Business
New General Manager
Scout Real Estate Capital has hired Thad Hyland, an award-winning hospitality industry veteran, to serve as general manager of the Harbor View Hotel & Resort and Kelley House in Edgartown. For the past dozen years, Hyland has worked as managing director of the legendary Ojai Valley Inn & Spa near Santa Barbara, Calif.
Winter is the ideal season when wood shavings fly, drills and sanders sing and Vineyard boat builders assemble and repair boats.
At one of the Island’s smallest boat shops, Rick Brown of Far Cry Boats in Vineyard Haven is working on two. Space is a premium inside his 15 by 36-foot workshop with limited heat. His fragrant shop is at Maciel Marine, next door to John Thayer’s cabinet shop, and has one of the best views of Lagoon Pond. The air smells of fresh-cut oak.
Mature Workers
Want to get back to work? The Mature Workers Program of Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands Inc. has openings in its Bridge Back to Work Program for income-eligible people 55 and older. The program offers paid work experience and skills training. More information is available by calling 888-394-4630 or 508-394-4630, extensions 134 or 138.
Teresa Yuan Promoted
Teresa Yuan of Edgartown has received a promotion from Market America’s Unfranchise System. Ms. Yuan has moved up to the executive coordinator level as an independent distributor for Market America, a product brokerage and Internet marketing company.
Ms. Yuan’s promotion was based on success in sales, leadership and management in motivating and training other distributors to do the same during the month of October.
The Sun Dog clothing store on Main street in Edgartown has a simple door sign: “Open seven days. Year-round.”
But while more Island businesses are choosing to remain open year-round despite the winter’s long chill, it is not always simple.
Their reasons for staying open differ, but all include a degree of community service, the benefits of expanded name recognition and the desire to attract and to keep an experienced and stable workforce that maximizes their summer business.
Island year-round business owners, canny survivors of the Ides of March (not to mention January and February), offer these practical tips about Vineyard winter business:
• Start a winter savings account in the summer. If you’re serious about staying open, put money away.
• Be consistent. Let people know your winter hours and be open when you say you will.
• Look for energy and labor savings
• Be disciplined about inventory. Use just-in-time ordering.