Chamber News
The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber has received a $25,000 state grant from the Massachusetts Collaborative Workspace Program to help the Newton Innovation Center (NIC) find a new home. The grant – which was awarded last week through the Baker-Polito administration through...
A ballot referendum that would ban the sale of adult-use recreational marijuana in Newton would result in the loss of millions of dollars annually in local tax revenue, according to city projections. By Greg Reibman A ballot referendum that would ban the sale of adult-use...
After nearly 60 years teaching dancers in Needham and Newton, Paulette Harwood has hung up her ballet slippers. Harwood closed her Paulette’s Ballet Studio at the Saco Pettee Mill Building on Oak Street in Newton in July, a place where Harwood taught generations of young dancers to move...
A new office and laboratory incubator for emerging biotechnology and life science companies has just opened in Newton’s Charles River Mill District. LabShares Newton is a fully equipped incubator for early-stage research companies seeking a collaborative, cost-effective, and entrepreneurial working...
Often lost in the debate over whether or not adult-use recreational marijuana shops should operate in Newton is the fact that there aren’t very many properties where these stores can exist under the city’s proposed zoning. By Greg Reibman Often lost in the debate over...
The operators of the Coca-Cola facility in Needham announced plans to cease manufacturing operations at the site and covert the facility into a warehouse. The change in use could result in approximately 146 local layoffs, although the company says it will work to retain interested associates in other roles. ...
Newton City Council President Marc Laredo is seeking volunteers from the business and nonprofit communities to serve on a new commission that will be examining the compensation of Newton’s elected officials. The city council passed a resolution on Oct. 1 asking the Council President...
Hammers, dust and broken pieces of wood are flying inside the building that served for a half-century as the home of The New England Mobile Book Fair. The bookstore itself moved last year to a storefront further down Needham Street, but the long warehouse-like space it once...
This December the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber becomes the keeper of the long-time town tradition of lighting up the Needham’s Town Common -- including the beloved Blue Tree -- throughout the holiday season. The 64-year-long town tradition of the lighting of the Blue Tree will take place on...
The Board of Directors of the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber will bestow the R.L. Tennant Award -- the chamber’s highest honor – to the son of the man that the award was originally named after. Walter F. Tennant, the chamber’s long-time treasurer and proprietor of...
Needham voters will be asked to approve a $70 million property tax increase on Nov. 6 to replace the town’s outdated police and fire stations. The project includes tearing down and reconstructing both the police and fire headquarters on Chestnut Street in Needham Center and Fire...
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is projecting significant negative impacts on its capability to provide safe, quality care to patients should proposed nurse staffing ratios pass on Nov. 6. The ballot question would require that hospitals across the state, no matter their size or the specific needs of their patients, adhere...
The mission of the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is to champion our communities’ economic and cultural vitality through advocacy, education and networking.
We are not affiliated with any other chamber of commerce, nationally or locally.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
281 Needham Street
Newton, MA 02464
Phone: 617.244.5300
info/at/nnchamber.com
