People sitting in the hall.

The town hall discussed vitality and networked

Vitality General

A joint event between the city of Hamina and entrepreneurs was held at Hamina Town Hall on Thursday, April 24.4th, with the aim of networking and introducing new officials of the city of Hamina. There were a large number of entrepreneurs from different industries present. 

The city of Hamina was represented by a geodesist Toni Sepperi, event production manager Tiina Salonen, and maintenance manager Aki KiiskiThe purpose of the networking and introductions was to make the faces of Hamina city officials familiar, so that it would be easier to contact them in the future if necessary.

There has been collaboration in Hamina before, but the purpose of organizing into a network is to increase collaboration and grow the vitality of Hamina by coming up with ideas together.

Mia Hämäläinen, Director of Vitality of the City of Hamina

The Developing Hamina Association gave a speech Sanna Vapalahti, where he told about the history of Kehittyvä Hamina ry and reviewed the activities of the association. Vapalahti emphasized that the purpose of the association is to create ideas and opportunities where entrepreneurs can collaborate. The purpose is to bring entrepreneurs together and blow the coals together. The resulting joint effort is “Hamina Sunnarit”, where on the first Sunday of June, July and August, businesses in the city center would be kept open to visitors. 

Chairman of the Hamina Entrepreneurs' Association Blue Huhtala The speech and the discussion in the hall also emphasized good teamwork, working together, and increasing vitality in Hamina. 

The Mayor of Hamina Ilari Soosalu told us that there is a good atmosphere in Hamina and how important the residents and entrepreneurs are to the vitality of the city.

New entrepreneurs gave speeches Sanna Vallittu-Niinisaari, Step4wellness; Auli Ek, Professional Writing Auli Ek; Thomas Quintus, TOS Real Estate Services and Antton Makela, AM Productions.

Sami Perttola At the end of the meeting, Cursor Oy provided current tips on investment subsidies and procurement advice.