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Holiday Shopping Guide

12/7/2023

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Where to Shop

Your Retail, Beauty, Wellness, and Entertainment Gift Needs
  • A Healthy Balance, Inc., Hanover
  • Adams National Historical Park, Quincy
  • Alden Kindred of America, Duxbury
  • Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Weymouth
  • Boston Bowl Hanover, Hanover
  • Brockton Rox, Brockton
  • Charles David Salons & Spas, Hanover
  • The Company Theatre, Norwell
  • Derby Street Shops, Hingham
  • Elliott Physical Therapy, various locations
  • Empowering Athletes LLC, Pembroke
  • Fifield E-Bikes, Hingham
  • George Washington Toma TV & Appliance, Inc, Weymouth
  • Glow Beauty Boutique, Braintree
  • Hanover Crossing, Hanover
  • Hardkore Athletic Performance, Rockland
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum, Hull
  • Kingston Collection, Kingston
  • MILTONS - The Store for Men, Braintree
  • MY SALON Suite, Braintree
  • New England Free Jacks, Quincy
  • Nurtured Roots, LLC, Braintree
  • Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
  • Pilgrim Skating Arena, Hingham
  • Powell Studio, Hanover
  • RKI Distribution LLC d/b/a MELI, East Weymouth
  • Rustic Marlin, Hanover
  • Ryan Family Amusements, Hanover
  • Scituate Salt Cave, Scituate
  • Sea to Believe LLC, Humarock
  • South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
  • Showcase Cinemas Deluxe, Hanover & Randolph
  • South Shore Conservatory, Hingham
  • South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset
  • South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell
  • South Shore Plaza, Braintree
  • South Shore YMCA, Hanover & Quincy
  • Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park, Hanover
  • The Trustees of Reservations, South Shore Portfolio, Hingham
  • Transitions Training LLC, Humarock
  • Triple M, Plymouth
  • Union Point Sports, Weymouth
  • Whisper Boutiques Inc., Hanover
  • Verde Salon, Braintree
  • Zona, Norwell

For the Foodies

Supporting local restaurants, food retailers, and craft brewers
  • 110 Grill, Hanover
  • Abby Park, Milton
  • Alba on 53, Hanover
  • Alba Restaurant, Quincy
  • Alma Nove, Hingham
  • Barrel House Z, LLC, Weymouth
  • Bia Bistro, Cohasset
  • Bin Ends, Braintree
  • Break Rock Brewing, Quincy
  • Burke's Hot Sauce, LLC, Hanover
  • Burtons Grill, Hingham
  • Caffe Tosca. Hingham
  • Carmela's Restaurant, Kingston
  • Chantey at Marina Bay, Quincy
  • Chef's Table, Marshfield
  • Crumbl Cookies, Hanover
  • Davio's, Braintree
  • DoorDash
  • Evviva Trattoria, Hanover
  • Fasano's Catering, Inc., Braintree
  • The Fours Restaurant, Quincy & Norwell
  • G Pub, Plymouth
  • Galley Kitchen & Bar, Scituate
  • Gerard Farm, Marshfield
  • Greenside Grille Restaurant by Raffael's at South Shore Country Club, Hingham
  • Grille 151, Weymouth
  • Idle Hour, Quincy
  • Legal Sea Foods, Hingham
  • Lenny's Hideaway, Cohasset
  • Liv Creative Cuisine, Marshfield
  • Local 02045, Hull
  • Lucca South Shore, Rockland
  • Mamma Mia's - Carver, Hanover, Kingston, Marshfield
  • Marylou's, various locations
  • Novara Restaurant, Milton
  • The Parrot, Hull
  • Players Sports Bar & Grille, Rockland
  • Previte's Marketplace, Weymouth
  • The Quarry Restaurant, Hingham
  • The Range Bar and Grill, Hingham
  • The Red Lion Tavern, Cohasset
  • Rexhame General Store, Marshfield
  • Sarcastic Swine BBQ Restaurant & Catering, Abington
  • Second Wind Brewing Company LLC, Plymouth
  • Stars on Hingham Harbor, Hingham
  • Stellwagen Beer Company, Marshfield
  • Sullivan's Castle Island at Hanover Crossing, Hanover
  • The Beth Kitchen & Bar, Hingham
  • The Fermentary, Hanover
  • The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, various locations
  • The Tavern at Weathervane Golf Club, Weymouth
  • The Venetian, Weymouth
  • Three V, Plymouth
  • The Tinker's Son, Norwell
  • Tosca, Hingham
  • Trident Galley & Raw Bar, Hingham
  • Trillium, Canton
  • Viva Beverages, Quincy
  • Wahlburgers, Hingham
  • WATERCLUB, Quincy
  • Zef Cicchetti & Raw Bar, Quincy
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South Shore 2030 End of Year Recap

1/24/2023

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​If you live, work or play in Southeastern Massachusetts, you know our region offers something wonderful for everyone. In a changing world, we must keep our economy strong to ensure our people and places are here for decades to come. That's why the Chamber's South Shore 2030 plan was created. South Shore 2030: Choosing our Future is our constantly evolving roadmap that guides smart, informed planning decisions. A local team of large and small business leaders, nonprofit leaders, elected officials, and policy experts are building and implementing a plan to promote our region's economic future. Our mission is to create the right environment and balance for our current and future businesses and resident workforce to thrive.

Key Accomplishments

  • We strengthened our municipal engagement. 
  • We released our Infrastructure Priorities agenda. 
  • We helped support and fund municipal projects that were focused on driving future development investment, through zoning, housing and transportation solutions. 
  • We received the formal designation as a REDO (Regional Economic Development Organization) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
  • We witnessed a rise in positive press coverage for local development and revitalization efforts. 
  • We were nationally recognized for our first regional marketing campaign. 

2022 Highlights

Learn more about how we drove economic development in the region.
Release of South Shore 2030 Infrastructure Priorities Report 
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This report emphasizes the need for more regional thinking around water resources and transportation. Read the full report. 
 
This analysis of water and wastewater capacity for key development parcels that require multi-town or regional solutions offers several potential focus areas for future development and investment in the region. We are partnering with a neighboring region to do a similar study to explore more possible solutions. Water limitations and capacity challenges will take multiple solutions and even more committed stakeholders - we are one of them. 

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South Shore Chamber of Commerce Wins Best In Show Award from National Chamber Association

9/6/2022

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ROCKLAND, MA AND ALEXANDRIA, VA, ISSUED AUGUST 31, 2022… The South Shore Chamber of Commerce has been named one of three Communications Excellence Best In Show winners by ACCE, the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. ACCE is the leading national association for chambers of commerce and economic development organizations representing over 1,600 members, and more than 9,000 industry professionals.

The South Shore Chamber of Commerce initially won the 2022 Award for Communication Excellence for “Overall Best Campaign” for their Hello! South Shore campaign. Hello! South Shore is a regional destination marketing campaign that was created and designed to assist the regional recovery from the economic impact of COVID-19. After receiving a Regional Pilot Project Grant through the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, the Chamber partnered with local towns, businesses, and organizations to create a series of excursions that ran throughout the summer. The excursions were designed to spotlight arts, culture, history, outdoors, food, shops, recreation, holiday events, farmers’ markets, and neighborhoods across the South Shore. 

The campaign was the first to formally promote the South Shore region. It’s companion website www.hellosouthshore.com encouraged 600,000+ residents to think of “local” as more than their own neighborhood or town and promoted broader exploration. This was accomplished through an exciting and robust marketing campaign—launched in less than six weeks— spotlighting discovery and the many excursions across the 25 cities and towns the chamber represents. The Chamber enlisted local business members for campaign creation including logo and creative development as well as media placement. The campaign launch spanned three months during the summer of 2021 with 125 unique communications produced and delivered through email, radio, social media, billboard, magazine, and other forms of media. The website, www.hellowsouthshore.com, is still very much the hub for all the excursions and places to visit in the region. 

As a result of this groundbreaking campaign for the South Shore Chamber, Hello! South Shore reached nearly a million impressions in just 13 weeks. The project also provided countless local businesses, organizations, and events the much-needed support they deserve as they recover from operational losses due to the pandemic.

The Best In Show Award was announced live at the ACCE Annual Convention held July 27 in Indianapolis. The Hello! South Shore campaign competed against major metro chambers and regional chambers in 3 other award categories including Digital Media, Website, Print & Electronic Publications. 

“Effective communications and storytelling are crucial to supporting a chamber’s mission and showcasing its impact,” said ACCE President & CEO Sheree Anne Kelly. “The South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s innovative efforts to help drive engagement and make a difference in the region it serves are inspiring and very deserving of this recognition.”

“Looking ahead and beyond recovery, the Hello! South Shore project is directly linked to our larger economic and community development goals as part of the South Shore 2030 Plan,” explained Peter Forman, president & CEO of the 121-year-old chamber. “If you’re thinking about a campaign to brand your region, think local. Marketing the assets of your community to outsiders falls flat if the local businesses and residents don’t recognize and value those assets first.”

A panel of communications and marketing professionals from ten U.S.-based chambers of commerce evaluated entries submitted for this year’s competition. Entries were organized by category — based on the chamber’s annual revenue. Judges presented 13 Awards of Excellence and three Best in Show awards.

About the South Shore Chamber of Commerce
The South Shore Chamber of Commerce is the largest, not-for-profit business organization in the region and holds a 5-Star Accreditation by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Funded by members and partner businesses for over 120 years, our mission is to cultivate a stronger South Shore economy by encouraging a robust and diverse business climate; and by supporting the local members and communities we represent.  We know when businesses succeed, our communities succeed. To learn more, please visit www.southshorechamber.org or call 781-421-3900.

About the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) is the professional society supporting the people who lead local, regional, statewide, and international chambers of commerce and related business and economic development organizations. Our membership includes more than 1,600 business/civic organizations worldwide. We provide our members with information resources, thought leadership, education programs, original research, benchmarking, retirement security, and access to a network of peers. For information, visit www.acce.org.

Special thanks to all the local businesses and organizations that participated in
Hello! South Shore:

​Abby Park
Alba Quincy
Alba on 53
Alma Nove
Anna's Harborside
The Artisan Pig
Barrel House Z
bia bistro
Black Tie Barber Shop
Board 143
Braintree 4th of July Committee
Burke's Alewerks
Burton's Grill
Buttonwood Books
Caffe Tosca 
Carmela's
Captain John Boats
Clandestine Kitchen
College Hype
The Company Theatre
Cushing Café
Derby Street Shops
East Coast Printing
edible South Shore
Epicurean Kitchen
Gerard's Turkey Farm
Glow Beauty Boutique
Greenside Grille
Hawk Visuals
Hemlock Ink
Hollywood Agency
Hotel 1620
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Idle Hour
Inn at Scituate Harbor
Island Creek Oysters
Jac's Café
Joye
Lenny's Hideaway
Leone Marketing Solutions
Levitate
Liv Creative Cuisine
Locally Yours
Lucca South Shore
Lucky Finn
​Main Street Media Group
Mamma Mia's
Marshfield Community Media
Mill Wharf
Mono Mono Boutique
Moonrise Cinemas
Nantasket Flatts
Novara Restaurant
Nona's Homemade
North South River Watershed Association
Off the Wall Kidz
Olde Salt House
PaddleSurf MA
The Parrot
Peace N Quiet Sailing Charters
Players Sports Bar & Grill
Plimouth Patuxent
Plymouth County Development Council
The Quarry
Quincy Farmers Market
 The Red Lion Tavern
Salty Harbor / 3 N 3
Salty Whale Cohasset
Sand & Water
Sandpaper Factory Goods
The Sandpiper Company
Sarcastic Swine BBQ
Second Wind Brewing
Slacktide Coffee Roasters
South Shore Arts Center
South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Home Life Style
South Shore Music Circus
South Shore Pottery Shop
Spin 350
Stars on Hingham Harbor
Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park
Stellwagen Brewing Company
Three Buoys & a Mermaid
The Tinker's Son
Three V
Trident
Tosca
Untold Brewing
Uva Wine Bar
Vela Juice Bar
Wahlburger's
The Weathervane Golf Club Tavern
Welch Company
Wildlands Trust
YupSup
Zef Cicchetti
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Holiday Shopping Guide

12/7/2021

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Want to shop local this holiday season? Find a list of local retailers, beauty, wellness, and food and beverage purveyors to gift to your family, friends, co-workers, and clients!
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Summer Passport starts Memorial Day Weekend!

5/20/2021

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Get out, explore the South Shore, and eat!

EAT South Shore and Hello! South Shore are partnering this summer to help spread the word about all the fabulousness that our region has to offer - and, of course, how delicious it is! Have some fun this summer while eating out (or taking out) at our awesome member restaurants.

The rules are simple:
  1. Eat in or get take out from any of the 30+ EAT South Shore restaurants
  2. Take a photo and tag @eatsouthshore, #hellosouthshore
  3. Be entered to win a WEEKLY gift card giveaway to an EAT South Shore restaurant!
Contest ends Labor Day weekend. All who participate will be entered to win the grand prize, a South Shore basket filled with goodies from the region.

Participating Restaurants

​Abby Park, Milton
Alba on 53, Norwell
Alba Restaurant, Quincy
Alma Nove, Hingham
Atlantica on Cohasset Harbor, Cohasset
Bia Bistro, Cohasset
Burtons Bar & Grill, Hingham
Caffe Tosca, Hingham
Carmela's, Kingston
​The Chantey at Marina Bay, Quincy
​Clandestine Kitchen
Fuel America, Weymouth
Galley Kitchen & Bar, Scituate
Greenside Grille Restaurant, Hingham
​Idle Hour, Quincy
Jac's Cafe, Rockland
Lenny's Hideway, Cohasset
Liv Creative Cuisine, Marshfield
Local 02045, Hull
Lucca South Shore, Rockland
Mamma Mia's, various location
​Nantasket Flatts, Hull
​Novara Restaurant, Milton
Olde Salt House, Cohasset
The Parrot, Hull
Players Sports Bar & Grille, Rockland
The Quarry Restaurant, Hingham
The Range, Hingham
Red Lion Tavern, Cohasset
Sarcastic Swine BBQ, Abington
​Stars on Hingham Harbor, Hingham
​Three V, Plymouth
​The Tinker's Son, Norwell
Tosca, Hingham
Trident Galley & Raw Bar, Hingham
Wahlburgers, Hingham
​WATERCLUB, Quincy
Zef Cicchetti & Raw Bar, Quincy
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