Braintree Business Council
“Building a bridge between business, government and the community” is the vision statement adopted by the Braintree Business Council for it’s “re-launch” in 2007. Since that time the BBC has initiated the “Mayor’s Annual Address to the Business Community” which has quickly become a marquee event and is attended by a Braintree who’s who in the business and political world. Along with sponsoring a candidate’s night open to all residents of the community, and election year debates, the BBC has quickly become a strong voice in Town Hall.
A recent partnership with the Weymouth Business Council to address the underperforming commercial village known as “Weymouth Landing” – whose boundaries include both Braintree and Weymouth territory – has yielded both political and private sector action that has led to $2.5 million dollars in improvement grants as well as government cooperation between the communities on difficult issues such as zoning.
| Chairman |
Jennifer Pinkham, Schlossberg & Associates |
| Vice Chair |
Michael Ford, BELD |
| Vice Chair |
John King, CIREES, Inc. |
| Vice Chair |
Vicki Bartkiewicz, South Shore Plaza |
| Vice Chair |
Tom Weitbrecht, Paramount/Weitbrecht Auctioneers |
| Vice Chair |
Mark Rogers, BoardProspects, Inc. |
| Immediate Past Chair |
Michael Wilcox, South Shore Savings Bank |
BRAINTREE
Population (2005): 33,681
Residential Tax Rate: $8.67
Commercial Tax Rate: $18.97
Municipal website: www.town.braintree.ma.us
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