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11-17-2003

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November 17, 2003

ROMNEY PRESENTS INNER CITY, ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AWARDS

Honors art and technology company and Lowell environmental business

 

An art and technology company based in the Berkshires that produces custom models for medicine and a Lowell environmental company were honored today by Governor Mitt Romney.

 

Romney presented the Governor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award to the Chamberlain Group’s co-founders, Lisa and Eric Chamberlain, and the Governor’s Inner City Investment Award to Mill City Environmental Corporation President Brian Chapman.

 

Both awards, which are presented monthly, are part of Romney’s “Jobs First” initiative. The Entrepreneurial Spirit Award recognizes individuals who best demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the Massachusetts economy and who inspire others to turn their ideas into action. The Inner City Investment Award honors the dedication and hard work of men and women who contribute to the revitalization of the Commonwealth’s cities through business investment and job creation.

 

“These awards recognize the tremendous talent, ambition and hard work that drive new and growing businesses in Massachusetts,” said Romney. “The leaders we recognize today demonstrate excellence in entrepreneurship and help create new jobs and economic vitality for the communities they serve.”

 

The Chamberlain Group, based in Great Barrington, is an art and technology company that creates soft, anatomically-accurate organ and tissue models. These models set an unsurpassed standard in medical training, providing a new means for device manufacturers, teaching institutions and practitioners to educate and train procedures and techniques.

 

Working closely with their clients to define their individual needs, the Chamberlain Group creates custom models with superior visual and experiential realism, capturing the consistency, response, and movement of living tissue. Among their clients are Boston Scientific, Genzyme, Yale Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital (NY) and the Cleveland Clinic.

 

“Eric and I believe entrepreneurship and quality of life go hand in hand,” said Lisa Chamberlain. “Massachusetts and Great Barrington give us both. We are near our clients and a talented workforce, and we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country. There’s no better place.”

 

The Inner City Investment Award recipient, Mill City Environmental Corporation, is a waste management and remediation firm. Located in historic Boott Mill in Lowell, Mill City Environmental handles a wide spectrum of environmental services, from site remediation and testing, to management of hazardous and non hazardous waste materials, to site restoration activities that rejuvenate land and buildings for new uses.

 

As a native of Lowell, President Brian Chapman wanted to give back to the city where he was raised.

 

“We feel the business climate here in Lowell is one of growth and opportunity, and not just for the high tech startups,” said Chapman. “It’s conducive to small businesses, and it’s also a good climate for us because the environmental industry is pushed by two things – building construction and clean-up projects. There’s a lot of both in the area.”

 

 

 

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