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Chamber eNewsletter - September 8, 2009Griffin Land and Nurseries, Inc., is the developer of more than 2 million square feet of commercial space in central Connecticut. With land holdings of over 4,000 Connecticut acres, Griffin Land is one of the largest private landowners in the state. Read mroe about this Chamber member by visiting their website at www.grifland.com
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Windsor Business Connection
Windsor Business Connection is a great way to meet other local business owners. The meetings offer opportunities for sharing information about your business, as well as referrals and testimonials. Please bring your business cards and we'll provide the coffee!
Sponsored by the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, the Windsor Business Connection is open to everyone doing business in Windsor. Please join us at the Windsor 75 Restaurant on Wednesday, September 9 at 35 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor from 7:30-8:30am. The event is held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.
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CHANGE - Business After Hours At Bart's Beanery
The Windsor Chamber of Commerce September Business After Hours will take place on Wednesday, September 16 at 5:30pm
Note: Location changed from Dom's The Business After Hours will be hosted by Bart's Beanery. Enjoy mini hotdogs with all the fixins: chili, cheese, kraut and more with beans and chips too!
Network with other business and enjoy cruise night too! Parking will be set aside in the back of the building.
Great networking, great food, and raffle prizes!
Please bring a donation for the Windsor Food bank. The following food items are the most needed: jelly, pasta, pasta sauce, canned soup and tuna fish.
Free to Windsor Chamber members, Tobacco Valley Chamber members, and Metro Hartford Alliance members. $5 for non members.
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WCC Small Business Roundtable
WCC Small Business Roundtable lunch meeting is an opportunity for small businesses owners, entrepreneurs and home based businesses to share ideas and support each other in today's uncertain economic times.
Join us Wednesday September 9th from 12:00 - 1:00 pm at the Windsor Chamber of Commerce located at 261 Broad Street.
This drop-in, brown-bag lunch meeting will feature a monthly (second Wednesday of each month) discussion topic and opportunities for problem solving, resource sharing and networking with professional business coach Steve Porcaro as facilitator.
Free for Chamber members, TVCC and Metro Hartford Chamber Members. Please call 688-5165 for more information.
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East Windsor Business Hosts Tobacco Valley Event
Hartford Federal Credit Union sponsors Business After Hours networking event on Tuesday, September 15 from 5:30-7:30pm for the Tobacco Valley Chamber Alliance. Come and network with members from the Windsor, Bloomfield, East Granby, East Windsor, Granby, Suffield, and Windsor Locks Chambers as well as other Farmington Valley and local chambers! Event to be held at HFCU, 1665 Ellington Road (Rte 30), South Windsor. Members and nonmembers can attend free! Collection of nonperishable food items and raffle to benefit the East Windsor Community Food Pantry. RSVP to Beth at 860-527-6663 ext.222 by Sept. 10.
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Annual Golf Touranment to Benefit Allied's Enfield Stars
Spring Street Service Center and Corky's Auto Parts invites you to the 6th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit the Allied's Enfield Stars on Sunday, September 20th at Airways Golf Course. The 18 hole shotgun scramble will begin at 9:00 AM. The $80 fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, beverages & lunch. Tee sponsor opportunities start at $50. For more information contact Eileen Moncrief at 627-7495.
Proceeds to benefit a sports training program for more than 110 developmentally disabled atheletes from surrounding towns who compete in Special Olympics throughout Connecticut
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FREE Shred Day At Windsor Federal
Windsor Federal Savings will hold a FREE SHRED DAY, Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at their "old" GRANBY office located at 1 Bank Street in Granby Center. The Free Shred day is open to the public. There is a two box limit per person; staples do not have to be removed but all documents must be taken out of folders and binders. For further information, please call 860-298-1435, email stanwick@windsorfederal.com.
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Upcoming Chamber Events
9/9 WCC Small Business Roundtable
9/9 Windsor Business Connection
9/10 Business Development & Programs Committee Meeting
9/15 TVCA Networking Event
9/16 Business After Hours at Barts Beanery
9/16 Business in Education Committee Meeting
9/17 First Thursdays Meeting - Mandatory
9/22 Membership Committee Meeting
9/23 Windsor Business Connection
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"Free to Breathe" Fundraiser
Join us for a "Free to Breathe" fundraiser on Wednesday, September 9th from 5 pm - 8 pm at Bart's Drive-In and The Beanery Bistro located at 55 Palisado Avenue. The Free to Breathe event series unites people who are passionate about raising public awareness and much needed funding to fight lung cancer. The money raised will be donated to the September 20th walk-a-thon in Glastonbury in honor of Justin Engelmann.
Please bring a donation for the Windsor Food bank. The following food items are the most needed: Jelly, pasta, pasta sauce, canned soup and tuna fish.
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Help Your Employees Stay Healthy!
Federal, state and local public health agencies are working to decrease the spread of novel H1N1 (swine) flu, and ask that you also help in educating businesses and employees about what they can do to protect themselves this flu season.
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued "Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Tool Kit for Businesses and Employers." This resource provides a menu of tools employers can use to fight flu, in coordination with local health officials, based on local flu conditions and what CDC and other public health organizations know about seasonal flu and are learning about the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. The tool kit can be accessed below.
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Traffic Advisory For Hartford
The nationally renowned "Get Motivated" Business Seminar scheduled to feature General Colin Powell, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former First Lady Laura Bush, and numerous other well-known figures (subject to change) will be held Wednesday, September 9 at the XL Center on Trumbull St. in Hartford.
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