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THE BREAKFAST CLUB WELCOMES CHRIS MURRAY
The Flamborough Breakfast Club – representing a unique partnership between the FCC and the Rotary Club of Flamborough AM – is delighted and honoured to welcome City Manager Chris Murray to its next meeting at the Dutch Mill Country Market. Chris will share with use – from the perspective of Hamilton’s top bureaucrat – his…
Read MoreBUSY FCC SCHEDULE
The FCC is planning a significant number of events over the next number of months. What follows is a summary: FCC Christmas Reception: Boston Pizza is again hosting one of the most popular events on the FCC calendar – the annual FCC Christmas reception. Offering complimentary munchies, a free beverage and door prizes (draw at 6 p.m.)…
Read MoreCASINO MEETING POSTPONED
The proposed public meeting to discuss the issue of a casino in Flamborough tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday, November 20 at Waterdown District High School (WDHS) has been postponed to an undetermined date early in 2013. Under a massive province-wide restructuring of OLG, municipalities have the right to determine whether gaming facilities (usually expanded from…
Read MoreFIGHTING FOR FLAMBOROUGH II
Late last week, Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) Executive Director Arend Kersten – who has agreed to the city’s request to serve as moderator at the Flamborough public meeting – left a meeting of the Chamber Executives of Ontario (CEO) in Barrie early so that he could attend a lunch at LIUNA Station with OLG…
Read MorePASTOR NAMED PRESIDENT OF FCC BOD
At its regular monthly meeting yesterday, the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) elected a pastor – Rev. Jason Small of the Flamborough Community Church – as its new president. Joining Jason as FCC BOD officers are Vice President Penny Gardiner (Hamilton Technology Centre and Economic Developers Association of Canada);…
Read MorePICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES
The FCC is delighted to place a large number of new pictures on the FCC website. What follows is a list of new photos (with a special tip of the hat to photographer Wilf Arndt). To see all of the pictures, please click HERE. New pictures include: FCC Annual General Meeting (AGM) Mayor Bratina’s ‘State of the City‘…
Read MoreCASINO TOWN HALL MEETING
The Council sub-committee (which includes Flamborough Councillors Judi Partridge and Robert Pasuta) appointed to consider the issue of whether Hamilton supports placing a ‘casino’ within its boundaries has decided to convene a public Town Hall Meeting in Flamborough. FCC Executive Director Arend Kersten has agreed to serve as moderator. The meeting will be taped for later broadcast by…
Read MoreAPPRENTICESHIP TOWN HALL MEETING
Members of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) are invited to a ‘Town Hall’ meeting hosted by the Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale (ADFW) Progressive Conservative riding association to discuss proposed changes to Ontario’s apprenticeship program. ADFW Progressive Conservative candidate Donna Skelly will be joined by MPs Garfield Dunlop and Toby Barrett “for a frank and open discussion on…
Read MoreERIC’S AMAZING RACE
Ted Lindsay (Flamborough Review) and his wife Heather Johnston will host the 10th annual Eric’s Amazing Race this Saturday, November 3 at the Waterdown Legion. Ted and Heather – who received the Sandy Gray/Weeks Hone Hardware Community Service by an Individual Award at the 2009 Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) awards gala in 2009 – have raised over $100,000 in support of…
Read MoreTHE BREAKFAST CLUB
The FCC is delighted to announce that City Manager Chris Murray – Hamilton’s top bureaucrat – will be the featured guest speaker at theWednesday, November 28 meeting of the Flamborough Breakfast Club. The meeting – co-hosted by the FCC and the Rotary Club of Flamborough AM – will be held at the Dutch Mill Country Market. Registration…
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