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The Newton Community Pride board elected a new board of directors.
“During these challenging times for the arts and culture community, I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to lean in and help build a stronger organization to answer the call for community programming that can support our village centers, artists and arts and culture nonprofits,” said newly elected board chair Gloria M. Gavris.
Joining Gavris as officers of Newton Community Pride are Dinny Starr, former Women’s Foundation of Boston partner relationship co-manager as vice chair; Meryl Kessler, former executive director of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts as clerk; and John Zaya, analytics manager at Village Bank, as treasurer.
The last of the big vetoes were handed down Friday when Baker, while signing a $16.5 billion transportation bond bill, hacked off a series of proposals.
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As the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce prepares to join forces with the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber next month, The Wellesley Townsman asked its president, Greg Reibman, about the future of that organization and its present and future members.
WT: Twenty years ago, smaller chambers of commerce were very different entities. They tended to focus on local projects, tax issues and ribbon-cuttings. Today, the business climate is far more challenging, especially since the arrival of the pandemic. Have local chambers been able to keep up with the needs of their business members, or are many just dying off?
GR: In my nine years at our chamber we’ve worked hard to keep up with the times, the trends and the technology.
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Wellesley Townsman
The Wellesley Chamber of Commerce will become part of the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber as of Jan. 4.
Members of the Wellesley Chamber will be invited to join the NNRC, according to a Wellesley Chamber s Board of Directors announcement, and we will work with the NNRC leadership to make certain that all Wellesley businesses and nonprofits have a loud and clear voice. This innovative arrangement will create synergy, offer strength and amplify impact.
A Wellesley subcommittee will be devoted exclusively to Wellesley interests and ultimately participation on the NNRC s board.
The idea of working with the NNRC has been under study for many months. The time is right for us to work together, the announcement said. Similar transitions are happening across the country as businesses pivot, adapt and reinvent themselves in the face of a global pandemic. This path forward is a win-win.
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