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Center. In addition, they contributed to the Senior Center by subsidizing the mailing of the newsletter, Report of the broadcast email, and by contributing to the holiday Economic Development and gift program for Mashpee seniors. The Council on Industrial Corporation Aging wishes to recognize the hard work and dedica- tion of Volunteer Jean Noussee, who retired as the President of the Friends of the Mashpee Council on To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens Aging after many years of service. Thank you to the of the Town of Mashpee: Friends'new leaders,Eleana Janik and Beatrice Apfel for their support.They are always seeking new volun- In 2002,the Town of Mashpee received approval teers to help at the thrift shop, so please stop by the to establish its Economic Development and Industrial thrift shop if you are interested. Corporation(EDIC) through a special act of the legis- lature (2002 Mass. Acts 376). This act outlines the The Senior Center continues to use part-time, EDIC's makeup and responsibilities. The seven mem- grant-funded, and training positions to support its ber board is appointed by the Mashpee Board of operation. The Council on Aging wishes to thank all Selectmen and meets monthly (or as needed) at Town of their employees for their dedication and service. Hall. The Council on Aging wishes to acknowledge MISSION the continued support shown to us by the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, Department of Public "To advocate sound growth policy and to stimu- late sustainable economic opportunities that will Works,Human Services,Police and Fire,Library, IT, enhance the quality of life within the Mashpee and all other Town departments and committees which Community." provide direct and indirect services to the Council on Aging, the Mashpee Senior Center and the senior Mashpee EDIC has seen a number of highlights community.In particular,we appreciate the support of over the past several years, but 2017 and 2018 were the citizens of our Town. With this support, the particularly exciting in terms of our membership. Council on Aging continues to meet the challenges of With the addition of Denise Dutson as our Real Estate our growing senior community. professional, Gene Olson as our Commercial repre- Respectfully submitted, sentative,and Patrice Pimental as our Finance profes- sional, as well as the appointment of Pamela David Egel,Chairman McCarthy and Glen Thompson as the new At-Large Marijo Gorney, Vice-Chairperson McCarthy the EDIC is building momentum and Virginia McIntyre,Treasurer Gaff preparing for the next evolution of the Town,s eco- Jean e Secretary nomic development efforts. Our members bring a Mary Gaffneyy wealth of talent from which to draw new ideas that are Norah McCormick designed to boost the Town's existing businesses,but Lynne Waterman,Director also to attract new ones. We anticipate 2019 will be a year of action and accomplishment. F1 The EDIC wishes to thank Town Manager Rodney Collins and the Board of Selectmen for their support. We would like to offer a special thanks to Assistant Town Manager Wayne Taylor for the invalu- able assistance he provides. With his guidance, we continue to work steadily toward achieving our goals, z which include the following: - Invite a guest speaker every other month to our _ meetings. Speakers will be chosen based on their unique perspective on what is happening 113