BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Twenty years ago, Lu and Les Lupovich turned their common interest in Native American culture and Native American art into the Southern Exposure store, which opened in Olde Mistick Village in 1994. In the summer of 2005, they opened a second location, now in Old Saybrook.
Their two Southern Exposure stores feature Native American jewelry, pottery, rugs, home décor, fashion, cowboy boots and leather goods.
As part of their 20th Anniversary Celebration on June 21 and 22 in their Mystic location, Southern Exposure will host four Northeastern Native American artists showcasing their individual art forms. Narrangansett artist Allen Hazard and Pequot artist Joshua Carter will feature their Wampum jewelry; Mohegan artist R.J. Russell will have his Gourd Art; and Abenaki noted author and artist Dale Carson will join us with her leather crafts and jewelry.
The celebration will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. For more information, see www.ShopSouthernExposure.com or call (860) 572-1007, (860) 399 4445.
Local visual communications provider Fastsigns of Waterford has earned one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the network with a near perfect rating of 98 percent from surveyed customers.
Located at 40 Boston Post Road, Fastsigns provides a wide range of visual communications solutions including wall, window and floor graphics, banners, architectural signs, wayfinding solutions, trade show displays and exhibits, and digital signage. Owned by Tony Sabilia, the center has been doing business in since May 2011.
For more information, visit fastsigns.com/586 or call (860) 4377446.
Trevor Wood has been promoted to assistant treasurer/assistant IT manager, Ann Szafranski has been promoted to operations officer/assistant manager-deposit operations and Gretchen Bushy has been promoted to branch officer at Savings Institute Bank & Trust.
Wood is responsible for oversight and management of day-to-day operations and projects within the IT department. He has been in IT at Savings Institute Bank & Trust since 2004. He lives in Brooklyn.
Szafranski will oversee the daily unit functions to ensure that the branches are provided with the best possible customer service. She has been at the bank since 2010. She lives in Jewett City.
Bushy has been the branch manager in the Lebanon branch since July 2013. She lives in Salem.
United Community & Family Services has announced that the Norwich and Griswold Health Centers have been recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH 2011) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 standards emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement.
CorePlus Federal Credit Union held its 77th annual meeting on May 27 at the Holiday Inn in Norwich. The dinner meeting was attended by more than 180 of the credit union’s members, board of directors and staff.
The President’s Spirit Award was presented to Magen Dickey of Norwich, member service representatives.
The business portion of the meeting saw the re-election of Bill Jorsz, David Moorehead and Priscilla Wells to three-year terms on the Board of Directors, and Supervisory Committee Chairman Bill Poirier to a oneyear term.
Warren Scholl, recently retired president and CEO, also presented a recap of CorePlus’ 2013 activities.
Board Chairman Robert Trinque announced that Chief Financial Officer Nicholas K. Fortson had been promoted to the role of President & CEO.
For more information, call (860) 886-0576 or visit our website at www.coreplus.org.
The Mystic Garden Club has been named Business of the Month for June by the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
The award honors the club’s 90th anniversary this month as well as its community involvement and overall success.
The nonprofit club, first organized in 1924, encourages the love of gardening and the sharing of knowledge about native plants. Its first project involved planting trees on Baptist Hill Ledge, and today it works with other nonprofits including the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic & Noank Library and the Welcome Center at Mystic Depot.
For more information, visit the club’s website at www.mysticgardenclub.org.
The New London law firm of Tobin, Carberry, O’Malley, Riley & Selinger, P.C. recently held a special reception to celebrate its 50th anniversary and commemorate the firm’s longstanding commitment to the community. One hundred twenty clients, friends and employees joined the firm’s 10 attorneys on Cross Sound Ferry’s Sea Jet for an evening cruise from New London to Norwich on the Thames River.
Managing partner Glenn Carberry told the attendees about the firm’s commitment to making a difference for its clients and the community by donating more than $250,000 to community groups over the past 10 years.
The law firm donated another $5,350 during the event to Safe Futures, New England Center for Children, New London Landmarks, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern CT, Read to Ride, Waterford Country School, Covenant Shelter, Drop-In Learning Center, The Center for Hospice Care and Connecticut Animal House.