Mary is the Executive Director of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce

Being Involved Matters

I believe when we concentrate on a positive purpose, we can move mountains. I’m involved with the RRCC for my children, my grandchildren and generations to come. I believe that when we focus on what’s good about our community more good follows. Our community is special and here’s just a few examples that as a…

December Greetings From Mary

Greeting Chamber Members and Friends! During this season of thanks, we are extremely grateful for the support this community has given the Chamber over the last year and are looking forward to working together in the new year toward continually making this a strong vibrant community to live, work, play and raise a family. Thank…

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season offer a great opportunity to celebrate all the good in our lives. What’s really powerful is that being grateful can be contagious. However, heartfelt gratitude requires effort… Why is effort necessary you may ask? Because we are being over inundated by fear and negativity. Think about it, outside sources…

Message From Chris

Let Go…  Whether we want to grow as an individual, as a family, as a group, as a team, as an organization, as a city, as a county, as a state or even as a country:  “Letting go of the stories that are holding us back is critical to moving in the direction of our…

November Greetings From Mary

Hello Chamber Members and Friends! I hope you are all adjusting to the changing of seasons and saluting the official “Stick Season”! Thank you to all who attended our Rutland Region Chamber Annual Meeting at the Paramount on October 4th. It was great to socialize with all of you and then show off some of…

October Greeting From Mary Cohen

Hello Chamber Members and Friends! Thank you to all who attended our 119th Annual Meeting on Thursday, Oct 4th at the wonderful Paramount Theatre. We had lots to celebrate and the energy in the room was terrific! We had the distinct pleasure of honoring Russ Marsan from Carpenter and Costin as Business Leader of the…

August Message from Mary

Hello Rutland Chamber Community! We are busy getting ready for many things during this month of August and hope to see you out and about! Tuesday August 7th we will be joining many to celebrate the opening of the Center Street Marketplace. We are welcoming 11 people this weekend to the Stay to Stay Program…

July Greetings From Mary

Dear Chamber Members, Happy Summer! When it rains it pours – or when it’s hot it’s HOT! We here at the Chamber continue to work on behalf of our members to promote our region, grow tourism and put lots of effort into attracting people to move to our region to bolster the population and increase…

May Greeting From Mary

Hello Chamber Members! Breathe Deep…Spring is finally here! The Chamber has been buzzing with activity as we prepare for our 33rd Annual Golf Classic sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank and Trust!  It is hard for me to imagine what the Chamber was like in 1985 when this first began! The tradition continues at the Rutland…

January Greetings From Mary

Happy New Year! We are all excited to begin the New Year and are looking forward to what 2018 will bring! The Regional Marketing Initiative is on its way and we are having the first Quarterly Update with Mondo Mediaworks in the middle of the month. We are excited to see the data on impressions…