September Personal Ambassador John Sun of Budget Blinds (he will soon be outfitting Chamber office with all new blinds for the first time in decades) introduced three new Chamber members this morning (Oct. 1) to the volunteer Ambassadors led by chairperson Sylvia Ramos of Dilbeck Real Estate. VJ’s Auto Service owner VJ Sabanayagam says “If…
Following a long-standing, annual tradition, the Arcadia Elks Club served a wonderful “home-cooked” BBQ Rib lunch to Arcadia City Councilman Bob Harbicht, Police Chief Bob Guthrie, other invited guests and Police, Fire and Sheriff responders from Arcadia and surrounding communities. During the luncheon, generous donations were given by the Arcadia Elks Club to Arcadia Fire…
Congresswoman Judy Chu of the 27th District says there will be no fees for businesses, cities or residences create a proposed National Recreation Area (NRA) around the San Gabriel River and the San Gabriel Mountains, and that all water rights will remain intact and unaffected. Speaking to attendees of this morning’s Government Affairs Forum (Sept. 5) at…
Chef Alexander Reyes and his wife Lisa, and his parents and children welcomed the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce and a handful of political dignitaries to a ribbon-cutting Wednesday (Aug. 28, 2013) for his new Saute Culinary Academy cooking school for all ages at 14 E. Duarte Road, just East of Santa Anita Avenue on the…
The City was briefed at a Study Session Tuesday of plans for two new hotels and an eight-story 50-unit residential condo tower to replace the historic Santa Anita Inn on Huntington Drive, Councilman Bob Harbicht told Chamber board members this morning. The complex including the two hotels being proposed by Marriott Hotels, tentatively a Residence…
More than three dozen attendees of the Chamber’s monthly Networking Breakfast on Aug. 15, 2013, learned that the new SoCal Gas Advanced Meters will be installed in the coming months and saw firsthand that entrepreneurs like Frank Perini still have the drive to run a business, even at age 89. Networking Breakfasts are sponsored year-round…
Dozens of of officials, developers and medical office tenants joined about a dozen Chamber officers and Ambassadors Tuesday, Aug. 13, for the groundbreaking ceremony of a new $20 million state-of-the-art, four-story medical office center being built by The Hale Corporation in a joint-venture partnership with The Stronach Group, owner of Santa Anita Park horse race…
Personal Ambassador Ivan Lai, Cruise Planners and Ambassador Rich Jones, San Marino Tribune welcomed six new Arcadia Chamber of Commerce members who joined in July, and introduced them to a roomful of Chamber Ambassadors at the monthly volunteer meeting yesterday (Aug. 6). Information about each new member is listed below the following photo gallery. [flagallery gid=136] Dorano…
Two very supportive Arcadia Chamber members and their spouses enjoyed an evening under the stars and in front of an orchestra at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s VIP table at the July 13, 2013 Festival on the Green concert by the California Philharmonic at Santa Anita Park. Newly-crowned Business Person of the Year Wayne Williams and…
Arcadia Chamber board director and financial advisor Wayne Williams of Professional Advisory Services loves cars so much that he self-produced a movie about some of his favorites more than 20 years ago. Now, the Chamber’s current Business Person of the Year is bringing eight to ten classics to the Business Showcase at the Taste of…