Antrim Chamber of Commerce AntrimCC.com Antrim, NH 03440
For Immediate Release
For more information, contact Brian Beihl, Chairman, Antrim Chamber of Commerce, 588-8300
Insurance Company Grant Adds Color to Antrim's Main Street
ANTRIM--There will be a little more local color on Antrim's Main Street
this summer, thanks in part to a grant by a local insurance agency,
Contoocook Valley Insurance, and its primary insurance carrier,
Co-Operative Insurance Companies of Middlebury, Vermont.
The Antrim Chamber of Commerce has been raising funds for colorful
banners to be affixed to the new light poles in downtown Antrim to be
installed this spring. Last Friday, Co-Op Insurance Customer
Relations Manager Fletcher Brush presented a check for $500.00 toward
the project to John Robertson, an Antrim Chamber member and owner of
Contoocook Valley Insurance.
"We are committed to the communities we serve, and our Community Grants
Program is a good way to help support smaller communities," said Co-op
Insurance's Brush. "We also like to see our agents get involved in
their community, and hope that our grants help to stimulate giving by
other companies in the community," he said. Co-Operative
Insurance has 50 agents serving New Hampshire and Vermont.
The design of the banners is still under discussion, but it is the hope
of the Antrim Chamber of Commerce to have 16 banners in one color and
design installed by the summer, then acquire seasonal banners in the
future. The banners will be initially installed on the new light
poles to be in place this spring on the east side of Main Street, and
on power poles on the west side of the street, pending Public Service
of New Hampshire approval.
John Robertson, vice chairman of the ACC and an agent for Co-Op
Insurance for nine years, has been spearheading the banner
effort. "Local business has a responsibility to help with
revitalizing and putting back into the community," he said. "I'm
fortunate to have a corporate partner who cares about the community as
much as I do," said Robertson.
"I am so excited about the banners," said Brian Beihl, chairman of the
Antrim Chamber of Commerce. "The banners will give a classy,
cohesive look to Main Street, highlighting all the hard work that's
been done by the town in the past two years." he said.
The remaining funding for the initial banners, estimated at $2100, will
come from ACC funds, and ACC businesses, some of whom have already
pledged $250.00 each toward the project. Additional seasonal
banners will be added in the coming years, and the ACC will continue to
solicit donations toward the long-term project.
For more information about the banner project or the Antrim Chamber of
Commerce, contact vice-chairman John Robertson at 588-6106 or www.AntrimCC.com, or Co-Operative Insurance Companies, www.co-opinsurance.com.
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Insurance Company Grant
Adds Color to Antrim's Main St.
Photo caption:
A Banner Day for Antrim -- John Robertson of Contoocook Valley
Insurance (center right) accepts a $500.00 grant from Co-Operative
Insurance Companies's Fletcher Brush (center left) toward Antrim
Chamber of Commerce's Main Street banners, due to be installed this
summer. Also pictured, Brian Beihl (far left) and Ericka Leonard
(far right), of the ACC.
