bobrien17 days ago2 minCIWorks Receives Innovation AwardThe Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce awarded CI Works with their Innovation Award in the small business category during the June...
hunterhodge0Jun 233 minHolly B. Design's Workshop of WonderIt is very rare for someone to unintentionally start a business, but Amesbury native Holly Janvrin experienced this when she created a...
bobrien1May 232 minFling Golf TournamentHas anyone heard of such a thing? Up against the PGA Championship this past weekend on TV, Fling staged their own tournament. Why would...
bobrien1May 232 minExpansion of Amesbury Farmers (and Makers) MarketTwo young women – Osiris Macias and Kristen Costa have done a fantastic job of starting a Farmers Market in Amesbury over the last three...
hunterhodge0May 201 min Blackburn's Effort to Save the PlanetBlackburn has developed their RealGen technology to take advantage of the inefficiency of petrol engines to charge batteries that power...
hunterhodge0Apr 223 minBuilding Envelope Materials Invests in the EnvironmentIt takes a special awareness to be able to look at the things we use every day and to think of how they can be made better. In the past,...
bobrien1Apr 151 minAmesbury Downtown and Lower Millyard PlansIt won’t come as a surprise to people from Amesbury that there exists a plan to expand the downtown and include the lower millyard area...
bobrien1Apr 151 minAmesbury Farmer’s Market in AprilI was thrilled to hear this week that a small group of energetic and creative young people will be bring a weekly farmer’s market to...
hunterhodge0Apr 132 minPassiva PLT Locates at CI Works by Amesbury NativePassiva is headed up by Zack Bolduc, who grew up and played sports in Amesbury, MA. In addition to Passiva, Zack is a technology advisor...
Kiley McElroy-BrownMar 191 min3D Printing and Prototyping at CI WorksZack Bolduc from Passiva PLT has approached CI Works with the idea of offering 3D printing and prototyping services to other businesses –...
bobrien1Mar 162 minBizFinder: An UpdateCI Works has always been challenged with - how / where to find small business tenants for our facility in Amesbury? They do not tend to...
bobrien1Feb 193 minBusinesses Can Impact Our EnvironmentMany people think of only large scale home run mechanical changes as the only option to positively impact the environment – like solar...
bobrien1Feb 192 minAmesbury – Where Businesses Help Other BusinessesI have found Amesbury businesses to be quite welcoming to other new businesses. The same holds true with the Chamber of Commerce. ...
bobrien1Jan 242 minHow to Find a Small Business?Small businesses typically start as only a good idea or a hobby. To move beyond an idea, the founder’s heavy lifting begins. The...
bobrien1Jan 32 minBanks, Banks…….won’t likely change in the New YearRemember when banks were the ‘go to’ for start up businesses…..willing to make a bet on the success of companies and offer them a...
bobrien1Dec 27, 20212 minRemote or Hybrid – an updateWhile the Omicron version of Covid 19 continues to run out of control, the Remote or Hybrid discussion has taken on increased importance....
bobrien1Dec 21, 20212 minMake the US Constitution Relevant AgainI am a patriot and feel strongly that the Constitution is the strength of this country and should be our guiding document. But, it is...
bobrien1Oct 20, 20212 minMade in AmesburyAmesbury has a rich history in Innovation and making things when you dig below the current surface of downtown. Check out the newly...
bobrien1Oct 1, 20212 minSmith & Wesson Leaves Mass. ? Just read an article in the Boston Globe today (at this link: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/30/business/citing-support-second-amen...
bobrien1Sep 21, 20212 minCEO Takes $1M Pay Cut During PandemicI know it sounds awful, people having to take a pay cut, but in this story, the reason he did it was both noble and smart. In the...