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• Tony has been very supportive of the Chelmsford Business Association for a number of years and serves on the board of directors.

• Tony represents the Business Association on the Town of Chelmsford economic development committee.

• Tony has donated many hours of time, services and materials at little or no cost to the Little League fi elds on Chelmsford Street.

• Tony has been very supportive for many years helping the holiday decorating committee.

• Tony has been very helpful to the Chelmsford parade committee.

• Tony is the owner of Village Electric Company which was established in 1978 and since then he has served thousands of customers in the Chelmsford area and beyond. His company specializes in commercial, industrial, residential, swimming pool and communication services. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Electrical Contractors Association.

Any member of the association is eligible for the award. To be considered, a member must fi rst be nominated. This can be done at any time by any member of the association.

Once nominated a list of the candidate’s contributions are compiled and forwarded to the nominating committee.

The nominating committee then weighs each candidate’s specifi c contributions to the town, the community and the association. These accomplishments are then rated by the value of the contribution.

All of our nominated members were excellent choices for the award. We think it says a lot about the quality of our membership, that we had such a diffi cult time choosing just one award winner.

We would like to thank all the nominated members, even though we do not publicly disclose their names, your efforts and contributions are not unnoticed and are appreciated.

Rick Romano, Dennis E. McHugh, Esq., Tony Del Papa and John G. Harrington

Congratulations To Our Member Of The Year Tony Del Papa!

Chelmsford Business Association Winter 2012

CBA NewsletterChelmsford, MA 01824 • 987-250-3858 • www.chelmsfordbusiness.org

The Chelmsford Business Association Newsletter 2

Winter 2012

President’s Message

Happy New Year everyone! I’m hoping everyone enjoyed their holidays and family traditions as much as I did. Aside from the cold, dark hiccup last October it looks like we’re having a mild start to winter. That was good news to retailers like me who worry about holiday storms disrupting valuable holiday business.

I would like to thank everyone who shopped locally this year; it makes a difference in so many ways. With the internet and big box retailers tempting all with the promise of “too good to be true” deals and crowded parking lots, your local merchants offered personal service and products that continue to set them apart.

The 2011 CBA annual holiday social was held at the Radisson Hotel and Suites in Chelmsford on December 1st. This event continues to be a great time, if you missed it make a point to come next year! Good food and drinks, raffl es, dancing, and a chance to catch up with your fellow CBA members make it one of the best events of the year.

Congratulations to Tony Del Papa from Village Electric. Tony was named the CBA’s new member of the year! He has and continues to be a great CBA member and contributor to so much of what we do in town.

At our annual meeting last November we had some changes on the board. After three great years Lynn Marcella fi nished up as President, special thanks to her for all of her efforts to the CBA. The Chelmsford Housing Authority

bestowed quite a deserving honor by naming their new building in North Chelmsford after her. The Lynn M. Marcella Residences at 4 James Street was dedicated on November 8th in recognition of her dedication to the Housing Authority and town. I am pleased that Lynn will continue to serve as one of our board members. Thanks to outgoing board members Steve Incropera and Janet Granada for their service on the board. Steve has done a great job for many years overseeing our fi nances as our treasurer. Those vacant seats have been fi lled by new board members Carla Pond from Edward Jones Investments and Paul Hardy from Blake Funeral Home. Changes in the executive board include our new Vice President Kathy Kelley from the Best Western Chelmsford Inn and Jim Cullen, CPA as our new treasurer.

I am looking forward to serving as President of the CBA for the next couple of years. I am surrounded by an experienced and dedicated board who all work together to look after the interests of the CBA. It is an impressive group of business owners, accountants, attorneys, retailers and much more. We continue to look for ways to add value to the association and help our community. I am also happy to report that the Town Selectmen recently voted to continue the single tax rate. This important issue alone saves our membership immeasurably and helps to draw more businesses to Chelmsford.

This year we will be awarding another scholarship, sponsoring more shred days, golf outings, and an annual ski day amongst other events. If you have any suggestions for us please contact any board member. We welcome you to join us at our Board meetings which are held the second Thursday of each month at noon. Just give us a call to let us know you are joining us so we can order lunch for you. Happy New Year to you, your family and your business!

Rick Romano, President



Winter 2012


BITS AND PIECES ABOUT OUR MEMBERS…This will be a continuing series in our newsletter, please send us a paragraph about your business if you would like to be included!

ACCUplus Financial Services, Inc.17A Dunstable Road, P.O. Box 942, N. Chelmsford, MA 01863 - 978-251-0405 – www.accuplusfi nancial.comOur business was originally established in 1970 by Stephen Olney in downtown Lowell under the name Taxman. The main focus was on individual and small business tax preparation, payroll, and bookkeeping. In 1991, Steve relocated the business to North Chelmsford where we are still located at 17A Dunstable Road in the old Reed Factory building. In 1996, Steve Olney and Tristaan Petullo jointly formed ACCUplus Financial Services, Inc. We have been working together for over twenty years focusing our business on personal and business tax returns with additional focus on bookkeeping, payroll, consulting, investments and fi nancial services. We are always looking to grow our business and welcome any new or potential clients so give us a call at 978-251-0405.

All-Star Gymnastics Center5 Kidder Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824 - 978-256-7766 – www.all-stargymnastics.comAll-Star Gymnastics is owned and operated by Karen and Tom Bonacci who have been teaching children in the local community for the past 25 years. We believe in providing a fun, safe place for children to learn and grow. Our programs promote physical fi tness, confi dence and the skills necessary for children to reach their full potential, giving them a great foundation for all sports and for life. “Begin Here…Go Anywhere.”

Alpha Tae Kwon Do Academy, LLC40 Vinal Square, N. Chelmsford, MA 01863 - 978-251-1331 – www.alphatkd.comAlpha Martial Arts, better known as Alpha Tae Kwon Do Academy, was established in 1988 and was purchased by Andrew and Michelle Rollinson in 2003. Andrew is a teacher at heart. He earned his masters degree in writing literature and publishing. He has four black belts: 4th degree in Goju Rye Karate, 4th degree Taekwondo and 1st degree in Hapkido and 1st degree in Kobudo. Alpha provides classes for all ages, all abilities, and maintains a safe and nurturing family environment. We provide after-school program services for grades 1-8, we have counselor-in-training (CIT) opportunities for ages 12-17. Visit our website to fi nd out more about our Ninja Summer Camp and other programs!

Anastas Advertising Associates, Inc.4 Courthouse Lane, Chelmsford, MA 01824 - 978-453-4525 – www.AnastasAdvertising.comAnastas Advertising is a full-service agency providing integrated marketing solutions for your advertising, marketing and creative needs. We specialize in developing and implementing local and regional advertising programs. Our services include in-house graphic design and media planning. Anastas Advertising also coordinates the Transit Advertising Program for the Lowell Regional Transit Authority. For a full list of advertising services visit our web site or give us a call to discuss your marketing needs.

MoyNetworksJon Moy – offi ce: 978-947-0133 ext. 300; fax: 978-215-5050 – www.moynetworks.com MoyNetworks is an IT company that provides technical support and network solutions based on current industry standards. We are currently responsible for maintaining over 1,000 PC’s, MAC’s, Servers, and Mobile Devices. Our expertise is providing and maintaining affordable network solutions for other small businesses throughout New England. Our hardware specialty is Dell Poweredge Servers, but we have experience with all manufacturers. All our technicians are Microsoft Certifi ed, and have thousands of hours of IT experience. Our goal when designing or maintaining a small business network is to abide by industry standard practices, properly secure all end points, choose the correct hardware and software solutions, and integrate cloud applications as applicable. Some of our recent projects include Virtualization of 20 physical servers to two machines, Microsoft Exchange 2010 migrations, installing a mesh wireless network to cover 1 million square feet, update customer network and internal policies to meet or exceed CMR 17 and HIPPA protocols.


Winter 2012


Working with Our Town…

Business Couponing!We have started a coupon networking within the Chelmsford Business Association and have the following program to offer to our members.

If you would be interested in offering a coupon to fellow members that they could use or pass on to employees or friends this might be a great opportunity for you!

Each quarter we would spotlight the members in our newsletters. These coupons would only be good for that particular quarter. An example of coupons could be a percent off a product or service, “Buy one – get one free”, A “freebie”, or use your imagination!

Jazzercise was very generous in December 2011, and Castle Complements has an offer for our members for January 2012, check your mailboxes.

If you are interested in more information on this opportunity please give the CBA offi ce a call at 978-250-3858 or e-mail us at: [email protected].

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SAVE!COUPONS!

SAVE!DISCOUNTS!BUY ONE,GET ONE FREE

ShopsQAThe Town of Chelmsford is looking to further support and promote its local businesses by partnering with a company called GovQA. The Go Local program, ShopsQA, provides all local businesses with a link on the town’s website that directs residents to new web pages designed and updated by each local business. This service is FREE to all businesses!

Benefi ts include:

Directory of all local business: Allows resident to search for business by category, name of business or key word. It also provides resident with contact information, coupons, newsletters, job opportunities and more on your own private business page.

Business to Business Network: A communication tool provided to the business owners to interact with one another, share stories, advice and even do business with one another… keeping dollars local.

Social Networking: ShopsQA can integrate with any Twitter, MySpace, Linked-In or Facebook account your business may have.

Residents can subscribe to your business: The residents will have the ability to “follow” your business and receive exclusive information on upcoming events, e-newsletters, coupons and more importantly job opportunities.

If you are interested in this program please contact Tricia Dzuris at the Town Manager’s Offi ce for further information – 978-250-5201.

Chelmsford Cultural Council – Cultural Districts InitiativeThe goals of the initiative are to bolster tourism, encourage business and job development, attract artists and cultural enterprises, preserve and reuse historic buildings and generally enhance and encourage cultural development.

A Cultural District is described as a walkable, compact area with “well defi ned boundaries with a concentration of cultural facilities, activities and assets.”

There is more information on the Cultural District initiative on the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s website at:

www.massculturalcouncil.org/services/cultural_districts.asp

The CBA will be having a representative from our board, Carla Pond, sitting on this committee and we will be kept up-to-date about what is happening with this initiative.

If you would like further information or would like to get involved please contact Kathy Cryan-Hicks, Chair, Chelmsford Cultural Council at the Chelmsford Public Library – 978-256-5521, ext. 109

SAVE!


Winter 2012

Belanger CompanyBlake Funeral Home

Carven CateringCharles Frederick Jewelers

Chelmsford Copy & SecretarialChelmsford Storage Solutions

Classic FlowersColonial Oil Company

Commercial CalibrationDuffy’s Autobody

Edward Jones InvestmentsElectronic Associates

Enterprise Bank & TrustGaravanian Travel

Gentle Arms Daily TransportationGet In Shape for Women

Gilet BrothersHardy Doric

Harrington Wine and LiquorsJ&C Management

James G. Cullen, CPAJohn Crane, D.M.D.

Karla Miller – Coldwell BankerLaw Offi ce of Dennis E. McHugh

Lowell General HospitalMetro Financial StrategiesMichael G. Sargent, D.D.S.

New England Medical Associates, LLCPat Dearborn

Picture Yourself !Radisson Hotel & Suites

Ready RE, LLCRoark Law Offi ce, P.C.

Rufi na’sSargent & AssociatesShannon & Associates

Sterling Golf ManagementSunny Acres Nursing & Rehab

Swift, Sign-A-RamaThe Green Lawn

The Jumpp GroupThe Meathouse

Triangle ServiCenterTrinity EMS

Village ElectricWeston Nurseries

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We sincerely apologize if we missed your business name. Our members are the best and are extremely generous.

We appreciate all of you!

2011Holiday Raffl e

Donations


Winter 2012


The CBA Holiday Social took place once again this year at the Radisson Hotel and Suites in Chelmsford. The place was decorated beautifully and everyone had a wonderful time.

Thanks to the committee for putting together such a wonderful evening! Thanks to our Master of Ceremonies Jim Shannon who did a great job, as usual! Thanks to our Video Guys Bill Martin and Paul Aronian who fi lmed the event for local cable! Thanks to Jon Mansfi eld for providing great music for dancing! And fi nally, thanks to our special guest Rick Larimore (aka - Rod Stewart) who did a couple of songs for us!

If you missed the “Holiday Social - Event of the Year”, be sure to put it on your calendar in 2012 (December 6th)!

Tony and Carla Del Papa, June and Mark Stott, Cheryl and Dave Faulkenham, Tony Kalil, and Dense Marcaurelle

Charlie Horndahl and Fred Gallagher

CBA HOLIDAY SOCIAL

Rick Romano, Lynn Marcella and Rick Larrimore Attorney Patrick Wood and his wife Arlene


Winter 2012

Jim Good, Sharon and Ken Kydd, Paula Good and Chuck Marcella

CBA Members Xxxxxcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Bob LaPorte, Linda Marchand, Jennifer and Paul HardyRick Romano, Paula Good, Lynn Marcella and Jim Good with items donated to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank

Thank You to

R&R Trophy and Engraving

for once again donating the

member of the year plaque.

This is something they do

every year.

We truly appreciate them.


Winter 2012


CBA 5th ANNUAL SKI DAY AT MT. WACHUSETT Monday, March 12, 2012. It’s not too early to “save the date” in your appointment book. For more information contact: Rick Romano at 978-256-9796 or Hank Hamelin at 978-256-5588.

CHELMSFORD PARADE COMMITTEE We are already planning the 2012 parade which will be held on Wednesday, July 4th at 10:00 a.m.

Please check out our website: www.chelmsfordparade.orgfor more details.

If you are interested in participating please contact any one of our committee members: Jim Cullen, Janet Granata, Hank Hamelin, Jeff Hardy Kathy Kelley, Chuck Marcella, Lynn Marcella, Brian Reidy and Rick Romano.

10 Ways to Resolve Confl icts1. Listen More. Talk less.

Learn the other person’s viewpoint.2. Ask when you want something.

Making demands only makes things worse.3. Focus on the problem, not the person.

It’s the only way to solve a disagreement.4. Always deal with the problem at hand.

Never bring up old issues or resentments.5. Take responsibility for your part in the confl ict.

Your view might not be completely right either.6. Express your feelings without casting blame.

Blame never solves anything.7. Always talk things out.

Never use physical force to express your anger.8. Choose your words carefully.

Once a word is spoken it cannot be taken back.9. Look for a solution that is agreeable to all parties.

If someone isn’t satisfi ed, the problem isn’t solved.10. Step back and put the problem in perspective.

Remember... a problem you have today may not seem so bad tomorrow.


Winter 2012

Phone Fax

President Rick Romano 978-256-9796 978-256-9857 [email protected]

Vice President Kathy Kelley 978-256-7511 978-250-1401 [email protected]

Secretary Hank Hamelin 978-256-5588 978-250-1691 [email protected]

Treasurer Jim Cullen 978-251-0110 978-251-0711 [email protected]

Director Annmarie Roark 978-256-4167 978-250-8387 [email protected]

Director Bill Gilet 978-251-3839

Director Brian Reidy 978-256-1808 978-256-6877 [email protected]

Director Carla Pond 978-250-1681 978-420-8869 [email protected]

Director Charlene Parlee 978-667-0751 978-663-7597 [email protected]

Director Deb Trask 978-735-4311 978-435-4314 [email protected]

Director Dick DeFreitas 978-251-3003 978-251-3033 [email protected]

Director Doug Hausler 978-256-6080 978-256-0515 [email protected]

Director Jeff Hardy 978-250-1113 978-250-4969 [email protected]

Director Lynn Marcella 978-256-5268 978-256-1869 [email protected]

Director Paul Hardy 978-256-5251 978-244-1460 [email protected]

Director Tony DelPapa 978-256-4845 978-256-5804 [email protected]

Executive Director John Harrington 978-256-2711 978-256-8706 [email protected]

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