2012 Event Calendar...
Please note that all 2012 dates are tentative as of this time
January 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thurdsday, January 12th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, January 26th at 8:00 am
Billerica Access TV Studios at 430 Boston Rd, Billerica
Guest Speaker: Ron Couming from RCS Computer Solutions
Feburary 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, February 9th
Sweetheart Dinner Dance - Thursday, February 16th
Billerica Lodge of Elks - 4 pm
Membership Meeting - Thursday, February 24th
March 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, March 8th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, March 22nd
BIllerica Health & Wellness Fair - Saturday, March 31st
Billerica Lodge of Elks - 10 am to 2 pm
April 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, April 12th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, April 26th
May 2012
Clean Up & Green Up - Saturday, May 5th
Recycling Center - Marshall Middle School 9 am - 1 pm
Community Clean Up - Billerica Senior Center 9 am to noon
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, May 10th
Billerica Restaurant Weeks - Monday, May 14th - Saturday, May 28th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, May 24th
Business Champion Breakfast - 7:30 am
June 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, June 14th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, June 28th
Amateur Photo Contest - Billerica Places & Faces
July 2012
No meetings scheduled
Grant In Aid
Our popular local grant program Grant In Aid is accepting application for 2012..
Amateur Photo Contest - Billerica Places & Faces
August 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, August 9th
No Membership Meeting is Scheduled
Grant In Aid
Our popular local grant program Grant In Aid is accepting application for 2011.
September 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, September 13th
Membership Meeting - Tuesday, September 27th
October 2012
Grant In Aid Award Winners Announced
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, October 11th
Membership Meeting - Thursday, October 25th
Annual Meeting Breakfast
November 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, November 8th
No Membership Meeting Is Scheduled
December 2012
Executive Board Meeting - Thursday, December 13th
Membership Meeting - Monday, December 3rd
Holiday Luncheon
Recent Events...
Annual Meeting Breakfast - Thursday, October 27th
The Alliance held our fourth Annual Meeting Breakfast on Thursday,
October 27th at the Marriott Courtyard—Billerica.
We were pleased to have three excellent speakers at this year's event. Our keynote speaker this year was Billerica State Representative Marc Lombardo who is completing his first year in office. Marc spoke about his experiences over the past year, life at the state house and his commitment to Billerica.
Billerica Economic Development Coordinator Stephanie Cronin updated the group on local economic development activities including the Middlesex Turnpike, the town center and Boston Road. George Kachen from UMass - Lowell provided information on how the University can partner with local businesses.
Our thanks goes to our speakers as well as Kris Frazee and Tara Norton of the Marriott Courtyard for their hospitality and assistance. We also want to thank our 14 sponsors for this year's event. To learn more about our sponsors, see the Annual Meeting Sponsors page on our website by clicking here.
Grant In Aid Winners
We received 12 applications for this year’s Grant In Aid program. These applications represented a diverse set of programs with benefit to all segments of the community and the funding requested totaled over $13,000. The Alliance is proud to continue this long-standing program of the Billerica Plan which has awarded over $60,000 to local community groups since its inception in 1988. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners:
Billerica Family First Night - ‘Night with the Peanuts Gang’
The 2012 Family First Night has been awarded $500 for their program. First Night activities are intended to offer Billerica children under the age of 10 and their families a fun event focused on New Years traditions. The evening’s activities also teach them about a particular theme, which in 2012 will celebrate Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. The Family First Night program in Billerica has been in existence since 1999 and expects to have about 1,500 residents participate in this year’s activities.
John F Kennedy School Improvement Council - ‘Learning Garden’
The John F Kennedy School’s Improvement Council has been awarded $500 for their Learning Garden project. The garden, which is to be constructed in the school’s courtyard area, will initially be used as part of the science curriculum for 2nd graders. The garden will include plantings intended to attract butterflies and be a ‘hands on’ part of the 2nd grade curriculum. The hope is to expand, in future years, to the other grades at the school which serves approximately 500 students. The grant funds will go towards the purchase of plants and rain barrels for the garden.
Shawsheen Tech Parent Advisory Council -‘All Night Graduation Party’
The Parent Advisory Council has been awarded $500 for their All Night Graduation 2012 program which provides a safe environment for graduating seniors to celebrate their high school graduation. The event, which has been in place for 16 years, costs approximately $20,000 annually. Roughly one third of the graduating senior class are residents of Billerica. The grant funds will go towards covering the cost of entertainment expenses for the June 2012 event.
We congratulate all of our winners!
Red Sox Ticket Raffle - Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of our Red Sox Ticket Raffle. We thank all of our members who purchased tickets and congratulate our winners:
- First Prize of 4 tickets to the Red Sox Sunday, September 18th afternoon game vs the Tampa Bay Rays goes to Ann James of Billerica.
- Second prize of a $150 gift card to MLB.com to purchase Red Sox gear goes to Ernie Covino
- Third prize of a $75 gift card to MLB.com to purchase Red Sox gear goes to Donna Suprey
Photo Contest Entries - Winner
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Second Annual Amateur Photo Contest. We had some great entries for this year's theme: Billerica Places and Faces.
Our winning entry is a photograph taken by Sharon Liles of the Pond at Faulkner Mills. Our judges felt that this photograph was a new take on an iconic Billerica site..
Pond at Faulkner Mills - Sharon Liles
Below are some of the other entries. All submitted photos can be viewed from now until September 30th at the Enterprise Bank branch on Boston Road in Pinehurst.
We also thank this year's judges: Colleen Sgroi, Helen Potter and Heather Morey for their expertise and assistance in picking a winner.
Blue Hydrangeas
Submitted by Eileen Giddings
Chocolate Hands
Submitted by Charlene McCarthy
Cardinal Lane
Submitted by Linda Gunn
Submitted by Katrina Potter
Welcome to America
Submitted by Mary Kellerman
AS&E Community Service Day - Wednesday, June 8th - AweSomE
We were thrilled to once again work with American Science and Engineering (AS&E) on their 3rd Annual Community Service Day on Wednesday, June 8th.
Once again, the AS&E team brought virtually their entire staff, as well as $25,000 in funding and incredible energy to do community service work on several local projects.
This year's projects focused on the Lampson Field and Billerica Boys & Girls Club area. They included:
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Billerica 
- Funded and installed irrigation for the areas that AS&E landscaped last year at the front of the Boys & Girls Club complex
- Transformed an area at the back of the Boys & Girls Club by creating a new play area with a peastone surface
- Planting 7 new trees at the back of the Club
Lampson Recreation Complex
- Installed 10 new benches at the Lampson Field around the tennis and basketball court area as well as a new bike rack
- Funded a new water bubbler near the Lampson basketball courts. This also included the installation of pavers to insure that access to the new bubbler met ADA (Americans with Disability Act) requirements.
- Funded and planted 20 new trees at Lampson, to create a new seating area.
- Funded and installed new paved walkway in the new seating area that helps to connect it to the recently installed playground equipment.
- Installed several new pieces of playground equipment to connect areas in the playground as well as a new sandbox
Billerica Senior Center
- Funded 5 new trees for the grounds and planted 2 of those trees
- Crafted a new custom built unit for the lobby to house the video/ computer equipment to run the monitor in the lobby which was purchased with AS&E funds in 2010
- Purchased and installed new bookcases in the lobby area
- Touched up paint and trim around the facility
Our sincere thanks goes to the entire AS&E team but most importantly, CEO Anthony Fabiano, VP of Operations Bob Cline and Jodie Roy who have made these efforts a priority to the corporation. This is truly a wonderful gift to the community of Billerica.
We also thank O'Connor Hardware, Jerry O'Connor, Dave Ashe and Kevin Button who supplied several thousand dollars worth of materials at a discount as well as donating some of the rental equipment needed for the projects.
June Membership Meeting - Thursday, June 23rd
Our thanks to Judy Burke, Dean of Corporate and Community Education at Middlesex Community College, who spoke at our June Membership Meeting which was held at Middlesex Community College's Middlesex Meeting House on Concord Road. Judy gave a great overview of the programs offered by the college and the potential for partnering with their resources to provide industry related training as well as other resources such as children's summer camps and life time learning programs for seniors..
Our thanks also go to Alice Rouse from MCC for the use of the Meeting House, which is a wonderful location to hold an event.
Billerica Restaurant Weeks Round Up
Our May Billerica Restaurant Weeks were a success again this year. Almost 600 coupons were redeemed at 17 participating Billerica restaurants.
We thank our participating restaurants as well as the customers who patronized them during the two week event. We hope that many customers will have found some exciting new dining locations.
The restaurant who redeemed the largest number of coupons was Garrison's with 105 coupons redeemed. Stelio's was a close second with 94 coupons redeemed.
Thanks to our restaurants, who included the following
- Belly Buster Diner
- Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant
- Fireside Grill at the Courtyard by Marriott Billerica
- Golden Crown II
- Garrison's Food & Spirits
- Jimbo's Famous Roast Beef
- Lester's Roadside Bar-B-Q
- Liberty Bell Roast Beef, Seafood and Pizza
- Mangia, Mangia
- MicKee's On The Water
- Nana 7 Japanese Steakhouse
- Newtowne Grille
- Pedro's Fine Latin Cuisine
- Riverview Restaurant
- Stelio's Family Restaurant
- Stromboli's
- Villaggio Restaurante
Small Business Seminar - Social Media Marketing - Linkedin
The Alliance held our second Small Business Seminar on Social Media Marketing on Tuesday, June 14th at Middlesex Community College. This is the second seminar we have held this year on how social media can transform your business, a topic of growing interest to business people around the country and around the world.
Our speaker, Danielle Bergeron, the owner of Frills and Thrills Events and Social Media, once again provided an informative and hands on session which focused on 'Linkedin'. Danielle conducted a similar session in March on Facebook which was also well recieved and provided great 'hands on' examples to those who attended.
In addition to her business, Danielle works for Impact Promotions. She is also the co-host of a weekly radio show on WCAP, 'Business Lunch with the Greater Lowell Chamber' and has recently begun teaching courses at Middlesex Community College on Social Media. Our thanks to Danielle for taking the time to educate us as well as to Alice Rouse of Middlesex Community College for providing us the use of the room, refreshments and technology for our seminar.
Business Champion Breakfast - Thursday, May 26th
The annual Business Champion Breakfast was held on Thursday, May 26th and hosted by Cabot Corporation.
This years Business Champions are are Bob and Maria Reynolds from Dunkin Donuts. The couple owns / operates three local Dunkin Donuts and have generously supported many Billerica organizations and families during their 25+ years in town. Among those are Special Olympics, Cystic Fibrosis Fund, Billerica Police Athletic League, Billerica Girls Softball, Billerica Recreation, Billerica VFW, Friends of the Billerica COA, Billerica Lodge of Elks to name a few. They have also supported specific events sponsored by many organizations including the Billerica Fire Department, the William West Jr ALS Memorial Race, the Community Alliance, local churches and PTOs of several of the Billerica elementary schools.
In addition we also recognized Barbara Flaherty, Billerica Public Library Director who is retiring in June after 30 years of service to Billerica. Barbara's contributions to the town of Billerica over her tenure are numerous and she was a member of the board of this organization and President of it's predecessor the Billerica Plan.
Our guest speaker, Jack Clancy CEO of Enterprise Bank spoke about the bank, it's history and it's strong commitment to community. We were pleased that Jack could take the time to reinforce the theme of the Business Champion award in his remarks.
As always, the Cabot team prepared a wonderful breakfast buffet and provided an excellent forum for the event. Our sincere thanks goes to them for their assistance.
2011 Business Champions - Bob and Maria Reynolds
Our 2011 Business Champions are Bob and Maria Reynolds from Dunkin Donuts. Bob and Maria jointly own and operate three local Dunkin Donuts shops. Their generosity is well known to the many organizations and individuals they have supported over the years but is perhaps not as well known to the larger community.
Bob Reynolds is a native of Woburn Mass. He has been working since the age of twelve and prior to working for Dunkin Donuts he worked for a leasing company and as a truck mechanic. Bob’s wife Maria emigrated from the Azores to the US at the age of 3 and was raised in Somerville Mass. Maria also began working at a young age when she started helping her father Antonio who owned a Dunkin Donuts in Somerville. The family opened their original Billerica center location in 1986 and subsequently acquired the two additional Pinehurst locations in 1992 and 2001. Bob and Maria actually met while working at the Billerica Center shop and were married in 1989. The couple lives in Billerica and has three daughters Amanda, Savanah and Celine.
Bob and Maria have supported many Billerica organizations and families during their 25+ years in town. Among those are Special Olympics, Cystic Fibrosis Fund, Billerica Police Athletic League, Billerica Girls Softball, Billerica Recreation, Billerica VFW, Friends of the Billerica COA, Billerica Lodge of Elks to name a few. They have also supported specific events sponsored by many organizations including the Billerica Fire Department, the William West Jr ALS Memorial Race, the Community Alliance, local churches and PTOs of several of the Billerica elementary schools.
Beyond this, the Reynolds family has also supported local families in their time of crisis with little notice or fanfare. There are numerous stories of their quiet and consistent generosity to families displaced by fires or suffering other misfortunes. Their commitment to this community has been described as selfless as well as inspiring, an assessment with which we agree.
More Clean Up & Green Up - Cabot, EMD Serono and Sandy Pond
Local businesses and organizations are still taking the time to work on Clean Up and Green Up projects this month.
Cabot Corporation had about 70 employees spend part of their day on Thursday, May 12th doing clean up work at several sites. Those included picking up trash along French St, Concord Road and Lampson Field. Workers also worked at the Clara Sexton House and Kids Konnection to ready those locations for spring by raking leaves and preparing gardens.
EMD Serono had about 12 employees work with the Billerica Green Thumb 
project's community garden at the River Street Housing Authority complex readying the garden and planting vegetables. The Green Thumb team worked alongside the EMD Serono volunteers as they raked and planted their vegetables.
A great group of kids and parents from the Locke Middle School led by Jarred Measmer cleaned up trash at Sandy Pond.
In a four hour period, they collected:
- 26 bags of trash from all around the pond
- 2 TV's - pulled from the pond
- 1 Computer monitor - pulled from the pond
- 2 lawn chairs - pulled from the pond
- Various car parts including a large bumper - pulled from the pond
- 1 tire -pulled from the pond
- 1 toy motorized motorcycle - pulled from the pond
- The top of a safe - pulled from the pond
- A trash barrel - pulled from the pond
They had a great time and also made a great impact. We thank the Measmer, Lapusata, Sanchez, DiGiambattista, Farnam/White families for all of their help, especially those adventurous parents who set a great example for all of the kids.
We greatly appreciate the support of these businesses and organizations and their commitment to Billerica!
Green Up & Clean Up - Saturday, April 30th
We had a wonderful turnout on Saturday April 30th and lots of community spirit for Clean Up And Green Up.
Most of our community volunteers were focused on trash pickup at a variety of sites around town. As a result, we handed out about 600 large yellow trash bags and almost 300 yard bags to indifiduals and groups who registered for a site at the Billerica Senior Center.
In addition to individuals who came out on Saturday we also had several group efforts. Those included:
- Billerica Garden Club at Billerica Center and BMHS Memorial Walkway
- Billerica Boy Scouts - Troop 55 at Kohlrausch Park
- Billerica Girls Scout Troop 63117 at Vining School
- Billerica Rotary Club at Concord Road
- Billerica Boys Baseball Team at Marshall Middle School and Bicknell Road
- Billerica Girls & Boys Tennis Teams at Treble Cove Road
- Locke Middle School Students at Sandy Pond
- Billerica Historical Society at Shawsheen Aqueduct
- Nutting Lake Association at areas around Nutting Lake
In addition to those efforts, about 250 cars came through the Recycling Event at the Marshall Middle School and donated a variety of household goods to a number of charitable organizations. We thank our asisstants at the Marshall who included members of the Billerica Lions, the Billerica Recycling Committee, Wade Winters of Anytime Fitness and Max Bowen from teh Billerica Minuteman.
Thanks to all who took the time to come out on Saturday to clean up, green up or donate! We also want to recognize the following for their assistance on Saturday:
- Allied Waste / Republic Services for their financial support and work on pickup
- Billerica Recreation
- Billerica Council on Aging
- Billerica DPW including the Highway Department, Recycling Coordinator and Cemetery, Parks & Trees Department
- Billerica Board of Health
- Bob Reynolds of Dunkin Donuts
- Griggs Farm
- O'Connor Hardware
- Sullivan Tire
Business Efforts for Clean Up and Green Up
A number of local businesses are also putting their employees to work on a variety of sites around town.
On Thursday April 28th seventy employees from Nuvera Fuel Cells picked up trash at a number of locations in North Billerca including Route 129, Treble Cove Rd, Rangeway Rd and Kohlrausch Park. In total these employees picked up 175 bags of trash in three hours.
On that same day a crew from EMD Millipore worked at Lampson Field. They helped with spreading mulch under newly relocated playground equipment, cut brush, cleaned up trash, installed new basketball nets and made several improvements to buildings located at the site.
Raytheon sent a group of employees to the Billerica Senior Center and the Billerica Public LIbrary on Saturday April 30th to spread new bark mulch, rake flowerbeds and plant annuals around both facilities.
Other companies who are planning efforts which will be completed later in May include:
- American Science & Engineering
- Cabot Corporation
- EMD Serono
- Enterprise Bank
- Lantheus Medical Imaging
2011 Health & Wellness Fair - Saturday, April 9th
There was a great turnout at the April 9'th Health and Wellness Fair at the Billerica Lodge of Elks.
This FREE fair was co-sponsored by the Billerica Lions, the Billerica Elks, the Alliance and the Town of Billerica Recreation Department, Board of Health and Council on Aging as well as the Billerica Public Schools - Food Services.
With over 70 vendors there was lots to see and experience. Special features included Blood Pressure Screening, Adult TDAP (Tetanus, Diptheria Pertussis) boosters, the Mason's Child Identification Program, Local Services for Seniors, Vision & Hearing Checks as well as Reiki, Yoga, Pilates and more.
Our thanks to all of our sponsors and our exhibitors for making this a great event.
Sponsors
Our sponsors included the following:
Premier Sponsors
- Allied Waste (Republic Services)
- Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley
- EMD Serono
- Gatehouse Media / Billerica Minuteman
- Billerica Lodge of Masons
- Billerica.org
Platinum Sponsors
- Burlington Medical Associates
- EMD Millipore
- Stoneham Bank
- The Billerica Green
Gold Sponsors
- Billerica Access TV
- Billerica Crossings
- Brightview Concord River
- Enterprise Bank
- Neighborhood Health Plan
- Realty World Advantage
- VNA of Greater Lowell
Billerica Business Roundtable - Thursday, April 14th at EMD Serono
We want to thank EMD Serono for hosting our 'Billerica Business Roundtable' on Thursday, April 14th at 5 pm at EMD Serono's new research facility on Middlesex Turnpike. We had over 50 people who took the time to attend the event and enjoy visiting the new facility.
We appreciated the support of Billerica Town Manager John Curran, Assistant Town Manager Cathy O'Dea and the town department heads in attending this event. We also thank Dr George Kachen from UMass-Lowell and Jay Donovan from Northern Middlesex Council of Governments for speaking. Topics included economic development, public safety, downtown enhancements and the upcoming Town Meeting. EMD Serono staff also provided refreshments and tours of their new facility as part of the evening.
We thank EMD Serono for their generosity and especially Dr Steve Arkinstall and Renee Connolly for speaking to the group.
Social Media Marketing Seminar - March 30th
We had an excellent turnout at our Small Business Seninar on Wednesday, March 30th at Woods Real Estate on Social Media Marketing. Our speaker, Danielle Bergeron, the owner of Frills and Thrills Events and Social Media, gave a detailed explanation and live demonstration of the many features of Facebook and how businesses can use these social networking capabilities to attract new customers and continually keep their business at the top of their marketing game.
We are greatly appreciative to Danielle for sharing her expertise. In addition to her business, Danielle works for Impact Promotions. She is also the co-host of a weekly radio show on WCAP, 'Business Lunch with the Greater Lowell Chamber' and has recently begun teaching courses at Middlesex Community College on Social Media. Carol Woods, her husband George and Deb McNutt of Woods Real Estate put together a wonderful continental breakfast for the almost 40 attendees who came for the seminar. We are grateful to them for their continued hospitality and support of this organization.
We plan to schedule a follow-up session with Danielle for later this spring to focus on additional social networking capabilities for business.
Sweetheart Dinner Dance - Great Success
This year's Sweetheart Dinner Dance was held last Thursday, February 10th at the Billerica Lodge of Elks. Over seventy five couples participated in this year's event and a wonderful time was had by all who participated. Guests were treated to a wonderful turkey dinner with all the trimmings catered by Buffets Inc as well as a group renewal of vows, commemorative photos and corsages.
Couples who attended for the first time also received proclamations celebrating their years of marriage from the Billerica Board of Selectmen and State Representative Marc Lombardo. A group renewal of vows and a brief homily were provided by Reverend Katherine Adams of the First Congregational Church and Reverend Bruce Taylor of First Parish Church. There was also a display of wedding gowns from the 1940s to the 1960s arranged around the dance floor.
All of our guests enjoyed mucical entertainment provided by Curtis Knight as well 
performances by Billerica's Senior Sensations tap dancers and several songs vocalized by Trish Friberg. We celebrated those couples who had been married for the greatest number of years. This included six couples who had been married 62 years or more and John and Eva Cangiamila (pictured above) were awarded a certificate for the couple married for longest, 78 years as of 2011.
There are already some great photos and video available online and more to come in the next week.
- Curtis Knight's video of the event on You Tube can be viewed at YouTube - 2011 Billerica Senior Citizen Sweetheart Dance.
- Additional videos by Jeff Surette of Surette Creative featuring the Senior Sensations Tap Dancers and 'Sweet Caroline' are also available on YouTube:
- Senior Sensations - YouTube - Billerica Council on Aging's Senior Sensations
- Sweet Caroline - YouTube - Billerica Community Alliance Valentine's Sweetheart Dinner Dance
- Photos of the event are also available on the billerica.org website at www.billerica.org.
None of this would have been possible without the funding and donations provided by our members and the community. Our two major sponsors were Nuvera Fuel Cells who funded our Community Fund Grant from the Town of Billerica for $1,500 to support this event and FLIR Systems who donated $1,000. We also were fortunate to have had a number of services donated for the event. Those included:
- Courtyard by Marriott who donated all of the table linens as well as providing a backdrop for the commemorative photos and pre-event refreshments
- Billerica Crossings who provided all of the centerpieces
- Billerica Garden Club who provided all of the corsages and boutonnieres
- Billerica Recreation who loaned us their photo equipment
- Buffets Inc who donated pre-event refreshments.
- Carol Woods who sponsored Curtis Knight's musical entertainment
- Curtis Knight who not only provided the music but did so on very short notice.
- Lantheus Medical Imaging who provided the desserts
- Paul DeStefano of DeStefano Store Fixtures who provided the mannequins for the wedding dress displays
- Sweeney Funeral Home who provided transportations for couples who could not drive themselves
We also have a number of businesses who have already committed to being table, half table or couple sponsors. Those include:
- American Dream Homes
- Barbara Flaherty
- Billerica Access TV
- Billerica COA Reiki Clinic
- Billerica Lions
- Billerica Sons of Italy
- Brightview Concord River
- Cabot Corporation
- Enterprise Bank
- Fred Ciampa CPA
- Friends of the Billerica COA
- Dr Scott Goldberg
- Guardian Angels Senior Services
- Integrated Financial Partners
- Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley
- LPL Financial
- Marshall's Auto Body / CARSTAR
- Northern Bank & Trust
- O'Connor True Value Hardware
- Parent, McLaughlin & Nangle
- Stoneham Bank
Lastly, we also had a great committee who planned the event as well as 20 volunteers who helped to serve dinner, check coats, take photos, pin corsages and help with setup and breakdown
Alliance Board of Directors - Officers for 2010 - 2011
At the Annual Meeting Breakfast, we also welcomed three new members to our Board of Directors. Our new members are:
- Tim Callahan from Merrimack Special Education Collaborative
- Fred Ciampa from Fred Ciampa, CPA
- Sam Schauerman from Billerica Access Television
We have also selected our officers for the coming year. They are as follows:
- Doris Pearson from Enterprise Bank - President
- Mike Reed from Brightview Concord River - VP of Business Development
- Alice Rouse from Middlesex Community College - VP of Community Development
- Bill Haddad from LPL Financial - Treasurer
- Jeff Surette from Surette Creative - Secretary
Annual Meeting Breakfast - Thursday, October 21st
The Billerica Community Alliance held our Annual Meeting Breakfast on Thursday, October 21st at the Courtyard by Marriott - Billerica.
We were pleased to have a turnout of over 80 guests who enjoyed a great breakfast buffet and two speakers.
John Curran, Billerica Town Manager, provided the group with an update on economic development activities and his focus on several key areas of development which included:
- Middlesex Turnpike +3 Project - Joint undertaking between the towns of Billerica, Burlington and Bedford to complete Phase 3 of the Middlesex Turnpike improvments which will result in multi-modal enhancements to the roadway.
- Town Center Overlay District - Planning to facilitate the establishment of an overlay district for the Town Center area that would allow for both residential and commercial improvements.
- Retail Upgrades to Route 3A / Boston Road - Planning for efforts that would facilitate the improvement of the retail corridor on Boston Road.
Our keynote speaker, Don Kiepert, President and CEO of Lantheus Medical Imaging, spoke on the history of Lantheus, its key products including those currently in development, its role in the larger heatlh care arena and it's commitment to the Town of Billerica and it's residents.
Mr. Kiepert has been President and CEO of Lantheus, a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging products based in North Billerica, Massachusetts, since 2008. He led the company’s successful transition from Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging to the independent, privately-held Lantheus Medical Imaging. During his tenure at Lantheus, he has expanded the company’s product portfolio through strategic acquisition, progressed new pipeline initiatives and driven supply chain diversification to increase availability of medical isotopes for diagnostic imaging.
Bill Haddad, Alliance President, provided the group with an update on the organization, it's 2010 accomplishments and plans for 2011.
We were very pleased to have eleven sponsors for this year's meeting. Please see our Annual Meeting Sponsors page, to learn more about these great businesses and organizations. We truly appreciated their continued support of this organization and their financial support for the breakfast.