With 28 years of experience working for Bedrooms & More, which his father created in 1972, Blake Garfield is adding a new role as President of the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce. Blake also serves as President of Bedrooms & More and is a Washington Retail board member.
Garfield explained his reason for taking on the Chamber role by saying “I want to make sure that all Wallingford businesses — large and small — have a strong voice with our government leaders. With so many changes happening in Wallingford’s business core, including major changes to the buildings in that area, we need to work together to help businesses being displaced so they can survive.”
While the Chamber role is new, Garfield has served as President of the Wallingford Parade for the past few years. The next parade is July 12.
Garfield is now focused on outreach to Wallingford businesses to get their perspectives on what the Chamber can do to help them. He is also beginning to recruit new board members for the Chamber.
