Revere’s Business News Source Serving Chamber Members — MAY 2010

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Through the support of our members, the Chamber is able to promote all Revere business. Re-
vere Chamber of Commerce receives hundreds of inquiries a year for every type of business. It is MEMBER
our policy to refer only our members. Chamber membership also provides access to health insur-
ance for small businesses with less than 10 employees. For more information about the Chamber,
its programs, or how to become a member, call the Chamber at 781-289-8009.

Live Musical Performance

Chamber Presents Musical Spectacu-
lar at Showcase Cinemas on May 20 2010
J ust in time for Mother’s Day and
Father’s Day, Revere Chamber
of Commerce is presenting the
live musical spectacular “A Musical
Tickets are on sale now and can be
purchased from any Chamber Board
Member or by calling the Chamber of-
fice at 781-289-8009. The Chamber
Calendar of
Events 2010
Journey” starring Masquerade at Show- accepts all major credit cards. A Musical Journey
case Cinemas Revere on Thursday, May This is a special night out for any- starring Masquerade
20. Showtime is 7pm. The event is co- one: family, friends, bridal parties, Live Musical Spectacular
sponsored by Showcase Cinemas Re- graduates, clients, and neighbors — you Thursday, May 20
vere. Ticket price is $35 per person and don’t have all the fuss of going into Showtime: 7pm
includes a complimentary V.I.P. Recep- Boston. And, there’s plenty of parking! Showcase Cinemas Revere
tion with hot and cold appetizers and 565 Squire Road, Revere
GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! VIP Reception & Cash Bar
cash bar, 5:30pm, at Chatters Restaurant 5:30pm in Chatters
inside Showcase Cinemas. Tix: $35 pp
The event is highly anticipated as
“A Musical Journey” is a fully choreo- Business Breakfast
graphed and costumed musical spectacu- Thursday, June 17
lar featuring high-energy entertainment. At Casa Lucia
The diverse repertoire encompasses mu- 61 Lucia Avenue, Revere
sical favorites spanning decades of mod- 7:30-9am
Speaker: Joe DiGangi,
ern and classic Broadway hits, Rock Op- Managing Director,
era, Big Band standards and pop music/ Eurovest Development.
dance numbers from the 50’s to present. Topic: Waterfront Square
“The program gets people involved at Revere Beach
and keeps their attention as members of $15 members; $20 others
the dance troupe interact with the audi-
ence,” said Alicia Amico, Chamber Sec- Card Exchange
retary and chairperson of the Chamber’s Thursday, June 24
5:30pm to 7:30pm
special events committee. “We’re look-
Chatters Restaurant
ing forward to this event and a second Showcase Cinemas Revere
program as we get closer to the winter 565 Squire Road, Revere
holiday season,” she said. $15 Members; $20 Others

www.reverechamber.org “Making the Most of Business Since 1979”

 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Laura D’Amico
First VP: Bob Upton
Second VP: Jane F. Rizzo
Treasurer: Joseph T. Scurio
Secretary: Alicia R. Amico
Immediate Past President:
Jeffrey M. Howe
Board of Directors: Jay Bolton,
Annette Bornstein, Rosemary
Cataldo, Howard Cook, Dr. Craig
Costanza, Brian Davis, Tracy
Nicholson, Atty. Maria Ruggiero,
Sheila Taymore, Albert J. Ter-
miniello, Jr., Elena Vega, John J.
Verrengia, Mary Ann Zizzo
Executive Director:
Laura K. Leone
Revere Chamber of Commerce
270 Broadway, Revere, MA 02151
781-289-8009; fx: 781-289-2166
info@reverechamber.org
www.reverechamber.org
Around the Chamber: Membership Announcements
C ongratulations to Board Member
Sheila Taymore Boyland of
Comcast and her new husband
Frank Boyland as they were married on
Sunday, April 18.
Kudos to Chamber 1st VP Bob Up-
ton of RevereBeach.com on his on-
location interview as local Revere Beach
authority for WCVB’s newsmagazine
Chronicle. The program aired on April
30th as the first in a series of road trips
along Route 16. “It starts at the ocean
and ends at a lake.” Mr. Upton high-
lighted history and happenings of Revere
Beach, then and now.
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RevereChamber.org: Have
You Visited Us Lately?
H
ere at the Chamber, we are
very proud of our new web-
site: RevereChamber.org.
You as a member can be proud as well.
The Chamber now offers a vibrant
online look into what’s happening and
what’s good about Revere and its busi-
nesses.
Did you know RevereCham-
ber.org features a section with Small
Business videos pulled from
CNNMoney.com? You can access tre-
mendous information on industry
trends and climate right on our website.
Did you know in the Small Busi-
ness Resources section, we have a
Business Directory that lists all of our
members once by category and once
alphabetically? Our online business
directory is viewed, downloaded and
printed by hundreds of people each
month. Only our members are listed.
We are working to make the directory
more vibrant and informative. Expect a
call or a visit from a Chamber represen-
tative soon.
Did you know you can get access
to group health and dental insurance
right on RevereChamber.org? Just go
to the Small Business Resources sec-
tion on our home page and click on
Health & Dental Insurance. You will
find a printable and downloadable flyer
The Chamber welcomes two new
board members Elena Vega, Sales
Manager of Comfort Inn & Suites and
Tracy Nicholson of Crown Inshield
Management.
Fellow member group Revere
Beautification Committee has named
“Revere Remembers” as the theme for
its Banner Program 2010. The banners
will be in honor of all veterans and
members of the armed services and
hung on the poles along Broadway.
The RBC Banner Program has become
a tradition and is a festive feature of
Revere’s main business district. Local
businesses and residents can sponsor a
detailing all of the programs available to
our members. You can also follow a link
to more information.
Did you know the Chamber’s web-
site has a Chamber Slideshow that fea-
tures photos of our members and friends
at Chamber events over the years? Take
a look and you might even see yourself
enjoying a breakfast, out on the golf
course, or on a cruise! RevereCham-
ber.org also hosts a breath-taking Photo
Slideshow featuring beautiful aerial shots
of Revere’s coast. These photos were
taken and shared with us by Board Mem-
ber Howard Cook of Sound & Vision
Media. Take a look also at the Revere
Travel & Tourism Video depicting Re-
vere as a vacation destination.
RevereChamber.org has RSS
feed capabilities. You can set
up an RSS feed to notify you of
changes to various parts of our
website. This includes our calendar of
events, news and events, flyers, and any
other remarkable changes and additions
we make to our website.
We want our members to be in-
volved and informed of all Chamber pro-
grams, special offers and activities. We
have built our website to help as a col-
laboration platform. Please feel free to
leave comments on any posting. We’re
having fun at RevereChamber.org!
banner. For more information, please
call: 781-485-2770 or 781-289-0450
Thanks to Norma Davis, Chamber
office volunteer, for helping out with
general office duties and moral support.
Thanks to the Winthrop and East
Boston Chambers for their participation
in the latest round of Speed Networking,
held at Casa Lucia on April 6. Thirty-
five businesses were represented in the
fun and effective networking program.
Thanks to Brian Davis of Minute-
man Press for his generosity in printing
the Board Member business cards, Mas-
querade tickets and our colored flyers for
“A Mlusical Journey” starring Masquer-
ade event.
 Historical Perspective: 1989-1994
Chamber Achievements Through the Years
James A. Dixon
1989
In the late 1980’s, the Chamber realized
its dream of having a storefront on
Broadway. The office was located at 319
Broadway next to the Revere Animal
Clinic. This new centralized location
gave the Chamber the accessibility it
needed to better serve its members and
the community. During Mr. Dixon’s
presidency, the Chamber produced its
first membership directory and printed
15,000 copies. Additionally, the Cham-
ber established the Holiday Ad Program,
in partnership with The Revere Journal.
The Chamber would run two full pages
with holiday greetings from the Chamber
on five different holidays throughout the
year. Members could purchase business-
card size ads to run on these pages.
Stephen Reardon
1990-1991
During the early nine-
ties, the Chamber experi-
enced some difficult
times, owing in part to
the general outlook of
the struggling economy.
In spite of this, and to
Mr. Reardon’s credit, the Chamber was
able to continue with a successful Golf
Tournament and with the help of the
Members Only
Get in Queue as Business of the Month
A ttention Members! The Revere
Chamber of Commerce has
launched a brand new benefit
program designed exclusively for mem-
bers.
The Chamber’s new website is
steadily attracting more and more visitors
and fast becoming a “go-to” site for in-
formation about Revere and its business
community. For a limited time, Chamber
members who sign up for one full year of
lowest price website advertising on
www.reverechamber.org will automati-
cally get in queue as the next Business of
the Month at no additional cost.
The Chamber’s website advertising
Chamber’s Board of Directors, was
able to run one last successful Pot of
Gold. Additionally, the Chamber and
its board contributed significantly to
advance the Revere Santa Fund, a char-
ity gift-giving endeavor that anony-
mously delivered Christmas gifts to
needy families in the community.
The Chamber continued providing tra-
ditional benefits to its members, and
was a main participant in the Revere
Santa Fund, a local endeavor that
brought Christmas presents to families
in need. The Chamber remains grateful
to those Revere businesses that stayed
true and loyal, through membership
renewals, participation in Chamber
events, and commit-
ment as volunteers on
the Board during
these years.
Salvatore Gesamondo
1992-1993
While budgetary con-
straints remained a burden, the Cham-
ber began to feel some relief when Sal
Gesamondo moved the office from its
storefront at 319 Broadway to an up-
stairs office further down Broadway at
number 655. Office hours were ta-
pered, with office presence reduced to
volunteers filling in gaps when the
program offers high visibility and click
-through tracking at very reasonable
prices. A click on any banner ad will
take you directly to that business’s
website. Business’s without websites
benefit during their month as Business
of the Month because a click goes di-
rectly to their expanded profile.
We invite you to take a look and
consider your participation. Just visit
www.reverechamber.org. Click on
Michael J. Boschetti, DMD, Business
of the Month for May. Thanks to Win-
throp Avenue Laundry, Business of the
Month for April. Call the Chamber
today to find get your business in
queue.
Chamber lacked regular, hired staff. As
a creative alternative to the previous Pot
of Gold fundraiser, Mr. Gesamondo di-
rected the Chamber in the production of a
series of eight “Fight Nights,” featuring
professional boxers. The events were
open to the public and held at the Beach-
mont VFW.
Charles Anderson
1994
Charlie Anderson,
representing The Re-
vere Journal, stepped
up to the plate in 1994 to take charge as
president of the Revere Chamber of
Commerce. Considering he had only a
couple of years experience as a Director
on the Board, Mr. Anderson did a pretty
good job. With an interest in Economic
Development, he coordinated a breakfast
that featured Mitt Romney, then candi-
date for state senator, to speak at a
Chamber Business Breakfast. Boston
television stations 4, 5 and 7 covered the
event. Under Mr. Anderson’s direction,
the Chamber also hosted a family event,
“Barney The Purple Dinosaur.” The
event was held in the Revere High
School Auditorium and attracted a full
house of parents and youngsters. The
Chamber’s community vibe was starting
to improve.
Get in Queue as
Business of the Month on
www.reverechamber.org
Call the Chamber for details
781-289-8009
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Join us at the next Business Breakfast
Thursday, June 17, 2010
7:30am to 9am
Casa Lucia, 61 Lucia Ave., Revere
Guest Speaker: Joseph R. DiGangi
Managing Director, Eurovest Development
“Waterfront Square”
$15 members; $20 others
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW
FOR THE
ANNUAL MULTI-CHAMBER
BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
Join us on
Thursday June 24, 2010
5:30pm to 7:30pm
At Showcase Cinemas Revere
$15 Members; $20 Others
Includes one free movie pass, plenty of
networking, a variety of fabulous appe-
tizers and cash bar.
Call the Chamber for more information
781-289-8009
42nd Walk for Hunger
Scheduled for May 2, 2010
Project Bread invites you to enjoy a
festive day walking through Boston and
surrounding neighborhoods while your
fundraising efforts help fund 400 emer-
gency food programs in 126 Massachu-
setts communities. Your pledges support
hungry people through emergency food
programs and through Project Bread’s
many programs in schools and after-
school, as well as in pediatrician offices
that integrate help into the fabric of low
income communities.
Celebrate the spirit of giving with
43,000 others. For information, call 617-
723-5000 or visit www.projectbread.org
to register online.

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7pm at Showcase Cinemas Revere
Thursday, May 20
starring Masquerade
“A Musical Journey”
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