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11:30AM—1:00PM
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Governor Paul R. LePage will be in
attendance speaking with businesses.
He will address the crowd at 5:30pm.
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2016
Our Leading Women’s Luncheon series is made possible by the generous sponsorship of:
Registration is $20 in advance for members, $25 at the door and for the public,
and includes luncheon buffet.
E-mail: [email protected] • PHONE: 873-3315 • FAX: 877-0087
Director Profile
Join us each month at Business After Hours! These events are a great opportunity to mix
and mingle with other business professionals and leaders in our communities.
Remember to bring plenty of business cards!
Name: Brandi A. Meisner
March 16
Alfond Youth Center
126 North St, Waterville
Education:
April 6
Waterville Creates!
at Common Street Arts—16 Common St, Waterville
College - Thomas College- B.S. in business management & MBA Thomas College
May 18
McCormack Building Supply & Bangor Savings Bank
at McCormack Building Supply—8 Lithgow St, Winslow
Other – Seminar’s, etc. -
June 15
Smile Solutions
98 Silver St, Waterville
July 20
Higgins & Bolduc Agency, Lakes Region Dental Center, Maine-ly
Elder Care and Edward Jones
56 Main St, Oakland
Length of Employment: 2yrs. – In industry 12 yrs.
September 21
Maine Technology Group & Choice Investments
at Maine Tech Group—120 Augusta Rd, Winslow
Skowhegan Rotary member and chair of the Wine, Beer & Food tasting committee.
October 19
Loyal Biscuit
109 Main St, Waterville
Family: Husband Nahum and Daughter Amari
November 16
Central Maine Motors & Central Maine Growth Council
at Central Maine Motors Toyota—15 Airport Rd, Waterville
Chamber Involvement and Statement of Purpose: Membership committee chair, Annual
Awards Ceremony Committee and Ambassador Committee. Support local community.
December 14
SBS Carbon Copy & GHM Insurance Agency
at SBS Carbon Copy—54 Main St, Waterville
Place of Birth: Skowhegan
Secondary - Skowhegan High School
Place of Employment: Higgins & Bolduc Agency Inc.
Position: Producer – Commercial & Personal Insurance
Current Service and Civic Organization: Main Street Skowhegan – board vice president
and on the organizational committee.
Personal Data:
Thank you to our 50/50 Sponsor:
Thank you to our 2016 Business
After Hours Series Sponsor:
Please join us from
5:30 PM to 7 PM
Waterville
GHM Agency
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487-2261
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Morning
Sentinel
31 Front Street
Waterville
873-3341
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Waterville 873-5101
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Waterville, ME
872-8132
Corner of
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Waterville Creates! mission is to promote, support, and grow its community’s arts and cultural
assets in order to strengthen Waterville as a vibrant creative center, increase access to creative
opportunities for residents and visitors, and advance community and economic development goals.
It delivers that mission by providing marketing and advertising services to its anchor partner
institutions, the Waterville Opera House, Maine Film Center and Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville
Public Library, and the Colby College Museum of Art. It manages a 68,000 square foot building
downtown called The Center or the Stearns Building, and it also operates the Common Street Arts
gallery and art education studio.
Waterville Creates! promotes Waterville as a major arts destination for both Maine residents and
visitors to the state. Working closely with Waterville’s primary arts and cultural entities, Waterville
Creates! is the generating and coordinating entity for arts programming and cultural collaborations
within the community.
Waterville Creates! also serves as a vibrant “face” of Waterville as the city builds its profile as
a major site for art and culture in Maine and fosters greater public awareness of and support for a
robust creative economy in Waterville.
For more information about the mission of Waterville Creates! or the dynamic art scene in
Waterville, please call (207) 616-0292, or visit its website at http://www.watervillecreates.org/
Waterville Creates will be hosting the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce April Business After
Hours at Common Street Arts located at 16 Common Street, Waterville, on April 6, from 5:30 pm to
7:00 pm.
2016
New Members
Aquarius Pools and Spas
Mel Higgins 207-872-5827
224 Augusta Road,Winslow
www.aquariuspools.com
Held at Thomas College Spann Student Commons in the Summit Room from 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Held at Thomas College Spann Student Commons in the Summit Room from 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
March 10:
Networking Power of Relational Capital
Networking and more importantly building relational capital is not about shaking more hands or collecting more business cards;
it’s about developing relationships that make others want to help you and your business. Jason Buchannan of Colonial Danforth
Consulting will teach you how to maximize your networking and get the most out of chamber events and other networking
opportunities. (This breakfast will be held in the Ayotte Auditorium)
April 14:
ScamWatch: Protect Your Business Now!
Join the Better Business Bureau for a program on the most common scams, the major red flags to watch out for, and the steps
you can take to protect your business.
May 5:
New Developments in Maine Human Rights and the Impact on Business
Join Amy Sneirson, Maine Human Rights Commission executive director, as she outlines burgeoning occurrences and their
potential impact on your business.
June 9:
Can Maine Prosper?
Maine Development Foundation (MDF) drives sustainable, long-term economic growth for Maine. MDF stimulates new ideas,
develops leaders, and provides common ground for solving problems and advancing issues. Yellow Breen, its fearless leader,
will expound upon its measures of growth report as well as other data to seek common ground for solving problems and
advancing the state of Maine to success.
September 8: Time Leadership: Maximizing ROT (Return On Time)
Not enough hours in the day? Workload overwhelming? This is a must-attend presentation by Doug Packard, CEO/owner of
Renaissance Executive Forums ME/NH.
Legislative Issues: TBA
November 10: Worst to First: How to Turn Around Maine’s Business Ranking
Matt Gagnon, executive director of The Maine Heritage Policy Center, will share data on how to move the state of Maine to
first place.
Marketing: Get the Latest Marketing Advice
Chief Executive & Founder of Argo Marketing Group, Inc., a 600 - person contact center group located in Maine;
Jason Levesque will share some of his tips for developing strategic goals and guiding your management team in the execution of
those goals.
Cost per person: $17 members, $19 late registration (after Friday before the event), $25 at the door & for non-members.
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, 50 Elm Street, Waterville, ME 04901-6015
TO REGISTER: E-mail: [email protected] • PHONE: 873-3315 • FAX: 877-0087
(PLEASE NOTE: To cancel, please call the Chamber two (2) business days prior to the event to avoid being charged.)
Radio
Sponsor:
Special thanks to Time
Warner Cable for
broadcasting this series.
Bowman Constructors
Brian and Kevin Bowman
207-368-2405
552 Moosehead Trail, Newport
www.bowmanconstructors.com
Dixon’s Country Market
Amy Dixon 207-453-9547
179 Neck Road, Benton
www.dixonscountrymarket.com
Fieldstone Meadows, LLC
Christine and Paul Lussier
207-859-1966
13 Meadow Drive, Waterville
www.fieldstonelanding.com
KMD Driving School
Michael Perkins 207-465-4835
1015 Kennedy Memorial Drive,
Oakland
www.kmddrivingschool.com
Knockerball Maine, LLC
Tim Martin 207-314-1640
94 Six Rod Road, Fairfield
www.knockerballmaine.com
Lafreniere’s
Dave Lafreniere 207-872-0100
174 College Avenue, Waterville
Mitchell Tardy Government Affairs
Ann Mitchell 207-622-1365
104 Sewall Street, Augusta
www.mitchelltardy.com
O’Leary’s Fitness
Mike Leary 207-660-8642
184 College Avenue, Waterville
Full Wave Media
Chad & Antonia Smith
Parsonage House
207-358-9283
20 S. Greenridge Heights, Oakland Lori Dumont 207-446-7721
www.fullwave.media.com
276 Dunham Road, Vassalboro
www.parsonagehouse.com
People’s Salon & Spa
Billy Dangler 207-873-5939
18 Temple Street, Waterville
www.peoplessalon.com
Thirty-One Gifts, Independent
Consultant
Jennifer Williams 207-313-7022
38 West Street, Fairfield
www.mythirtyone.com/jennpw
Tri-State Staffing, Inc.
Linda Veilleux 622-0470
225 Western Avenue, Unit 1, Augusta
www.tristatestaffing.com
U.S. Army Waterville Recruiting Center
Sgt. Joel T. Kreuger 207-873-2594
270 Kennedy Memorial Drive
9KMD Plaza, Waterville
www.goarmy.com
Waterville Lions Club
Norm Hart 207-431-0235
[email protected]
You Broke IT?
J Coelho / Jeremy Lizzotte 207-877-7780
5 East Concourse, Waterville
www.werepairedit.com
2016 Board of Directors
Thank you to our 2016 sponsors!
Print Media
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Waterville Creates! is hosting
the April Business After Hours
Alfond Youth Center (AYC) has been pleased to serve you and your family each and every year
for the past ninety years. Its professional staff, volunteers and Board Members work diligently to
provide the best possible programs for its 5,000 plus youth members and the 350,000 people who
come through its doors. AYC is very thankful for its National partners the Boys & Girls Club of
America and YUSA, for helping provide fantastic signature programs.
It takes a dedicated group of generous people with big hearts and forward thinking to touch
the lives of young people, providing them with hope and opportunity and arming them with the
skills and values needed to realize their full potential. AYC could look back and be proud of its
accomplishments. Instead, AYC choose to focus on the challenge that remains, to look ahead and
always strive to accomplish more for its children.
Secretary of State Colin Powell came to AYC’s Facility when it opened its 72,000 sq. ft. facility
back in 1999 to help us dedicate our unique merger. He was impressed with us being the ONLY
merged Boys & Girls Club and YMCA in the country. In fact, during his speech he said “We were
the Biggest and the Best in the Country.” That statement is a hard one to keep up with over the many
years since his visit. Although our commitment is to strive to continue to live up to Mr. Powell
words, each day is another opportunity to dream big. Every day its staff is pushed to dream large for
the sake of its children!
It is about our town, our kids, our future…our responsibility.
Located at 126 North Street, Waterville, the Alfond Youth Center is hosting the Mid-Maine
Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on March 16, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
For more information about the Alfond Youth Center, call (207) 873-0684 or email info@
alfondyouthcenter.org.
December 8:
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The Alfond Youth Center will host
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Sponsor:
David Roy, Chair*
Bruce Harrington, 1st Vice Chair*
Gary Levesque, 2nd Vice Chair*
Sara Barry, Director at Large*
Gary Zemrak, Treasurer*
Jeff Corey, Past Chair*
Kimberly Lindlof, President & CEO*
Dan Bernier
Mary Carpinito
Garvan Donegan
Charlie Gaunce
Beth Gibbs
Renee Hawthorne
Ken Hoehlein
Rick Hopper
Sabra Ireland
Joe Karter
Joy McKenna
Brandi Meisner
Alison Paine
Darlene Ratte
Rick Whalen
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14 North St. 145 Lakewood Rd. 33 Depot St.
Waterville
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Fax: 207-873-7022
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Some new, most used priced at 50%
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Thurs. 3 - 7, Fri. and Sat. 10 - 2
24 Silver St., Waterville – at the end
of restaurant row • 616-0166