The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Year in Review Awards Gala took place at the Samoset Resort on Friday, February 10, 2023. More than 250 Chamber member businesses, elected officials, and local community representatives were in attendance. The Year in Review Awards Gala was an opportunity to recognize those who have made extraordinary contributions to our community in the past year.

The top award of the evening, the coveted Community Person of the Year Award, was presented to Captain Jim Sharp of Camden.

To read the complete press release and find links to each of the major award videos, click here.

To view all the photos from our event, visit the Pen Bay Chamber Facebook page, here.

The Chamber is thrilled to announce that our popular Business & Community Expo will return to the Samoset Resort on Tuesday, March 28. The Expo presents an opportunity to meet and network with close to 100 local businesses and non-profits, all under one roof!

Booth reservations are now open and selling quickly.

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We’re excited to be refreshing and reprinting our popular Historic Downtown Camden Map, with updated listings of downtown Camden businesses, for 2023.

A limited number of advertising spaces are available for Chamber members on a first-come, first-served basis. The ad reservation deadline is March 17 and completed ads are due March 31. To learn more or reserve your space, contact Diane Norton at Diane@CamdenRockland.com

Each week, the Chamber features one of our members here in our Friday Report e-newsletter (distributed to 2,000 emails) and on our Facebook page (5,000 followers). Featured Member posts link directly to your Chamber business profile webpage and to your Facebook page.

Simply click below to complete the two easy steps. Featured Members will be chosen as submissions are received (limit of one featured listing per member, per calendar year). We invite you to take advantage of this great Chamber member benefit to promote your business.

A locally owned art gallery and frame shop right on Camden Harbor, we represent local artists from around Maine. We are open year-round for all of your custom framing needs. We frame everything from your favorite paintings, needlepoint, or vintage photographs to collectors' items or pieces of nature. We pay close attention to detail and can turn anything you bring into a beautiful piece of art.

To learn more about becoming a Featured Member, click here.

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Our BIGGEST SALE of the year is this weekend, Saturday 2/18, Sunday 2/19, and Monday 2/20. Featuring 25% off storewide, including items already on sale. Shop the sale at both of our stores: 400 Main Street, Rockland, and 105 High Street, Belfast. More...

The Rockport Public Library will host its second Tween Escape Room event on Wednesday, February 22, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Students ages 11 to 14 will work as a team to solve puzzles and find clues hidden throughout the library.

On Saturday, February 25, at 10:30 a.m., the Library will host the first class in a new culinary series for young adults. Students ages 11 to 16 are invited to join Youth Librarian Stephanie Miller to learn how to “no-bake” fun snacks. More...

Kicking off just before Valentine’s Day, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art is offering its annual “Art You Love” benefit auction in partnership with Artsy, the global online auction platform. Featuring artworks from 57 leading artists connected with Maine, the CMCA auction is an opportunity to purchase art you love and support CMCA’s exhibitions and educational programming. More...

The Strand Theatre’s board and staff invite the community to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the theater’s opening on February 21, 1923!

The day-long festivities include three 1923 feature film screenings, offered at the price of 1923 movie tickets: 25 cents! More....

While their friends cozied up to woodstoves with cocoa and businesses throughout town closed due to record-breaking cold temperatures, nine intrepid young artists gathered in the warmth of a collaborative studio space in Page Gallery at 23 Bay View Street in Camden. Each February the gallery gives its walls over to the children of the community for its Youth Art Exhibition. This year’s prompt is to create a piece of art depicting the animals you love best. More...

Joe Hennessey, an English teach in Guilford, is excited about bringing his high school students in an elective global trade class to Portland next weekend to hear a Harvard Law professor and other experts share the latest on globalization and trade wars. More...

No matter what your interests, Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education has a course coming up for you. Starting Monday, Feb. 27, Willy Kelly teaches Active Music Listening for five online classes. Aviation Ground School will be offered Mar. 6 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. (8 weeks) with Jonathan Ward. More...

The Camden Garden Club will host a free public Zoom presentation on Tuesday, February 28th from 10AM to 11AM on the topic of “The New Invasive Plants List in Maine.” Learn about the new Maine do-not sell list and explain why plants some people like were put on it, the reasons for the list, and some plants you could use instead. More...

Registration is open for a new online professional development program, “Helping to Calm Strong Emotions with Resonant Language.” This three-day online workshop, part of the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program, will be held on Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 from 4-5:30 p.m. ET via Zoom. The cost is $175 per person. More information is available on the Hutchinson Center website. More...

Please join us in celebrating our RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn top producers of 2022! Locally experts – globally connected. As the market evolves, our agents are looked to as local experts and trusted advisors. Our agents are thankful you have chosen them to achieve your real estate goals. All of our agents are committed to providing you with the best service possible and they look forward to helping you with all of your real estate needs in 2023. Get to know all our agents! https://www.jaretcohn.com/about-us/

To help kickstart our new catering venture, Claws is offering Chamber members a 10% rebate on any catered event in the form of Claws gift certificates. For example, if you book a Claws-catered event that totals $1000 (excluding tax and gratuity), you will receive $100 in Claws gift certificates! Use the certificates for yourself or reward clients, guests or employees! Visit our website for more details and give us a call at 207-596-5600. Booking now for May 24, 2023 and the summer season.

Not sure how to get hot, fresh Causeway dinner delivered to your door by our staff? Look no further. Free delivery to St. George, Thomaston, Rockland (and points between)! https://craignair.com/maine-inn-restaurant

Members are invited to email Amy@CamdenRockland.com with details of goods, programs, products, or services they would like to offer to their fellow members. Please limit your offer to headline + 75 words and include an end date not to exceed 1 month.

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