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CAPE COD NAMED #1 ARTS DESTINATION IN USA American Style magazine readers
recently voted Cape Cod as their favorite location for |
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delegates to the Annual Pow Wow, International Tourism Trade Show sporting their Cape Cod blazers: (from l to r) Kelley Pratt, Bob DuBois, Arthur Ratsy, Cynthia Ostrom, Pat Gilmer, Lynne Poyant, Dorie Ketterer, Barbara Ungerland. |
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The DOR has revised its regulation
concerning the effect of discounts, coupons and rebates on the sales price
of tangible personal property upon which the sales tax is based. The new
regulation 830 CMR 4H: 1:4, became effective May 1, 2000. A copy of the
regulation is available by following these two links: Regulation
Fact Sheet & Regulation
830
CMR 64H.00: Sales and Use Tax
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The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is now accepting
table reservations for its 15th annual Fleet Pops by the Sea fund-raising
concert, August 6, 5-7 p.m., on the Hyannis Village Green. Proceeds from
Pops help the Arts Foundation support and promote artists, artisans, arts
organizations, and the art and culture industry of Cape Cod. Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart and Associate Conductor Laureate Harry Ellis Dickson will co-conduct the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with internationally acclaimed literary artist and performer Dr. Maya Angelou as the event's Celebrity Guest Conductor. Dr. Angelou also will give a special guest performance. Connie Ippolito, general manager of Colonial Candle Corporation of America, is the Honorary Chair, and Thomas R. Dunlay is the Pops' Artist. This year the Arts Foundation is enhancing Pops and celebrating art and culture on Cape Cod by initiating Arts by the Sea 2000, a week of free arts festival events including:
Call the Arts Foundation, 362-0066, to: Reserve your Pops table of 10, table tickets or festival seating tickets; Sponsor Arts by the Sea and/or Pops (exclusive brand sponsorship opportunities available); or Volunteer for Pops or Arts by the Sea. |
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As all of you well know, we have a very large
Brazilian population in the greater Barnstable/Yarmouth area. If you
have ever vacationed out of this country, you appreciate it when
businesses offer menus, forms, etc. in English as well as the language of
the country you are visiting. You are even more please when a person
understands what you are saying!
This Portuguese-speaking community is making a concerted effort to learn to read, write and speak in English. however, there is a time span where the learning curve is not present or is in process. To help our new residents, we are offering you some resources, which we hope you might utilize. If you would like to have a menu, a form (whether it is an employment application or form for services) or other items translated, please contact Kathleen M. Milholo at 508-790-5745 or Connie de Souza at 508-661-6771. There will be a fee based on the length of the document and time to translate. If you do not already have a Portuguese-speaking employee, we would like to encourage you to send an employee to school for conversational Portuguese. There is nothing more frustration than to be in a country where no one understands what you are saying. It is also frustrating on your part, not to be able to understand what is being asked of you. Cape Cod Community College is now offering a course in Portuguese (Brazilian). They offered in the spring semester for the first time in the evening and will be offering it again - please contact the college for further details. Also the Sandwich Community School plans to hold a similar course the fall of 2000. Kathleen Milholo will be the instructor. If you have any Brazilians, or others who work for you and do not have health insurance, the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod (VNA) might be able help them. They offer health care access to uninsured and underinsured individuals and families. they have a variety of free screenings, weight training, wellness programs as well as low cost health insurance, dental and chiropractic programs. For general information, please instruct those in need to call: 1-888-557-9994. Maria Deaton is a newly-appointed Assistant D.A. to the Cape & Islands. She is fluent in Portuguese and specializes in domestic violence within the Brazilian community. She is also very willing to provide assistance and consultation to businesses with Brazilian employees. Ms. Deaton can be reached a the office of Philip Rollins at 508-362-3118. As part of the Community Leadership Institute of Cape Cod Community College, it is our goal to make businesses more aware of community resources that can help the business community; but more importantly, can help the people who have chosen to live in this area. We hope that this awareness will foster better understanding between the two cultures. Norma Broderick, James F. Munafo, Jr., Paul Schrader, Dona-Maria Vages and Linda Hutchenrider |
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| CHAMBER OPENS VISITOR CENTER AT CAPE COD MALL | |
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On May 8, 2000 the Chamber began delivering visitor information services through a partnership with Simon Properties – Cape Cod Mall. The center is staffed seven days a week during the mall shopping hours. Brochure rack space is available on a limited basis. At a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 30th, the Chamber thanked Representative Atsalis and Senator Rauschenbach for providing the funding to operate this center for the 2000 tourism season. We want to thank the donors of door prizes at the event: Cape Cod Fashion Jewelry, Country Marketplace, Elegance, Hat Trick, Hy-Line Cruises, Island Carousel, Nate Dondis Lighthouses & Clothing, Paws & Whiskers, Macy’s and Hoyt’s Cinemas. |
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| NEWSLETTER REDESIGN | Below: B&B Committee members celebrate a successful event featuring world- renown B&B guide author Bernice Chesler (l to r) Ken Traugot, Marie Brophy, Nan Aitcheson, Bernice Chesler and Jane Nichols Bishop. |
| This edition introduces the new, one-page newsletter design for the Chamber. Brief "info-bites" will be found here with additional information and stories to be found at our web site – capecodchamber.org. With time being the new currency in this millennium, we want to give you the highlights of Chamber activity, without having to wade through pages and pages of newsletters. But for those who want more details – visit us online! | |
| CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE | |
| Between July 1999 and March 2000 the Chamber web site received more viewers than the whole year before. There is no doubt that the Internet is a powerful tool, as 67% of our total inquires for vacation information came over the web last year. The Chamber is in the process of redesigning the website to increase functionality (fewer clicks to get the info needed) and to add special sections for Members Only and business services. Our on-going improvements will include new referral on line software to better enhance business for all members regardless of business type. | |
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Welcome New members Festival at Hyannis, Hyannis; Astrid Karinna Berg, Provincetown; Outermost Graphics, Edgartown; Unique Boutique, Hyannis; Micha's Pond Summer Rentals, Osterville; Webfodder, Inc., Hyannis; Dillingham House, Sandwich; Media Tel Communications Inc., Centerville; Azariah Snow House, East Sandwich; The Waterman, North Eastham; Cape Cod Theatre Project, Inc, New York; The J. Erik Jonsson Center, Woods Hole; Thomas Kinkade Galleries of Cape Cod, Mashpee; Baystate Calendar Co., Inc., Centerville; Lower Cape Cod Community Development Corp., North Eastham; Faunce Jewelers, Hyannis; Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc, East Dennis; 3D Lighting, South Chatham; Cape Employment Opportunities, Hyannis; Teambonding.com - A Comedy Theater Production, Canton; The Cotuit Inn, Inc., Cotuit; Cape Cod Getaways.com, Inc., Middleboro; Bayberry Tours, East Falmouth; Rustic Retreat Currier Enterprises, Wellfleet; MCI Worldcom, Waltham; The Falmouth Visitor, Teaticket; Clancy's of Dennisport, Dennisport; K.I.S.S. Computing, Eastham; Provincetown Reservations System, Provincetown; Oggi Hair Design, Osterville; Celtic Stoneworks of Cape Cod, Mashpee; Vitts Networks, Inc., Methuen; Case & Mann, Osterville; King of the Hill Adventures, North Truro; JMA Graphics, Dennis; East Coach Limousine Ltd., Hyannisport; Tourist Marketing Services, Wenham; Comfort Home Inspections, Dennis; Falmouth Historical Society Museums, Falmouth; Lester L. Burdick, Inc., Andover; Cape Cod Nights.Com, North Falmouth; Cape Graphics, Hyannis; Atlantic Auction Gallery, Sagamore; NetResources, Sagamore; Adam's Terrace Gardens Inn, Centerville; Windows & Wallflowers, Cotuit; All About Promotions, North Falmouth; Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and Islands, Hyannis; Voikos Construction Management Co. Inc., Barnstable; Sears, Roebuck & Co, Hyannis; Horsley & Witten, Inc., Sandwich; Cape Cod Temporaries, a People Source LLC Co., Marstons Mills; Hibel Museum of Art, Hyannis; Disaster Specialists, Sandwich; Post & O'Connor Eye Center, Plymouth; Celebrations Etc., Inc., Marstons Mills; Cape Cod Gift Certificates, Inc., Barnstable; Omnitech Computers, Inc., Hyannis; Kent Powell Landscaping, Nantucket |
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