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Keynote speaker Tom V. Quinn, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nuovo Pasta Productions and author of the recently published “Delivering Greatness”. Photo by Justin McGown.
BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com
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he Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC) gathered its members from across the eastern section of Fairfield County at The Waterside in Monroe on Dec. 7 for its 2022 Holiday Party & Leadership Awards.
BRBC President and CEO Dan Onofrio opened the event by highlighting the role collaboration has played in allowing BRBC members to have a productive 2022. “I would like to take a moment to talk about partnerships and take a moment to highlight the importance of partner-
ships to the success that we have had these years,” said Onofrio. “It’s success that we gained by way of everybody working together with those of us here in this room.” Onofrio praised the establishment of the Southwest Connecticut Manufacturing Partnership, which secured over $2 mil-
lion in funding for improvements to manufacturing businesses throughout Fairfield County. He also lauded the formation of the Bridgeport Regional Energy Partnership, a public-private collaboration to seek out grants to support the development of hydrogen technology in the region. “One of our strengths
is the regional partnerships we have, and the importance of having conversations with the entire greater Bridgeport region,” Onofrio said while thanking many of the individual groups and municipal leaders that contributed to the past year of growth for the BRBC. “And that includes Fairfield, Easton,
and Monroe.” Lawrence Ganim, the chairman of the BRBC’s board of directors and founder of Shelton-based Ganim Financial, also addressed the event to observe that not only has the organization served to better communities and businesses, but it also
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Andrew Weisz named president of RPW Group; RPW buys 10 Bank St. in White Plains BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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ndrew Weisz, son of RPW Group founder Robert P. Weisz, has been named president of the company. The announcement was made at the Dec. 14 company holiday party and was the second significant announcement for
RPW in a matter of days. It previously was revealed that RPW Group had purchased the downtown White Plains office building at 10 Bank St. from Empire State Realty Trust. “The proximity to the Metro-North train station we think is key,” Andrew Weisz told the Business Journals. “Within the history of commercial real estate
in Westchester County it’s one of the newer buildings that was constructed. It’s always been a building that’s maintained very strong occupancy due to its location.” As president of RPW, Weisz plans to continue reverse-commuting from his home in the West Village in Manhattan to RPW’s headquarters at 800
Westchester Ave. in Rye Brook. Andrew Weisz, now 33 years old. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College, where he majored in International Studies. He notes that he and his father are the only members of the Weisz family in the business. Andrew’s father, Robert P. Weisz, was born in
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