Nice to see Chamber members supporting this week’s high school musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” the first big regularly-scheduled production at the big new 1,100-seat Performing Arts Center. Chamber Networking Breakfast and Business Expo sponsor Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuaries is once again one of the primary sponsors of the production, helping support the street…
Over 200 members from 8 Chambers of Commerce had a great time on Thursday evening at the new Irwindale Event Center. The entry fee included lots of great food & beverages provided by the Event Center and local restaurants, as well as fantastic raffle prizes such as certificates for 20 laps around the race track,…
The Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation is in the process of planning for the usage of the beautiful, new, $20 million state-of-the-art performing arts center located on the Arcadia High School campus and we’d appreciate your input! Along with student performances, what types of professional entertainment would you enjoy seeing and hearing at the Performing Arts…
Arcadia is the only city in which residents voted overwhelmingly to tax themselves $8 million to help pay for a bridge to carry the Gold Line train over the major artery of Santa Anita Avenue, and the only city along the 11.5-mile foothill extension line to exercise the option of creating a customized station in…
Ambassador Chairperson, Sylvia Ramos of Dilbeck Real Living introduced two new Chamber members from the month of February at the monthly Ambassadors meeting on March 5. Marie Taylor, NAI Capital, Inc. is a full service commercial real estate brokerage. They provide services for leasing and sale of industrial, office and retail property. Marie is also a…
It may not seem like winter here in sunny California but those in the MIdwest buried under two-feet of snow in the past week will attest that we still have nearly a month of winter left. Meanwhile, the Chamber’s quarterly printed newsletter has arrived, filled with dozens of photos from the many Chamber events, meetings,…
The incoming President of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce for 2013-14, Arlynn Robinson, is as home-grown as you can get. A native third-generation Californian, Arlynn is an alumnus of Arcadia High School who married another AHS alum, Gary Robinson, more than 31 years ago. Arlynn is currently working with Century 21 Earll, LTD, and their son is an…
Two dragons wound there way through the entire Westfield Santa Anita mall Saturday, including through a Chinese gate underneath a 120-foot dragon hanging in center court, before heading up the escalator and out to the Promenade and the south end stage area to greet hundreds of people gathered for the Lunar New Year entertainment festivities.…
The filmmaker and star of dozens of mostly Spanish-language movies, Alejandro Alcondez, literally rolled out the red carpet Friday (Feb. 22, 2013) for the grand opening of his new Alejandro Alcondez Mexican Grill, Dining & Dancing restaurant at 57 Wheeler in the historic Downtown Arcadia area just off First Avenue north of Huntington Drive. Alcondez…
Breeders’ Cup has posted a terrific video highlights package of BC 2012 at Santa Anita Park (below), which really whets the appetite for the 30th anniversary BC 2013 this Nov. 1-2 once again at Santa Anita, and this time with the track featured in the newly unveiled logo at right.