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

November Greetings from Mary

Hello Rutland Region Chamber! Here at the Chamber we are still reeling from a very exciting and energetic Annual Meeting that was held on October 19th. If you were there = thank you for coming  – and if you weren’t, we missed you! I want to thank Bill Shouldice for an excellent Key note speech,…

October Greetings From Mary

Hello Chamber Members! The air is getting crisper and the leaves are putting on their show and here at the Chamber we are extremely excited about so many things! First and foremost, our Annual Meeting is happening October 19th at the Paramount Theatre. We are truly thankful to GE Aviation for their continued sponsorship of…

August Greetings from Mary

Hello Chamber Members! There are so many exciting things going on, I don’t know where to start! We are still reeling from Winter in August Celebration and are pleased that approximately 800 people attended this year! A huge shout out to our Sponsors Davis & Hodgdon, CPA’s with support from KTV-14, Foley Linen Service, Casella…

July Greeting From Mary

Hello Chamber Members! Summer is in full swing and so is the Chamber! The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce just hosted Nick Kessler and Brian Fulmer of the “Road Trip Masters” show on Discovery’s Destination America Channel. It was great fun to watch the team drive around in a convertible ’68 Cadillac and visit and…

June Greeting From Mary

Hello Chamber Members, First, I want to let you all know how excited we are to welcome Chris Shaddock as our Director of Business Development. We feel very fortunate to have had a very strong candidate pool from which to choose and ultimately decided on Chris because of his vast and relevant experience as well…

May Greeting From Mary

Hello Chamber Members! There are many great things about May – the tulips heralding spring’s arrival and the wonderful scent of lilacs by the end of the month. It’s time to clean up our yards, dust off our grills and get the golf clubs out – just in time for our annual Golf Classic being…

Spring Greetings From Mary

Hello Rutland Region Chamber Members! As Spring arrives and the Snack Bar opens, there are so many great things happening here at the Chamber! Our Regional Marketing Initiative is underway with the research and development phase of Mondo Mediaworks, the fantastic firm from Brattleboro that has been hired to help us with this process.  In…

Greetings From Mary

Hello Chamber Members! Spring is fast approaching and we at the Chamber can feel the energy of the change in season! We are looking forward to seeing our members at the many events this spring including the fantastic Business Show being held this month and our Classic Golf Tournament in May!  We are happy to…

A Message From Mary

Hello Chamber Members, Lots of great things going on here at the Chamber! Our Regional Marketing Initiative is under way with the announcement of the chosen marketing firm to happen any day. We were successful in getting requests for funding for the Initiative on several town ballots.  If you live in Mendon, Killington, Rutland Town,…

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