Haverhill Promise and MakeIt Haverhill are among five nonprofits awarded grants by the Essex County Community Foundation to advance digital equity and bridge, what’s been called, “the digital divide.” Haverhill Promise will build an online program to prepare students for kindergarten in Haverhill, where only 11% of children attend Pre-K, while MakeIt Haverhill will work […]
The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the success of the state’s Housing Development Incentive Program which supports market-rate multi-family housing in Haverhill and 25 other Gateway Cities. It hailed this year’s state tax package as helping eliminate the backlog of housing projects awaiting tax relief. In a statement Wednesday, the Chamber said the […]
Haverhill’s Riverfront Cultural District was one of 54 areas awarded state grants last week to “encourage the development and success of the cultural districts and foster local cultural preservation.” The Riverfront Cultural District, which covers Washington and Wingate Streets in downtown Haverhill, is administered by Creative Haverhill. It received $15,000 during a ceremony by the […]
HAVERHILL — The Haverhill and Plaistow YMCAs in partnership with the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce held their fifth annual dodgeball tournament on Wednesday evening.
Hannah Bowen, conflict mediation specialist and executive director of The Resolution Center, addresses members of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce during next Wednesday’s free Leads Lunch. Bowen discusses “Managing Conflict and Difficult Conversations” during the workshop guiding participants through active listening, negotiation skills and de-escalation techniques to create positive interactions even through difficult situations. […]