New President of Tufts University, Anthony P. Monaco, a noted neuroscientist, will deliver the keynote address during Chamber of Commerce 65th Annual Dinner on November 9 at Holiday Inn.  Herb Chambers of Herb Chambers Motor Cars, the great philanthropist, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and former Somerville Mayor Eugene Brune will receive the Excellence in Public Service Award.

Other distinguished award recipients include:

Redbones – Excellence in Dining & Nightlife

Federal Realty Investment Trust – Excellence in Economic Development

Jim Roy, CPCU – Distinguished Service

East Somerville Main Streets – Business Neighbor of the Year

Apex Green Roofs & Recover Green Roofs – Green Business Award

Respond – Non Profit of the Year

Glenn Kulbako Photography – Small Business of the Year

The dinner is the foremost yearly gathering of local business, civic, and community leaders.   Telecommunications Insight Group and Bunker Hill Community College are the major sponsors.  The reception, sponsored by Federal Realty Investment Trust and East Cambridge Savings Bank, begins at 6:30 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m..  Tickets for Chamber Members are $100 per person, $800 per table of eight guests.  Non-members pay $150 per person with $1200 for a table of eight guests.  Reservations for the reception and dinner may made by contacting Stephen Mackey 617-776-4100, smackey@somervillechamber.org

The Chamber is Somerville’s premier business organization.  The Chamber monitors local and state issues that affect the local business community and advocates for businesses large and small.  It has been deeply involved with the redevelopment of Assembly Square, the Green Line extension project, and planning and zoning issues in and around the Innerbelt, McGrath, Union Square, Boynton Yards and Somerville Avenue.  The Chamber’s Dining & Nightlife Group has been instrumental in the development of Somerville’s metropolitan appeal.   Throughout the year, the Chamber produces outstanding business community networking events such as the Taste of Somerville, Oktoberfest, and the Business After Hours series.  The Chamber also produces an annual membership directory and maintains an online local products and services search engine called CommercePedia.