Beverly Main Streets, which promotes Beverly's downtown economic vitality, cultural and historic resources and quality of life, recently bestowed its "Beverly's Best Business" award on Casa de Moda and Windover Development.
Casa de Moda, always sporting balloons in front of its Cabot Street address, carries an assortment of stylish accessories, jewelry, home goods, cards, toys and dance clothing. Its owners, Janice and Donald Preston, have been members of Beverly Main Streets since its inception six years ago.
Windover Development, under the leadership of President Lee Dellicker, was recognized for its contributions to the revitalization of Rantoul Street. Windover's Depot Square Condominiums have brought not only new residents, but new retailers and an art gallery to its ground floor spaces, and Windover plans additional residential and retail projects along other sections of Rantoul Street.
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East Boston Savings Bank's Meridian Charitable Foundation recently awarded $49,985 in grants to 10 community organizations. EBSB President and CEO Robert F. Verdonck presented the awards. Among the recipients were two organizations from Peabody: CAB Health and Recovery Services, and North Shore Community Action Programs.
CAB Health and Recovery Services is a leading substance-abuse agency serving communities across northeastern Massachusetts and Greater Boston. It will use the money to purchase furniture for three renovated sober houses.
North Shore Community Action Programs is the designated anti-poverty agency for the communities of Peabody, Salem, Beverly and Danvers, while serving 25 cities and towns on the North Shore. Established in 1965 under the Economic Opportunity Act, NSCAP's mission is to help low-income people empower themselves as they move toward self-sufficiency. It will use the money for an online reading literacy program.
The Meridian Charitable Foundation was started by East Boston Savings Bank in 1998 to benefit nonprofit organizations in East Boston, Everett, Lynn, Lynnfield, Melrose, Peabody, Revere, Saugus, Winthrop and other North Shore communities.
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North Shore Bank, with the Progeria Research Foundation, Inc. recently sponsored the 6th annual International Race for Research, which included a 5K road race, and a 2-mile fun walk through the streets of Peabody. North Shore Bank donated $1,500 to the Progeria Research Foundation, whose mission is to find a cure and effective treatment for progeria and its aging-related disorders.
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Keisha Kenny-Doyle of Salem was recently awarded the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporation of Massachusetts Excellence in Outcomes Award..MHSACM is a statewide association of 100 providers of mental health and substance abuse services in Massachusetts. The award recipient had to demonstrate a personal commitment to quality and innovation in the performance of their work, to carrying out that commitment in a manner deserving of special recognition, and to integrating, utilizing and managing client outcomes for quality improvement. The award was presented to Kenny-Doyle at MHSACM's annual provider celebration on Oct. 16. Gov. Deval Patrick was the guest speaker.
Kenny-Doyle is employed by Bridgewell in Lynnfield, where she is assistant director of North Shore residential services, with responsibility for operations across 10 sites that support 150 individuals. Nominations for the award were received from providers throughout Massachusetts.
Bridgewell is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and helping individuals with disabilities, and provides services to over 2,900 such individuals each day throughout the North Shore (including in Salem) and Merrimack Valley. To learn more about Bridgewell, visit http://www.bridgewell.org.
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Gov. Deval Patrick recently honored 12 employers who demonstrate best practices in hiring and retention of workers with disabilities during the 19th annual Exemplary Employer Awards of the Governor's Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities.
Included among the award recipients were Appleseed's in Beverly, nominated by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and Department of Workforce Development and Ira Motor Group in Danvers, nominated by Work Opportunities Unlimited.
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Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, chief elected official for the North Shore Workforce Investment Board, and William Tinti, chairman of the North Shore Workforce Investment Board, recently announced the publication of the North Shore Labor Market Blueprint for 2007.
Available on the WIB's Web site, www.northshorewib.com, this blueprint details the current labor market status of all industries in the 19 cities and towns north of Boston, from Saugus to Cape Ann. Information on total employment, wages, and growth patterns are included, providing the North Shore with a complete picture of labor market trends for the past several years and predictions into the future.
The blueprint identifies four critical industries that provide quality employment opportunities for area residents. Included are health care, durable goods manufacturing, construction and financial services. These industries all have a critical mass of employees, have job vacancies in high-paid occupations and provide career ladders for those interested in working within them. In addition, the blueprint provides information on the emerging biotechnology cluster on the North Shore and details the development of a rising creative economy within the region.
Driscoll and Tinti welcome all comments on this publication and urge local leaders, from school officials to economic development leaders, elected officials and business people to use this document to education themselves and to make informed decisions about training and development.
