Any organization’s best assets are its people … and the people that keep Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber going throughout the year are its board of directors and many other volunteers. At this time, we recognize our directors and their companies who supported them in the many hours of committed service to the SMMC.
Leading the way this past year were chamber officers: Chairwoman Cathy Barter (Key Bank), Vice Chairman and Treasurer Matt Barbour (McLeod/Ascanio), 2nd Vice Chairman Jason Buchanan (Colonial Danforth Consulting) and Secretary Art Lamothe (Law Offices of Arthur J. Lamothe).
Our directors included: Mike Bourret (Coastal Counties Workforce), Gil Buthlay (BEK Inc.), Brigit Cavanagh (Hampton Inn Bath/Brunswick), Angela Chute (Authentic Compass), Kevin Clark (Sitelines), Ted Eames (Thayer Corp.), Earle Harvey (Mechanics Savings Bank), Brandon Hussey (Brunswick Hotel & Tavern), Bob Hutchins (Maine Made Photos), Ed Kenyon (Bath Iron Works), Jeff Kobrock (Midcoast Economic Development District), Bob Langworthy (Management Accounting in New England), Patti Lawton (Welcome Home Realty), Amanda Leland (Long Cove Builders), Steve Levesque and Kristine Schuman (Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority), Paul Loveless (Veterans Resource Center), Barbara Rapoza (ServPro of Bath/Brunswick), John Shattuck (town of Topsham) Lois Skillings (Mid Coast Health Services), Judiann Smith (Spurwink), Don Spann (RE/MAX Riverside), Jim Whitten (Southern Maine Community College), Liz Wyman (The Bank of Maine) and Bill Zima (Mt. Ararat Middle School). Not only did these folks serve on the board, but also on one or more of the chamber committees responsible for our events and programming.
We’ll welcome new directors and returning directors at our “Big Night Out.”
UPCOMING EVENTS:
— “Energy Savings: There Are Options,” a panel discussion featuring Optimal Energy Group, Electricity Maine, Patriot Energy and a business assisted by Efficiency Maine. Learn the steps your business can take to ensure long-term budget stability on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Southern New Hampshire University, 10 Tibbetts Drive, Brunswick.
— Step right up to the BIG NIGHT OUT. The Chamber’s Annual Meeting is Friday, Jan. 23, 5-8 p.m. “The Big Night Out” is an evening funfair complete with live music, strolling entertainment, networking and an expansive member exhibition. Awards will be prized, prizes will be awarded, and the night will be captured in photo booth style. Watch as the former Borders Bookstore (Merrymeeting Plaza, Brunswick) transforms into a night of laughter and fun with good friends, colleagues and the region’s thriving economic community. The Big Night Out sponsors are Mid Coast Health Services, WS Development, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Burgess Computer, Brunswick Sewer District, Cardente Real Estate, Electricity Maine, Maine Woolens, Mechanics Savings Bank, RE/MAX Riverside and United Way of Mid Coast Maine.
Go to our scrolling calendar at www.midcoastmaine.com for more information and to register. Don’t miss out on the chamber’s biggest event of the year.
The chamber proudly serves 700 businesses and organizations in the following communities: Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Dresden, Edgecomb, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Westport Island, Wiscasset and Woolwich.
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