Chamber News
Our community lost a dear friend last night. Paulette Harwood, who devoted nearly 60 years to teaching dancers in Needham and Newton, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday. Paulette touched the lives of generations. She was a successful and fully engaged member of our business community...
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25th annual Spring Seasonings returns April 8 By Katherine Herer March 20 may mark the vernal equinox. But April 8 is the date that should be circled on your calendar as the start of spring. It’s the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber’s 25th annual Spring Seasonings: A Taste...
If you, your employees or customers depend on the bus system, we urge you to pay attention to these proposals The MBTA is considering a number of changes to bus routes system-wide, including to routes connecting Newton, Needham, Watertown and Dedham. Some of the T's Better Bus plan will be...
Needham merchants will kick off the fall by bringing back a once-popular Needham tradition:a sidewalk sale. Fifteen downtown merchants have signed up to host a sidewalk sale on Sat. Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The merchants have banded together to organize the sale with the hopes...
The Boston Globe has announced plans to expand news coverage in Newton as part of a new partnership with the Boston University School of Journalism. Under a pilot program starting in September, the school will devote one of its beat reporting classes to covering the city of 90,000...
Needham’s reputation as a dining destination in the western inner suburbs continues to flourish, with the opening of five new food establishments opening within weeks of each other. By Lise Elcock Needham’s reputation as a dining destination in the western inner suburbs continues to...
Newton residents took 1,292,503 Lyft or Uber rides in 2018, a 23 percent jump from 2017. That means a Lyft or Uber ride originated in Newton on average 3,541 times a day last year, according to figures from the state Department of Public Utilities,...
A foursome from Cambridge Savings Bank completed the tournament in first place at the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber’s 28th annual Children’s Charitable Golf Tournament, Aug. 5, at Woodland Golf Club. Placing second was a foursome from The Village Bank. A foursome hosted by Commodore Builders placed ...
The chamber’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) events are not your standard business networking mixers. At networking “happy hours” typically held the second Wednesday of every month, attendees (generally between the ages of 21 and 40) gather to build professional relationships and to take advantage...
The opioid crisis and its destabilizing impact on all aspects of the state’s workers and economy was the focus of a chamber program at William James College. “This is a health care crisis that no one talks about,” said William James President...
As part of its effort to spark innovation and entrepreneurship in the metro Boston area, UMass Amherst is expanding its renown UMass Amherst Innovation Institute (UMII) to the Mt. Ida campus in Newton. The university has hired Kathryn Ellis, the former Economic Development Director for the City...
Olin College President Rick Miller, who has led the school since its start, will be stepping down from the position at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. The Needham-based school...
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
