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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2018
DESCRIPTION:Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry's\n \n\n52nd Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner\n\n \nCocktail reception followed by dinner and meeting\; Changing of the Guard of Board Members and Board Chair\, and awarding the Edward G. Molin Community Leadership Award plus many various Business Awards.\n\n\n\nJoin us for speaker Jim Blasingame. Jim Blasingame is one of the world's leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship. Blasingame is the founder and award-winning host of the nationally syndicated weekday radio program\, The Small Business Advocate Show. He is also a syndicated newspaper columnist and weekly contributor to Forbes.com\, Nasdaq.com\, Manta.com and American City Business Journals.\n\n\n\nJim is very proud that he has been a member of his own chamber of commerce since 1977\, and is a past member of the board of directors and numerous committee. As a high-energy keynote speaker\, Jim talks to small business audiences about how to compete in the 21st century global marketplace\, and he talks with large companies about how to speak small business as a second language.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlated Dinner Catered by Blue Ocean Music Hall\n\nPresentation of Various Business Awards\n\n \n \n\n\n\nPricing Per Person: $75 Members\, $90 Non-members\n\nPlease note\, any cancelations must be made 48 hours in advance to avoid being responsible for payment.\n\n \nBusiness Awards Nominees:\n\nSmall Business of the Year  \n\nItsy Bitsy Zone \n\nFigtree Kitchen\n\nButtermilk Baking Company\n\nPort Plums\n\nPort City Sandwich\n\nInn St Barbershop \n\nEncompass Premiums and Apparel\n\nSmitten\n\nLiberty Law \n\nRiverwalk Brewing\n\n \n\n \n\nCommunity Investment Award\n\nBentley's Real Estate \n\nSwazy & Alexander Landscaping\n\nAnna Jaques Hospital \n\nAgave Mexican Bistro\n\nMichael's Harborside\n\nStarboard Galley \n\nMatter Communications \n\nThe North Shore Realty Group \n\nINTERLOCKS Salon + Spa \n\nThe Newburyport Bank\n\n \n\n \n\nNon-Profit Business of the Year  \n\nGreater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club\n\nOur Neighbors Table \n\nNBPT Art Association \n\nByfield Community Arts Center \n\nYWCA Greater Newburyport\n\nEmmaus Inc.\n\nFirehouse Center for the Arts\n\nPelican Intervention Fund\n\nJeanne Geiger Crisis Center\n\nNewburyport Lions Club \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNew Business of the Year  \n\nAngry Donut \n\nSalt and Grove \n\nTop Knots\n\nPort Blue \n\nSea Level Oyster Bar\n\n \n\n \n\nYoung Professional of the Year  \n\nTaylor Kloss\, Creative TK Consulting\n\nPat Cannon\, Beach Plum Flower Shop\n\nKerri Morrison\, Awaken Holistic Counseling\n\nMary Barnhart\, Simply B\n\nBen Becker\, BLB Custom Building\n\nJamie Koulouras\, North Shore Realty Group\n\nMichael McDougal\, The Provident Bank \n\nKate Yeomans\, Merrohawke Nature School\n \n\nSponsorships:\n Sponsorship opportunities available\, starting at $100.  Sponsorship includes company recognition on the Chamber website\, at the event\, and in the program book. For more details on how to sponsor\, speak to Chamber President\, Frank Cousins.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;"><br />\n<span style="color:#000080\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;">Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce &amp\; Industry&#39\;s</span></span></strong></span></div>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;"><u><strong>52nd Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner</strong></u></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;">Cocktail reception followed by dinner and meeting\; Changing of the Guard of Board Members and Board Chair\, and awarding the Edward G. Molin Community Leadership Award plus many various Business Awards.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Join us for speaker Jim Blasingame.&nbsp\;<span background-color:="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" text-align:="">Jim Blasingame is one of the world&rsquo\;s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship.</span></span><span background-color:="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" text-align:=""><span style="font-size:14px\;">&nbsp\;Blasingame is the founder and award-winning host of the nationally syndicated weekday radio program\, The Small Business Advocate Show. He is also a syndicated newspaper columnist and weekly contributor to Forbes.com\, Nasdaq.com\, Manta.com and American City Business Journals.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 14px\; text-align: justify\; font-family: Verdana\;">Jim is very proud that he has been a member of his own chamber of commerce since 1977\, and is a past member of the board of directors and numerous committee.&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\; text-align: justify\;">As a high-energy keynote speaker\, Jim talks to small business audiences about how to compete in the </span>21st<span style="font-size: 14px\; text-align: justify\;"> century global marketplace\, and he talks with large companies about how to speak small business as a second language.</span></span>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Plated Dinner Catered by Blue Ocean Music Hall<br />\nPresentation of Various Business Awards</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Pricing Per Person</strong>: $75 Members\, $90 Non-members</span><br />\n<strong><em><span style="color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\;">Please note\, any cancelations must be made 48 hours in advance to avoid being responsible for payment.</span></em></strong></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<h3><strong>Business Awards Nominees:</strong></h3>\n\n<div><strong>Small Business of the Year&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></div>\n\n<div>Itsy Bitsy Zone<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Figtree Kitchen<br />\nButtermilk Baking Company</div>\n\n<div>Port Plums</div>\n\n<div>Port City Sandwich</div>\n\n<div>Inn St Barbershop<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Encompass Premiums and Apparel</div>\n\n<div>Smitten</div>\n\n<div>Liberty Law<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Riverwalk Brewing</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong>Community Investment Award</strong></div>\n\n<div>Bentley&#39\;s Real Estate<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Swazy &amp\; Alexander Landscaping</div>\n\n<div>Anna Jaques Hospital<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Agave Mexican Bistro</div>\n\n<div>Michael&#39\;s Harborside</div>\n\n<div>Starboard Galley<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Matter Communications<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>The North Shore Realty Group<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>INTERLOCKS Salon + Spa<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>The Newburyport Bank</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong>Non-Profit Business of the Year&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></div>\n\n<div>Greater Newburyport Mothers and Families Club</div>\n\n<div>Our Neighbors Table<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>NBPT Art Association<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Byfield Community Arts Center<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>YWCA Greater Newburyport</div>\n\n<div>Emmaus Inc.</div>\n\n<div>Firehouse<span style="white-space:pre"> Center for the Arts</span></div>\n\n<div>Pelican Intervention Fund<br />\nJeanne Geiger Crisis Center</div>\n\n<div>Newburyport Lions Club<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong>New Business of the Year</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>Angry Donut<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Salt and Grove<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Top Knots</div>\n\n<div>Port Blue<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Sea Level Oyster Bar</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong>Young Professional of the Year</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>Taylor Kloss\, Creative TK Consulting</div>\n\n<div>Pat Cannon\, Beach Plum Flower Shop</div>\n\n<div>Kerri Morrison\, Awaken<span style="white-space:pre"> Holistic Counseling</span></div>\n\n<div>Mary Barnhart\, Simply B</div>\n\n<div>Ben Becker\, BLB Custom Building</div>\n\n<div>Jamie Koulouras\, North Shore Realty Group</div>\n\n<div>Michael McDougal\, The Provident Bank<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>\n\n<div>Kate Yeomans\, Merrohawke Nature School</div>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<h3><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;"><span style="color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\;"><strong>Sponsorships:</strong></span></span></span></h3>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;"> <span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Sponsorship opportunities available\, starting at $100.&nbsp\; Sponsorship includes company recognition on the Chamber website\, at the event\, and in the program book. F</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">or more details on how to sponsor\, speak to Chamber President\, <a href="mailto:fcousins@newburyportchamber.org"><b>Frank Cousins</b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Blue Ocean Event Center 4 Oceanfront North Salisbury\, MA 01952
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URL:https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/annual-meeting-2018-55255
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