Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Jaffrey Chamber Announces Citizens, Nonprofits, and Businesses of the Year

Monadnock Ledger Transcript

Published: Jan 25, 2023 10:58:52 AM

Modified: 1/25/2023 10:58:26 AM

The Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce named Bonnie Coll Cutter Citizen of the Year, The Shakespeare Project Nonprofit of the Year, and Shattuck Golf Club and Dublin Road Taproom & Eatery its 2022 Business of the Year.

Coll Cutter was nominated by friend and business owner Marc Tieger. Coll Cutter owns Coll’s Garden Center and Florist, who is also an avid town volunteer, includes maintaining the town’s flower boxes.

“My nomination for Citizen of the Year is a perfect example of what makes Jeffrey so special,” Teague wrote in his nomination.

In an interview, Colcarter said she was “completely shocked” when she was told she had been selected.

“My exact words were, ‘Are you sure it says my name?'” Coll Cutter said. “I’m that kind of behind-the-scenes girl. I just never thought it would be me. It gives me more motivation to be recognized for what I’m doing, to be seen and to make my community happy.”

“Bonnie, her love of community, her ability to spread sunshine in the darkest of days, and her role in making Jaffrey a better place to live and play, makes her the Jaffrey Chamber’s 2022 Citizen of the Year,” Chamber said. President Cindy Burgess.

The 2022 Business of the Year is the Shattuck Golf Club and its bar, Dublin Road Taproom & Eatery.

Under Doni Ash, who acquired Shattuck in 2019, the business has undergone several improvements and renovations. In addition to being a golf course, Guardian allows residents free use of miles of trails along the property’s driveway for snowshoeing and skiing during the winter.

Cathy Furze, one of the nominees for the Shattuck and Dublin Road Taproom, said Ash’s involvement with the community went beyond his business. Ash and the Shattuck works with nonprofits like Jaffrey’s Transitional Shelter, Storm Shelters, and the Chamber’s Ron Despres Memorial Golf Tournament is also held there.

“Guard Golf Club is home to one of the top courses in New England in terms of the course and its management. With all the improvements made under Doni’s ownership, The Shattuck is an absolute asset to the Jaffrey and Monadnock area,” said Burgess.

The 2022 nonprofit of the year is The Shakespeare Project, a youth theater company that presents Shakespeare each summer and the traditional production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” each winter.

Clay Hollister of Jaffrey, one of the citizens who nominated the Shakespeare Project, wrote: “I can hardly imagine a local organization that has had a more unique, inspiring and positive impact on the children of our community than the Shakespeare Project. De Deborah Shakespeare Thurber, founder and facilitator of The Shakespeare Project, is a veritable dynamo of imagination, determination and love focused on expanding our children’s worlds into the richness of Shakespeare. “

All three honorees will be recognized at this year’s Jaffery Chamber Annual Meeting and Gala on February 17th. 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m. at the Woodbound Inn in Rindge. Tickets to the gala are $40 and include a full meal. Tickets are available at jaffreychmaber.com or by calling the Chamber at 603-532-4549.

Ashley Saari can be reached at 603-924-7172 ext. 244, or asaari@ledgertranscript.com. She is on Twitter @AshleySaariMLT.



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