Scarborough resident honored by regional chamber of commerce
Published: Oct 08, 2009 3:00 am - By
Peggy Roberts
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Long-Term Economic Development Vision for Scarborough SEDCO and the Scarborough Community Chamber (SCC) have been working on a long-term economic development Vision & Plan for Scarborough for the past year. Business and key stakeholder input was sought back in March 2009 and a draft is currently in the process of being distributed to key stakeholders and the public. To view the draft, click here. Public comment sessions will be held at Town Hall the morning of Monday, November 16, 2009 and the evening of Tuesday, November 17, 2009. To send your comments electronically, please contact: VisionComments@maine.rr.com. Thank you for being a part of this important process. www.scarborougheconomicdevelopment.com/vision.aspx __________________________________________________________ Scarborough resident honored by regional chamber of commerce
Published: Oct 08, 2009 3:00 am - By
Peggy Roberts
The organization presented lifelong resident Art Dillon with its 2009
Volunteer of the Year award at the chamber's 155th annual meeting.
Though surprised by the honor, Dillon gave a gracious acceptance speech in front of about 550 people at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, and even thought to plug next summer's Concerts in the Park series, Scarborough Community Chamber President Michelle Raber said Wednesday. "Art is a quiet guy but he gets stuff done, so it's nice he won," Raber said. "He doesn't call a lot of attention to himself; he just puts his nose to the grindstone. ... Everybody on our board loves him." Dillon credited his parents, Art and Kay Dillon, with instilling in him and his two younger brothers a desire to give back to the community. A 14-year employee of Haven's Candies, he is a master candy maker and the company's vice president of operations. With a wife and two daughters that he said "definitely come first," Dillon said he strives to balance his time between family, work and volunteer service. And much of his volunteering does involve his family, including coaching his daughters' softball, soccer and basketball teams. Though he is sometimes paid for umpiring youth and adult softball games, Dillon also serves as a volunteer umpire for many games – about 80 this summer, he said. In addition, his love of sports and recreation made him a natural to serve on the town's Community Services and Recreation Advisory Board. Though he said his work is his second priority, he is able to incorporate his Chamber involvement with his job. "Working with the Chamber of Commerce is kind of a hand-in-hand thing; it's part of my work as I represent Haven's Candies – a good symbiotic relationship," he said. "I'm grateful for the time Haven's does allow me to do this. There are definitely times I'm out of the building that my boss would prefer I not be." Dillon has been a member of the local Chamber for 12 years and currently serves as its vice president. He also chairs its summer Concert Series, held in Memorial Park. The series began years ago with four concerts a summer, held in the Scarborough Public Library during the month of July, he said. Back then, each drew a crowd of 40 to 50 people. When Memorial Park opened in 2005, the series moved to the new venue and Dillon fell into the leadership position, initially along with Kevin Freeman, when an accident forced the previous chairman to resign. Dillon, still the chairman, said the series has expanded to six concerts a summer, with some drawing crowds of more than 2,000 people. These days, the event offers a free shuttle from the Scarborough High School parking lot to the park, the Rotary Club is in charge of concessions and the high school auditorium is available in case of inclement weather. "He's the organizer, the champion of that program; it's easily our biggest fundraiser of the year," Raber said. "He definitely makes everybody around him better. He's a class act."
SCARBOROUGH — A man familiar in Scarborough for his volunteer work was
recently honored for his service by the Portland Regional Chamber.
Peggy Roberts can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 125 or proberts@theforecaster.net.
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2010 Summer Concert Series July 1 - August 5 Memorial Park
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2009 SPONSORS
Concessions provided by
Scarborough Rotary Club
For sponsorship information, contact Art Dillon at havens@havenscandies.com or 772-1557
Thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers that made this event possible. CLICK HERE FOR PAST CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
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Annual Meeting June 3rd, 2009
Officers and Board of Directors elected
Officers President - Michelle Raber - State Farm Insurance Vice President - Art Dillon - Haven's Candies Treasurer - Maureen Weeks - Biddeford Savings Secretary - Jim Gove - Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution Past President - Bob Nadeau - Gorham Savings Bank
Directors - Term Expires 2012 1. Ginie Thorp - The Forecaster 2. Tom Doherty - Camp Ketcha 3. Nancy Crowell - Scarborough Public Library 4. Andrea Killiard - Piper Shores
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Community Initiatives...
Scarborough Career Development Council A joint initiative between the Scarborough Community Chamber and Scarborough High School On Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from 7:30-11:00am, the fourth annual Scarborough Community Chamber sponsored Career Expo will be held again at Scarborough High School. 2009 marks the fifth year of the Career Development Class at Scarborough High School supporting juniors and seniors as an elective class for providing career information with respect to educational requirements, training, and career resources for a wide variety of jobs and careers. The Career Expo has an entirely new format this year. Special thanks to all the volunteers who are helping out; every profession the students were interested in, we now have a volunteer for. Any questions, please contact Jim Gove at shscareerdev@gmail.com
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Get Involved Chamber members get the most out of their membership when they get involved, and we always have opportunities. Are you interested in being part of the voice of business in Scarborough? Would you like to help put together next summer’s excellent Concert series? Do you like to write articles? Do you want to help high school students explore careers? Our Board members will be more than happy to talk with you about how you can get involved in these and other valuable efforts. Please contact any of us to see how you can get the most out of your Chamber membership. ________________________________________________________________________________ This month's Spotlight on Local Business...
We partner with the Portland Regional Chamber which provides countless tangible benefits to over 1,400 members and their 62,000 employees.
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