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The Brentwood Voice of Business Vol. 46, No. 2
February 2010
California Chamber of Commerce
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As a new member of the Board of Directors of the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, I am excited and honored by the opportunity to be part of the wonderful business community of Brentwood. Like every business person in Brentwood, I am very concerned for the future of our community. The recent past has been challenging, but the special lifestyle and culture in Brentwood is proving to be attractive, even in tough times. Community and culture is what Cortona Park Senior Living is all about. We are constantly looking for ways to enrich the lives of our residents by bringing local culture in, and bringing our community members out. Local dining, entertainment, and housing will continue to survive, and even thrive, if we all remember to think globally, but shop locally. Our community has so much to offer if we only keep our eyes open. We’ve all heard the popular idea that the Chinese word for crisis incorporates symbols for danger and opportunity. A quick Google search leaves me unsure of the truth of this, but I still like the idea. If we let our fears be our only guide, we can miss the chance to improve our circumstances when the opportunity arises. Many individuals, families, and nations find that they come through a crisis stronger and healthier than ever. Don’t get me wrong, it won’t be easy. Having a little faith in our own hard work can make all the difference. And don’t forget to have a little fun once in a while. The evening news can be pretty discouraging. Bad economy, wars, international neighbors facing real environmental catastrophe. Rather than “why me?” the real questions we should ask ourselves are “what can I do?” and “how can I help?” Every day is a new opportunity to make strides in the right direction. Each new stranger is another potential friend or business partner. Every interaction is a chance to celebrate life. Just remember to count your blessings. Call your mom. Donna Spencer, Executive Director Cortona Park Senior Living at Brentwood A Brookdale Community (925) 240-0733 office (925) 240-5349 fax
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Good Morning Brentwood February 11, 2010 - 7:30 a.m. Brentwood Chamber Board Room 8440 Brentwood Blvd # C, Brentwood Corner of Brentwood Blvd & Chestnut St
Program: Update on “East Bay Parks” Guest Speaker: Nancy Kaiser Only $10 for paid members --- $15 for non-members -- Includes Light Breakfast – RSVP @ info@brentwoodchamber.com or 925-634-3344
Next Breakfast March 11, 2010
Mission Statement: The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization dedicated to the promotion of the civic and commercial progress of the community. We will continuously strive to maintain and foster a healthy business climate for Chamber members and the entire community.
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The Brentwood Chamber would like to Thank Glenda & Neil Cohn of Hannah Nicole Vineyards for hosting the January Chamber Mixer. We would also like to Thank the following for all the great raffle prizes: Delta Community Services, John Muir Health, Brentwood Press, Wineshop at Home, Hampton Inn, The Monthly Grapevine, Nelda Devine, and The Living Body Studio.
Pictured above: From Left we have Ken Seamann of Discovery Professional Services, Paul Kelly of Home One Mortgage, Bill Fee of Mazzy’s Fire Protection, Karen Spann of The Monthly Grapevine, and Pat Trombino of First Bank.
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The Brentwood Chamber would
like
to
Thank
everyone for the great turnout at
the
Ribbon
Cutting for Salon Vitor on January
28,
2010.
We
also like to give a big Thanks to Melo’s Pizza & Pasta for all the excellent food, and Salon Vitor for the awesome gifts that were given to everyone. Salon Vitor is located at 6560 Lone tree Way Suite D in Brentwood near Walgreens. They can be contacted at (925) 240-0161.
Ribbon Cutting for Alvis Frantz and
Associates
was
held
on
January 26, 2010. We would like to Thank everyone for attending to help support the opening of Amy Alvis’ and Barbara Frantz’s new business. They are located at 9030 Brentwood
Blvd.
Suite
B
in
Brentwood and can be reached at (925) 516–1617.
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Pictured at right Jim & Anne Wangeman Owners of Harvest Park Bowl 2009 Business of the Year
Pictured at Top 2010 Citizen of the Year, Rick Lemyre with Assembly member Joan Buchanan
Pictured at right: Rick Lemyre and his wife Cindy.
Pictured at top: Chamber Director Paul Kelly, presenting the 2009 Business of the Year award to the owner of Harvest Park Bowl. Jim Wangeman
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Rick Lemyre, Assembly member Joan Buchanan, and Mayor Bob Taylor at the Annual Awards Dinner at the Nines.
Jimmy Chamoures Founder and President of the Brentwood Press, Congratulates Rick Lemyre, 2009 Citizen of the Year
Pictured above: 2010 Brentwood Chamber of Commerce President, Shayn Cutino of Anja Wellness. Pictured at top: Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Board Directors. Director, Paul Kelly of Home One Mortgage, Past President, Karen Spann of The Monthly Grapevine, 2010 Chamber President, Shayn Cutino of Anja Wellness, Director, Joe Trebino of Delta Pure Water, Director, Kathi Reed of Wineshop at Home, Director, Sean McCauley of McCauley Olive Groves, Director Olga Vidriales of Travis Credit Union, and Director Lyle Miller of the Brentwood Chamber.
Pictured at top CEO Harry York with 2008 & 2009 Ambassador of the Year Pat Trombino of First Bank 2009 Ambassador of the Year Olga Vidriales of Travis Credit Union
Pictured at right Director Paul Kelly, with Chamber Member Nancy Kaiser. Special Thank you to Nancy for her years of dedication with the Holiday Parade!
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The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce is now offering:
BRENTWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Shayn Cutino, President Anja Wellness Karen Spann, Past President The Monthly Grapevine Joe Trebino, President-Elect Delta Pure Water, Etc. Ken Seamann, Chief Financial Officer Discovery Professional Services Olga Vidriales, V.P. Community Programs Travis Credit Union Brent Aasen Equus Group
2010 California and Federal updated Labor Posters. Pick yours up today at 8440 Brentwood Blvd. Ste. C
Amy Alvis Alvis Frantz and Associates Greg Benner Les Schwab Tires Bill Fee Mazzy’s Fire Protection Specialists Paul Kelly Home One Mortgage Lori Knudsen California Payroll
Paper Version: $23.00 Plastic Version: $39.00
Shelly McMahon Shelly’s Garden Richard Perez-Pacheco Black Sheep Design
The Chamber Ambassador Team
Marlon Smith Best Buy
Pat Trombino, First Bank Olga Vidriales Travis Credit union 2009 Ambassador of the Year
Donna Spencer Cortona Park Dirk Zeigler Zeigler Insurance Group
****************************************** Harry York, CEO
Jeanette Hemenway, Tummies to Tots Maurice Daroy, Farmers Insurance Amy Alvis, Alvis Frantz & Associates Dr. Suzanne Lowe, Essential Care Chiropractic E. Scott McKnight, E.S. McKnight Insurance Agency Ed Gutierrez, Certa Pro Painters Harry York, CEO Brentwood Chamber Joe Trebino, Delta Pure Water Karen Spann, The Monthly Grapevine Lori Knudsen, California Payroll Nelda Devine, Real Estate Investor Olga Vidriales, Travis Credit Union Paul Roman, Window Innovations Sarah Jamar, Paychex Susanna Wahl, Edward Jones Vicki Sexton, First Bank
Lyle Miller, Membership Services Dir. Lisa Hurt, Support Services Dir. Jilda Fairhurst, Event Coordinator Bill Putman, Volunteer Pat Trombino, Event Coordinator Kimberly Eubanks, Office Assistant CHAMBER HOURS
Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Phone (925) 634-3344 Fax (925) 634-3731 email: info@brentwoodchamber.com www.brentwoodchamber.com
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Waddell & Reed Douglas M. Nisen 1776 West March Lane Ste. 360 Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 473-9820 Email: dnisen@wradvisors.com www.waddell.com Team Select Ruben Garcia 1596 Cherry Blossom Court Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 367-3912 Email: rwgarcia_rwgarcia@yahoo.com www.teamselectbasketball.com Cheryl A. Newton Tax & Accounting Services 2900 Spanish Bay Drive Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 626-7745 (925) 457-5322 Email: cherylaccountant@yahoo.com www.cherylnewtontaxes.com Labor of Love– Homecare Services Peter Fitch 775 Begonia Drive Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 626-3780 Email: pnf1187@sbcglobal.net www.laboroflovehomecare.com Promote it All Brian Ramsey 2418 Yosemite Way Discovery Bay, CA 94514 (925)783-1042 Email: brian@promoteitall.com www.promoteitall.com Unique Visions Theresa Galvan 2063 Main Street Suite 110 Oakley, CA 94561 (925) 625-9324 Email: theresa@uvpromotions.com www.uvpromotions.com
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2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February 3
Ribbon Cutting Balfour Dental at 6:00 p.m.
February 4
Brown Bag Lunch Tax Preparation Guest Speakers Sue Kitching And Ken Seamann at 12:00 p.m.
February 4
Ribbon Cutting Cowboys & Angels at 6:00 p.m.
February 11 Good Morning Brentwood Nancy, Kaiser, East Bay Parks Brentwood Chamber Office 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. February 18 February Mixer hosted by Black Bear Diner, Oakley, Ca 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. March 11
Good Morning Brentwood
Los Vaqueros Watershed & Dam
Brentwood Chamber Office 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. March 18
March Mixer hosted by Tres Jolie 236 Oak Street Brentwood 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Events may be subject to change at any time. Check the Calendar of Events on our website for updated information at www.brentwoodchamber.com
CornFest Application are available at the Chamber of Commerce
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Brentwood Chamber 2010 Advertising Opportunities Chamber Website Advertising Banner Rates:
Online advertising is available to Chamber Members. Viewers will be able to click directly to your website. *The Chamber’s website currently receives about 100 unique visits per day; and 250 daily visits during the early summer months. (This number will increase as the Chamber newsletter will now be posted online through the Chamber’s website.) You provide your banner ad by any of our reliable Chamber design agencies, or use your own. --- 168 x 114 pixels, PPG, GIF, or Flash --Only $90 per month – six (6) month minimum (Limited number of spots) This rate is good through March 1, 2010. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Chamber Monthly Newsletter The Clarion – The Brentwood Voice of Business This is Business to Business Advertising Now being e-mailed monthly to over 700 business contacts!
Take advantage of this opportunity by placing an ad into the Brentwood Chamber’s monthly newsletter sent to members at the beginning of every month. (A small number will still be printed in a hard copy format) Newsletter Advertising Rates Color Ads & Black & White Ads Large Business Card (Dimensions: 3.625 x 2.125”) Quarter Page (Dimensions: 3.625” x 4.5”) Half Page (Dimensions: 7.5”x 4.5”) Full Page (Dimensions: 8-1/2” x 11”)
only $40 per month, six month minimum only $75 per month, six month minimum only $100 per month, six month minimum only $150 per month, six month minimum
At this time we are no longer doing Newsletter Inserts, but we may look at insert packets in the future. (For those businesses that placed inserts in the past, this new format will be less expensive, as you will no longer have printing costs.)
*All advertising is for Paid in Full Brentwood Chamber Members Only* For advertising interest or information Call Lyle or Harry at the Chamber, 925-634-3344
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CELEBRATION DINNER DANCE SATURDAY MARCH 13, 2010. RAFFLE PRIZES, NO HOST BAR A NON PROFIT FUND RAISER SPONSORED BY DELTA COMMUNTY SERVICES, INC. TIME 5:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. DINNER 6:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. Advance Tickets $20, At the Door $25
*Eskaton Lodge, * Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, *Health Hut, Weathervane Western Wear, * SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune Up * Delta Community Services, Inc. WEBSITE: WWW.Delta-comm.org E:mail: DeltaCommunity@yahoo.com.
(925) 634 – 8275
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Phone: 925-634-3344 Fax: 925-634-3731 Email: info@brentwoodchamber.com www.brentwoodchamber.com