The Peninsula district of an international business referral organization is now based in Gloucester.

Business Network International tries to bring local businessmen together for an orderly sharing of ideas and leads to grow their companies. The Peninsula District of BNI is now headquartered in the county, said executive director Tony Dziadul, who heads the 19 Peninsula chapters—including two in Gloucester—with his wife, Elena.

Dziadul said the most recent chapter in the district began meeting last December here in Gloucester. That chapter, BNI Wealth Builders, is led by president Daniel Smith.

That chapter, as well as the BNI Referral Alliance also in Gloucester which is headed by president Carolyn Haupt, and the other chapters throughout the Peninsula average about 20 members, Dziadul said, who pay a fee to meet weekly and bring bona-fide leads for prospective business to the other members.

Instead of people being given a vague lead, he said, those businessmen have ag...