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Chamberversaries!

3/11/2021

50+ Years
Verizon Communications (75)
Quincy Mutual Group (75)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (59)

40+ Years
Thayer Academy (49)
The Driscoll Agency, an Affiliate of Cross Insurance (48)
National Fire Protection Association (43)
South Shore REALTORS, Inc. (43)

30+ Years
The Lombardo Companies (39)
Atlantic Pratt Oil Co. (36)

20+ Years
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mass., Inc. (26)
Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce (25)
Atlantic Elevator Service (25)
Eye Health Services - Quincy (21)

10 - 19 Years
Phillips Candy House (19)
Kelly Landscape (19)
Cohasset Kennel (18)
South Shore Staffing (17)
TD Bank (17)
Baystate Benefit Services, Inc. (16)
Archdiocese of Boston (12)
ServiceMaster South Shore, Inc (11)
RogersGray (11)
MILTONS - The Store for Men (11)
Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C. (10)
AFC Urgent Care (10)
Overhead Door of Boston (10)
WIT SAL Inc. (10)
Linden Ponds (10)

1 - 9 Years
Prime Motor Group (9)
Corcoran & Associates, PC (9)
Health Express (9)
Highland-March Workspaces (9)
Players Sports Bar & Grille (8)
Northeast Insurance Solutions (8)
The Quarry Restaurant (7)
See Plymouth (7)
Quincy Asian Resources (7)
Jac's Café (6)
Nielsen, McDonough & Company, LLC (6)
Eastern Commercial Properties (5)
Proven Behavior Solutions, LLC (5)
FP Giglio Properties (5)
McDonough Paving (5)
Our Sales Coach (4)
Bay State Community Services (4)
Triangle, Inc. (3)
HarborOne Bank (3)
Law Office of Paula M. Bagger LLC (3)
Dentists of Hanover (3)
Neptune Cremation Service (3)
Rasky Partners (3)
Timberline Communications (3)
Stonehill College- Office of Graduate Admission (2)
DJ Sullivan Collision Center (2)
OMNI Resource Management, Inc. (2)
Hull Times Media Group, Inc. (2)
Elliott Physical Therapy (2)
Lucca South Shore (2)
Brookdale Quincy Bay (1)
Glow Beauty Boutique (1)
Joyce Consulting Group, P.C. (1)
RND Consultants, Inc (1)

Leadership Tips from 3MentorAdvisory

2/23/2021

3MentorAdvisory is a collaborative effort of three seasoned women business owners: Jacqueline Collins, Principal, Partnering for Performance, Michelle Hatch, Partner, Pozerski Hatch & Company, P.C., and Amy Zintl, Managing Partner, ServiceSense. Jacquie brings strategy, communication and leadership skills, Michelle brings accounting and financial advisory, and Amy brings strategies to help keep and retain customers.

Our purpose is to offer a 360 view of business in order to create a fresh approach to improvement and to help businesses “retool”. Right now, our attention is focused on women in business or women in decision making positions at larger companies.

Here are some tips we give our clients:

Retooling: re-committing to what matters most. First and foremost, identify opportunities for sustainability by looking at achievements and ensuring capacity and capability to maintain.
Clarify and leverage your leadership styles and strengths.
Shift your engagement with customers to meet new priorities and needs.
Review your communication plan and if you don’t have one, build it now.
Re-evaluate your financial foundation and monitor cash flow.
Re-align your 3-year strategies to a 1-year plan.
Ask yourself some tough questions:
- Do your primary goals still make sense?
- Can your strategy plan be easily described?
- What is your true purpose?
- Are some windows of opportunity about to close.
- Do you know your market? What has shifted for them?
- Have any solutions created new problems that are as bad or worse than the original problems?
- Which 3 things do you hope remain the same over the next 12 months?
- Which 3 things do you hope change over the next 12 months?

The bottom line is to get back to the basics of why you started your business, and ensuring purpose and mission are congruent.

Want to learn more about 3MentorAdvisory? Contact Jacqueline Collins today!

Guest Blog: Biden’s Assignments for OSHA Give Clues for Employers on Workplace Safety in a New COVID-19 Era

2/18/2021

Provided by Brendan Collins and Nan O’Neill of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey, & Lehane, LLP

The Biden administration’s pledge that the federal government will take a more hands-on approach to curbing new COVID-19 infections is now taking shape in various executive agencies. One such agency is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is the agency tasked with ensuring safe working conditions for American workers. The Biden administration has called on OSHA to further help identify risks of workplace exposure to COVID-19 and to determine the appropriate control measures to implement.

I. President Biden Issues Executive Order on January 21, 2021 to Protect the Health and Safety of Workers from COVID-19

In an Executive Order dated January 21, 2021, President Biden called on OSHA to perform a variety of COVID-19-prevention assignments. These assignments are helpful clues of what may be to come with regards to workplace safety requirements in relation to COVID-19.

President Biden’s assignments include the following:

40 with Forman & Susan O'Day, President, A.W. Perry

1/28/2021

:40 with Forman is a series of opportunities to talk with some of the Chamber and the region's key leadership. The host leader will share some insights about how their organization and how they are making adjustments in this uncharted territory.

We had the pleasure of hearing from new President of A.W. Perry, Susan O’Day for our first 40 with Forman of 2021. As 5th generation, Susan brings a wealth of experience in the field of tech and spent a portion of her career on the west coast working for Disney. She shared her perspective an insight on how COVID is changing the business world for the better. Weren’t able to join us – check out the video below.

The Weekly Wrap-up

1/22/2021

We hosted the last of our Housing on the South Shore webinars this week. Focusing on Water & Wastewater Capacity and featuring speakers Christopher Zimmerman, Vice President, Economic Development, Smart Growth America; Martin Pillsbury, Director of Environmental Planning, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC); Betsy Cowan Neptune, Chief of Economic Development, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC); and James Boudreau, Town Administrator, Town of Scituate. Read full recap here.

Thank you to Derby St. Shops for their continued support and Partnership.

Welcome to new members, MetLife Auto & Home - Lisafrancesca Souza and Bearingstar Insurance Agency!

Members who celebrated their Chamberversary this week!

Member news stories:

SEED Corporation: Has Your Business Been Affected by COVID-19?
Brewster Ambulance: Concierge COVID-19 Testing

New jobs posted on the Job Board!

Upcoming Events:
1/28 :40 with Forman featuring Susan O'Day, President, A.W. Perry
1/29 NPO Annual Meeting (for Non-Profit members only)
2/05 Kitchen Spotlight with Chef Greg Jordan, The Quarry Restaurant
2/16 Coffee Connections

Did you see this week's Front Doors featured on our social media? SSCC members - send us your front door!

Express Employment Professionals, Braintree

Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Hanover

Rockland Athletic Supplies

South Shore Conservatory

Happy Chamberversary!

1/21/2021

40+ Years

Fairing Way & Dwyer Home (56)
Work Inc. (54)
South Shore Stars (47)
Williams Energy (44)
Campanelli (42)
Colliers International (42)

30 - 39 Years

Quincy Memorials, Inc. (39)
Herbert W. Raymond & Son, Realtors (38)
Hancock Electric Motor Sales & Service (36)
Agnitti Insurance Agency, Inc. (34)
Quint's House of Flowers (32)

10 - 20 Years

F.R. Mahony & Associates, Inc. (29)
Boston Textile Company, Inc. (25)
Campbell Properties (24)
In Sync Centre of the Arts Dance & Music Schools (20)
Pfautz Consulting Group (17)
Elite Envelope & Graphics, Inc. (16)
Partners Technology (16)
Framers Edge (12)
Brookline Transportation Co., Inc. (11)
Blue Hills Spring Water Co., Inc. (10)

1 - 9 Years

STV Incorporated (9)
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. (8)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Network (8)
Toll Brothers, Inc. (8)
United Way of Massachusetts Bay (8)
Cape & Plymouth Business (7)
Grow Associates, Inc. (7)
Derby Street Shops (6)
Tufts Medical Center (6)
BaneCare Management (5)
Pilgrim Skating Arena (5)
Spark Technologies LLC (5)
Turner Medical Group (5)
Arthur Murray Dance Center (4)
The Residences at Great Pond (4)
ServPro (2)
Bridgewater State University (1)

The Weekly Wrap-up

1/15/2021

Thank you to Rockland Trust for their continued support of South Shore 2030 and the Housing Initiative.

Welcome new members, The Cabinetry and Old Colony Elder Services!

We released our 2020 Recap for South Shore 2030 this week. Download it here!

Welcome to our newest Executive Committee members, Rich Fernandez, BID-Milton and Bonnie Simmons, Citrin Cooperman.

Did you miss these blogs?
- Zoning Reform Passes in the Legislature
- Happy Chamberversaries!
- Guest Blog from Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP: Unpacking the Federal Stimulus Package’s Direct Payments

We're happy to announce these early supporters of our 2021 programming - 3Mentor Advisory, Brigham Health, Hollywood Agency, and MountainOne Bank. Don't miss the opportunity to become a sponsor or underwriter this year! Read more about offerings here!

Upcoming Events:
1/20 Housing on the South Shore: Water/Wastewater Capacity
1/29 NPO Annual Meeting (for Non-Profit members only)
2/05 Kitchen Spotlight with Chef Greg Jordan, The Quarry Restaurant

Did you see this week's Front Doors featured on our social media? SSCC members - send us your front door!

Alden House Historical Site

Cardinal Cushing Centers

Senior Helpers South Shore

Guest Blog: Unpacking the Federal Stimulus Package’s Direct Payments

1/14/2021

Labor and Employment Alert: Unpacking the Federal Stimulus Package’s Direct Payments, Enhanced Unemployment Payments, and FFCRA Leave Extension

For a discussion of these and other legal issues, please visit our website at www.mhtl.com. To receive legal updates via e-mail, contact information@mhtl.com.

Introduction:
There has been a great deal of discussion in the news lately about the latest Congressional stimulus package, which was ultimately signed by President Trump on Sunday, December 27, 2020, following his initial pushback. The stimulus package, officially known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Stimulus”), is a behemoth piece of legislation that consists of nearly 5,600 pages, covering a broad array of appropriation matters.

The Stimulus addresses elements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which were both signed into law in March 2020. The FFCRA provides paid sick leave and family leave entitlements while the CARES Act provides economic relief for both out-of-work employees and businesses that are shut down or have curtailed business operations as a result of COVID-19. Both laws contained sunset provisions with an end date of December 31, 2020. With COVID-19 still ever-present, the Stimulus addresses the continuation of certain elements of the FFCRA and the CARES Act, and also includes a variety of new spending provisions that are unrelated to COVID-19.

The purpose of this Client Alert is to identify the key employment-related elements of the Stimulus in order to better understand what impact it will have on your businesses and organizations.

Highlights

$600 Direct Payments:

Happy Chamberversary!

1/13/2021

70+ Years

Burgin, Platner & Company, LLC (74)
Colonial Federal Savings Bank (74)
Electro Switch Corp. (71)
Granite City Electric Supply Co. (75)
Scott-Williams, Inc. (74)

50+ Years

Charles G. Jordan, Insurance Agency (51)
Lane, Lane & Kelly, LLP (50)
Mark E. Frano, CPA, P.C. (51)

40+ Years

Albert J. Marchionne Insurance Agency, Inc. (46)
Anderson Insulation, Inc. (44)
Anodyne Medical Services Corp. (42)
Aspire Health Alliance (42)
Cardinal Cushing Centers, Inc. (42)
Cartwright-Venuti Funeral Homes, Inc. (41)
Di Pesa & Company, CPAs (46)
Drohan Tocchio & Morgan, P.C. (40)
Frye, Blume & Carloni, Inc. dba Frye Agency - Insurance & Real Estate (42)
George Washington Toma TV & Appliance, Inc (47)
Key Realty (44)
M. Holland & Sons Construction, Inc. (40)
Mayflower Council - Boy Scouts of America (40)
Nankin Dental Assoc., Inc. (42)
Rockland Trust Company (47)
Schofield Properties, LLC (47)
Sullivan Tire Company, Inc. (46)
Super Shine Auto Wash Centers (41)
The Murphy Insurance Group (47)
Twinbrook Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (44)

The Weekly Wrap-up

1/8/2021

We're pleased to announce Eastern Bank as our newest South Shore 2030 funder and Mission Partner.

Thank you Bay Copy, Campanelli, Curry College, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey, & Lehane, LLP, Perry CRE, and Rockland Trust for their continued support of the Partnership program.

Welcome new members Alden Ash Consulting, LLC, My Brother's Keeper, Pop-A-Lock Locksmith of Southeastern MA, Production Resources, Seacoast United Sports Club, and Swell Marketing Group!

Welcome to our newest Board of Directors: Jack Connell, Eastern Nazarene College; Nancy Curry, Envision Bank; Brian Renstrom, CLA; and Frank Zona, Zona.

You will soon hear from our two newest Ambassadors: Mary Ann Blackmur of Brigham Health and Damion Outar of JCO Groups of Services.

We want to welcome the new leadership at the following organizations: Dr. Allen L. Smith, President, South Shore Health; Robert Cinnante, President, South Shore Conservatory; and Steven Telesmanick, CEO, School on Wheels of Massachusetts.

Don't miss these upcoming events!

1/12 @ 9 AM Coffee Connections
1/20 @ 2 PM Housing on the South Shore: Water/Wastewater Capacity
1/29 @ 11 AM NPO Annual Meeting (for non-profit members only)

Have you seen our Virtual Event Sponsorships & Committee Underwriter opportunities?

REMEMBER: Send us your front door to be featured in our #FrontDoorFriday posts!

Check out our Year in Review video below!

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