Doubletree is double nice

A big thank you to Luis Plascencia, General Manager of DoubleTree by Hilton Monrovia-Pasadena. Last Thursday Luis generously offered to provide 20 key Taste of Arcadia support volunteers a wonderful evening to relax poolside outside the fun Elements restaurant with terrific food and beverages provided as we listened to some live jazz music. It allowed the Chamber…

Performing Arts Center opens

The ribbon was cut on the long-awaited 1,200-seat, 40,000 square-foot state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center at Arcadia High School Thursday, Oct. 18. In addition to Chamber President Pete Siberell and Executive Director Scott Hettrick, hundreds of school and City officials and members of the various current and former boards supporting the concept were in attendance. About an…

In "the cloud" at Networking Breakfast

The Chamber donated nearly $2,000 this morning to five local non-profit organizations which collectively sold nearly 200 tickets to Taste of Arcadia on behalf of the Chamber. <Story continues following photo gallery below…> [flagallery gid=55 name=”Networking Breakfast”] The donations preceded a presentation to the 30 attendees on the future of Internet-based digital business services such…

Sri Lanka Visits The Chamber

This morning Chamber Members were invited to learn about the business and tourist opportunities in Sri Lanka.  Consulate General of Sri Lanka, Dr. Hector Weerasinghe, along with Consul V.S. Sidath Kumar offered opportunities for trade, investment and import / export opportunities.  A variety of Ceylon Tea were sampled which is one of the top export…

New Medical Building at Santa Anita

The City Council gave tentative approval Tuesday to move forward on plans for a four-story, 72,000 square-foot medical office building constructed by The Hale Corporation, in partnership with The Stronach Group, to be located on more than three acres of Santa Anita Racetrack property adjacent to the current medical building directly across Huntington Drive from…