It seems incredible that summer is ending so soon as we continue to move along into the beginning of the fall season. With that being said, September will be a very busy one for the Chamber as we kick off the fall season with a number of relevant and important educational forums.
We celebrated our usual monthly Breakfast Club on the first Thursday of the month and we did it by gathering outside once again. As the season goes on and the weather turns colder we will need to begin giving consideration to which type of environment we prefer to use. I’d like to ask those of you who are Breakfast Club regulars for a little feedback. Please let me know if you would you prefer to continue meeting monthly via zoom or move back indoors to Brothers social distancing with no more than six to a table for social distancing and masks?
Unfortunately, and expectantly, we had to postpone the Annual Meeting at the last minute. We apologize sincerely for any inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your understanding in this matter. We are planning to set another date this month to hold the Annual Meeting via ZOOM. We will be electing a new Board of Directors, discussing our vision and strategy for the upcoming year and announce Chamber awards for very worthy recipients. We hope you will join us and support your Chamber.
The Chamber organized a town wide series of weekends for “Saturday on the Sidewalk” and kicked off the program on Saturday August 29th. While the rain may have put a little bit of a damper on some of the outside activities it did little to dampen the inside sales activity. Thanks to Wakefield Co-operative Bank and The Savings Bank, we were able to offer an incentive to shoppers by awarding a $10 gift certificate to participating Wakefield food establishments for every fifty dollars ($50) of purchases at a local Wakefield merchant. This incentive was well received with hundreds of dollars being given out. Don’t forget there are two more shopping days planned for “Saturdays on the Sidewalk” - September 26th and October 29th – with the same incentive available. Don’t miss your opportunity to help a local merchant as well as yourself with the $10 gift certificate.
We have a full lineup of some very important seminars planned for September that you should not miss:
On September 16th, we will be presenting an informative update to the “Paid Family and Medical Leave Act”. Mr. William Alpine, Director of the Commonwealth Department of Medical will speaking to us with updates on the Paid Family Medical Leave Law and the legal obligations and responsibilities of all businesses in the Commonwealth. This session will be in a Zoom format and will be held from 9:00am - 10:30am. Be sure to register to keep yourself informed and up to date on this important new law and how it may affect you.
The Chamber will also be presenting a very relevant informational session providing the latest and most in depth and updated information relative to the “EIDL and PPP Programs” on Tuesday September 29th via zoom from 9:00am – 10:30am. We will have additional information on our presenters and subject matter to share very soon. Watch for details which will be coming your way very soon.
Also click on the events to the right for more information about the Women in Business Networking event on Tuesday evening September 15th and a Multi-Chamber networking event on Wednesday September 30.
We are extremely pleased to announce that two of our Chamber members, Batten Brothers, Inc. and Carol’s Café, have been selected as finalists for the very prestigious Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards: 2020 Massachusetts Corporate Heroes Award. Both businesses have been selected for their outstanding community efforts in their response to the COVID 19- pandemic. Please join us in wishing them both well in the final judging. The Chamber will make more information available to everyone as we become aware of it here in the office. Click here for some insight and information regarding this honor.
