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Monthly Newsletter· November, 2014
Job-Driven National Emergency Grant The Maine Department of Labor is excited to inform employers that a $4.85 million Job-Driven National Emergency Grant (JD NEG) has been awarded to the Bureau of Employment Services. The grant funds are being contracted to the Local Workforce Investment Boards and will be distributed through the statewide CareerCenter System. Maine will use the JD NEG funding to build upon existing partnerships, as well as develop new collaborations, to create and implement career and job-based training for the long-term unemployed, those likely to exhaust Unemployment Insurance benefits, and foreign-trained immigrants (“New Mainers”) who qualify as dislocated workers according to the U.S. Department of Labor definition.
training strategies may be successfully developed and implemented to address employer or industry needs. Partner entities under the grant include employers, community colleges, economic development agencies, local workforce investment boards, veteran services, and vocational rehabilitation. Key industries already identified in the grant include boat manufacturing; commercial construction; heating, ventilation and air conditioning component manufacturing; healthcare; natural gas; and pulp/paper.
Current partnerships include Maine General Medical Center and St. Mary’s Health System. This partnership is developing a “Ready to Work Healthcare Academy” involving hospital personnel, Kennebec Valley Community College, the Maine Department of Labor’s BuMost of the state’s industry sectors are reau of Employment Services and Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, Cenmade up of small employers. Maine tral Western Maine Workforce Investhas identified numerous employers ment Board and local Adult Education that have already begun working with educational partners to design relevant programs. These organizations are teaming up to identify, screen, train training curricula, including Ready-toeligible trainees for employment in the Work (R2W) workforce career academies, Registered Apprenticeships, cus- local hospitals. tomized training, and on-the-job trainIn another partnership, Mid-State Maing opportunities. JD NEG participants will receive intensive assessments and chine Products of Kennebec County and S.F. Pathways in Androscoggin career counseling as well as wraparound case management and support- County are working with the Careerive services to assist in their training for Center staff in development ongoing apprenticeships and on-the-job training reemployment. Maine will leverage to meet their staffing needs. employer and workforce partner resources as well as funding from the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program, To learn more about workforce training and/or staffing opportunities available a state-funded program that provides through the Maine Department of Lasupportive services to income-eligible bor’s Bureau of Employment Services, applicants who are pursuing postplease contact Joan Dolan, Director of secondary degrees or an industryApprenticeship & Strategic Partnerrecognized credential. ships, at (207) 623-7969 or by email at Joan.M.Dolan@Maine.gov. Under this grant initiative, the bureau encourages employers in need of workers with specific skills sets that are having difficulty finding/securing these employees to contact their local workforce investment board and/or their local CareerCenter. We can discuss specific workforce needs and offer advice on how on-the-job training, apprenticeship, or customized and on-the-job
Highlights in this Issue: P. 2: From the President’s Chair P. 3: Good Health = Good Business P. 4: Member Events Calendar P. 7: Member News P. 8: Member Spotlight: New Dimensions Federal Credit Union
Completion of new access to East Kennebec Trail Kennebec Messalonskee Trails (KMTrails) has recently completed a key connection to the trail running along the Kennebec River in Winslow. A new trail access road from Benton Avenue (next to the CMP pole yard) leads to the riverside trail. A parking lot at trail level helps people with mobility issues to gain access to the walking and biking paths. These improvements enhance the East Kennebec Trail, which connects the Rotary Centennial Trail in Benton to Winslow. Work on the connecting trail, access road and parking area began more than a year ago after KMTrails acquired a vital parcel of 42 acres of land in the area from UMP Madison (Madison Paper). Additionally, Hydro Kennebec, a division of Brookfield Power, provides access across their land by the dam to the former Madison Paper parcel. KMTrails would like to recognize the leadership of board members Bob Morrissette and Ernie Baker for spearheading the project implementation and for their daily attention to this important and scenic trail in the Kennebec Valley. The Greater Waterville area is home to more than 40 miles of recreational trails. A key to our area quality of life, trails promote tourism and provide economic, social, health and community benefit to the region.
East Kennebec Trail looking across the river to Waterville
To learn more about KMTrails, go to www.kmtrails.com.
50 ELM STREET, WATERVILLE, ME 04901 • TEL: (207) 873-3315 • FAX: (207) 877-0087 customerservice@midmainechamber.com • www.midmainechamber.com Brad Fisher, Chair of the Board • Kimberly N. Lindlof, President & CEO
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From the President’s Chair
Business After Hours November 19, 2014 Kennebec Electric and Lighting
Small business is lifeblood of the Maine economy and no one knows that better than I 3 Seavey Street, Waterville do. I have had the privilege of representing you as the president of the Mid-Maine ChamBowdoin Photography ber for nearly 13-1/2 years, but in my young5:30 to 7pm er days, I was like many of you: a small business own50/50 Sponsor: er. Many of you don’t remember that or may not have known it. I remember clearly: I was 21 years old, just finishSponsored by: ing up college with a degree in marketing management trying to secure a small business loan with no assets (but no Complimentary hors debt either). I got rejected by nearly every bank in town. It d’oeuvres, fabulous door was Fleet Bank that finally took a chance on me with an SBA prizes, 50/50 raffle & more! guarantee. (Dave Roy and David Grenier of Kennebec Savings Bank were the loan officers at Fleet at the time.) NothWATERVILLE ing teaches like experience. I remember the mountain of paperwork in order to get my meager $15,000 loan, the life insurance that I had to get, working with the suppliers and What you do has value: you employ people distributors, hiring, physically setting up the store. But not who depend on you, and I for one, greatly for friends, relatives and a great accountant, I never would appreciate you! Know that my door is always have made it. (Thank you Tom Grant, CPA.) As my board open… member Dan Bickford of Eagle Rental says, it’s important to know what it’s like to sign the front of a check and not just the back of one. There were many weeks when I didn’t pay myself. Many of you know what that’s like as well. And the regulations…I got fined once for not having the proper label Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Annual on some maple syrup that I was selling. And checked to Board Retreat at the Pressey House Lakeside make sure my dairy case temperature was where it was Bed & Breakfast supposed to be (thank goodness it was). I got robbed one night after hours (thank goodness for State Farm John Fortier) and I ate a lot of sandwiches before the meat spoiled. I had a bottle redemption that I paid 6 cents a bottle for so I got a good number of bottle drives. There’s nothing that I’ve done that’s more humbling at times than counting bottle drive bottles – nasty. But, the redemption REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2015 BUSINESS end kept the doors open at critical times. A convenience TO BUSINESS SHOWCASE! store is one of those industries that is immediately effected by the strength or lack thereof, of the economy. Weather is This mega networking event is the PERFECT another thing that can immediately leave a mark on ones place for you to showcase your business, bottom line. sign new business and get leads! With over My point to all of this is that I get it. I can relate to what 150 vendors and 2000+ people in attendyou’re going through. And I’m here to help. Don’t hesitate ance, you will have the perfect opportunity to reach out to me if you need advice, connection to a perto market your products or services to a son or resource, or just someone to listen that “gets it”. I qualified audience! See the enclosed insert applaud you for your willingness to put yourself out there, to and grab your booth spot, today! put your heart and soul, blood and sweat into creating something that benefits both your family and the region.
- Kimberly
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Good Health = Good Business By William McPeck, MSW, CWWPC Are Your Employees Surviving or Thriving?
“My Favorite Thing” Is a new segment for the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce newsletter. We would like to hear from our Chamber members what your “Favorite Thing” is regarding another Chamber member. It could be about the new lawnmower you just got, an event, or service. Send us an email and we will be putting them in the monthly newsletter. E-mail: customerservice@midmainechamber.com. Send your photo too, if you can!
A Few of Our Favorite Things... Steve Colella—Mountain Wireless. “Silver Street Tavern has the best burgers, hands down! I am a man that knows burgers!”
Wellbeing is generally measured on a scale that ranges from languishing to flourishing. In other words, wellbeing ranges from survival to Sharon Storti—New Dimensions Federal Credit Union, “ I love Meridan’s in Fairfield, great selecthriving. tions of wine and if they don’t have it, they order it.” Generally, people who are in survival mode are just getting by. They are often tired, anxious, have feelings of emptiness, and feel that things are piling up on them. Daily life is a challenge, everything is hard and an effort. People who are thriving are productive, safe, happy, creative and living a life that appears to be easy. Which signs do your employees exhibit – thriving or surviving? Do you feel that some workers are just hanging in there and coping? How are you supporting your workers? On Monday morning, are you observing employees with a sense of purpose, energy and positive outlook, or are you seeing workers frustrated, grumpy and complaining? Work Environment What’s your work environment like? Work to create a flourishing work environment. Create a positive work environment and employees who are thriving. Individuals who thrive have excellent emotional and social health. Help your workers to thrive by:
effective in the treatment for anxiety and to help those that are struggling with life.
Have you downloaded the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s Mobile App? It’s Free!
Hormones that are activated by exercise are responsible for regulating our mood, appetite, behavior, memory and sleep. Those workers who are just surviving ignore physical activity. Employees who are thriving embrace it. Thriving employees take the time to get active and don’t make excuses why they can’t fit exercise into their busy routines. Thriving employees recognize the importance of moving and making exercise a way of life. To create workplaces that thrive, start thinking about what your workplace can do differently to support your workers.
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Business After Hours with co-hosts Main Security Surveillance and Silver Street Tavern
Encouraging everyone to take their work breaks and to utilize micro-breaks after every 60 minutes of work
Ensuring that employees utilize their annual vacation days Encouraging employees who are sick to stay at home until they are well enough to return Physical activity causes brain pleasure centers to be stimulated and leads to feelings of wellbeing - AKA thriving! Exercise can also be
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Bill McPeck is a Certified Worksite Wellness Program Consultant, Wellness Culture Coach and Holistic Stress Management Trainer. He is available to help you with all your employee wellness, safety, work-life and well-being needs. Contact Bill with your questions and comments at 355-1203 or williammcpeck@gmail.com
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Nov. 2—Fall Open House at Quarry Road Recreation Area. 11:00AM –2:00PM. Join Friends of Quarry Road at the Welcome Center yurt to learn about the recent improvements, upcoming future plans and winter programs. Explore the trails, watch or participate in a Paintball Biathlon 5K Run. New this year: Discounts of 10% for 2014/15 season ski pass if purchased at Open House or if you are a Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce member. FMI: www.quarryroadrecarea.org FMI: on the Paintball Biathlon Run: www.centralmaineskiclub.org Nov. 8 -Sly-Chi is performing at Mainely Brews. 10:00PM Nov. 8— Bob Marley is performing at the Waterville Opera House at 7:00PM. FMI: www.operahouse.org Nov. 9—Annual Rabies and More Clinic at the Humane Society of the Waterville Area. 1:00 PM—4:00 PM. FMI: www.hswa.org Nov. 10– Colby College Visiting Writers Series, Andrew Altschu, 6:00 PM. Each reading will take place in the Robinson Room, Miller Library. Admission is free. FMI: www.colby.edu/news Nov. 10—Colby College Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Aaron T Stephan, Olin 1 Auditorium, 5:00 PM. FMI: www.colby.edu/news Nov. 11– Colby College Visiting Writers Series, Evie Shockley, 7:00 PM. Each reading will take place in the Robinson Room, Miller Library. Admission is free. FMI: www.colby.edu/news Nov. 12— Waterville Opera House presents Ani Difranco at 8:00 PM. FMI: www.operahouse.org
Find more great mid-Maine events anytime at www.MidMaineFun.com!
Nov. 12- Free Business Solutions Workshop U.S. Cellular, in Waterville 5:30PM-7:00PM. Participants receive special discounts and hands on learning to grow your business! Space is limited, reserve your seat today! Call now for details. 207.356.1142 Nov. 13— Beer & Wine Tasting with the MidMaine Chamber of Commerce at Amici’s Cucina. $20.00 per person and a percentage of the proceeds for the entire night will go to Kringleville. 5:30PM * Books for kids* Nov. 15– Kennebec Valley Community College open house from 9:00AM –12:00PM. FMI: 453-5822
Be sure to read the insert article about Early Childhood Education written by ReadyNation member John Pepper, former CEO & Chair of the Board of Procter & Gamble. It will be published in the fall edition of Commerce Executive magazine. Mid-Maine Chamber is a ReadyNation member as part of its efforts to support Early Childhood Education/Literacy, which is fundamental to producing a future work-ready workforce for our region!
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at St. Francis Apartments, Waterville
Nov. 21—Maine-ly Elder Care free blood pressure screenings. 11:00AM to 1:00PM - Uncle Dean’s Nov. 27– Champions Fitness Club—Annual Turkey Run. 8:00 AM FMI: 873-0571 Nov. 28—Parade of Lights, 6:00 PM, downtown Waterville. FMI: watervillemainstreet.org/events Dec. 6— Winter Craft Fair at Good Will-Hinckley, 9:00 AM—2:00 PM. Beer and Wine Tasting to benefit Kringleville. Please join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce on November 13, 2014 at Amici’s Cucina for: beer and wine tasting. $20.00 per person with light appetizers. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM A percent of all proceeds from the night will go to Kringleville. *Books for kids* E-mail your events to customerservice@midmainechamber.com by the 3rd Friday in November for our December InTouch newsletter. Don’t forget you can put your events on our website at midmainechamber.com.
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Blue Collar K-9 Training Center Patrick Lavallee 877-7203 41 Pattees Pond Road, Winslow www.bluecollark9.com Cornerstone Dental Dr. Stephen Klinker 877-2200 30 W.Concourse, Waterville www.cornerstonedental.us Goudreau’s Waterfront Retirement Community Herb Goudreau & Lorna Hunter 873-1950 93 Halifax Street , Winslow www.goudreausretirement.com Garland Road Small Animal Hospital Karen W. Curtis D.V.M. 872-0987 163 Garland Road, Winslow http://www.garlandroadvet.com/ Levesque Spas, Inc. Joseph & Ceceilia Levesque 50 Benton Plaza, Benton www.levesquespas.com
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Northern Light Family Center Miranda Phelps, Psy.D. 649-1849 9 Getchell Street, Waterville www.mirandaphelps.com Olde Thyme Primitives Debbie Pomelow 968-2290 9 Main Street, China Village http://www.facebook.com/pages/OLDE-ThymePrimitives/201744649873345 Rita’s Event & Catering Service Rita Menoudarakos 948-2777 220 Main Street, Waterville Twice New Heather Vigue 313-9916 One Post office Square, Waterville https://www.facebook.com/pages/TwiceNew/654948694559849
Sheila M. Bonenfant, an associate broker with Coldwell Banker Plourde Real Estate, recently celebrated her 20th year with the company. She was treated to dinner by Don and Irene Plourde and was presented with an iPad Air at a sales meeting. The Bank of Maine hosted a Leaders and Luminaries Awards Ceremony on October 3, 2014 during the Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) conference in Portland. More than 130 people attended the ceremony at which one grand prize winner and three other finalists were honored for their outstanding nonprofit board governance. The criteria for the Leaders and Luminaries Award were demonstrated inspiration, creativity, and ingenuity in board service that made a positive impact on a nonprofit organization. The grand prize winner was Doug Cutchin who serves on the board of MidMaine Homeless Shelter in Waterville, Maine. A $10,000 grant was made to his organization. Mr. Cutchin was a founding member of the homeless shelter in 1990 and has served as an active board member and volunteer ever since.
commitment to community service. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Ally, and in cooperation with NADA . Evolution Salon welcomes new talent, Kristina Tolman, to its team! She offers all hair services. Call her today at 861-4451. ADVANCE 1 Cleaning Services in Waterville is proud to announce that Ben Libby and George Cousins were recently certified by The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) as Water Damage, and Odor Control Technicians.
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You can’t learn if you’re not present…this is the message that the Mid-Maine Chamber has partnered with the United Way of MidMaine, Waterville Rotary Club and the City of Waterville & its schools to echo. Please do Kennebec Valley Community College Instructor your part to ensure that our local youth are Bradley Harding has been named 2014 Plumbattending school daily. Please post the ening Instructor of the Year by Contractor Magazine and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contrac- closed insert at your business. tors (PHCC) National Association. Paper Klip is pleased to welcome Joe Markley as its new account manager for the mid-coast region. He has been in the office products business for over 30 years, working for wellknown local companies such as Roberts Office Supply, Locke Office Products, & Loring, Short & Harmon.
Mid-Maine Chamber Benefit Reminder! Don’t forget to log into our website at midmainechamber.com, to update or set up your business page on our site. Add your logo, pertinent business information and link your website and/or your facebook page! The chamber website receives hundreds of visits a day!
Charlie Gaunce, president of Central Maine Toyota in Waterville, Maine, was nominated for the 2015 TIME Dealer of the Year award. The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and You can also post your events, member news highly coveted honors. Recipients are among and job postings. If you need help logging in, the nation’s most successful auto dealers who please call Patricia at 873-3315. must also demonstrate a long-standing
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Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Awards For over 50 years, Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce has presented awards to deserving area businesses and professionals. We want to know who you believe is deserving of these prestigious awards. Please take the time to review the insert for the nomination criteria. We want to hear from you! Deadline is Dec. 1, 2014.
DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
RISING STAR AWARD CUSTOMER SERVICE STARDOM AWARD
ELIAS A. JOSEPH AWARD
New Member Orientation Luncheon Thursday, December 4th 11:30—1:00 At the chamber boardroom. (50 Elm Street, Waterville) Lunch will be provided This is a great opportunity for you to make sure you are using all the chamber benefits to market your business. We welcome our seasoned members with new staff members for a refresher. RSVP - 873-3315 Ribbon cutting at Empower Pole and Fitness
Tues., Nov. 4
8:00 AM
Business Expansion & Retention Chamber Boardroom
Thurs., Nov 6
12:00 PM
Info Services Cappza’s Pizza
Fri., Nov. 14
7:30 AM
Executive Committee Chamber Boardroom
Wed., Nov. 19
8:00 AM
Membership Committee Chamber Boardroom
Fri., Nov. 21
7:30 AM
Board of Directors
*See insert for criteria
November 13: From Fear to Success: Practical Public Speaking. Tom Dowd of Professional Development and Coaching, LLC, will use the highlights of his Gold Medal award-winning book, From Fear to Success: A Practical Public Speaking Guide, to explain why we get anxious about speaking in public, how to identify and control symptoms, how to mentally and physically prepare, and how to stir emotion and connect with audiences. To register; 873-3315 or customerservice@midmainechamber.com
Join us in the spring at our Annual Awards Dinner to celebrate our distinquished area business leaders!
November 13: Join Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce at Amici’s Cucina for Beer and Wine Tasting to benefit Kringleville at Amici’s. *Books for kids* 5:20 PM to 7:00 PM
Your vote counts. We are looking forward to receiving your responses as soon as possible!
November 14
Display racks are located in the Chamber office and available for you to stock with your own brochures, business cards or pamphlets. Stop in today, this service is free to members.
Commissioner Patricia Aho joins us November 14 as part of our Leading Women’s Luncheon series, which features Maine women’s presentations on their paths to success and the struggles they have faced along the way. To register: 873-3315 or customerservice@midmainechamber.com
November 19 Kennebec Electric and Lighting 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM 3 Seavey Street, Waterville A great opportunity to mix and mingle with other business professionals and leaders in our communities. Remember to bring plenty of business cards!
Page 7 A month-long campaign by Marden’s stores in Maine raised more than $36,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Marden’s corporate office matched customer donation up to $10,000, and that netted MDA of Maine a check for $36,711 when the fundraiser was finished. The money goes to MDA of Maine Summer Camp, which is hosted at Camp Waban in Sanford. Capeless IT is now repairing Iphones & Samsung Smartphones! Call today! 465-6330 Electricity Maine, part of the Provider Power family of companies (along with ENH Power and Provider Power Mass) has launched powertohelp.com, a new branded content site focused around the topics of energy savings, efficiency & featuring stories about organizations & individuals that give back to their communities. It’s “Power to Help” initiative supports non-profit & community groups in ME, NH & MA. The new website will serve as an extension of the program, highlighting it’s partners & other individuals and organizations doing amazing work across the region. The 2014 fittest gym in Maine has been announced and hails from Central Maine. KV CrossFit, of Waterville, is 2014 Maine’s Fittest Gym. Fifteen CrossFit affiliated gyms competed for the honor, which was announced in September at the 2014 Maine’s Fittest competition hosted by Stone Coast CrossFit of Rockport. MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Department has generously donated a portable X-ray machine to Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC). The Maine Community Foundation, Maine Development Foundation, and Efficiency Maine recently announced the first round of grant recipients from the Grants to Green program. Area grant recipients include the Waterville Opera House. Big-Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine’s 2014 Golf Fore Kids’s Sake event raised $27,647 to benefit school and community-based mentoring services for children in Kennebec and Somerset counties. Twenty-five teams competed in the
the Kennebec County Sherriff’s Department, and other local organizations like the Good Shepherd Food Bank. In the fall of 2014, Spectrum Generations joined forces with Healthy Communities 15th annual golf tournament held Sept. 5 at of the Capital Area (HCCA), a Local Healthy Belgrade Lakes Golf Club. Maine Partnership, in a 2-year USDA Farm to School grant to facilitate purchasing, distribution, Enjoy downtown visibility for your business holiand processing of local foods in school day celebration with luncheon and ambiance meals. This grant was awarded to HCCA to assist designed for the season at The Center (93 Main the Kennebec County Sherriff’s Office with their St, downtown Waterville). Proceeds support REM Kennebec’s Restorative Community Harvest, community projects. Make your reservation today formerly known at the Inmate Garden Project. - 873-4444. Kennebec Behavioral Health’s High Hopes Clubhouse has been awarded the highest level of Paper Klip is offering an HP Inkjet Rebate! Purchase $99 in eligible ink cartridges & get a $20 accreditation from Clubhouse International (www.ICCD.org). The accreditation for the Watergift card to Macy's or Darden’s! Offer expires ville area’s vocational clubhouse, which first 12/31. opened in 1997, was awarded in July and prompted a visit on October 7, 2014 by Mark KVCC is offering “Basic Principles and Practices Lanier, chairman of the Board of Clubhouse Inof Propane – Beginning November 4. The first ternational which is based in New York. step in becoming a Propane and Natural Gas Technician is to begin with the Basic Principles Kathryn Altman, director Robert Altman’s wife, and Practices of Propane course. “Appliance and Michael Murphy, one of the director’s favorConnection and Service” course begins Novemite actors, return to Waterville to introduce and ber 10. Successful completion of this course discuss Ron Mann’s new documentary Altman. and exams will help students achieve the State Both Altman and Murphy were special guests of of Maine Propane and Natural Gas Technician – the 2013 Maine International Film Festival, Appliance Connection and Service authority. which included a “Celebrating Altman” programming section. “We are so thrilled to have the Paper Klip is offering an HSM Shredder Rebate! opportunity to welcome Kathryn and Michael Receive up to a $100 Starbucks Gift Card with back to Waterville,” says Shannon Haines, Executhe purchase of select shredders! Offer expires tive Director of the Maine Film Center, adding, 12/31 “This will truly be a special evening for anyone who loves film.” Altman will screen on Saturday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. at Railroad Square The Maine Pond Hockey Classic has recently Cinema in Waterville. In addition to introducing developed a strategic partnership with Bud the film, Altman and Murphy will conduct a Q&A Light® to host its 3rd annual tournament. The following the screening. The film is 95 minutes Maine Pond Hockey Classic is an annual fundraising tournament will host its 2015 tournament long and is unrated. Tickets are $12 ($10 for on February 6th – 8th at the Snow Pond Center for Maine Film Center members) the Arts on Snow Pond (Messalonskee Lake) in Sidney, Maine. FMI: www.mainepondhockey.org. or www.facebook.com/mainepondhockey, Spectrum Generations is expanding its ability to help provide fresh and local produce year-round to Mainers of all ages through partnerships with Healthy Communities of the Capital Area (HCCA),
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At New Dimensions Federal Credit Union (NDFCU), the philosophy of People Helping People is alive and an integral part of how the credit union interacts and provides products and services to the membership. The credit union began its financial journey in 1956 as Notre Dame Credit Union serving the parish members of the Notre Dame Church in Waterville. In 2002, the specialized membership was expanded to accept all patrons living, attending school, and worshipping in all of Kennebec and Somerset counties.
gram at New Dimensions FCU is a viable resource for business owners to help them attain their financial goals while reinforcing the concept that credit unions are a smarter choice for their money. The Business Officer, Brad Fisher, is available to answer any questions or concerns regarding what is needed and/or required to open an account as well as apply for a commercial loan - he can be Throughout the years, NDFCU has had many reached at 207-827-2771 or by email at accomplishments and milestones to be thank- bfisher@newdimensionsfcu.com. ful for and excited about. In 2005, New Dimensions FCU expanded on providing services Knowledgeable staff are ready to serve the to area Business Owners. The credit union business owners and community members of January of 2006 brought about a big change knew it was important to start offering all of Kennebec and Somerset counties. Come diswhen the Board of Directors voted to change the same products and services that the typithe name of the credit union from Notre Dame cal account holder would receive, while keep- cover that at the 61 Grove Street, Waterville location and the 72 Cony Street, Augusta Federal Credit Union to New Dimensions Feding in mind the specific needs and flexibilities branch of New Dimensions Federal Credit eral Credit Union. By choosing the name New that a business account holder would want. Union, “There is a Difference”! Dimensions FCU, it would always be reinforced where the credit union started and No fee checking accounts, VISA Business where it would be going in the future. Today, http://newdimensionsfcu.com New Dimensions Federal Credit Union still has Credit Cards, Online and Mobile banking, elecits original founding members as well as many tronic statements, and business loans are available to suit ever changing and expanding new individuals that trust and rely on NDFCU banking needs. The Commercial Lending Profor their financial needs.
Have some news you would like to share? Submit a short announcement to the Chamber office by the 3rd Friday of the prior month. Inserts are also available for $150 per month. Call 873-3315 or email customerservice@midmainechamber.com. Disclaimer: Mid-Maine Chamber’s InTouch newsletter is published monthly as a benefit to members and affiliates. All member news is compiled and submitted solely by our members; therefore, we reserve the right to omit and/or edit as appropriate and cannot guarantee complete accuracy of all announcements. Sponsorship inserts do not necessarily reflect the position of Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.