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Michael Epaul's Riseup Springfield Experience SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER WHAT’S INSIDE: LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2020 DEVELOPS MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS BARTENDERS WANTED FOR FIRE & ICE RISEUP SPRINGFIELD GRADUATES SECOND COHORT NANCY CREED’S ‘A VIEW FROM THE HILL’ NEWS ABOUT OUR FOCUSING ON BUSINESS GROWTH: MEMBERS MICHAEL EPAUL‘S RISEUP SPRINGFIELD EXPERIENCE CONNECT 2 COMMERCE SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER | DECEMBER 2019 CHAMBER NEWS NEW MEMBERS ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS Companies and organizations listed here have made an important Every month the Chamber honors those members who have investment in their business and in the community by joining the continuously supported our mission throughout the years. Chamber. Do business with Chamber members. It’s good business! The following members joined in the month of October. Happy Anniversary! Alton E. Gleason Paving Co., Inc. 10 Year Anniversary A family-owned and operated, third Dakin Humane Society generation paving business located in Springfield and established in 1938. 5 Year Anniversary Dave’s Truck Repair Louis & Clark Pharmacy Millennium Press Long-term care pharmacy, founded in 1963 UMass Center at Springfield and headquartered in Springfield. 1 Year Anniversary New Valley Bank and Trust Frances Richardson (PWC) CHAMBER STAFF & XXXV111 . NO. 3 THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES CHAMBER CHANNELS (USPS681-850) President: is published bimonthly with $5 of Chamber dues Nancy Creed • 413-755-1309 covering subscription costs. Director – Marketing and Communications: Postmaster: Maureen Sullivan • 413-755-1312 Send address changes to: Chamber Channels, 1441 Main Street, Manager – Events and Program Administration: Springfield, MA 01103-1449 Grace Szydziak • 413-755-1310 Telephone: 413-787-1555 Director – Membership Development: James Majka • (413) 266-9145 Fax: 413-755-1322 Staff Accountant: Email: [email protected] Urszula Cook • 413-755-1308 Accounts Payable Clerk: Website: www.springfieldregionalchamber.com Carrie Dzialo • 413-755-1307 Chief Financial Officer: News & Advertising Deadline: 10th of every month Lynn Kucejko • 413-755-1306 Send any staff member email: Publisher: Springfield Regional Chamber [email protected] Editor: Maureen Sullivan MISSION STATEMENT The Springfield Regional Chamber represents the region and its geographic hub of Springfield and more than 600 businesses of all sizes, industries and professions, providing leadership to promote, support and enhance the economic health of the business community and the region. 2 WWW.SPRINGFIELDREGIONALCHAMBER.COM | 413-787-1555 CHAMBER NEWS NANCY’S VIEW FROM THE HILL As you know, the Legislative Session began in January with nearly 6,000 bills filed. The Chamber and its Legislative Steering Committee identified more than 600 pieces of legislation that could impact your business. We will be monitoring these throughout the session, take positions as appropriate, Board of Directors 2019-2020 communicate our concerns, advocate on your President: Gillian Amaral, Bay Path University behalf and keep you informed of our progress. Vice President: Madeline Landrau, MassMutual Treasurer: Caron LaCour, Burkhart Pizzanelli, PC The first session of a two-year session is primarily information gathering, Assistant Treasurer: Lauri Lavell, Westfield Bank with most of the work completed in the second year. Here’s a quick recap of Secretary: Jeannie Filomeno, Marcotte Ford what has happened on your behalf in 2019: Directors: Mary Akers, Work Opportunity Center Paid Family/Medical Leave. While the new Paid Family and Medical Jenny MacKay, USI Insurance Services, LLC Leave program was passed in June of 2018, the Chamber continued Amie Miarecki, Sunshine Village to be very active on this issue, providing counsel to the Department Lidya Rivera-Early, Springfield Technical on the drafting of the regulations; securing the necessary delay to the Community College implementation of collections; securing specific amendments to the Act Kathleen Martin, Springfield College to provide greater clarity for all; securing an adjustment to the calculation Jamie Convery, Freedom Credit Union of independent contractors in the workforce, and working diligently to Frances Richardson, The Artcraft Company educate the business community in preparation for the first phase of Yvonne Diaz, One Monarch Place implementation. Supplemental Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC). infrastructure across the state and convened leaders to discuss We advocated on your behalf for the sunset of this temporary increase in transportation revenue and equity between East and West. We also EMAC and the supplemental contribution and were successful. This will advocated on a national level, joining 30 other organizations from now end at the end of this calendar year. across the state to collectively support the America’s Transportation Workforce Development. Recognizing this is a critical issue to our Infrastructure Act, authorizing $2287 billion in highway and bridge members, the Chamber supported Senate bill 57 and House bill 174. These improvements. bills would create a pilot program to prevent the cliff effect by supporting Minimum Wage: We specifically opposed Senate bills 1073 and 1111 individuals interested in entering the workforce and incentivizing and and House bill 1593 which would undo a key provision negotiated in the rewarding their persistence in the workplace; thus creating a larger pool of grand bargain and would undo the repeal of the retain premium pay Blue potential employees. Law. Education. The Springfield Regional Chamber was actively engaged Sales Tax: There is an effort across the state to establish a real-time sales in advocating on the Student Opportunity Act – from letter writing tax collection. To understand the issue and its impact on our business to the Governor to supporting and opposing various amendments community, we convened a group of thought leaders with expertise in tax through the legislative process to communicating on your behalf with policy to take a deep dive into the issue. the conference committee to ensure that the state school funding Taxes: We were selected to join a diverse group of legislators and policy formula was modernized, while also ensuring that reforms were made to advocates put together by Senate leadership to explore ways to modernize ensure that educational investments are made which close the racial and the state’s tax code – looking at everything from sales tax modernization to socioeconomic achievement gaps. We are pleased to report that our efforts transportation revenue to hospitality taxes to income tax exemptions. It is were successful. anticipated that we will complete our initial research early next year with a Infrastructure: The Springfield Regional Chamber joined a statewide set of recommendations to come forth. coalition of business organizations to look at the transportation Continued on next page. CONNECT 2 COMMERCE SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER | DECEMBER 2019 3 CHAMBER NEWS NANCY’S VIEW 2019-2020 BOARD Continued from previous page OF DIRECTORS Energy: On behalf of the region’s business community, we were asked to join a unique coalition of business and labor, which supports a responsible President: Nancy Creed, Springfield Regional Chamber transition to a renewable energy future that ensures reliability and Chair: Mark French, The Republican affordability, strengthens our economy, while also enhancing Massachusetts’ Vice Chair: Barbara-Jean DeLoria, Florence Bank position as a leader on climate change. We testified at hearings, published Treasurer: Patrick Leary, MP CPAs Op-Eds with local news outlets, and communicated with legislative leaders. Secretary: David Parke, Bulkley Richardson Local Taxes: Each year, the City of Springfield sets the rate on which residential and commercial and industrial property is taxed. The Gillian Amaral Professional Women’s Chamber Springfield Regional Chamber participated in the tax advisory committee, Paul Bailey Springfield Partners for Community Action, Inc. recommended a tax rate to the City Council and testified at hearings. We John Baran WWLP-TV 22 News & The CW of Springfield were extremely pleased that the Council struck a fair balance between Tricia Canavan United Personnel residents and business and adopted the Chamber’s recommendation of a 7-cent reduction in the C&I rate. This sends a strong message to those Dawn DiStefano Square One looking to expand and/or invest in Springfield that the City is “open for Ellen Cummings Verizon business.” John Doleva Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame David Ference TD Bank We will continue to keep you updated as our work progresses. In the Jeffrey Fialky Bacon Wilson, P.C. meantime, if you are willing to join us in our advocacy efforts – be it sending a letter to your legislator, communicating with them about how issues could Tejas Gandhi Baystate Health hurt your business, or some other way, please contact me and we can work Daniel Glanville Comcast Cable Communications, LLC. together to ensure our region and our state remain competitive. You can James Goodwin Center For Human Development, Inc. reach me at [email protected] or (413) 755-1309. Tiffany Greene Disability Management Services, Inc Jody Gross Health New England Denise Hurst Springfield Technical Community College Dominick Iannno MassMutual Art Jasper Cellite Engineers Inc. dba Johnstone Supply Stuart Jones Springfield College Michael Kane Columbia Gas of Massachusetts Daniel Keenan Mercy Medical Center Jenny MacKay Professional Women’s
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