Business After Hours, 2023 End-of-Year awards: Seacoast business news
Breezeline to host Tri-Chambers Business After Hours
ROCHESTER – Breezeline, provider of TV, internet, and voice solutions, will host a Tri-Chambers Business After Hours on Thursday, April 11. This event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rochester Opera House located at 31 Wakefield St., Rochester.
Chamber members attending this business after hours can meet the Breezeline team, learn about their services, make new business contacts, renew acquaintances, and network with members of the tri-city region.
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Attendees are encouraged to bring plenty of business cards for networking and door prizes!
To register to attend this event, visit www.rochesternh.org/aprilbah.
Colliers announces 2023 End-of-Year award winners
PORTSMOUTH — Colliers, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced its 2023 award winners in the Colliers New Hampshire and Maine offices.
The Colliers Portsmouth office swept the awards ceremony this year. David Choate earned the 2023 Top Producer Award, which he has earned six times in the last decade.
Choate and Abby Bachman won the Deal of the Year Award for the sale of Mill Plaza in Durham, N.H., for $8.8 million.
Bachman also earned the Most Improved Award for 2023, as she more than doubled her transactional value from 2022 to 2023.
Lastly, Bachman won the Darlington DeStefano Inspiration Award which is given, as a tribute to two of our late coworkers, to someone who conducted themselves in their business and/or personal life in an inspirational way over the last year. For Bachman, it was her volunteer work at Soul Models as a member of its Board of Directors and her efforts towards its annual fundraiser. She is a member of the 100 Women Who Care organization. Bachman also helped organize the CelebrateHer Luncheon, hosted by the Women’s Business League and The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth, which honored women in business in several industries. Additionally, she serves as an alternate member to the Town of Newmarket’s Planning Board.
The Manchester, New Hampshire, and Portland, Maine, offices look forward to challenging them in 2024.
Partners Bank sponsors YMCA, SYSA, Hero Pups, and South Berwick Strawberry Festival
SANFORD, Maine – Take care of the generation before us, the generation after us, the unsung heroes and pups of America, and the food that fuels us through all of it. Those are the secret ingredients to a well-rounded community, and we’re so blessed that our area has people that are focused on those objectives. Partners Bank takes pride in being The Bank That Listens by sponsoring events and organizations that have that focus. Partners Bank is donating:
- $150 to the YMCA’s Trafton Center for the Stepping Out for Seniors Walk;
- $1,258 to Sanborn Youth Soccer Association (SYSA);
- $400 to Hero Pups; and
- $1,000 to the South Berwick Strawberry Festival.
The YMCA is a widely known nonprofit committed to strengthening individuals and communities across the country. The YMCA Trafton Center is a membership-based organization dedicated to providing individuals 50 and older with opportunities to socialize and participate in learning and wellness opportunities. On May 11, the Trafton Center will host the Stepping Out for Seniors Walk. Proceeds from the walk, including the $150 donated by Partners Bank, will benefit the Trafton Center and its seniors.
Located in Kingston, N.H., the SYSA is for children in first through eighth grade. They promote the physical, social, and emotional development of children by encouraging youth athletes to embrace the values of good sportsmanship. The 2024 season begins on May 5, and the donation of $1,258 from Partners Bank will help fund the purchase of new jerseys for the children of SYSA.
The New Hampshire-based nonprofit Hero Pups is an organization with a mission of connecting support dogs with our country’s heroes. To help Hero Pups acquire, train, and pair dogs with veterans and first responders with service-related traumatic challenges, Partners Bank is happy to be donating $400. The donation will directly support the Hero Pups Putting Green. The golfing continues during the 3rd Annual Hero Pups Golf Tournament, which will be held on Aug. 12. All funds acquired will go straight to Hero Pups.
The 47th Annual South Berwick Strawberry Festival is on June 29, and Partners Bank is delighted to be donating $1,000 to an event that supports volunteerism and giving back to the community. The festival showcases the talents of craftsmen from all around the region and the musical aspirations of talent in the area. According to their website, the food is all supplied by local non-profit groups who raise money to support their organizations. After the festival, the proceeds raised by the Festival Committee are given back to the local nonprofit groups in the form of grants to support local community projects.
For more information on these organizations that Partners Bank is proud to sponsor, visit their websites:
Sanford-Springvale YMCA: sanfordymca.org
Sanborn Youth Soccer Association (SYSA): sanbornyouthsoccer.org
Hero Pups: heropups.com
South Berwick Strawberry Festival: southberwickstrawberryfestival.org
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Business After Hours, 2023 End-of-Year awards: Seacoast business news
