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Calling All Quilts and Quilters
The Chesterfield 4th of
July Celebration will be holding a quilt display in
conjunction with the 4th of July festivities. The quilt
display will be held at the Chesterfield Congregational Church
before and after the parade 9:00 to 10:30 and 11:30 to 1:30.
If you have any quilts that you would like to display as part
of this celebration, please contact Denise LeDuc at (413)
296-4312 or via e-mail at:
sevenhearths@yahoo.com.
Prospecting, Cold Calls and Sales -- A Workshop on Selling, June 4
and 11
(Hilltowns) Hilltown CDC’s
Economic Development Program announces Prospecting, Cold Calls and
Sales -- A Workshop on Selling. The workshop will meet from 6
to 8:30 PM at the Hilltown CDC Office in Chesterfield in two
sessions on June 4 and 11.
Explore the essential skills necessary to boost profits in the most
time tested of ways – direct selling. Learn how to approach,
qualify and close prospects in a way that keeps your ego and
integrity intact, and your prospects feeling good about your call –
whether they buy from you or not. Gain insight on how to manage
your mindset when calling someone new in order to eliminate the
anxiety, tension or stress that often accompanies such calls. Learn
how to quickly distinguish between a high probability prospect and a
low probability suspect, the most effective ways to get appointments
with decision makers, and how to present what you do, who you are,
and why any prospect should care. Appropriate for all businesses,
large and small.
These two sessions include a complete workbook, self-assessments,
and an action planning tool to implement what you learn.
Your Sales Coach is J. Sheldon Snodgrass, owner of The Steady Sales
Group. Sheldon will share his expertise so you can learn how to get
a dollar out of every dime spent on sales and marketing. Workshop
fee is $35 for each session, with tuition waivers available for low
and moderate income hilltown residents.
Hilltown Community Development Corporation, 387 Main Rd.
Information: (413) 296-4536 ext 12.
www.hilltowncdc.org
MASSIVE
HOUSE CLEANING SALE!!
$0.50 ¢ to $100 !!! Complete
home furnishings!! Furniture, lamps, tables, dining room, bedrooms!!
Complete room accessories!! Priced to sell! Many Items NEW!!! 594
Main Street Becket MA – fenced yard across from Becket Country Store
& Café. Every Sunday in May.
‘Focus on Sustainability’ to
Highlight the 2008 Hilltown Spring Festival
A ‘Focus on Sustainability’ will highlight the
Hilltown CDC’s 2nd annual Hilltown Spring Festival,
which will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Nearly twenty local enterprises and organizations have signed up so
far to offer information and demonstrations about a wide variety of
approaches to improving the sustainability of our environment.
Berkshire Organics is a new enterprise providing home
delivery of organic vegetables from area CSAs (subscription-based
Community Supported Agriculture farms), increasing weekly variety of
produce while reducing gas and travel costs. Two local CSAs will be
on hand to sign up customers and sell seedlings – Crabapple Farm
CSA of Chesterfield and Fall Harvest CSA or Cummington, which
introduces fall and winter crops to extend ‘eating local’ through
the year. Manda Organic Farm of Plainfield features organic,
pasture-raised meat, eggs, milk products and vegetables, and will
provide a map of Plainfield farms. Hilltown Tree & Garden of
Chesterfield will provide information on pesticide-free garden
management. Meadowlark Landscaping of Cummington will have
seedlings available.
Berkshire Photovoltaic will provide information about
solar installation options and the state incentive program,
“Commonwealth Solar.” Jeff Brown of Ridebuzz.org will introduce his
ridesharing web-site. Leni Freid of the BagShare project will
demonstrate their approach to sewing re-usable shopping bags to
eliminate use of paper and plastic bags. Red Gate Farm of Buckland
will demonstrate wool spinning and provide information about its
summer Farm Camp for Kids.
Greenfield Community College will provide information
on credit and non-credit programs in Sustainabilty-related
education. Smith Vocational School will also provide information on
their sustainability courses and focus on solar energy. Students
from Gateway High School in Huntington will provide information on
their ‘Go Green Gateway’ initiative for other schools interested in
replicating their student-sponsored school recycling program. The
Hilltown Sustainability Group will promote the educational projects
they have organized through their ‘Sustainabilty Gathering Point.’
Laura Wetzler of Cummington will also describe how people can
support international grassroots sustainable development work
through
www.kulanu.org . And Ravenwood Learning Center of Plainfield
will provide information on environmental curricula for educators.
To register as a ‘Focus on Sustainability’ presenter,
contact Jennifer Peotter at (413) 296-4536 ext. 23 or
jpeotter@hilltowncdc.org . The ‘Focus on Sustainability’ is
sponsored by Western Mass. Electric Company (WMECO). The Hilltown
Spring Festival celebrates life in the Hilltowns on Mother’s Day
Weekend, and includes great local music, delicious local food &
drink, family activities (including the Highland Unusual Games
Multi-Generational Triathlon), artisan exhibits and a ‘buy local’
business expo.
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