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<br /> Mashpee Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) <br />Minutes – September 24, 2024 <br />6:00 PM <br />Waquoit Meeting Room <br /> <br />Present: Carol Sherman, Denise Dutson, Pamela McCarthy, Patrice Pimental, Robyn <br />Simmons, Glenn Thompson <br /> <br />Guests: Julie Quintero-Schulz, Mashpee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director and <br />Kat Cedrone, Mashpee Chamber of Commerce Board President <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Carol Sherman opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />2. Approval of 8/27/2024 minutes <br />Pamela McCarthy moved that the committee approve the 8/27/2024 minutes, Glenn <br />Thompson seconded. The committee approved the minutes. <br /> <br />3. Chamber update: <br /> <br />Julia said she is leaving the Chamber and will be joining the Community Health Center. Kat will <br />be taking over as Executive Director. <br /> <br />Julie talked about the Chamber’s Economic Development Committee’s recent work. They did a <br />needs assessment for local businesses; business owners said their biggest challenges were <br />finding employees and housing (which prospective employees cannot find locally). As part of <br />their efforts to build the workforce for local businesses, the Chamber built a relationship with <br />the high school as many businesses hire part time and summer help, and there are students <br />who go to work after graduating high school. They also held a job fair in the library in the spring <br />from noon to 3:00 p.m. (Julie said in the future she would have it go until 4:00 p.m. as no one <br />from the high school was able to come before 3:00). About 70 people came, many of them <br />seniors, many who got job offers on the spot. The only complaint from the participating <br />businesses was that the space was a little small. <br /> <br />For housing, the Chamber did some fundraising and has some money raised to contribute <br />towards someone’s first, last, and security for a rental if a business has an employee who is <br />finding that challenging. <br /> <br />Carol said that by October 12 it will be public; there will be a 65-unit apartment building going <br />up in Mashpee. The units should be affordable/workforce housing (not LeClair Village). The <br />project was already permitted so they just have to take it to the zoning board of appeals. <br /> <br />Other Chamber news: <br /> Restaurant month: The Chamber will have a restaurant month in March 2025 to spur <br />business for local restaurants. They are partnering with Cisco to provide marketing help <br /> <br />