Webster Dudley Business Alliance

THE WDBA MISSION STATEMENT

The WDBA is an organization dedicated to actively promoting and offering support to its membership. Our mission is to build and sustain a vibrant and dynamic community by contributing to the success of local businesses and in turn the health of the local economy. The WDBA will empower business owners by developing programs and events that enhance and encourage support of the unique character of our community.

Group Photo of our current Board Members from the October 2025 Annual Meeting held at the Samuel Slater Experience in Webster, MA

Listed left to right. Shelia Berger, Jessica-Lee Sabine, Mark Marziotti, Vickie-Julien Hughes, Halina Jachimczyk, Tammy Taft, Kim Labbe, Kellyn Snow, Debra Horan, Lorri Ducharme. (Evan Hale not pictured)

20 YEARS OF CONNECTING BUSINESSES AND BUILDING COMMUNITY

There are many wonderful photos from the Webster Dudley Business Alliance’s 20th Anniversary celebration at Polar Park on social media—the Woo-Sox, the ceremonial first pitch thrown by Deb, local business owners celebrating together and the finale of fireworks. But the real WDBA story began long before the first pitch.

The Alliance began in 2006 when local business owners recognized the value of connecting, sharing ideas and supporting one another. Deb Horan, owner of Booklovers’ Gourmet, founded the Webster Dudley Business Alliance with a vision that went beyond networking. She wanted to create an organization that would support local businesses while strengthening the community they call home.

In 2009, the WDBA formally incorporated as a Massachusetts nonprofit. At the time, Debra Horan served as president, Don Bourque as vice president, Debra Rousseau as treasurer, Caryl Savard as clerk and Nancy Healy as a director.

The WDBA has also made giving back part of its story. Fundraisers and community events have included the Strawberry Cook-Off, a Chili Cook-Off benefiting the Hand Fruit Program, which provided fresh fruit to local elementary school children, and a comedy fundraiser that raised $3,500 for the Boys & Girls Club of Webster-Dudley. Each brought businesses and the community together for a good cause.

Today, the WDBA has more than 100 members from Webster, Dudley and surrounding communities. Its programs and events give businesses opportunities to network, promote themselves, learn from one another and become more involved in the community.
As Deb puts it, the WDBA’s mission is to “build and sustain a vibrant and dynamic community” by contributing to the success of local businesses and the health of the local economy. Twenty years later, that mission remains at the heart of the organization.

The WDBA’s anniversary is about more than one night at Polar Park. It is about two decades of businesses supporting businesses, partnerships beginning with conversations and local business owners and community members working together to make their community stronger.

Member Benefits

Workshops and seminars to grow your business.

Social networking events to make connections with other local small businesses.
Discounted group advertising opportunities IN PRINT & ON AIR!
Listing and live link on our Website.
Social media promotion of your business.
Grant opportunities through local/town economic development.
Staying connected to your local community.

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Millie is the WDBA's Mascot. She is part of a community art project featuring life sized fiberglass sheep which you will find grazing across Webster, Dudley & Oxford.

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Membership is only $50 annually!