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A video that Creative Concepts produced for Bigelow Tea garnered them a prestigious MarCom Platinum Award in the Web Based Multi-Media category. Creative Concepts also received honorable mention for their design and support of the Bigelow Tea blog.
The Best Western Black Rock Inn was named "Best of the Best in Quality" at Best Western International's annual North American convention in Montreal. The hotel was presented with the award in front of more than 2,000 industry peers, one of only 23 Best Western hotels in the U.S. and Canada to receive this designation.
With the help of Congressman Christopher Shays and U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Fairfield University cut the ribbon on its new eco-friendly Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) in October. The $9.5 million facility generates power with a natural gas-fired turbine that can handle almost the entire electrical load of the Fairfield University campus. Its waste heat is then recycled for heating and cooling campus buildings. The CHP is one of the more visible pieces of an ongoing "green" initiative at the university.
Fairfield University almunus and trustee Christopher Quick has donated a piece of business history to the university: One of the original horseshoe trading posts from the New York Stock Exchange now stands in the lobby of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business.
The vintage brass and oak trading posts were removed in 1980 and donated to museums and universities, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Stanford University, and now Fairfield University. Valued at $200,000, the gift is helping to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a School of Business at Fairfield.
Sabita Holistic Center recently had an opportunity to work with Positive Directions - The Center for Prevention & Recovery at a charity golf and tennis tournament they hosted. It was a lovely day and event for such a great cause -- Positive Directions works with individuals, families and communities for the prevention of and recovery from substance abuse and dependencies in Fairfield County.
CMIT Solutions, one of the largest IT services and products franchise companies in the United States with over 100 locations in 32 states, will offer CMIT Anti-Spam with Total Control as part of its managed services offering, protecting its customers from spam, phishing attacks and other malicious email content.
CMIT Solutions' partnership with Reflexion Networks will allow CMIT Solutions of Eastern Fairfield County to deliver affordable, enterprise-class managed email security services to small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with up to 500 employees.
Nancy Yale of Cruise Resort & World Travel, Inc. has received an industry award for "Most Leads Closed by a Virtuoso Consultant in 2007" for the second year in a row. Nancy was competing against more than 500 luxury travel professionals across the country acting on leads generated by Virtuoso, an exclusive network of elite travel specialists.
Attending the annual TravelMart Conference in Las Vegas, Nancy was also selected by her peers to serve as a Northeast Region representative for the Virtuoso Cruise Committee.
Back home in Fairfield, Nancy can be found teaching "How to Plan the Perfect Trip" for Fairfield Continuing Education.
The Princeton Review has added Sacred Heart University's John F. Welch College of Business to its 2008 edition of the "Best 290 Business Schools," one of 23 new additions to the guidebook this year. SHU also appears in the 2008 edition of the "Best 366 Colleges."
Our congratulations to Becker + Becker Associates for winning the job to fill a tall order: Build a high-rise mixed-use building in downtown New Haven that fits the character of the neighborhood, uses "green" technologies and provides enough commercial, residential and parking space to aid the revitalization of Lower Chapel Street.
Negotiations over the design are still in progress, but the complex is currently envisioned as a 36-story building with nearly 500 housing units, retail space on the ground floor and 600 above-ground parking spaces. The estimated cost is $150 million. According to Business New Haven, it would be the city's largest development project in two decades. The last building to occupy the site was the historic Shartenberg & Robinson Co. department store, which was torn down in the 1960s in a failed bid for urban renewal.
Companions for the elderly are needed throughout Fairfield County. Make a difference in someone's life by providing care, companionship and the ability to retain their independence. Flexible part time work -- you decide when and where to work. Clients' needs may include transportation, assistance with cooking and cleaning, or personal care. Full time live-in positions with benefits are also available. Call Companions & Homemakers at 1-800-656-8515 for more information or apply directly at their office, 363 Reef Road in Fairfield.
Pequot Remodeling Corp's George Christiansen has been accorded Certified Remodeler status by NARI, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. He is only the second contractor in Connecticut to hold that designation.
"There are still less than 20 contractors in the entire state who have any credentials at all," Christiansen says. "There is absolutely no training necessary to be a contractor here. That is one of the reasons that home improvement contractors are #3 on the Department of Consumer Protection's complaint list." This is his third national certification.
NARI's certification program tests remodelers' knowledge and skills in over 20 areas, including business methods and practices, building codes and construction law, planning and site layout, and all of the trade skills required for remodeling homes. Certified Remodelers are also bound to the NARI Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
Quick member news blurbs:
- At Coppia Ristorante, every Tuesday and Wednesday is now a BYOB night.
- The Mill River Media Group, publisher of Fairfield Magazine, has acquired Wilton Magazine and appointed Jeffrey Pipes Guice to the position of Group Publisher overseeing both publications.
To celebrate the May 19 grand opening of his Pro-Health Chiropractic office on Black Rock Turnpike, Dr. Robert Kipp organized a health fair featuring several Fairfield health care practitioners, many of whom -- like Dr. Kipp -- have just recently joined the Chamber.
After a ribbon-cutting ceremony with First Selectman Kenneth Flatto, Dr. Kipp and his staff were joined by
Farahnaz Shobeiri of Feri La Maison de Beaute,
Sabita Kanhai of Sabita Holistic Center,
Laura Caramore of Fluid Motion Therapy LLC,
acupuncturist Ingri Boe-Wiegaard and
yoga instructor Tracy Ellwanger.
There were demonstrations of acupuncture, massage therapy, holistic occupational therapy, spinal posture screenings, natural botanical skin care products and yoga.
Getting off to a fast start, Dr. Kipp will be presenting free educational workshops and spinal posture screenings beginning in June. The schedule is available on their website at www.yourprohealth.com, or call the office at 203-333-2700 for more information.
In "Antiques: How to Spot the Real Deal," Sheila explains the ins and outs of shopping for antiques. What to look for, what makes one old piece of furniture more valuable than another (sometimes it just comes down to what's in style and what isn't), and how high-quality reproductions made 60 or 70 years ago can become antiques in their own right.
Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business has received a $140,000 gift from Oliver Patrell, a member of its Advisory Council, to benefit the school's high-tech Business Education Simulation & Trading (BEST) Classroom.
The gift will be used to support the classroom's ongoing operations, including upgrades for software, data services, faculty support and hardware. The state-of-the-art BEST classroom offers students a chance to learn lessons in the dynamics of trading and the volatility of the stock market.