Greetings from the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry. What a great day to be out and about in greater Newburyport. This noon time it actually felt like a summer day but without the humidity. It’s my kind of day! There is so much going on in and around Newburyport. Check out our web site www.newburyportchamber.org for the many happenings of our members in our little neck of the world!
Don’t forget that many of the downtown retailers are open late now on Thursday through Saturday nights. Look for flyers in participating chamber member businesses. Check out which of your favorite stores are open by visitinghttp://www.newburyportchamber.org/pdf/newburyport_open_later_final.pdf
This weekend the city will come alive with the sounds of reading…make plans now to attend the Newburyport Literary Festival this coming Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25th. For more information just go to www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org
Also, save the date for special events happening in May. First, the Chamber’s 44th Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 12:00 noon at Blue Ocean Music Hall (formerly Tupelo Music Hall) in Salisbury. Our guest speaker will be former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Charlie Baker. It is an event not to miss and we hope to see you there as well. Invitations should be in your mail boxes later this week.
May also brings traditional Spring Invitation Nights on Fridays, May 7 & 14. Enjoy merchant hospitality and complimentary refreshments at these very special shopping events in downtown Newburyport. Back by popular demand this year, the Newburyport Shop & Dine Giveaway! Enter to win a Shop & Dine Giveaway worth $1000, $500 or $200! Giveaway packages include a collection of gift certificates to downtown businesses.
To enter to win, simply visit participating businesses in Downtown Newburyport & The Tannery Marketplaceanytime May 7 through May 14. Pick up a Shop & Dine Giveaway card (no purchase necessary!) and have participating shops and restaurants validate it for you. Entrants must visit 10 businesses to be eligible to win. Final drawing will be held on May 17.
We offer a weekly Member2Member email program in which chamber members can directly communicate via email with other chamber members. These very popular Member2Member emails can be shared with anyone. Often times the information is a banking service offer, a new restaurant menu or announcement of a special event. So here is a sample of this week’s offerings:
And as always, don’t’ forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
So get out there and enjoy all that the greater Newburyport area has to offer. For more information just go to www.newburyportchamber.org. We hope you have a great day!
