Our April business meeting was held at the Cape Cod Cafe on April 10, 2007.
Congratulations to Officer Al Gazerro “Our Hero”. Officer Nancy Leedberg spoke about the “Award’s and Comedy Night” to held on May 11, 2007 at the Shaw’s Center 1 Lexington Avenue Brockton, Mass. Tickets are available on line at www.shawscenter.com. For further information you can go to www.brocktonpolice.com. Heroes Night. We hope to see you there.
Our guest speaker was Captain Emanuel Gomes from the Brockton Police Dept. The Captain addressed us on the parking issue in the Campello area. All of the members present, a motion was entered and approved, agreeing with Captain Gomes to allow one hour parking in front of the businesses on Main Street during normal business hours. Councilor Dennis Eaniri mentioned parking meters in the South Street parking lot that will be one way to have it maintained by the city.
We also had guest speaker Tony Baldwin and Jack Buckley representing Brockton Power that explained the tax benefits for the city and gave us a great presentation being proposed for a power plant on Oak Hill Way. We were also asked by Jay Gormley form Catholic Charities that they will be roasting Attorney John McCluskey as a fund raiser for the Catholic Charities which will be held on May 17,2007 at 6:00 p.m. also at the Shaw’s Center. Another great thing not to miss.
Elections were held and completed. Same Officer’s were elected to term.
Our past President Gary Leonard was presented with an award on the behalf of the Campello Business Association for his years of service to the community and association.
There will be no meeting for May. Our next meeting will be on June 12, 2007 location to be announced.