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Hart's Hardware 50th Anniversary!

Celebrate 50 years of a great family business in downtown Wakefield! Drop by Harts Hardware to see Len, Doug and Tina Hart and their many friends and customers. Len Hart, a Chamber Legacy himself, Doug Hart and the generations of Harts' were honored last June at the Wakefield Area Chamber Annual Dinner for their dedication and expertise in the heart of downtown for five decades!

Harts Hardware will be offering free coffee and donuts in the morning, and light refreshments will be available all day. Stop by today and congratulate them on this special milestone! Store phone: 781-245-0989.

Also celebrating anniversaries this year: Smith Drug 20 years, Brothers' Deli 30 years, The Farmland 35 years, Melrose Paint and Decorating Center 40 years (retiring) , Sushi Island  (retired) 40 years, and many more merchant milestones. So many hours of time and effort go into the small business community which makes this Town of Wakefield, its vibrant downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods a very special place. The list is many pages long of merchant milestones, the Wakefield Area Chamber of Commerce keeps a running tally!

Remember to SHOP LOCAL FIRST.  Support the merchants and small businesses who in turn support the schools, town festivals and municipal services you come to depend on in our very special community!  

Small business resources have been provided by your local chamber the Wakefield Area Chamber of Commerce, 467 Main Street, near Hart's Hardware since 1934. 

See http://wakefieldchamber.org for more information or drop by and see Kendall Inglese, Executive Director or Adam Pinkney, Membership Manager, chamber staff here for you Monday thru Friday. Questions or comments please call 781-245-0741.  We connect local business through networking, social media and speaker events, and we also provide visitors and new residents information about the Town and surrounding area.  The chamber also works with Town Hall, the great volunteers of the Events Planning Committee and staff of the Beebe Library with 22 business leaders on its growing Board of Directors.

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