Coordinating Council meetings

The Arcadia Community Coordinating Council meets for a lunch program at 12 noon on the first Monday of each month at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 400 W. Duarte Road. In addition to organization reports and introductions/announcements by each attendee, there is a different guest speaker each month. The meeting on April 1, 2013,…

Annual Community Bike Ride

The Arcadia Recreation & Community Services Department is sponsoring the Annual Community Bike Ride on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 7:30am. Please join us for a leisurely ride through some of Arcadia’s most beautiful neighborhoods. This slow-paced 7-mile excursion is geared toward families and organized in an effort to create a positive tradition and promote healthy living. Meet in…

Rita's VIP & Ribbon Cutting

Come out and celebrate Rita’s Italian Ice VIP & Ribbon Cutting event on Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 4-6pm and enjoy some yummy complimentary frozen treats! The popular chain offers a variety of “Cool Treats” including its famous Italian Ice, made fresh daily with real fruit, available in over sixty-five flavors, including Old-Fashioned Frozen Custard, Sundaes, Light…

Embassy Suites PB&Js for needy

Embassy Suites Arcadia and parent company Windsor Capital Group (owner of 10 hotels across the country) turned a staff team-building exercise into a benefit for local non-profit Foothill Unity Center on Monday, March 10. As host of Windsor’s annual corporate conference, Embassy coordinated the “Peanut Butter and Jelly Challenge” in which a couple dozen managers…

City's Schwartz a Golden Apple

The City of Arcadia’s Economic Development Manager Jerry Schwartz was honored last week with a prestigious Golden Apple for being an Outstanding Parent Volunteer Parent at the San Gabriel Unified School District. Schwartz, whose oldest son Aaron is a freshman year at the University of California Berkeley, and whose younger son Benjamin is a sophomore at…