Events

Description: Join us for a FREE concert where you will have the opportunity to make a donation towards our THREE favorite Do Good organizations.

Pack a picnic, bring chairs, and celebrate Dad!

Description: CBNAlliance OPEN Networking Group Meeting: Join Chamber Business Network Alliance which is an OPEN LEADS Group comprised of members from the Midstate Chamber and the Hamden Chamber. All industries welcome (and multiple individuals from the same industry are welcome). Network and make new connections in this NEW YEAR!

Location Info: Meeting ID 858 1823 6122Passcode 1103

Contact Info: Call the Midstate Chamber of Commerce at 203.235.7901 or info@midstatechamber.com.

Description: Theft of prescription drugs during open houses is on the rise. Make sure your clients are armed with the information they need to protect themselves.

Come learn how you can be a partner with local public health, prevention groups, First Responders and others to address the opioid epidemic. We will give you an overview of the current opioid crisis, give tips on what you can do as a Realtor, and provide you with resources to give to your clients.

This meeting is presented by the Meriden Department of Health and Human Services, Meriden Healthy Youth Coalition, and Rushford.

Parking available across the street or in lot next to Clinic entrance.

RSVP to Elizabeth at edemerchant@meridenct.gov or call 203-630-4288 by Friday, June 18, 2021.

An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.

Location Info: 165 Miller Street, 2nd Floor Teen Room, Meriden, CT 06450

Description: LIVE WEBINARHow to Negotiate with Your Suppliers with Tom Maier, Principal, ActionCOACH. Free but registration required

Successful negotiation with your suppliers requires a combination of emotional intelligence, business intelligence and financial fundamentals. Making a vendor a true business partner takes more than exhaustive haggling or power play pressure. Learn how mastering these business basics can lead to improved margins, lower expenses and competitive advantages. You'll be shocked to learn what you may have been leaving on the table for years.

Contact Info: Click here for more info and to register!

Description: This Committee provides school-to-career opportunities for students of all ages, educators and businesses. It promotes business education and training partnerships in the greater Meriden area. The committee meets at 8:30 a.m. on the last Tuesday of the month. Open to ALL!

Location Info: 546 So. Broad St., Suite 2C, Meriden, CT 06450

Contact Info: RSVP to the Midstate Chamber of Commerce at 203-235-7901 or info@midstatechamber.com.

Description: LIVE WEBINARHow to Validate Your Business Idea (Before You Jump Off into Thin Air) with Rich Portelance, Founder / CEO of CareerPath. Free but registration required

Many business startup and product introduction disasters are preventable. But unfortunately, the entrepreneur fails to ask the right questions of the right people, in the right numbers, in the right way. Find out why enthusiasm and love of "the idea" so often overwhelms basic market research and how you can avoid wasting time and money, only to throw your efforts on the scrap heap. Learn the amazingly easy steps that make up the craft of idea validation and the tricks to keep from telling yourself what you want to hear. .

Contact Info: Click here for more information and to register!

Description: Join HUBCAP'S Small Business Launch Shortcourse to learn how to start and grow your small business right in Wallingford. Gain knowledge and network with peers and service providers across three Thursdays, 5:30-7 in July. This course is designed for new and recently launched small businesses. $35 HUBCAP Small Business Launch Shortcourse fee due at first session.

For inquiries and to register, please send your name, email, and cell number to info@hubcapwallingford.org.

Description: Thursdays, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15 / 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM$60 - members / $65 - non-members+$20 materials

Gallery 53 is hosting an all-new class! In this class you will be a carpenter, a painter, and a designer! We will be making wood entry signs with interchangeable seasonal emblems. Students will have the option to do Welcome, Home, or their last name. We will be painting, we will be sanding, we will be staining, and of course we will be laughing! This class will be for 3 weeks on Thursday evenings.

Location Info: 53 Colony Street, Meriden, CT

Contact Info: Click here to register.