The Greater Cornwall Chamber of Commerce

Application

To join the Greater Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, please print and fill out the membership application and send it in with your membership dues of $75.00.

Message from President

To all members and potential new members

I was elected as president of the Cornwall Chamber this year, at first I had concerns that time would be an issue for me in my new post as my business interests already consume a lot of my time; somehow it all seems to be working. As president my goal is to generate more opportunities for Cornwall Chamber member businesses to grow and prosper. The new board has already made some dynamic changes in the meeting formats and venues.

We have created a calendar of events in advance and in addition to our monthly meetings. We plan on having social meetings with neighboring Chambers and including many more local businesses in the Chamber. Our meetings will be designed for B to B transactions and great networking events. We have also created a new exciting committee called the communications committee which will be working on our website as well as enhancing member websites with links to promotions and events. The site will also act as a tourist guide for our community and reach out to a broad audience of prospective new customers for our shops and restaurants. As our membership grows and events are more successful the chamber will be able to contribute more back to our community and enhance some of the great scholarships and donations we currently make.

Please check out our next meeting, get involved in a committee, membership is only $75.00 per year and there are discounts for participation. If we all do a little, then no one has to do a lot.

Thanks hope to see you at the next meeting

Richard Massimi
President Greater Cornwall Chamber of Commerce

Officers

President	Richard Massimi
1st Vice President	Thomas Stein
Secretary	Mary Clark
Treasurer	Gary Smith
Board	Angela Calabro
	Wynn Gold
	Dan Mahoney

Many thanks to Helen Bunt, Gail Parrinello and Mary Lulves for their work.

Membership News/Events

The next regular chamber meeting will be Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The meeting will start at 6:30pm, at The Canterbury Brook Inn in Cornwall.

Our breakfast meeting held at the Cornwall Library on February 24 from 7:30am to 9:00am and sponsored by AURIC and Vails Gate Dry Cleaning was well attended despite the snow. April 19 meeting, also at the Library, was sponsored by Giftworks and the Cornwall Local.

February 2012 -- Tuesday, 2/28 6:00 mixer format at The Trestle

March 2012 -- Tuesday, 3/27 6:00 board meeting, 6:30 general meeting at Sawatdee Thai

April 2012 -- Thursday, 4/19 breakfast meeting at Cornwall Public Library from 7:30 am to 9:00 am.
Tuesday, 4/24 @ Leo's 6:00 board meeting, 6:30 general meeting.

May 2012 -- Tuesday, 5/22 at Canterbury Brook Inn board meets at 6, general meeting 6:30.

June 2012 -- Monday, June 4, 2012 Chamber Golf Outing,
Thursday, 6/14 Chamber breakfast at Cromwell Manor Bed and Breakfast

no meeting in July

August 2012 -- Tuesday, 8/28 Shadow Mountain Inn, 6 to 8:30pm

September 2012 -- Sunday, 9/15 or 23 - 39th Annual Fall Festival, Main Street, Cornwall, NY
Tuesday, 9/25 at Hudson Street Cafe, 6:00 board meeting, 6:30 general meeting.

October 2012 -- Thurday, 10/18 Breakfast Meeting 7:30am to 9am at Annarella's on the Green at the Storm King Golf Course, Cornwall, NY
Tuesday, 10/23 at The River Bank, 6:00 board meeting, 6:30 general meeting.

November 2012 -- Tuesday, 11/27 at TBD, 6:00 board meeting, 6:30 general meeting.

December 2012 -- Holiday Party Date and Venue TBD

Our Facebook page is up and running. And our communications committee is looking for more ways to promote the chamber and it's members.

Welcome New Members

• Annarella's on the Green
• CABI
• Durants Party Rentals
• First Command
• Hudson Valley DRI
• King Pomme's Frites
• Law Office Lynn Beesecker
• Storm King Art Center
• Artrip & Weber Attorneys at Law
• The Trestle
• Creative Gifts and More
• Edgwick Farm
• Encore
• Hollenbeck Pest Control
• Hudson Street Cafe

History

The Greater Cornwall Chamber of Commerce(previously known as the Cornwall Business Association, Inc.) was founded in the early Twentieth Century. Although the exact date is not known, according to the amended By-Laws of December 10, 1928, the Cornwall Business Men's Association, as it was originally named, was alive and well with meetings on the second Monday of each month."

On December 8, 1952, the Cornwall Business Men's Association was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation. In 1984 the Cornwall Business Men's Association, Inc. amended the certification of incorporation for purposes of a name change to the Cornwall Business Association, Inc. Although the name has certainly changed, the purpose of the Association remains constant.