One Stop Utility Savings – Delivering Quick ROI, Newburyport CleanTech Center, Tuesday, October 18th
October 14, 2011
Where: Newburyport CleanTech Center, 10 Mulliken Way, Newburyport MA
Energy Experts Advise on Utility Savings for Local Industry
A group of energy experts will be at the Newburyport CleanTech Center on Tuesday, October from 8:00 am to 10:30 am to advise area industry and manufacturing companies, like those in the Industrial Park, on how to reduce utility costs by 20-30 percent.
The energy experts will focus on simple energy reduction techniques that carry significant rebates and other incentives and that can pay back in one year and two years. There is no charge to attend.
Energy experts will describe the simplest steps any commercial enterprise can take, or what is considered the “low hanging fruit,” in utility cost savings techniques. Their information will cover lighting upgrades, equipment energy use optimization and water conservation.
An interactive question and answer period precedes a continental breakfast.
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YWCA Greater Newburyport 2011 Fall Forum, Diversity and Housing: Enriching our Community, Tuesday, October 18th
October 14, 2011
Where: Newburyport City Hall Auditorium, Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA
All are invited to attend an expert panel discussion examining the issues, facts, and models supporting the need for creating diverse, open communities
The YWCA Greater Newburyport will hold its second annual YWCA Fall Forum on “Diversity and Housing: Enriching our Community” on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30 pm at the Newburyport City Hall Auditorium.
The forum will feature three regional experts in the areas of fair housing, creating open communities, and the positive impact of increased diversity. All residents and members of the business community are invited to attend the free program and join in the dialogue.
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Birding in Big Bend National Park, Texas: Lecture At Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Wednesday, October 12th
October 11, 2011
Where: Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
Birding in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Dave Larson, Education Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, will narrate his slide show on birding in Big Bend National Park, Texas, at the Joppa Flats Education Center at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport on Wednesday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m.
This program is open to the public, appropriate for all ages, and is free to Mass Audubon’s members; the nonmember fee is $4. No preregistration is required.
Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, October 12th
October 7, 2011
When: Wednesday, October 12th 2011, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $14 for members; $17 for non-members. Preregistration is not required.
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Bill Gette, Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director and Dave Weaver, Birder’s Certificate Program graduate for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. Appropriate for all birding levels.
It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
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Family Day at Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station, Plum Island, Newburyport, Sunday, October 9th
October 7, 2011
When: Sunday, October 9th. Two sessions: from 9:30 to 11:30 am.Where: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
Family Day at the Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station
Are you curious about bird banding? Do you want to see how a real bird banding station operates
If you are, bring the family to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge for an exciting, up-close look at migrating birds as they are netted and evaluated before releasing. The Bird Banding Station is only open at the height of migration in spring and fall.
You’ll learn about migration, habitat use, and scientific research at a real field station.
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport is offering this nice opportunity to tour and explore its Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport.
2nd Annual Amesbury Business Expo, Thursday, October 6th
October 4, 2011
Where: Amesbury Sports Park, 12 South Hunt Road, Amesbury , MA
2nd Annual Amesbury Business Expo
The Amesbury Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Foundation invites all businesses to participate in the second annual Business Expo on Thursday, October 6, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Amesbury Sports Park.
This event will showcase Amesbury businesses and all that they have to offer. Participating businesses will be offering samples, promotional items, discounts and free raffles. All attendees will be entered into a free raffle for Amesbury Gift Cards.
The expo will be followed by a Business After Hours mixer from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
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