2013 News

The Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce, along with the DoubleTree Hotel, HYPE9 (young professionals group of Corridor Nine), local schools and member businesses, are joining forces to collect food for those in need. In the spirit of a community partnership, Corridor Nine is hoping to engage all businesses and residents to help fight local hunger. Businesses and schools are asked to set up collection bins and encourage employees, staff members, and parents/schoolchildren to make donations.

PENTA Communications, Inc., headquartered in Westborough, MA was recognized today at the 14th Annual United Nations Day Luncheon for being on the distinguished UNA-GB Global Corporate Citizenship Honor Roll. Over 200 business leaders from New England attended this event at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.

PENTA Communications, Inc. an integrated full service marketing, advertising and public relations firm headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, recently announced its $2,500 donation to the United Nations (UN) Foundation in celebration of United Nations Day on October 24, 2013.

PENTA Communications, Inc. (PENTA) is celebrating its 25th Anniversary year, and while the firm looks back on its history in the region, it celebrates by purchasing a historic property, one which has been part of the Central Massachusetts community for nearly 200 years.

PENTA will move its offices to 208 Turnpike Road in Westborough before the end of 2013, and will take new residence at the former 1790 House, a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. The property has been visited by numerous notable people in American history, and all of its eight fireplaces are recorded in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Michelle Barnett, Marketing Services Manager at PENTA Communications, Inc., and Lynn Stomberg, Director of Sales and Catering at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, were honored with the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce’s President’s Award at the May 15th Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce Ultimate Networking and Oscar Awards Breakfast, held at the DoubleTree Hotel, Westborough. This prestigious award is given each year at the discretion of the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce’s President.

On June 13, 2013, PENTA Communications, Inc. was celebrated for 25 years of exemplary business success by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce at its June Breakfast Club meeting. Twenty-five years ago, CEO Deborah Penta created the integrated marketing firm, PENTA Communications, Inc., with the goal of offering Madison Avenue deliverables and smart marketing programs. Penta built the firm into one of the most recognized and well respected marketing firms in the region. Today, the firm is headquartered in Westborough and services clients throughout the United States, with the majority based in New England.

It’s hard to imagine anyone more energetic than Allison “Ally” Thibault. A senior at Westborough High School (WHS), Thibault was chosen as the 2013 Deborah A. Penta Female Leadership Scholarship recipient.

On May 6, 2013, Deborah Penta, President and CEO of the Westborough-based integrated marketing of PENTA Communications, Inc. was awarded the 2013 YWCA’s Katharine F. Erskine Award in Business and Law. This prestigious award was named after Katharine Forbes Erskine, a woman who served as the YWCA president in 1930 and again in 1960.

PENTA Communications, Inc., an integrated marketing firm headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts has been a consistent and long-time proponent of actively influencing positive economic growth in the region. On Thursday, April 25, 2013, the firm sponsored a key event that brought hundreds of executives together for a lively discussion on regional growth. This event was part of the Worcester Business Journal’s “On the Road” series.

PENTA Communications, Inc., a full service integrated marketing firm headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts announced today that it has been named as a partner in the United Nations (UN) Global Compact. PENTA is now one of only 8,000 organizations worldwide from 135 countries participating in this important initiative fostering a higher level of universal business integrity and corporate responsibility.

Massachusetts integrated marketing firm, PENTA Communications, Inc. celebrates its ninth year as the marketing partner for the Corridor Nine Open for Business EXPO, which took place on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Double Tree Hotel on Connector Road in Westborough.