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Opinion/Guest column: Data-privacy bill could hinder small businesses Original
Small businesses form the backbone of Massachusetts’ economy. From Main Street storefronts to the local mechanics who keep your car running, they are the businesses that keep our communities running. They make up over 99% of all businesses in the commonwealth and employ nearly half the state.
Opinion/Guest column: Natural gas helps power state's economic growth
Massachusetts is facing an energy dilemma. While some debate how best to address it, no one can deny that natural gas — a much cleaner energy source than other fossil fuels — must be part of the remedy. “New England relies on natural gas to meet about 60 percent, and at times up to 80 percent, of its electricity and home heating needs,” U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrote in a recent op-ed.
Opinion/Guest column: Natural gas helps power state's economic growth
Massachusetts is facing an energy dilemma. While some debate how best to address it, no one can deny that natural gas — a much cleaner energy source than other fossil fuels — must be part of the remedy. “New England relies on natural gas to meet about 60 percent, and at times up to 80 percent, of its electricity and home heating needs,” U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrote in a recent op-ed.
Opinion/Chamber Corner - Imagining the future: Never let a good crisis go to waste
Chambers of commerce consistently work with businesses experiencing change and disruption, good and bad. It’s what we do. We are the resource of counsel and advice, connection and navigation of the long and winding road to success. Change is expected, yet no one was prepared for the magnitude of disruption created by COVID-19.
Blackstone Valley Ed Hub celebrates 2nd anniversary
The Blackstone Valley is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, so Manufacturing Day has special significance for our region. It is the event that was the impetus to create the Blackstone Valley Education Hub training center for advanced manufacturing. September marked the second anniversary of the BV Ed Hub, the nonprofit educational partner of the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Opinion - Chamber Corner: We've come a long way baby ... Or have we?
By Jeannie Hebert, President and CEO, Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Sunday Aug 23, 2020 at 2:00 AM This past week marked the 100th anniversary of one of the most significant acts of legislation in American history, the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920. The right for women to vote. I bristle when I hear that women were “given” the right to vote. It took almost 100 years of hard fought battles by brave suffragettes to earn this right.
Chamber Corner: Blackstone chamber opens 'bag of tricks' to help businesses
By Jeannie Hebert, President and CEOBlackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Sunday Jul 12, 2020 at 2:02 PM During the COVID-19 crisis, chambers of commerce have been working non-stop — I know the Blackstone Valley chamber has — with small businesses to guide them through the ever-changing guidelines and goalposts meant to help keep businesses going, but often causing excessive confusion.
Chamber Corner: Blackstone chamber wants to work together
By Jeannie Hebert,President and CEOBlackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Sunday Jun 7, 2020 at 5:00 AM Just as we began to feel we were getting a handle on the COVID-19 crisis and businesses were finally preparing for reopening, we were thrust into an additional nationwide crisis caused by the senseless killing of yet another African American. The national protests and destructive actions of some protestors threatened an already fragile state of commerce.
Chamber Corner: It's time to rally around #ChamberStrong
By Jeannie Hebert,President and CEO of Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Sunday May 3, 2020 at 5:00 AM The past couple of months have been surreal, walking deserted streets wearing face masks and gloves as if we were portraying characters in an episode of the “Twilight Zone.” Our lives, both personal and professional, have been disrupted to the point of distraction with no clear end in sight. “Virtual” is now reality.
10 Things I Know About ... Women's networks
Jeannie Hebert 10) Networks for women in the workplace are increasing in both importance and demand. They provide opportunities to pursue growth and learning by sharing experiences, challenges, and wisdom with like-minded professionals. 9) Women who try to network like men to get ahead actually do it less effectively. That’s because they are missing one crucial ingredient, a close inner circle of women, which provides critical information on job opportunities and challenges.
As I See It: State energy policy proposal puts more resilient path within reach
Throughout summer, Massachusetts residents are expecting heat, maybe even welcoming it after a long winter. However, the heat that residents have experienced across the state this June and July has gone beyond expected summer temperatures and veered into dangerous levels. Unfortunately, scientists tell us these risky heat waves are not an anomaly, but in Massachusetts a new normal.
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