[Hidden-tech] FYI: Franklin County Chamber of Commerce MAY BREAKFAST SERIES

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   Franklin County Chamber of Commerce MAY BREAKFAST SERIES
    Friday, May 19, 20067:30 a.m.
    Famous Bills, 30 Federal Street, Greenfield

   Whats the buzz?  The buzz is about the way business is growing through
   relatively new sectors in the economy, the creative clusters and
   hidden tech ***. These are both terms that are bandied about quite
   frequently, now well have a look at some local examples of what they
   mean.

   Our next breakfast will be held in the newly opened
   Famous Bills banquet facility at 30 Federal Street in Greenfield.  The
   date is Friday, May 19, and the time is 7:30 a.m. We are delighted to
   welcome you into this new function room and we certainly wish Terry
   Gexler and his staff great success in the future.

   You will hear from a very diverse panel of homegrown businesses

   -   Paul Hake, Paul Hake Productions  - Paul began his company in
   Greenfield about two years ago and has now created a cooperative
   creative space office complex.  His business is a multimedia
   production company offering the gamut of services from video game
   prototypes to professional web design.

   -   John "Klondike" Koehler, Klondike Sound Klon is a 33-year
   resident of Franklin County, and owner of Klondike Sound Company of
   Greenfield. He has played key roles in over 10,000 concert
   productions, from nearby coffeehouses to soccer stadiums in India. He
   is the Audio Director of the New Orleans Jazz Festival and co-founder
   of Katrina's Piano Fund, a non-profit effort to replace musical
   instruments lost in the flood.

   -   Jill Connolly, www.jillconnolly.com the voice you hear in many
   famous commercials, recording artist and one who left the big city of
   Boston for the woods of Buckland.

   -   Paul Hellmund, Conway School of Landscape Design Paul is the
   Director of the school, which offers a masters program specializing in
   environmental land use and planning, technical skills and all aspects
   of landscape projects.

   -   Leo Hwang-Carlos, Associate Dean of Humanities at GCC Leo is a
   writer, actor and musician. He received his M.F.A. from the
   UMass/Amherst. He was the recipient of the Rosselli/de Filippis
   Scholarship at the 2002 Napa Valley Writers Conference and has been
   awarded three work-study scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers
   Conference. From 1996-2000, Mr. Hwang-Carlos was a luthier's
   apprentice and opened his own guitar making shop.

   Make reservations by May 13 by mail, fax (413.773.7008), telephone
   (413.773.5463) or e-mail mariann at franklincc.org

   *** To learn more about this, read The New Geography by Joel Kotkin or
   The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida.


   Phone 413-773-5463 or email mariann at franklincc.org