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Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee


Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee
Mission Statement

A Non-Lobbying, Non-Partisan Committee That Helps Develop and Promote a Favorable Business Climate

Government Affairs Goals:

  • Track Local and State Initiatives That Affect Member Businesses and the Economy
  • Inform Member Businesses of Potential Changes to Existing and Creation of New Laws
  • Promote Legislative Changes That Reduce Burdens on Business

Economic Development Goals:

  • Support Initiatives That Create and Perpetuate a Business-Friendly Environment
  • Promote the Growth of All Our Member Businesses
  • Organize Periodic Dialogues with Local and State Legislative Leaders


March 4, 2020 - CT Business Day 2020

 
Back Row (l-r): Kevin Anderson - Cyclebar/Canton, Claudia Rucci - Claudia Decor, Peter Crowe - Robert Hensley & Associates, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army
Center Row (l-r): Lauren Gardner - FOCUS Center for Autism, Carmine Fortino - Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate, Sylvia Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, State Representative Leslee Hill, Susan Pribyson - Gifts of Love, Lori Macgowan - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Peg Mayer - Palmer Latko Ledas Page, Cal Miller-Stevens - Miller Foods/Oma's Pride, Jerri Bonnell - People's United Bank

Front Row (l-r): Maureen DeMartino - 
The Max Challenge of Avon, Yvonne Gardner - FOCUS Center for Autism, Len Diana - An Infinite Abundance

 

March 20, 2019 - CT Business Day 2019

 
Back Row (l-r): Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, Robin DiNicola - Edward Jones, Lauren Gardner - FOCUS Center for Autism, Yvonne Gardner - FOCUS Center for Autism, Sylvia Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Jerri Bonnell - People's United Bank
Center Row (l-r): Katie Vukas - KV Vukas Consulting, Margaret McCathy - U.S. Wealth Management, Carmine Fortino - Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate, Len Diana - An Infinite Abundance, Lisa Bohman - ACOC Executive Director
Front Row (l-r): Bill Lacourciere - 
Molly Maid of Farmington and Greater Hartford, Jeffrey Hoess-Brooks - Avon Old Farms Hotel, Adelina Cirikovic - Cugino's Restaurant of Farmington, Claudia Rucci - Claudia Decor, Lori Macgowan - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Alan Stauch - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

 

March 14, 2018 - CT Business Day 2018

 
(l-r) Jeffrey Hoess-Brooks - Avon Old Farms Hotel, Kevin Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Margaret McCarthy - U.S. Wealth Farmington Valley/Tim McCarthy, CPA, Adam Horelik - Norcom Mortgage, Shihan Farzinzad - Shihan Skin Care, Carmine Fortino - Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate, Lori Macgowan - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, Susan Lederman - P'zazz, Claudia Rucci - Claudia Decor, Lucien Rucci - Claudia Decor, Jerri Bonnell - People's United Bank, Kristina Mozzicato - Abundant Health Massage Therapy & Wellness   Missing: John Carmon - Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center, Dana Culligan - Personally Poetic, Capri Frank - Miller Foods/Oma's Pride, Cal Miller-Stevens - Miller Foods/Oma's Pride

 

March 8, 2017 - CT Business Day 2017

 
(l-r): Cal Miller-Stevens - Miller Foods/Oma's Pride, Chip Janiszewski - Happiness & Success, GPS, Jeffrey Hoess-Brooks - Avon Old Farms Hotel, Ketil Oland, Claudia Rucci - Claudia Decor, Greg Tuers - Greg Tuers Manufacturing, Sylvia Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group,  Bill Lacourciere - Molly Maid of Farmington & Greater Hartford, John Carmon - Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center, Lucien Rucci - Claudia Decor, Katie Kehoe, Kim Murphy - Northwest Community Bank, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, Jerri Bonnell People's United Bank, Len Diana - An Infinite Abundance

 

March 9, 2016 - CT Business Day 2016

 
Back Row (l-r): State Representative Tim LeGeyt, Dr. Desmond Ebanks - Alternity Healthcare, Chip Janiszewski - Happiness & Success, GPS, Ketil Osland, Kevin Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, former State Representative Brian Becker
Front Row (l-r): Lauren & Yvonne Gardner - 
FOCUS Center for Autism, Robin DiNicola - Simsbury Bank, Susan Lederman - P'zazz, Peg Mayer - Howard L. Page & Co., Jerri Bonnell - People's United Bank, Jeffrey Hoess-Brooks - Avon Old Farms Hotel
Missing: John Carmon Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center

 

March 25, 2015 - CT Business Day 2015

 
Back Row (l-r): Kevin Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Sandra Duffy - Discovering The Present You, Claudia Rucci - Claudia Decor, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, John Shea, Esq. - Pullman & Comley, PC
Front Row (l-r): Robin DiNicola - 
Simsbury Bank, Sylvia Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Lori Macgowan - William Raveis Real Estate, Cheryl England - Marriott Residence Inn/Avon, Lisa Bohman - ACOC Executive Director

 

March 5, 2014 - CT Business Day 2014

 
(l-r) Kevin Colvin - Keller Williams Realty/The Colvin Group, Robin DiNicola - Simsbury Bank, Claudia Rucci - The Décor Advantage, Janina Cummings - Shear Artistry Day Spa & Salon, Lori Macgowan - William Raveis Real Estate, Cheryl England - Marriott Residence Inn/Avon, Ketil Osland - Guaranty Federal Financial Corporation, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, Scott Nardozzi - Union Savings Bank

 

March 6, 2013 - CT Business Day 2013

 
(l-r) Wade Horsey - Horsey & Company, Jim Gordon - The Salvation Army, State Representative Tim LeGeyt, Sylvia Colvin - Keller Williams Realty, Bryan Short - The Sewing Loft of Avon, Elsa Petersen - AAA Insurance, Janina Cummings - Shear Artistry Day Spa & Salon, State Representative Brian Becker, Morton N. Katz, Esq. - Law Office of Morton N. Katz, Robin DiNicola - Simsbury Bank, Camlyn Miller-Stevens - Miller Foods/Oma's Pride, Lori Macgowan - William Raveis Real Estate, State Representative Mike Alberts, State Senator Kevin Witkos

CBIA Monday Morning Group Minutes 2011

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Avon Town Center Master Plan - Milone & MacBroom Presentation November 9, 2010


UCONN Business Survey

 

 

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