Director of Recreation at Feb Gov Affairs

Sara Somogyi, Director of Arcadia Recreation and Community Services will be the guest speaker at Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Forum at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, sponsored by Singpoli. Somogyi will spreak on the Recreation and Community Services Department in Arcadia, their programs, activities and services.  She will also discuss the collaborations they…

City buys, closes 100-to-1 bar

From ArcadiasBest.com… The 100-to-1 cocktails bar, which closed earlier this month, will officially become the property of the City of Arcadia this week following a recent agreement between the City and the property owners. The City is paying roughly the appraised fair market value of $1.4 million and will eventually receive proceeds from the sale…

Foothill Credit Corp Contributor of Year

Foothill Credit Union has been named Corporate Community Contributor of the Year by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. The more than half-a-century-old non-profit, member-owned financial institution that donates more than $140,000 each year to schools, hospitals, Chambers of Commerce and other organizations, will be recognized during the Chamber’s annual Installation Dinner made possible by Keystone…

Foothill Credit Union gets A+

Congratulations to Foothill Credit Union (officially Foothill Federal Credit Union) for achieving the following prestigious national financial health & stability ranking of A+ from DepositAccounts.com… This rating places Foothill in the highest tier (top 13%) of the approximately 13,000 federally insured banks and credit unions nationwide, in terms of financial health, according to DepositAccounts.com.  

Chamber board nominees

The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Executive/Nominating committee presents this following list of recommended candidates for the 2015-16 Board of Directors. The entire Board of Directors was presented with this list of nominees on December 10, and asked for any additional nominees. This list is now presented to the entire Chamber membership — any additional nominees…

Library gets 600,000 visitors!

Despite myriad technological, cultural and generational changes, Arcadia Library & Museum Services Director Mary Beth Hayes reports that the Arcadia Public Library gets between 500,000 and 600,000 visits each year! You may also be surprised to learn that six out of ten Arcadia residents have a library card. Mary Beth was the featured speaker last…