MV Happenings - Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council

June 3, 2015
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Lawrence General Hospital is building a $56 million surgical facility at its
Lawrence campus.
 The Eagle-Tribune: Construction begins on new surgical center
Billerica-based life science company EMD Millipore is poised
for major growth and is bullish on Massachusetts, where the company has more than 1,000
employees at five sites.
 The Boston Globe: EMD Millipore set for expansion with $17b takeover
The Markley Group, an international data-storage/cloud-computing
company will buy the former Prince Spaghetti factory in Lowell. The City of Lowell will offer a real
estate tax incentive to support the company’s investment of $200 million and hiring of 100 workers.
 The Lowell Sun: International data-storage firm to purchase Prince plant
 The Lowell Sun: Lowell City Council OKs tax break for Prince site
Lowell-based Alere Analytics has been acquired by a new company called
Persivia, created by the original founders of what became Alere.
 Boston Business Journal: Lowell-based Alere Analytics repurchased by founders, takes
on new name
Congratulations to Rumbo News, the only bilingual
newspaper in the Merrimack Valley, now beginning its 20th year of publication.
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Downtown Amesbury continues to see business growth, as web design and
development agency iMarc will move to downtown Amesbury after 17 years in downtown
Newburyport, and Crave Restaurant expands.
 The Daily News of Newburyport: Changing spaces -In Amesbury’s downtown, businesses
are on the move
A new Hampton Inn will soon rise on Route 110 in Amesbury, supported by a local property tax
incentive from the City. It is the first large-scale development within the “Golden Triangle,” at the
intersections of Route 110, Interstate 95 and Interstate 495
 The Daily News of Newburyport: Officials mark groundbreaking of new Amesbury hotel
Entrepreneurship for All – “ EforAll” has named three new team members - Franky
Descoteaux, Executive Director, Lowell - Lawrence; John Conley, Chief Operating Officer; and
Mary Beth Burwood , Program Manager, Lowell – Lawrence; info
Two Merrimack Valley life science companies have received Milestone Achievement Program
grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Cre8MDI in Chelmsford received $200,000, and
Akita Innovations, Inc. in Billerica received $168,955.
 The Lowell Sun: Biotech companies land state grants
Comcast NBCUniversal has committed to hiring 10,000 veterans over the next three
years. Comcast has hired more than 75 veterans over the last two years in southern New Hampshire
and eastern Massachusetts, and is hiring now for nearly 300 open positions in the region. Apply
online at http://jobs.comcast.com.
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
 WHAV: Regional Planning Commission Plans ‘Complete Streets” for City
City of Lowell - Office of Economic Development
 The Lowell Sun: Saturday Chat - City should honor Meehan
 The Lowell Sun: State bullish on Lowell's Hamilton Canal
 The Lowell Sun: Saturday Chat - Working together is key to success
 Video: City of Lowell, MA- Alive Unique Inspiring
 MVEDC/Comcast video: Lowell: Portrait of a Creative City
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City of Lawrence
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City of Haverhill
WHAV: Harbor Place Commercial Building to Become ‘Pentucket Bank Plaza’
All five floors of downtown Haverhill’s Harbor Place project, planned for the site of the former
Woolworth building, are now sold or leased. Two floors will be occupied by a satellite campus
of UMass Lowell.
WHAV: Accountant Buys Top Floor of Harbor Place; State Adds to Investments
The Eagle-Tribune: Harbor Place ‘sold out’ - Downtown rebirth rolls on in Haverhill
Boston Globe North: Bus service to be expanded in Haverhill
 MVEDC/Comcast video: Haverhill – 21st Century Renaissance
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
UMass Lowell news & events
Martin T. Meehan, University of Massachusetts Lowell Chancellor and former Congressman,
will be the next President of the University of Massachusetts.
 WHAV: UMass Names Meehan as its Next President
 The Boston Globe: Martin Meehan chosen as next UMass president
 The Lowell Sun: Students, pols alike say Meehan elevated UML to new heights
Northern Essex Community College
 WHAV: Students Elect Beverage, 19, to Serve as College Trustee
 WHAV: English Classes Come to Three Haverhill Food Firms
 Register for Non-credit Courses and programs
 NECC’s Center for Corporate and Community Education offers credit and non-credit courses
and assists Merrimack Valley employers with writing workforce training grants.
Middlesex Community College
 The Lowell Sun: 'Keep faith in your own ability,' MCC grads told
 The Lowell Sun: New MCC president: We can be a national leader
 The Boston Globe: Community colleges customize offerings for local workforce
 The Lowell Sun: MCC's star trek lands Capt. Kirk for Celebrity Forum
 MCC’s Community Education and Career Training programs offer open enrollment,
professional development courses on the Bedford and Lowell campuses, including MS Excel; MS
Access; Technical Writing Certificate, Web Design Certificate, Project Management/PMP Exam
Prep; Meeting and Event Management; HR Essentials; SHRM Exam Prep; RN Refresher; info
 MCC Business and Industry Programs - workforce training grants; credit & non-credit courses
 Community Education at Middlesex Community College -May Newsletter
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Merrimack College news & events
Salem State University Enterprise Center at Salem State University
Suffolk University MBA -North Campus, Riverwalk, Lawrence
 Wednesday, June 3, 5:30 - 07:00 p.m.: MBA North Campus -Prospective Students Reception, 189
Prime, 123 Old River Rd, Andover
Cambridge College Lawrence
BUSINESS & COMMUNITY GROUPS
Entrepreneurship for All
 EforAll news – May 27, 2015
Middlesex 3 Coalition
 Middlesex 3 Transportation Management Association (TMA)
 The Boston Globe: Suburbs, businesses eager to attract and retain millennials
 Bedford Minuteman: Middlesex towns inaugurate Alewife-to-work shuttle service
 The Lowell Plan - Video "Lowell: A 2020 Vision,"
The newly formed Lawrence Partnership is bringing together an
array of public and private sector resources in the city, focused on economic development.
 The May-June issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine features an article on The Lawrence
Partnership
 Rumbo News: Latino businesses meet with Lawrence Partnership
Essex County Community Foundation
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
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Merrimack Valley Venture Forum
Greater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau
North of Boston Convention &Visitors Bureau
Greater Lawrence Young Professionals Network (GLYPN)
Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board
ValleyWorks Career Center
Greater Lowell WIB
Career Center of Lowell
Merrimack Valley Small Business Center
 MVSBC news - May 22, 2015 edition
Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
Young Professionals of Greater Lowell
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce
Amesbury Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Foundation
Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce
Billerica Community Alliance
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Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce
 MVCC’s May 28th economic development conference featured Rep. Brian Dempsey, chairman
of the House Ways and Means Committee, Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini, Sal Lupoli of
Lupoli Companies and Wayne Capolupo of SPS New England and Atlantic Hospitality Group.
 The Eagle-Tribune: Experts: Mix of private, public money key to boosting economy
Groundwork Lawrence
 GWL news - May 13, 2015 edition
 Saturday, June 6, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.: SALSA Fiesta & Kite Festival, O'Connell South
Common, Lawrence; free admission
Lawrence CommunityWorks
Mill Cities Leadership Institute
 Wednesday, June 10, 5:00 p.m.: Class of 2015 Showcase and Graduation; Guest Speaker
Doug Banks, Executive Editor, Boston Business Journal; Northern Essex Community College,
Riverwalk, 360 Merrimack Street, Lawrence (Building 9, Entrance K); post ceremony
celebration at El Taller Café, 275 Essex Street, Lawrence; RSVP by June 8 -Todd Fry
TFry@LawrenceCommunityWorks.org
United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)
 The Lowell Sun: Save the Date: UTEC’s Sweet 16 Celebration on June 16
Team Haverhill
 Team Haverhill news – May 29, 2015
 WHAV: Ninth Shoe Bench Joins ‘Soles of Haverhill’ Series
Merrimack Valley Transportation Management Association (TMA
Junction Transportation Management Organization, Inc. (JTMO)
ARTS, CULTURE, NATURE, RECREATION
Merrimack Valley Radio 980 WCAP – Thursdays, 9:10 a.m.:
MVEDC’s Dave Tibbetts offers highlights of this week’s “Merrimack Valley happenings”
 Listen online.
MVArts.info - convenient on-line ticketing for Merrimack Valley. arts and culture
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The May-June issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine features an article on The Lawrence
Partnership
 Thursday, June 4, 2015, 6:00-9:00 p.m.: 2015 Merrimack Valley Magazine Award
Celebration; Stevens Estate, 723 Osgood St., North Andover; $55; buy tickets online
Click here for dozens of fine restaurants in the Merrimack Valley
SeaGlass Restaurant & Lounge – on the Atlantic Ocean at Salisbury Beach - made the
People.com Top Ten list of restaurants with spectacular views!
Blue Ocean Music Hall on the ocean at Salisbury Beach
 Thursday, June 4, 8:00 p.m.: Moondance: The Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Concert;
reserved table seating: $19 - $25, + $3 additional day of show
 Saturday, June 13, 8:00 p.m.: The Stompers, with special guest, Populace; reserved table
seating: $25, + $3 additional day of show.
 Friday June 26, 8:00 p.m.: 92.5 The River presents The Weight; reserved table seating: $25
- $35, + $3 additional day of show
Creative Haverhill- Discover Haverhill
 Haverhill Gazette: Haverhill Art Market opens in restaurant district
Opportunity Works
 May 23- June 8: Opportunity Works Spring Fling Online Lend A Hand Auction
 Friday, June 5, 8:00 p.m.: Beatle Juice benefit , Bradford Country Club, 201 Chadwick Road,
Haverhill; tickets $40
o WHAV: Beatle Juice Performs at Opportunity Works Benefit June 5
Winnekenni Castle, Kenoza Lake, Haverhill
 Sunday, June 14, 1:00 p.m.: “Dolly ‘n’ Me” Princess Tea Party; $20/child $25/adult; by advance
online sale only~ www.winnekenni.com; ($25/child $30/adult at door
o WHAV: ‘Dolly-N-Me Princess Tea’ at Winnekenni Castle June 14
New Moon Coffeehouse, Universalist Unitarian Church, 16 Ashland St, Haverhill
 Saturday, June 6, 8:00 p.m.: Parkington Sisters; opening act: Samodivi; $20
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Buttonwoods Museum, 240 Water St., Haverhill
John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace, 305 Whittier Rd, Haverhill
 Wednesday, Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Sunday: 1:00 –
4:00 p.m.
CITY OF LOWELL CALENDAR
Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL)
 COOL Arts & Entertainment News – May 28, 2015 edition
 Thursday, June 4 5:00-9:00 p.m.: Downtown Lowell First Thursdays - Art, Culture, and
Music in downtown Lowell - art galleries, museums, businesses, and restaurants open their
doors with special offerings each First Thursday of the month.
Zeitgeist Gallery, 167 Market Street, Lowell
Mandarin Asian Bistro, 24 Market Street, Lowell
 Through June 30: contemporary landscape painter Debra Bretton Robinson
Lowell Film Collaborative
” LFC Tuesdays”at The Luna Theater - specially curated independent films & documentaries every
Tuesday; Luna Theater, Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson Street, Lowell; $9.75 adults, $8 students & seniors
Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell
 Thursday, June 11, 8:00 p.m.: MCC Celebrity Forum – William Shatner; premier seating $65,
standard seating $45
Arts League of Lowell, 307 Market St., Lowell
ALL Cooperative Gallery - Wednesday.-Saturday, noon-6:00 p.m., Sunday, noon-4:00 p.m.
Ayer Lofts Gallery, 172 Middle Street, Lowell
Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell;
 Through June 13: “Lowell as We See It” – juried member exhibit
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119 Gallery, 19 Chelmsford Street, Lowell
The Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market Street, Lowell
 Through June 6: Massachusetts Artists 2015: Showcase of Contemporary Art - a biennial
exhibition of artists living or working in Massachusetts
 June 14 – July 26: “Journeys: 13 Perspectives” – 33rd Annual showcase for the thirteen artists
of The Brush; Artists’ Reception (with Ekphrastic Poetry reading): Thursday, June 18, 5:007:00 p.m.; gallery talk with the Artists: July 19, 1:00-3:00 p.m.; free
Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell
 Saturday, June 6, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Open Studios
Loading Dock Gallery at Western Ave. Studios
American Textile History Museum, 491 Dutton Street, Lowell
 Through December 31: Wonder of Wool: Ancient Fiber to Modern Marvel
Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street, Lowell
More than half a million people visited Lowell National Historical Park in 2014, making an economic
impact of more than $40 million on the Greater Lowell area.
 The Lowell Sun: Report: National park brought $40M to Lowell area in 2014
Lowell Summer Music Series
Tickets now on sale!
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack Street, Lowell
 Thursday, June 18, 6:00 p.m.: Artistic Excellence Auction supporting MRT; dinner, silent
auction and live auction featuring celebrity auctioneer Hank Phillippi Ryan; UMass Lowell Inn &
Conference Center; $65
MillWORKS Gallery, Appleton Mills, 219 Jackson St., Lowell
Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell
 Sunday, June 14, 10:00 a.m. - Backyard Sunday River Festival; 10 a.m. 5:00 p.m. -Open Air
Market; 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. -Live Music; lawn chairs welcome; free admission
New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St., Lowell
 Through July 26: Seasonal Palette: Studio Art Quilt Associates
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Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St, Lowell
UML Center for Arts & Ideas
UMass Lowell Art Galleries:
 University Gallery, McGauvran Student Center, UML South, 71 Wilder St., Lowell:
 Dugan Gallery, UML South, 883 Broadway St., Lowell
Westford’s Parish Center for the Arts
Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road, Chelmsford
Essex Art Center, 56 Island Street, Lawrence
Through June 19:
 Chester F. Sidell Gallery: “Pieces from Life” - Quilts and collages by Janice Jones, Carol
Anne Grotrian and Janice Hayes-Cha
 Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery: “ esp for friends” - paintings, sculpture and films by Stephen
St. Francis Decky
 Friday June 5, 6:00 p.m.: New Paint 2015 – “Secret Garden” - gala includes live auction of
newly painted artwork; silent auction of paintings, jewelry, and sculpture; fine food wines,
special performance by EAC Executive Director John Budzyna; Stevens Estate, 723 Osgood
St, North Andover; $65; buy tickets online
Acting Out Theater, 56 Island St., Lawrence
Lawrence History Center, 6 Essex St., Lawrence
 Thursday, June 18, 5:30: 2015 Eartha Dengler History Award Ceremony to Honor Lou Bernieri
and Rich Gorham; Union Crossing, 50 Island St., Lawrence; $60 Info/sponsor
Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover
Crossroads Music Series, North Parish Church, North Andover
 Friday - June 12, 8:00 p.m.: Los Sugar Kings; $15
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ACT Theater Company, 1632 Osgood Street, North Andover
 June 12-20: “Oliver”
Pentucket Players Inc.
 July 10-12: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum;” Rogers Center for the Arts,
Merrimack College, North Andover
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover: Free, open to the public;
Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00–5:00 p.m.
 Through July 31: Light/Dark, White/Black
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
 Wednesdays, May 20- August 26, 8:00 p.m., Organ Recitals; tickets $12, children: $5
Whittier Home Museum, 86 Friend Street, Amesbury
 Open for tours on Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lowell’s Boat Shop, 459 Main St., Amesbury
Blue Wave Art Gallery has opened at 52 Main Street in downtown Amesbury
“All things Newburyport” – Stay in the Loop – June 2015
Museum of Old Newbury
Custom House Maritime Museum, 25 Water Street Newburyport
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Joppa Flats Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary, Newburyport
Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water Street, Newburyport
 May 1-June 6: 18th Annual Regional Juried Show
 Saturday, June 13, 5:30-9:00 p.m.: “Artful Fiesta” - silent auction 5:30-7:00, live auction 7:159:00 p.m.; Metzy’s Taqueria cuisine served throughout the evening, paired with sangria, wine,
and local brews; $35 general admission, &75 VIP
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Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport
Firehouse Center news – May 22, 2015 edition
Friday, June 5, 8:00 p.m.: Symphony by the Sea - "A Program of Classical Favorites;" $35
Saturday, June 6, 8:00 p.m.: Stand-Up Comedy Night - Louis Ramey, Mitch Stinson and Joe
Espi; $20
Thursday-Sunday, June 18-21 and 25-28: “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change;”
Thursday-Saturday 8:00 p.m., Sunday 3:00 p.m.; $28, $26 seniors
Greenbelt - Essex County’s Land Trust
Essex National Heritage Area
Coastal Trails Coalition
 Spring 2015 News
Nature at its best! Enjoy the spring weather and the natural beauty of
the many outdoor recreation areas in the Merrimack Valley.
Editor’s picks:
 Maudslay State Park, Newburyport
 Winnekenni Castle and Kenoza Lake, Haverhill
 Harold Parker State Forest, Andover
 Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury
 Salisbury Beach State Reservation
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The Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council
Thanks our Major Sponsors for 2015:
GOLD ($10,000+):
Massachusetts Office of Business Development
SILVER ($5,000+):
BRONZE ($2,500+):
FRIEND ($1,000):
*** Atlantic Hospitality Group
*** Eaton Vance Investment Counsel
*** Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union
*** The Lupoli Companies
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