The Brentwood Voice of Business January 2012
Vol. 48, No. 1
Brentwood Chamber Welcomes Four New Board Directors!
Maurice Daroy
Fred Ehler
Kerri Fritsch
The Brentwood Chamber gladly welcomes and thanks our new directors for volunteering to serve on the Chamber Board. From top left to right is Maurice Daroy of Farmers Insurance; Fred Ehler, Ehler Management Group; Kerri Fritsch, Monogramming by Frichy; and Greg Robinson of the Brentwood Press.
Greg Robinson
Congratulates
Other changes to our Board are our new President, Paul Kelly. See next page for a message from the President. We thank outgoing President, Joe Trebino for his service last year. He will remain on the Board as Past President. Also leaving the Board were Greg Benner and Madelynn Krebbs. Thank you for all your time and efforts on behalf of the Brentwood Chamber.
Citizen of the Year Karen Rarey And Business of the Year Brentwood Press
Members, please be sure to meet and greet our new President and Directors at the next Chamber Mixer!
See next month’s issue for pictures and highlights of the 2012 Awards Dinner
Page 1: New Directors; Citizen and Business of the Year Page 2: Director’s Message; Board of Directors and Staff Page 3: Bonnie Lucchese; Upcoming Chamber Events Page 4: New Members
Page 5: Renewing Members Page 6: Renewing Members Page 7: Renewing Members Pages 8: Holiday Mixer
Page 9: Holiday Parade winners Page 10: City of Brentwood Entrepreneur Training Page 11: Cal Chamber news Page 12: General Information
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Page 2 BRENTWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paul Kelly, President Prospect Mortgage
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Chamber President, 2012
Joe Trebino, Past President Delta Pure Water Dirk Zeigler, Chief Financial Officer Zeigler Insurance Group Olga Vidriales, V.P. Community Programs, Travis Credit Union Brent Aasen Equus Group Amy Alvis Alvis Frantz and Associates Kathy Blanton Sutter Delta Medical Center Maurice Daroy Farmers Insurance Fred Ehler Ehler Management Group Kerry Fritsch Monogramming by Frichy Jacqueline Hanel John Muir Health Lori Knudsen California Payroll Greg Robinson Brentwood Press Robin Schiavone Raley’s Ken Seamann Discovery Professional Services ********************************
Chamber Staff Lisa Hurt, Support Services Director
Remember the Etch-A-Sketch? Most of us old enough to remember the 60’s may recall a toy called the Etch-ASketch. The Etch-A-Sketch drawing toy was (and still is) a flat red box with two knobs that guide a drawing tool around a flat screen which etches whatever your mind can imagine onto the screen. What’s unique about the toy is that you can design an endless amount of drawings and pictures over and over again, but unlike computers today, there is no SAVE button. When you’re finished with your project, you have to shake the device and it erases all you’ve done before you can begin again. It’s a simple but I ingenious toy with no memory. Januaries are a lot like a newly shaken Etch-A-Sketch – a blank screen with our hands on the knobs. As Chamber Members and Business people we’ve erased last year and are now looking forward to starting over once again with a whole new perspective on the coming year. So what new creation are you going to create? How are you going to reach out and connect you and your business to the rest of the world? Whatever you did in 2011 is gone and all you can focus on now is what’s in front of you. I want to invite you to include the Chamber of Commerce in your drawing plans this year. As you turn the knobs and begin to put 2012 together, make a commitment to use the many resources your Chamber has. Connect with the 300+ other businesses, find a spot in our CornFest, market your company in our parade, display your logo on our soon to be new website, bring your business cards and brochures to display in our lobby, and participate in Hometown Halloween or golf tournament to spread the word about you. Use us. I love the Etch-A-Sketch, because it reminds me that what I’ve done in the past is gone and no longer visible, and that what really matters most is not what I’ve done yesterday, but what I am going to do today! Paul Kelly President, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce
Jilda Fairhurst, Event Coordinator Pat Trombino, Event Coordinator Bill Putman, Volunteer
Paul R. Kelly, Sales Manager NMLS# 288486 Prospect Mortgage 3240 Lone Tree Way, Ste 100 Antioch, CA 94509 Phone: 925-706-6703 Cell: 925-437-5831
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Chamber Ambassadors Vicki Sexton, Chair, First Bank Amy Alvis, Alvis-Frantz and Associates Kathy Blanton, Sutter Delta Medical Center Maurice Daroy, Farmers Insurance Fred Ehler, Ehler Management Group
A Celebration of Life
Kerri Fritsch, Monogramming by Frichy Lori Knudsen, California Payroll Sam Lamantia, Lamantia Insurance Services Michele Lane, ReMax/Accord Kathi Regan, Maxx Worms Paul Roman, Window Innovations, Inc. Patti Schneider, The Right Choice Kurt Tomicich, KRT Services Joe Trebino, Delta Pure Water, Etc. Pat Trombino, First Bank
A service to honor the life of Bonnie Lucchese, former Chamber CEO, was held on January 15, 2012. The Chamber expresses its sincere gratitude to all those who spoke about Bonnie and shared their special memories. Thank you to Greg Robinson for serving as the main speaker; to Jilda Fairhurst and Paula Wong for organizing the service; and to Tim Eldridge for donating the use of the Shadow Lakes clubhouse. Bonnie will be greatly missed.
Kimberley Victor, Mary Kay Cosmetics Olga Vidriales, Travis Credit Union
UPCOMING EVENTS
Chamber Mixers
New Brentwood Maps available now!
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Big Wave Dave’s Mongolian Grill
Ribbon Cuttings Menchie’s Friday, February 3, 2012
Annual Awards Dinner Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Beautiful new, updated maps of Brentwood are available at the Chamber office. These full color maps cover all of Brentwood and include a lot of great city information. They are $2 each. If you have a business with a lot of foot traffic, these are great to have in your lobby or front counter. Stop by and pick one up today.
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NEW MEMBERS The Brentwood Chamber is pleased to welcome the following new members: Bay Area Public Safety Michael Davidson, Sr. 141 Sand Creek Road, Suite E Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 634-1000 www.bayareapublicsafety.com
Pacific Funding Group Gail Sasser 70 Eagle Rock Way, Suite A Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 634-6700 www.pfgbayarea.com
Brentwood Theater Company Jack Gaughan Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 513-3863 www.thebrentwoodtheater.com.
Prospect Mortgage Paul Kelly 3240 Lone Tree Way, Suite 100 Antioch, CA 94531 (925) 522-8773 www.myprospectmortgage.com
East County Salvation Army Major Jackie Smith 525 East 18th Street Antioch, CA 94509 (925) 778-0808 www.salarmyantioch.org
State Farm Insurance Terry Nguyen 2411 Empire Avenue, #108 Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 513-1200 www.agentterry.com
It Works! Colette McIntyre Brentwood, CA 94513 925-550-3566 www.c50wraps.myitworks.com Law Offices of Silky Sahnan 2200 Sand Creek Road, Suite I Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 276-0789 www.legalservicesca.com 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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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Thank you to the following members who recently renewed their membership. The Chamber appreciates your continued support. A-1 Data, Inc.
Brentwood Transmissions
Acorn Self Storage
Brentwood Union School District
Aim High Child Care
Brentwood Veterinary Hospital
Altera Signature Properties
Cabanas in the Garden
Alvis Frantz and Associates
Cap’s Oak Street Bar & Grill
American Cancer Society
Carrington College California
American Legion Post 202
Carson Swim School
American Medical Response
Celebration Christian Preschool
B-B-K Union Cemetery District
Cheryl A. Newton Tax & Accounting Services
Beckford Investigation
City of Brentwood
Balfour Dental
Coast Radio Company, Inc.
Balfour Dermatology & Day Spa
Comfort Suites Oakley
Bank of the West
Crème dela Gem Jewelry
Bookbusters Bookkeeping Service
John Continente, Jr.
Brentwood Certified Farmers Market
Contra Costa District Fair
Brentwood Disposal
Contra Costa Water District
Brentwood Family Pet Care
Costco Wholesale
Brentwood Fine Meats
D.T.R. Fence Co.
Brentwood Minuteman Press
Dallas Shanks & Sons Auto Service
Brentwood Park Apartments
Deer Ridge Country Club
Brentwood Party Rentals
Delta Community Services
Brentwood Post Office
Delta Pure Water
Brentwood Press & Yellow Pages
Delta Valley Athletic Club
Brentwood Senior Commons
DeNova Homes
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS continued Thank you to the following members who recently renewed their membership. The Chamber appreciates your continued support. Diamond Mine Storage, Inc.
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
Digger’s Diner
Kelly Grace Salon
Discovery Pest Control
Kendall Automotive
East Bay Works Career Center
Kinder’s Meat, Deli, BBQ
East County Insurance
KRT Services
East County Soroptomists
La Fuente Mexican Restaurant
EcoWater/Servisoft
Labor of Love Homecare Services
ECC Bank
Law Office of Ruth Buzzard
Edward Jones—Lisa Ferrante
Law Offices of Douglas J. Hartsough
Equus Group
Les Schwab Tires
Eskaton Lodge Brentwood
Liberty Union High School District
Farmers Insurance—Maurice Daroy
Lions Club of Brentwood
First Bank
Lollipop Haircut Shop
Flowers by Gerry
Los Medanos College
Friends of Brentwood Library
Los Medanos College Foundation
Golden Hills Community Church
Management Solutions
H&R Block
McCauley Brothers Olive Groves
Harvest Park Bowl
Monogramming by Frichy
Harvest Time
Muir/Diablo Occupational Medicine
Health Hut
Mutual of Omaha Financial Advisors
Doug & Wendy Herman, DDS
Nebergall Property Management
Hospice of the East Bay
Nines
Jean Bates & Associates
Old Republic Title Company
Jensen Wholesale Sports
Pizzagoni’s Towing & Auto Repair
John Muir Health
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS continued Thank you to the following members who recently renewed their membership. The Chamber appreciates your continued support. Quik Stop Market #149 Realty World—Delta Country Ready Print Rodda Electric Ron Nunn Farms Sand Creek Crossing, LLC SDG Architecture and Engineering, Inc.
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Chamber Lobby Display The Chamber lobby is a great place to display your business cards, flyers and brochures. This is a member benefit as only members may advertise their business here! We regularly remove items belonging to members who have not renewed. Promote your business by bringing in your current materials. The Chamber is widely visited by our members and people new to the Brentwood area.
Shadow Lakes Golf Club Shepherd’s Gate Smile Business Products, Inc. Sonoma Bank State Farm Insurance– Jose Martinez Sunset Plaza Sutter Delta Medical Group Sutter Delta Medical Center Sycamore Place The Commons at Dallas Ranch The Monthly Grapevine Travis Credit Union Yogesh Trehan, MD Tri Delta Transit Valley Yellow Pages Waves of Spirit Zeigler Insurance Group
Place your Ad right here! Call the Chamber office today to advertise your business in the monthly Clarion!
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Holiday Mixer at A big thank you to First Bank for hosting December’s Holiday Mixer at their branch on Lone Tree Way in Brentwood and for donating great raffle prizes! The mixer was a festive event complete with Liberty High carolers, a food and toy drive to benefit the Brentwood Regional Community Chest, terrific food and lots of great company. Also, thank you to The Brentwood Press, John Muir Health, California Payroll, Kimberly Victor of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Maurice Daroy of Farmers Insurance, Relay for Life of Brentwood, Gursky Ranch, Dr. Margaret Stahler, Synergy Home Care, Wine Shop at Home for donating additional raffle prizes. And a big thanks to all those who brought items for the food and toy drive to help make the holidays brighter for families in need. We look forward to seeing everyone at our February mixer held on February 16, 2012 at Big Wave Dave’s Mongolian Grill in Brentwood.
Ron and Jackie Yarolimek of Relay for Life of Brentwood
The Fritsch family arrives bearing toys for the Brentwood Regional Community Chest
Chamber Staff: Jilda Fairhurst, Pat Trombino, Bill Putman and Lisa Hurt Carolers from Liberty High School and their amazing voices
Mayor Bob Taylor, Dirk Zeigler and Ken Seamann
Mayor Bob led the attendees in singing Silent Night
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Ed McClelland accepting award on behalf of Ray Ansick for Best of Parade
Lawrence Schapker accepting for NorCal SSR Club, Best Auto Entry
Shawn Guin accepting Best Float award for Dainty Center
Congrats to Best Band, Liberty High School Marching Band Congrats to Best Equestrian
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Entrepreneur Business Training Program “The Complete Business Planning Process” for existing brentwood businesses and serious start-ups...
March 5 – May 9, 2012 Classes will be held on Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Brentwood City Hall, 150 City Park Way
Call (925) 602-6806 to apply! Scholarships are currently being provided by the City of Brentwood for its citizens. This financial support does not include a $300 Non-Refundable Fee for Registration and Training Materials once your application has been finalized.
The instructional objectives are: • Help you learn and adopt entrepreneurial skills, attitudes, and behaviors for success. • Develop your best possible written business plan with plenty of collective intelligence. • Facilitate the healthy start and sustainable growth of your business. You will experience and apply in 10 weeks of learning: • The Power of Your Mission as a Strategic Force and Compass • Goals, Focus and Success strategies by Canfield, Ziglar, and Csikszentmihalyi • A Review of Covey on Effectiveness and Tracy on Time Management • How to Use Research to Create a Good Business Plan • Managements 5 Key Roles, Planning and Control by Peter Drucker • Guerrilla Marketing from Levinson and a Seven Sentence Marketing Plan • Pricing for Profitability from the Power of Branding Your Business • How to Create a Sales Forecast That Is Realistic and Useful in Making Sales Financial Management Basics, Sales, Costs, & Profits The Entrepreneur Business Training Program is student-centered, collaborative and interactive, and will be taught by John Smulo, an experienced professional educator and entrepreneur.
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January 13, 2012
NLRA Poster Requirement Delayed Until April 30 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has postponed the effective date of its employee rights noticeposting rule until April 30. Most private-sector employers must post a new notice issued by the NLRB entitled, “Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.” This poster requirement was scheduled to be implemented on January 31, 2012, but on December 23, 2011, the NLRB delayed implementation in response to a request by a federal court judge hearing a legal challenge to the poster requirement. The National Association of Manufacturers has challenged the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) poster requirement on multiple grounds. This is the second time that the NLRB has delayed implementation. Because this issue remains in litigation, there is a chance that this posting deadline will be delayed one more time.
Q & A Sheet A questions-and-answers sheet about the “Employee Rights under the NLRA” poster requirement is available at calchamber.com/requiredposting. For more information about purchasing the poster as part of the CalChamber Required Notices Kit, visit the Cal-
Chamber Store.
Brentwood’s New Business Website The City of Brentwood has launched a new website specifically for business owners Log into www.businessinbrentwood.com for information about the Brentwood community, business assistance, new business incentives, city information and permits and a calendar of business-focused events.
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Page 12 IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS City of Brentwood
(925) 516-5400
Parks & Recreation
(924) 516-5444
Community Development
(925) 516-5405
Brentwood Library
(925) 516-5405
Police Non Emergency
(925) 634-6911
Fire Department
(925) 634-3400
Brentwood Aquatic Park
(925) 516-5430
Newspapers Brentwood Press
(925) 634-1441
Contra Costa Times
(925) 757-2525
Brentwood News
(925) 779-7120
Transportation Tri Delta Transit
(925) 754-4040
Hotels Hampton Inn
(925) 513-1289
Holiday Inn Express
(800) 345-8082
Medical Services Sutter Delta Medical Center
(925) 779-7200
John Muir Outpatient Center (925) 308-8100 Kaiser Permanente Antioch
SCORE Counselors, Counselors of Small Business Now at the Brentwood Chamber Office 1st and 3rd Monday’s: 1:30 and 2:30 pm----Call (925) 634-3344 for your appoint ment today.
(925) 813-6500
Theaters Delta Cinema
(925) 240-7370
Rave
(925) 809-0030
The Brentwood Clarion Brentwood Chamber of Commerce 8440 Brentwood Blvd., Suite C Phone: 925-634-3344 Fax: 925-634-3731 Email: info@brentwoodchamber.com www.brentwoodchamber.com