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LAFAYETTECHAMBER
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NEWSLETTERJanuar y / Februar y 2018
Realtor Dana Green picked as the 2018 Business Person of the YearIf you don’t recognize this name, you really need to get out more often. Dana has been the leading real estate agent in Lafayette for a decade and her love for Lafayette knows no bounds. Who knew the same streets she walked down as a child would one day be the place she would decide to do business
and always with a smile. I know many realtors that would be on cloud 9 to have two or three listings going at once. Dana currently has 7 homes she and her team work on selling. They say “if you want something done, ask somebody that’s busy”. Being #1 is rewarding to Dana, but being involved with the community is just as important. Dana is happy to share her success with many non-profits and their projects. Among those are the Lafayette Juniors, Lafayette Chamber, Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Lafayette Partners in Education, Boy Scout Troop 204, Children’s Hospital in Oakland and of course the new Holiday Tradition – “It’s A Wonderful Life in Lafayette.” How does she do it? Passion for her clients and community and the help of one amazing team. Together they have helped shape the this little town into something we are all proud of.
Help us celebrate Dana’s contributions by joining us for a dinner in her hon-or. The Business Person of the Year, Mayor Tatzin’s State of the City Ad-dress and the introduction of our 2018 Board of Directors under the leader-ship of Kathy Merchant, will take place on February 2nd at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa. Reservation forms can be found in this newsletter, or register at bit.ly/2018bpoy. Thank you Dana!
Meet your New Chamber President – Kathy Merchant
A strange 2017 it was at the Lafayette Chamber. We started with the “Mother” of all Eucalyptus Trees falling in the Chamber parking lot taking out 9 cars, but no inju-ries. Then the fire that took out the building. Again no injuries. We needed some good mojo to come our way. The summer con-certs were great. The Art & Wine had perfect “Chamber” weather and we saw our big-gest event yet. Really nice weather for the Res Run and our Holiday Celebration in the Plaza. Keeping the good luck going we got Kathy Merchant to be our incoming Presi-dent. Kathy has been serving on our board representing Las Trampas. A Stanford Grad-uate who worked for 6 years on our Down-town Specific Plan, Co-chaired the Capitol Campaign for the Library & Learning Center, served as the first President of the Board of Trustees, and then continued on as the Ex-ecutive Director of the LLLC Foundation. She then moved on to Las Trampas where she served as Development Director. Now not only do we get Kathy’s leadership skills, we get her vault of knowledge and experience in giving vision to many organizations. With the new office comes new opportunities and goals. We are so honored to be working with Kathy. Now we just need to be able to keep up with her. Congratulations Kathy!
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925.283.23971018 Oak Hill Rd., Lafayette
BEAUTY SALONS & SERVICESLafayette Beauty3606 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA 94549284-8600 (phone)[email protected]: Carrie LaShell
FINANCIAL SERVICES & PLANNINGConcentric Wealth Management251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 200 Lafayette, CA 94549962-1100 (phone) 962-1106 (fax)[email protected]: Eric Flett
Willmont Financial 241 Lafayette Circle, Unit 5Lafayette, CA 94549(310)923-3263 (phone)[email protected]: Carenna Willmont
INSURANCE SERVICESJP & Kelley Reed State Farm Agency 961 Moraga Rd., Suite C Lafayette, CA 94549820-6808 (phone) 934-2278 (fax)[email protected]: Kelley Reed
MUSIC STUDIO / LESSONSModern Tone Studios1018-B Almanor Lane Lafayette, CA 94549297-5336 (phone)[email protected]: Jacob Light
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & CLUBSContra Costa Interfaith Housing399 Taylor Blvd., Suite 115Pleasant Hill, CA 94523944-2244 (phone) 944-2248 (fax)[email protected]: Elba Morales Goostree
SHELTER, Inc.1333 Willow Pass Rd., Suite 206 Concord, CA 94520335-0698 (phone) 335-9815 (fax)[email protected]: Aydee Ferguson
Special Education Enrichment & Development Foundation (SEED) PO Box 703 Lafayette, CA 94549360-2561 (phone)[email protected]: Bo-Kyung Kim
Welcome New Members!
Citizen of the YearNominations are now being accepted for our 2018 Citizen of the Year. Do you have a person in mind for this year’s nomination?
• Must be a current Lafayette resident.
• Must be someone who has given of their time, money or energy to help make Lafayette a healthy community, where people will want to live, work and shop.
• Must be someone who models excellence in every-thing they do.
• Must be someone who brings this community together and/or makes us proud to be a member of the community.
A celebration dinner will be held in March at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa to honor the winner!
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 16 at 1:00pm. Nominations can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected].
Upcoming Workshops
Are you looking to grow your business in 2018? The Chamber offers a variety of educational and interactive forums. You can check out our Young Professionals Group on meetup.com. They meet once a month at dif-ferent venues switching from social/networking meet-ings to hosting speakers every other month. We offer the Lamorinda Small Business Forums once a quarter in the evenings presented by the Lafayette, Orinda and Moraga Chambers. Our first event this year will focus on Business Recovery. A topic that is pretty familiar to the Lafayette Chamber this year. How did we continue on without missing a beat? Come find out how to protect your business on Thursday, February 8, 5:30pm in the Big Room at Lamorinda Music. And consider joining us for one of our Social Media Workshops. The first one is Wednesday, January 10th at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center. Workshops start at 6:00pm in the Library Homework Center. Our Business Issues Com-mittee meets the 4th Friday of the month at the Chamber. We discuss the issues that affect the business commu-nity often hosting the Mayor for questions and answers. And we still have one hour appointments on Tuesday afternoons with Roy Elliot, our resident SCORE represen-tative covering many of the business questions you have. If you have specific interests, please call and make an appointment with Barbara or Jay. We are always here to help give direction. Drop in, we would love to see you.
December Mixer
Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center
MORE THAN FORTY-FIVEYEARSFutures Explored
MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARSLafayette Ace Hardware
MORE THAN THIRTY YEARSLafayette Park Hotel & SpaPeacock Construction, Inc.
MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARSCaesar C. Perales, CPAJudy Francis – State Farm InsuranceLafayette Car Wash & Detail CenterRound Table PizzaThe Great Wall Restaurant
MORE THAN TWENTY YEARSCentral Contra Costa Solid Waste AuthorityTemple Isaiah
MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARSAegis Living of MoragaArt of Smile – Family & Cosmetic DentistryChowDiablo Valley Carpet CareLafayette Nursery SchoolP & L FramingSaxco InternationalSharp BicycleSugi Fine Bedding & Gifts
MORE THAN TEN YEARSCounty ConnectionEl Jarro Mexican CafeJacques Bernou, L.Ac.Madison ParkMichelle GraphicsMorgan Stanley – Mort JohnsonRenaissance Club Sportwaiterock kennelsZoonie’s
MORE THAN FIVE YEARSAnderson Bros. MoversCherie Campbell-French, LMFTCreative AlterationsDiablo Valley Oncology/Hematology Medical GroupEuropean Tile & Marble Co.Law Offices of Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLPLee Health Insurance ServicesMt. Diablo RecyclingO’Brien HomesSusieCakes BakeryThe Stuart CompanyT.J. Whitten Family LLCVenture Quality Goods
MORE THAN ONE YEARAlzheimer’s AssociationBradley School of MusicBrighter BeginningsCambiati Wellness ProgramsCarTechCommunity FocusDr. Robert Sayegh, DDSDiablo Valley Montessori SchoolGarner Financial Management, Inc.Gymboree Play & MusicIndigo & PoppyLafayette Garden ClubLamorinda Arts CouncilSchneider ResidenceSHARP Barber ShopTheHomeMagTomas Dupal ConcstructionUpright EngineeringU.S. Army Career CenterWhite Pony Express
Renewing Members Renewed in October & November, 2017Chamber Gives back
Your Chamber of Commerce has been conser-vative with its planning, always ready for that “rainy day.” Well after the fire, one would think that 2017 would need to be a lean year. But in the “spirit” of community, the Chamber was once again able to give back about $58,000 to the community. The big beneficiaries were again our local schools and LPIE. In the last 10 years the chamber has been able to give almost $500,000 back. Thank you for all your help in supporting the worthwhile programs that make our community strong.
New Directory
Yes, we are “OLD SCHOOL” and our residents love it. Every other year we deliver a business and community directory to every household. And unlike the phonebook, residents hold on to this one. Please make sure you check your membership listing with us. Contact [email protected] for more information. You automatically are in the directory. If you would like to buy an ad, now is the time to let us know. Deadline to reserve a spot is Janu-ary 19th. Get famous in your community. Let them know you are here...
Lafayette’s 50thThe City of Lafayette and many commu-nity partners are gearing up to party with all our residents on Sunday, July 29th when we celebrate 50 years as an incorporated city. Planning is underway. Save the date!
7th Annual Lamorinda Home ExpoSunday, January 28, 10am-4pm • Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
This event in its seventh year, features many of the top professionals in the Bay Area. Presented by The HomeMag and in partnership with 92.1 KKDV and the Lafayette Chamber, we fill the room with all the vendors you need to remodel, build or design your new home. Whether it is landscaping or decorating tips, this is the must attend event. For more details please visit http://homeexpoevents.com/lamorinda-2018/
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www.lafayettechamber.org | 251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 150, Lafayette, CA 94549 | (925) 284-7404
ROUTE BOXUse this box to make sure everyone in the office knows about Chamber activities.
Ribbon Cuttings
J. McLaughlin
Pheonix Skincare
Luminance Vision Optometry Club Pilates
November MixerRibbon Cutting
Lafayette Beauty
January ~ February 2018 EVENTS www.lafayettechamber.org 925-284-7404
February Mixer
Wednesday, February 28
Reliable Receptionist 1261 Locust Street
Walnut Creek 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Congratulations! Dana Green
Pacific Union Real Estate
2018 Business Person of the Year
Celebration Dinner: Friday, February 2 – 6:00pm Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa
3287 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Reservations Required See Reservation Flyer for details &
Reservations OR
Register & Pay Online at: bit.ly/2018bpoy
Business Issues
Business Issues Friday, January 26
Coffee with the Mayor
Friday, February 23
8:00am – Chamber Office 251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 150
Lamorinda Business Forum Thursday, February 8
5:30pm
Emergency Preparedness Business Recovery
Lamorinda Music 81 Lafayette Circle
Open House at the new
Lafayette Chamber
Food, beverages, & music
Wednesday, January 24 5:00pm-7 :00
251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 150
Come visit us in our new
digs!
Our way of saying thank you to you…
Social Media Workshop
Wednesday, January 10 Topic: Events, Social Media & You
6:00-7:30 pm – Lafayette Library & Learning Center - Library Homework Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
No Social Media Workshop in February – Happy Valentine’s Day
Reservations: [email protected]
Chamber Office Closures
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 19 President’s Day
Ribbon Cuttings
Thursday, January 11 - 5:30pm SHARP Barber Shop 1001 Oak Hill Road
Thursday, January 18 - 5:30pm Sage Studio Spa
3744 Mt. Diablo Blvd., # 102
Thursday, January 25 - 5:30pm US Cryotherapy
7001 Sunne Lane, Suite 112 Walnut Creek
7th Annual Lamorinda Home Expo ‘18
Sunday, January 28
10am-4pm
Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
