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We're excited to introduce our newest members in the Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce! 🎉
Meet Hoye & Duane, P.C.! Their team is in the business to help save home buyers and sellers, real estate agents and loan officers time and stress by providing you with clear communication and efficient service that results from years of experience. 🏡
Buying or selling your home or investing in real estate can be a stressful experience. At Hoye & Duane, they help you relieve the stress, whether you are a first-time homebuyer, investor, real estate agent or loan originator.
If you're looking for a personalized and timely solution for your real estate needs, reach out to them today for a free consult at www.hdlclosings.com or 617.847.4200.
Welcome James, Jon, and Staci! We're thrilled to have you as partners in the TACC! ✨
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Our next newest member is Abi-Saad Print & Design in Taunton! 🎉
Abi-Saad Print & Design is a family-owned and operated screen printing shop specializing in custom screen printed apparel and accessories. 👚 They aim to provide each customer with quality prints, sustainable garments, and friendly service.
Whether you’re a brand, band, artist, event, or business, they want to print new merch just for you! Check out their social media, and shoot them an email today for a quote! 📧
Welcome, Anthony! We're so excited to have you in the TACC family! 💙
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Join us at Old Colony YMCA in Taunton on Thursday, August 24th for Noontime Networking! Can't make our Business After Hours? Then this event is for you. Mix and mingle during your lunch hour!
Enjoy a light lunch while networking with other Chamber members. There will also be tours of the newly renovated building. No cost for TACC Members and Prospective Members can attend 1 time for free.
Don't forget to bring your business cards to exchange and to enter for a chance to win the door prize! Register below.
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Employee retention is one of the biggest challenges businesses currently face. In this free webinar, Brad Ferris from New York Life will discuss practices, philosophies, and tactics to best reward, retain, and recruit your team. Register below to attend. | |
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Whether you have been a member of the chamber for 5 years or 5 minutes – or if you’re just thinking about it – join us for Member Orientation on Thursday, September 7th from 9-10 a.m. at the Chamber’s office, 170 Dean St. in Taunton. See the office, meet the staff, hear about our benefits and programs, and learn how you can best maximize your investment with the TACC!
Seating is limited so please register in advance below. Free to members and prospective members.
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Are you interested in volunteering to support the communities we serve? Join the TACC Community Service Corps! This new group will engage in various hands-on service that may include community clean-ups; meal prep/service; event assistance; and other opportunities to be determined!
If you’re interested in joining or would like to learn more, contact TACC President Kris Silva at kris@tauntonareachamber.org; 508-824-4068 x 1.
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The Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering once again with the Cranberry Country Chamber of Commerce to present the 21st Annual Diamonds in the Rough Ladies' Golf Outing on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. It will be held at Hillside Country Club, 82 Hillside Ave. in Rehoboth.
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. We will be playing 9 holes and the course will be played in a scramble format, with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $80 per player or $300 per foursome and includes green fees, ½ cart, breakfast, lunch, and a gift bag. You can sign up as a single, twosome, threesome, or foursome. There will be prizes on various holes and also raffle drawings!
Princess-Cut Sponsors: BayCoast Bank, Bristol County Savings Bank, The Lopes Companies, & Morton Hospital
14 Carat Sponsors: Pet Recess & T.M. Ryder Insurance Agency
10 Carat Sponsor: TMLP Online
Putting Contest Sponsor: Jennifer Oldfield -loanDepot
Beverage Cart Sponsor: SERVPRO of Taunton /Mansfield
Breakfast Sponsor: The Lopes Companies
Hole Sponsors: Available! ($100)
If you choose not to golf, you can also contribute by sponsoring a hole ($100), donating a prize item or gift certificate, or providing 80 items for the players' goody bags. You can attend the lunch only for $30. Sign up to play or sponsor below.
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Contact Kris for more info. about sponsoring Oktoberfest.
Reserve your spot now – register here to attend!
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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS IN BERKLEY & DIGHTON | |
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Nominations Wanted for Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards
The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. (The ILC) is seeking nominations for the 2023 Barry M. Portnoy Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards to be held on November 8, 2023, at the Royal Sonesta Boston.
The Awards honor immigrants who founded businesses in Massachusetts in four categories: Neighborhood Business, Technology Business, Life Science Business, and Business Growth. This event is an opportunity for Massachusetts’ innovators to publicly recognize the significant contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs in the Commonwealth.
Nominations are being accepted now through September 18, and can be self-nominations or come from friends, customers, or business associates.
All nominees will be recognized on The ILC website, in press releases, and at the Awards Benefit. Winners will be honored in the Boston Business Journal, and both the winner and nominator in each category will be offered a free ticket to the Awards Benefit.
For more information and to nominate go to:
Qualifications:
For all award categories, nominees must be a foreign-born founder of a business (for-profit corporation, partnership or proprietorship, not franchise or subsidiary) headquartered in Massachusetts and founded in 2019 or earlier.
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HarborOne Small Business Pitch Contest
Attention small business owners! HarborOne Bank will be hosting its 8th Annual Small Business Pitch Contest on September 28th and its application open on July 7th!
It’s an amazing opportunity to showcase your business, and of course pick up a check for $10,000 to help your business grow. HarborOne recognizes the important contribution small business owners make in our community, and our Pitch Contest is one way we can support the businesses in the communities we serve.
Criteria and eligibility to enter can be found here. Applicants do not have to be a customer of HarborOne Bank to participate. Deadline to apply is August 31st.
To help complete your application, make full use of the comprehensive range of business planning tools, templates and help in the Voyage Business Hub. If you have any questions, please email info@harboroneu.com.
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Grow Your Business Socially
These days, businesses have access to wider-reaching social parties. Many are creating situations where they incentivize people to tag/invite friends and family to “life-changing” webinars. Why do these methods work? We generally trust our friends and family. Plus, we’re more likely to do something when we have friends to do it with. We use social proof all the time when it comes to doing business with a company. Read more.
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BCSB's Joan Medeiros Named 2023 Commonwealth Heroine
Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), recently announced that Joan Medeiros, Vice President/Head of Small Business Lending and Government Partnerships at the Bank and a Fall River resident, was named to the Commonwealth Heroines Class of 2023 by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) at a recent celebration at the Massachusetts Statehouse. Each year, the Commission partners with state legislators to identify women who make outstanding contributions to their organizations and in their communities. Read the press release.
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Raynham Conservation Commission
The Raynham Conservation Commission currently has a vacancy. Any interested persons should send a letter of interest along with their resume to ddooney@town.raynham.ma.us.
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Taunton: Day and Night Road and Sidewalk Work on Route 140 (County Street), Taunton Depot Drive, and Industrial Drive
Location of work: •Road work (milling and paving) at the Taunton Depot Drive intersection with Route 140 (County Street) •Sidewalk work at the Taunton Depot Drive intersection and along the southbound side of Route 140 (County Street) from Taunton Depot Drive to Mozzone Boulevard •Road work (milling and paving) of Industrial Drive
Dates/Hours of Work: •Day work scheduled for week of July 24 and July 31, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM •Day work Saturday, July 29, 7:00 AM up to 7:00 PM •Night work scheduled for week of July 31, 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, depending upon weather conditions
For roadway-construction issues related to this Route 140 work please call (423) 375-4086.
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Walk Audits in Downtown Taunton this August
The Downtown Taunton Foundation is excited to announce that with the support of a grant from AARP, they will be holding three walk audits in August. The goal of these walk audits is to gather information & input to create a three mile walking trail in the downtown neighborhood. A walk audit is a community-led survey of the walking environment that identifies areas in need of improvement, and can be used to inform future infrastructure investments . By participating in the walk audits, you can help shape the future of downtown Taunton and make it a more walkable community. Find the walk audit dates and register here.
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Help For Your Small Business
Let SCORE business advisors help you navigate the SBA Debt Relief Programs or the start-up and growth of your small business. All services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are an existing SCORE client, please send an email to your SCORE counselor to schedule a phone call or Zoom conference. If you are new to SCORE, please complete the Request a Mentor form and someone from SCORE will contact you via email to schedule an appointment with an advisor. Sign up for SCORE webinars here. View upcoming webinars here.
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SCORE for Black Entrepreneurs
Visit the hub to see all of SCORE's best content specifically for Black business owners in one place. You'll find success stories, webinars, and other resources you can use for your business. Learn more.
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FREE Excel Workshops
SCORE holds Excel workshops that are LIVE via ZOOM and FREE, and happen just about every week! SCORE also holds workshops in multiple languages. Please check out this link that lists all of the workshops that SCORE conducts for Excel in the coming months.
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Tips for Black-Owned Businesses - How to Make Your Business More Attractive to Lenders
Tues, Aug. 8 | 1:00 PM
In this joint presentation by CPA and Virtual CFO, Valerie Mondesir and recovering corporate attorney turned coworking space owner and Relationship Marketing Consultant, Michelle Y. Talbert, attendees will engage both hemispheres of their business brains.
Valerie will provide the nuts and bolts of ensuring that your business finances are attractive to lenders (and other stakeholders). Participants will gain a clear understanding of funding options, become familiar with the documentation necessary to secure funding, and enhance financial management practices in order to remain "funding ready."
Michelle will provide your business playbook for creating and nurturing the key relationships that all business owners need to develop for their success.
Wherever you are along your business journey, there will be takeaways that can be implemented TODAY, such as:
- Understanding different funding sources (banks, investors) and their requirements at a high level
- Understanding the essential financial documents and projections needed to get your business funding ready
- Learning key financial management practices to implement in order to stay ready for prospective funding opportunities
- Creating a relationship with a banker
By the end of this workshop, you will have the tools necessary to evaluate and forge the best banker relationship for your business goals. Bring your questions!
Live attendees will receive free business resources and a link to this webinar recording.
Register here.
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Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Basics
Tues, Aug. 8 | 6:00 PM
Starting a small business requires more knowledge, skills, perseverance and planning than meets the eye. Save valuable time and money starting here! This 2-hour workshop will help you clearly understand the details, challenges, opportunities and rewards
Register here.
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SCORE’s Small Business Resilience program
This year, during an unprecedented national health crisis, small businesses needed help more than ever before. In order to support these business owners when they needed it most, the SCORE Foundation provided funding for SCORE’s Small Business Resilience program. This platform allowed SCORE to pivot their mentoring and educational services onto virtual platforms, where clients could easily access the pandemic-related information, guidance and resources they needed to survive and thrive. Learn more here. | |
Volunteer At SCORE
Are you looking for ways to help your small business community? Would you like to grow your network or develop professionally? As a SCORE volunteer, you get it all!
Join the SCORE network of 10,000 volunteers. SCORE relies on volunteers to help small business around the country thrive.
Interested? Visit the volunteer web page to find about the many benefits of volunteering and the right opportunity for you! | | | | |
