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Northeast HPBA Advocates at Massachusetts State House

Northeast HPBA (NEHPBA) held Lobby Day at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on June 26. They had 14 scheduled meetings and several other impromptu ones! Very effective conversations were had, and it was a GREAT time!

Karen Arpino, Executive Director for NEHPBA, shared, "I want to give a very special "Thank You" to Curtis Ludlow with August West Chimney, Sean and Sandy Rosser, and Josh Coutu with Hearthside Fireplace & Patio, Bruce Keltie with Commonwealth Fireplace & Grill, Karen DiVerdi with Enchanted Fireside, Ken Lemire with East Coast Sales, Shaun Huggins with Ray Murray Inc, Jeff Souther with Northeast Distribution Ltd, Joel Etter with Hearth & Home Technologies, and our lobbying team Ben Josephson and Phil Wettengel with O'Neill & Associates for taking the time out of their busy schedules to participate in this very important work."

Even though there were bills on the floor, many legislators took the time to meet with us - Representative Arena DeRosa, Representative Schmid, Representative O'Day, the Exec Office of Housing & Livable Communities, Senator Cyr's office, Senator Rush, Senator Tarr, Senate President Spilka's office, Senator Moran, Senator Kennedy's office, House Chairman Roy, Representative Howitt, Representative Jones, and Senator Mark's office as well as many others.

"We deeply appreciate and respect the legislators who took the time to meet with us while in session," expressed Arpino.