The 44th Annual Mayor’s Community Breakfast was held Friday, April 6th at the Arcadia Community Center, and the focus for Mayor Peter Amundson as he completes his term was ‘Leaving a Legacy.’ The Mayor first announced a some missing members of his family – his son and daughter-in-law that morning entered Methodist Hospital to have…
Chamber Ambassadors discussed new strategies to best optimize the experience of of Arcadia Chamber members. In addition to this our Chamber Ambassadors met the newest members to the Arcadia Chamber at this morning’s Ambassador Meeting. As a bit of friendly competition the Chamber Ambassadors wrapped up their year long Ambassador Points Contest. Each month the…
Although typically riddled with responsibility, the Superheroes of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce were allowed a night off to celebrate one another at the Arcadia Chamber’s Installation Dinner. Setting up and hosting the event was the always dependable team at Embassy Suites by Hilton lead by the Super Planner Naomi Briones. Emceeing the night was…
On March 22nd, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce joined forced with the Monrovia Chamber to officially ‘reveal’ the brand new Areum Apartments located on the corner of Huntington and Fifth, right on the border of the two cities. The running joke between the two cities is that, while located in Monrovia, Arcadia provided the ‘fire…
Reminder: The Mayor’s Community Breakfast is coming up on April 6th. Tickets can be purchased at City Hall – 240 W Huntington Dr or call 626-574-5400.
Keeping Smiles bright at March Rise and Shine It was an attentive audience of more than 80 attendees that arrived to this morning’s Rise and Shine Breakfast. This morning’s breakfast featured a tribute to lifetime Ambassador Mary Hansen, our March 3 minute speaker Denise Williams-Jones of Temple City Dental and Open Networking. Lifetime Ambassador Award…
It was a busy morning at today’s March Ambassador Meeting. The inclusion of the two newest ambassadors Martin Ramos of Nicomite Termite Control and Christine Lee of New York Life have generated a buzz in the Ambassador community. In addition to a discussion of events the Ambassador team was introduced to a panel of the…
“History tells us why we are the way we are, hopefully we learn the lessons of it.” This was a quoted response from March’s Community Connection speaker, Ed Andersen of the Arcadia Historical Society, to the statement by historian David McCullough, “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are…
Commemorating a long history of service to the community HSBC held its first ribbon cutting with the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. HSBC stands as one of the world’s largest banking and financial organizations which has been connecting people to global opportunities since 1865. With the original purpose of allowing trade finance between European and Asian…
On Tuesday, February 20th, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce took over the bar area at Vendome Arcadia for the 2nd edition of the newly introduced Pop-Up Happy Hour. Guests came and went as the night progressed, with members new and old enjoying wine and beer from the vast selection Vendome has to offer. And if…