Meet some entrepreneurs who know the advantage of working with Quincy 2000

Fratelli’s Pastry Shop
From Paper to Pastry, Quincy 2000
was there all the way
With a combined 38 years in the bakery business, brothers Giovanni Milone and Pino Santarpia dreamed of owning their own business. While they had the know-how and dedication to run a successful bakery business, they had little background in business development, financing and marketing. As a resident of Quincy, Giovanni was familiar with Quincy 2000 Collaborative and sought advice.

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Fridgedoor
Quincy 2000 Collaborative and The Bank of Canton recently partnered to provide a $150,000 expansion loan to Fridgedoor, Inc., a retailer /wholesaler of novelty magnets, magnetic supplies and custom magnets.  The business loan will enable the company to purchase printing, laminating, cutting and doming equipment to produce products locally.  It also enables the company to move from a home-office environment to a 6000- s/f warehouse/distribution space located at 65 School Street, which includes a retail outlet store.

Schuerch Corporation
It’s always a good sign when a business has to move to a larger space due to expansion. This was the case with the ten-year old Schuerch Corporation, which relocated to a more spacious, industrial facility on Oval Road to hold some of their new, larger equipment last December. Schuerch Corporation designs, develops and manufactures surgical table accessories used by hospitals and outpatient surgery centers all across the country. Schuerch Corporation’s product list includes more than 75 accessories that optimize the position of the surgical patient, in turn improve access to the surgical site, allowing the surgeon to perform the operating with extreme precision and confidence.

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Prism Consulting, Inc.
Wendy Simmons, President and Owner of Prism Consulting, founded her company in 1998. Prism Consulting located at 440B East Squantum Street develops and implements energy conservation programs for utility companies. They perform energy audits and install energy-efficient lighting to reduce emissions and lower energy costs for their clients. The company has 14 employees; eight who work in the office while the others are out in the field visiting job sites.

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Permits are secured and work
begins at Fratelli's Pastry Shop


Peter Schuerch and
Michael Mann, of Schuerch Corporation, study the latest
product designs.

Prism Consulting accepts a $50,000 loan from Quincy2000. John McCarthy, Loan Pool Chair and Vice-President Bank of Canton; Wendy Simmons, President of Prism Consulting; City of Quincy Mayor William Phelan; Dean Rizzo, executive director Quincy 2000 Collaborative; Stacy Coco, Business Development Officer at South Shore Savings Bank; Ward Six City Councillor Alicia Gardner; City Planning Director Dennis Harrington; and Karen Simmons, Chief Operating Officer.


 

From left to right:

Don Uvanite(Past Chairman Quincy 2000 Collaborative, Sr Vice President Eastern Insurance Group) , Dean Rizzo (Executive director of Quincy 2000 Collaborative), Christopher Gwynn (Fridgedoor President), Jim Horrigan (Assistant Vice President at The Bank of Canton) & John McCarthy (Vice President at The Bank of Canton)