Wellesley Country Club
~Host of 2010 Massachusetts Open~

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Plan to Play

Monday, July 19
11:00am - Registration
11:30am - Lunch & Golf Pro Clinic
1:00pm - Tee-Off
5:30pm - Awards Reception

Details about Registration & Sponsorships will be available in April on www.wellesleychamber.org

Please join us for the next Business After Hours on Wednesday, April 28
5:30pm - 7:00pm

Many thanks to
Sponsor & Host
North Hill
865 Central Avenue
Needham, MA 02492

Complimentary beverages and appetizers will be served.

To register, call/email Cathy at 781-235-2446 / cmcgrath@wellesleychamber.org.

Entrance and Parking Tips for North Hill
Turn off Central Avenue. At the top of the hill, Visitor Parking will be on the right and Main Entrance to your left. Additional parking is available in the Employee Lot. Please check-in at the Main Entrance reception desk and you will be directed to the Private Dining Room.

Plan to attend this interesting session on Friday, April 16, Noon - 1:30pm. Thomas Cushman, Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College will speak about "The Culture of Blame in the Recession of 2008: An interactive discussion of some moral responses."

This event is hosted by Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington Street (Rt. 16), Wellesley.

The fee is $20. Lunch will be served. Please register by April 12. Call / email Cathy McGrath 781-235-2446 / cmcgrath@wellesleychamber.org

Alexis Avila, MA, is a private tutor and college counselor serving Wellesley & Weston for over ten years. He is the Founder/President of Prepped & Polished (formerly TUTORrific Academic Services). His newly renamed company offers: online, in-home, and in-office, tutoring, college counseling, and test prep.

Alexis proudly contributes to charitable causes whenever he receives referrals from satisfied families. Alexis has also volunteered as a Big Brother since 2003 and has recently been nominated as one of the final five finalists for Big Brother of the Year. Contact Alexis at alexis@preppedandpolished.com or 781.753.9951.

Wellesley is now home to a brand new Unleashed by PETCO store at 165 Linden Street. Not only are we delighted to be in Wellesley and bring Unleashed to one of the Boston area's hometown neighborhoods, we're also excited to introduce you and your neighbors to a whole new kind of pet store and a brand new shopping experience. We're very much looking forward to becoming part of the community and providing a friendly, informative and comfortable gathering place for local residents and their pets.

You and your family (pets included) are invited to the store during some of our Housewarming activities on Saturday, April 17, at 10 a.m. District Manager Darryl Sampson will personally show you around. We'd love the opportunity to get to know you and talk about ways Unleashed can make a difference in the Wellesley community. There will also be adoptable pets at the store, treats for people and pets, an ice cream social for pets, and the chance to win special prizes.

Please let us know if you and your family can attend. Lisa Epstein will be happy to accept your RSVP and answer any questions you have about the morning. She can be reached by phone at 858- 453-7845 ext. 2558 and by e-mail at lisae@petco.com.

The Upper Crust is proud to partner with New Balance for this years Boston Marathon! Look out for free slice cards along the race route.

The Upper Crust Pizzeria has moved west and settled in Wellesley - and this bedroom community has woken up to a whole new style of pizza. It's the perfect spot to catch up with friends over lunch, bring the kids to celebrate a good game, or cram with fellow students over dinner. There's a new pie in town.

The Upper Crust is located at 99 Central Street, Wellesley, MA (just across from the gates of Wellesley College). Phone is 781-235-5011.

Drs. Ali & Ali and Wellesley Dental Group are very happy that the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce is growing. In celebration of spring, they are extending a special 10% off Any Single Visit for all chamber members during March and April. For more details and to schedule an appointment, please call 781-237-9071 or visit our website.

Deadlines: The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is May 28, 2010. The deadline to return economic injury applications is December 29, 2010.

Following the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration in Massachusetts for several counties affected by the severe storms and flooding beginning on March 12, Administrator Karen G. Mills of the U.S. Small Business Administration issued the following statement:
"The U.S. Small Business Administration is strongly committed to providing the people of Massachusetts with the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist homeowners, renters, and small businesses with federal disaster loans. Getting our businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA."

The disaster declaration covers Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and Worcester counties in Massachusetts, which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private non-profit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans: Barnstable, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire in Massachusetts; Tolland and Windham in Connecticut; Cheshire, Hillsborough and Rockingham in New Hampshire; and Bristol, Newport and Providence in Rhode Island.

Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property.

Businesses and non-profit organizations of any size may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets. SBA can also lend additional funds to help with the cost of making improvements that protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage in the future.

For small businesses and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage.

Interest rates are as low as 2.625 percent for homeowners and renters, 4 percent for businesses and 3 percent for non-profit organization with terms up to 30 years. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant's financial condition.

To be considered for all forms of disaster assistance call the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). The locations of Disaster Recovery Centers and the loan application process can be obtained by calling the SBA Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (1-800-877-8339 for the hearing impaired), Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT or sending an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.

Massachusetts residents affected by this disaster may fill out a loan application online by visiting SBA's secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/.