of Commerce was there to welcome them to the area. If you are a member of the Chamber we are contacted regularly to attend special events and it can bring you new business or new contacts so get involved with Melville Chamber and you could be invited to attend these special events.
  • Did you know that Nikon named a new CEO for Americas subsidiary in Melville? According to Newsday: Bo Kajiwara is the new CEO of Nikon Inc., a subsidiary covering North and South America. He had been senior general manager of sales and marketing in Europe. Kajiwara succeeds Toru Iwaoka, who was named president of Nikon Europe BV and a corporate vice president of the parent company. Kajiwara's promotion marks his return to Long Island. He worked here from 2004 to 2013 as head of the imaging division and then vice president of marketing, planning and customer experience. Even though Nikon isn't a member of the Chamber it is important for those doing business in the region to know about organization changes to major corporations. Maybe there is some connection to Nikon that you might be able to create to get new business or invite someone you know from Nikon to a Chamber event. We would love to have them!
  • Tax breaks from New York State for Moving to Suffolk County. More specifically New York State is providing tax breaks and cheap electricity for a computer software developer's move to Suffolk County from Nassau County. LBi Software Inc. will receive up to $300,000 in state tax credits over 10 years if it adds 16 people to its payroll of 47. The assistance was announced Thursday during a ceremony opening LBi's new headquarters in Melville. The 25,200-square-foot building, which is owned by the company, is more than double the amount of space it had been renting in Woodbury. If you are interested in becoming involved in the Chamber's Government Relations committee this is the kind of thing that you might be able to help influence and bring more businesses to Melville. It is great that we are getting a new business who now is able to purchase a building instead of rent. Come to Chamber events to find out more about how you can become involved.
  • Another business expanding to Melville. Long Island's newest Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace will also be the largest. By the time this newsletter gets sent out the ribbon for Uncle Giuseppe's will have been cut in Melville, and customers will enter a 53,000-square-foot store that was formerly Waldbaum's. We wish them good luck in their new store! We hope that you can check them out and see what a great impact they might have on Melville!
If you are interested in becoming more involved in the Chamber to become part of special events, learn about new businesses coming to Melville, advanced notice of ribbon cuttings or just to be part of this great community please contact the Executive Director of the Melville Chamber of Commerce Ted Macaluso at info@melvilechamber.org . We look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

Dawn Grzan
Vice President
Melville Chamber of Commerce
News and Programs

Save The Date


November 1, 2018
10:00AM-3:00PM
Hilton Long Island/Huntington
 
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Ribbon Cuttings 
 
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Citrin Cooperman is pleased to announce that the firm's Long Island office has moved to a new location, in Melville, on November 6th.  The firm had opened its first Long Island location in Plainview in 2014.  The office's grand opening was celebrated on November 14th by a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Melville Chamber of Commerce.
 
Pictured left to right:
 
Michael Myers, Partner
Ted Macaluso, Executive Director, Melville Chamber
Corey Bell, Partner
Michael Sabatini, Managing Partner LI Office
Patricia Cummings, Co-Managing Partner NYC Office
Joseph Turkewitz, Partner
Lori Drucker, Partner
David Gustin, President, Melville Chamber 
Michael Feller, Partner
Howard Fielstein, Partner
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Dime Community Bank Melville Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening event on November 28, 2017. The event commemorated the Grand Opening of Dime's Melville Branch and Commercial Lending/Business Banking Division office, located at One Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1N01, Melville, NY. Visit dime.com for more information about Dime locations, products and services.
 
Pictured left to right:
 
Front:
Monica Reis, Assistant Branch Manager, Dime Melville Branch
Thomas Donnelly, Councilman, Town of Babylon and County Legislator-Elect
Vincent F. Palagiano, Dime Chairman
Kenneth J. Mahon, Dime President & CEO
Chad Lupinacci, NYS Assemblymember and Town of Huntington Supervisor-Elect
Mark Cuthbertson, Councilman, Town of Huntington
Roberto S. Volino, Senior Executive Vice President & COO
Michael A. Perez, Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking
Dean Highland, Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager, Dime Melville Branch
 
Back:
Stuart H. Lubow, Senior Executive Vice President-Business Banking
Ted Macaluso, Executive Director, Melville Chamber of Commerce
David Gustin, President, Melville Chamber of Commerce
 
Photo by Bob Savage, Long Island Press  
 
Upcoming Events
 
Membership with the Melville Chamber of Commerce provides ample opportunities for networking with other business professionals through a broad range of programs and events.


Save The Dates And Mark Your Calendars
 

Click here for all upcoming scheduled events 
 
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"Business Resource Roundtable"
 
 
 

Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Time: 8:30AM-10:00AM
Place: Silverman Acampora LLP    

           
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"Holiday Gathering"
 
   
 
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Time: 5:30PM-8:00PM
Place: Mac's Steakhouse      
 
   More info 
   
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 "Technology Strategies for 2018"
 
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Time: 8:00AM-10:00AM
Place: Half Hollow Hills Community Library       
 
   More info  
 
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Save The Date
 
"Welcome To The New Year Celebration"  
Featuring Our "Businesses Of The Year" Awards 
 
 
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018   
Time: 5:30PM-8:00PM 
Place: Carlyle on the Green      
 
 Details to follow 
Economy
                
 
"Insights on the State of the Economy"
 
 
This is the latest installment in the "Insights on the State of the Economy" Series by Richard Vogel, Chief Economist of the Melville Chamber of Commerce and Dean, School of Business at Farmingdale State College.
   

Richard Vogel
Chief Economist, Melville Chamber of Commerce
Dean, School of Business, Farmingdale State College
   
 
Location and the Dynamics of a Changing Market
 
 

  
Employment Law
                
 
Employment Law
 
 
Column is sponsored by Jackson Lewis
 
New York Department of Labor Proposes
Scheduling Regulations
  
  
Your "Business Link"



  
The Half Hollow Hills Community Library  and member of the Melville Chamber of Commerce helps small businesses to grow our community. You can find up-to-date business resources in print and online to help you achieve your business goals @ www.hhhlibrary.org
Let the library serve as a resource and "Business Link" for your growth and economic success.  
 
 
The Half Hollow Hills Community Library offers two different digital learning tools. Both Mango Languages and Pronunciator offer various classes, courses, and learning strategies for those wishing to become more adept at any number of languages. For the business professional looking to pick up basic phrases, as well as those looking for a more in-depth whole language approach, these platforms would prove extremely helpful.
 

Financial Planning
 
 
Financial Planning

Column sponsored by:
  
Wells Fargo Advisors
 
 
 
 
Focus on year-end tax planning


We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.

Remember our motto, building relationships is the key to building business!!
 
Sincerely,

 
Melville Chamber Management 
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Shuttersound Pictures
Coachman Luxury Transport
Precision Pictures LTD
Silverman Acampora LLP
Clip Results, Inc. 

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585 Broadhollow Road

Melville, NY 11747

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