Sue Cook reports that the Arcadia Performing Arts Center is a having a smashing season. Sue is Executive Director of the Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation and wowed this morning’s Government Affairs Forum attendees (Thursday, March 6, 2015) with information about the center and the great performances that are showcased there. In fact, the high school…
Jason Farned, Public Information Officer, San Gabriel Valley, Mosquito & Vector Control District, will be the guest speaker at this month’s Government Affairs Forum at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 2, 2015 . Farned will be giving an overview of their agency’s function and services. He will be discussing West Nile virus, LACounty invasive species, and a call to action…
Update March 7 – see media coverage below… One hundred Special Olympics World Games athletes, coaches and mentors from the Caribbean dual-island country of Trinidad & Tobago as well as the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) will experience the best that Arcadia has to offer for three days and nights in July, including everything from visits to the…
The City of Arcadia is in the process of updating the City’s sign regulations for real estate signs and developer-contractor signs to better control the number and size of these signs in single family neighborhoods (R-M, R-0, and R-1 zones). The real estate signs consist of “For Sale” type signs that are typically posted in the…
The Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia will consider a draft ordinance at the 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 public meeting relating to making Arcadia’s massage business regulations conform more closely with the latest State legislation (AB 1147) that went into effect on January 1, 2015. Click here to download a PDF copy of the…
One hundred Arcadia Chamber of Commerce members were nearly light-headed Thursday evening (Feb. 26, 2015), not because of the altitude or the free drinks, but by the exciting and “eye-opening” experience of the remodeled Sky Lounge Dave & Buster’s at the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, as well as all the amazing raffle prizes…
Longtime Arcadia attorney James R. “Jim” Helms will be honored as an Arcadia Business Icon at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Networking Breakfast on April 16, sponsored by Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary. The monthly tribute is a joint presentation between the Chamber and the Arcadia Historical Society. The guest speaker will be announced shortly.…
Nearly a third of the City of Arcadia’s $57 mil. in revenue is generated as the result of local business. In his State of the City address Thursday (Jan. 22, 2015) at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Planning Conference, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto detailed the breakdown of city revenues and expenses, noting that taxes…
The biggest-ever Taste of Arcadia; two more phases of remodeling in the Chamber office building and two new digital LED signs outside the office on Huntington Drive; awards for best local business and citizens; a leading role in announcing and arranging accommodations and breakfasts for the Host Town program of the Special Olympics World Games…
More than 1.2 million fans attended Santa Anita Park in 2014 and bet more than $1.5 billion. And that was just for racing events. Another 218,000 attended 180 non-racing events at the iconic track, 40% of which are focused on food and beverages. And that doesn’t include the 23 movies, TV shows, and commercials that…