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arol Campbell says she’s been heavily involved in the community for as long as she’s been a business owner — nearly 30 years now.
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And she’s long believed it’s the responsibility of anyone in business to lend their time, energy, and talents to efforts and agencies
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focused on improving quality of life in a given region or specific community. She has backed up this belief with involvement in groups ranging from Rotary International to WestMass Development Corp. to Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
“I held that child up and said, ‘you can be anything you want — a ballerina
or the CEO of a rigging company.’ And when
the words came out of
my mouth, at that exact moment, I thought that I needed to be doing things a little differently — I need to be concentrating on what women and girls can do, today, tomorrow, and in the future.”
But Campbell, owner and president of Chicopee Industrial Contractors (CIC), a firm that specializes in rigging, millwrighting, machine and plant relocation, and structural steel installation, acknowledged that the nature of her giving back has changed somewhat over the past several years — and specifically since her first grandchild, Julia, was born.
“I held that child up and said, ‘you can be anything you want — a ballerina or the CEO of a rigging company,’” she recalled. “And when the words came out of my mouth, at that exact moment, I thought that I needed to be doing things a little differently — I need to be concentrating on what women and girls can do, today, tomorrow, and in the future.”
So, while Campbell is still active with WestMass,
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Carol Campbell
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