CITIZENS OF THE YEAR NAMED
Two familiar Chamber faces honored for giving their time to the community.
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SPECIAL MILESTONE DIRECTORY
Chamber businesses come together to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of their headquarters.
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VOL. 29, NO. 9
Chamber members among fastestgrowing businesses
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AN AWARD-WINNING, MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SEPTEMBER 2012
The lobby of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, 5934 Priestly Drive, as it appears today.
BY JOSÉ A. LÓPEZ Editor | Carlsbad Business Journal
In what many categorize as a tough economic climate, Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 | 5000 is a list of good news, highlighting the stories of America’s fastest-growing private companies. The companies that make the list are set forth as examples of the independent entrepreneurs that are doing things right, helping the economy to grow. The 2012 edition of the list came out late last month, and six members of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce are on it. The six companies are: Sullivan Solar Power (number 1,102), the Samuel Scott Financial Group (1,630), ACD, formerly known as AutoClaimsDirect (1,712), Stone Brewing (2,063), Peek Packaging (3,234) and Oceanside Photo and Telescope (4,360). This is Sullivan Solar Power’s third consecutive time on the list. Over the course of those three years, the company, which was founded in 2004, has added 59 employees (it currently has 67 on its payroll). It’s growth over the past three years has been 288 percent. The company had $16.7 million in revenue in 2011. “Our company is one of the longest-standing locally-headquartered solar firms in the region and has more than 1,000 customers,” said Erica Johnson, director of community relations and development for Sullivan Solar Power. “Our commitment to quality workmanship, in the residential sector and for high profile institutional projects, such as SDSU, UCSD and the Port of San Diego have allowed for us to build the company
Gary Hill, the Chamber's board chairman in 2002, and Chairman-Elect Workers put up the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce's name atop the Fred Arbuckle unveil the Chamber's donor wall. building in 2002.
A HOME ALL ITS OWN Chamber celebrates 10-year anniversary at 5934 Priestly Drive
5934 Priestly Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008
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BY JOSÉ A. LÓPEZ
Editor | Carlsbad Business Journal
Sept. 27 will be a special day for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. That’s when the Chamber will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its headquarters at 5934 Priestly Drive. It’s not just the celebration of a building, though. The flattopped, rust-colored home, with its airy, modernistic interior design, is more than offices for Chamber staff and a hub for Chamber members to gather for workshops and events — it’s an integral part of the identity of the Carlsbad Chamber
of Commerce, which next year will celebrate its 90th anniversary. It’s purchase is a testament to the steady leadership that had guided this organization — the second-largest of its kind in San Diego County and 10th-largest in the state — through nearly nine decades of leadership and excellence. In short, the Chamber would not be what it is today without this, its home. It is in this place that the Chamber as been able to solidify its commitment to excellence and strive to be a true reflection of its members. Though some might find it hard
to believe, this is the first building the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce has owned. Since it’s inception in 1923, the Chamber went through a series of homes. Up until the early ‘60s, the Chamber was housed in the old train depot. In the last 20 years, the Chamber has moved three times. There used to be the office space on Avenida Encinas where staff meetings had to be held in a hallway. Then there was the storefront in what is now the Carlsbad Premium Outlets, occupying a space
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Help your business take a bite of the $8 billion tourism pie GETAWAY San Diego wants to help hotels, restaurants, attractions and other businesses “be found” by tourists visiting our area. How do they make that happen? By using multi-media tools to showcase who you are, what you do, and what you offer. Their goal is to make you successful. Where other media companies just ask hotels to place their product in their rooms, GETAWAY considers them to be a partner and a member of the GETAWAY family, not just a distribution channel. GETAWAY is an in-room magazine that gives tourists the information they need to find the best of what our area has to offer. Filled with editorial content, local listings and advertisements that are relevant to the San Diego area, the GETAWAY San Diego travel magazine offers the inside tips on what to do, where to go, and most
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A COMBINATION OF NEW AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA GETAWAY encourages hotels, restaurants, attractions and other businesses to use every outlet they have to reach out to tourists. Through the use of their website (PlanMyGetaway.com), their quarterly print magazine, Youtube videos, podcasts and anything else
they can come up with, your business will “be found” by people who are visiting this area. Not just a magazine, GETAWAY San Diego also seeks to educate you about the tourist market and how you can tap into it to help your business grow. The media products that GETAWAY offers support the various ways tourists like to receive
travel information. However, it’s the editorial philosophy and code of ethics behind these products which makes them highly effective for your business. GETAWAY’s goal is to become the local friend to visitors who travel to the San Diego area. They openly
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