August Newsletter - Scotts Valley Chamber

Scotts Valley Welcomes Canton Restaurant Grand Opening Thursday, August 8

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anton Restaurant is a family owned establishment with a rich tradition of serving high quality, fresh Cantonese cuisine.

For over 35 years, the family has been cooking up Chinese food favorites, such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mongolian Beef and Canton Garlic Prawns. They have seen generations of customers enjoy their food and it has been very meaningful for them to be part of the community in this way.

Canton’s first location, which is located in Santa Cruz on 41st avenue, opened its doors in 1985. Canton offers a wide array of dishes including vegan and vegetarian options.

All of their sauces are homemade from family recipes which includes the popular Szechuan String Beans and Vietnamese Spring Rolls.

Miranda Leung and her family are very excited to expand their popular Chinese restaurant to Scotts Valley where her family resides. Scotts

Thursday August 8

Grand Opening & Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7 p.m.

Scotts Valley Canton Restaurant 224-D Mt. Hermon Road, SV

Valley is home to Miranda where she raised her two children, Sage and Sophia.

Sage, is a junior at Cal Poly SLO and Sophia will be attending college in Santa Barbara. Both attended Vine Hill and Scotts Valley Middle School.

Canton has won many awards through the years and most recently the Communities Favorite

and Best Chines Restaurant from Good Times and Santa Cruz Waves.

Join us for the official Red Ribbon Ceremony celebrating their grand-Opening on August 8th from 5:30-7:00pm located in Kings Village Shopping Center near the Cinelux Theatres. This event is free of charge an open to the entire community.

Local Clampers to Dedicate Scott House Plaque

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embers of the public are invited to the Scott House on Saturday August 3, 2019, at 11:00 AM for the unveiling of a new historical marker donated

by the El Viceroy Marques De Branciforte Chapter #1797 of E. Clampus Vitas.

The Scotts Valley Historical Society will also conduct tours of

Calendar of Upcoming Community Events

the Scott house. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served. The Scott House is located at One Civic Center Drive in Scotts Valley.

Known as “Clampers,” according to club lore, the first California lodge was established at Mokelumne Hill around 1850. Meant to poke fun at the more serious fraternal groups of the time, members wore red-shirts representing longjohn underwear and fashioned pieces of tin-can lids to wear as “medals.”

Now dedicated to the pres- Golden Gate Bridge to saloons ervation of Western History, and the oldest iron-hulled merClamper plaques have been chant ship afloat, the Star of India. placed at hundreds of historical “Scott House” page 12 sites in the west ranging the

Time to Get Ready To Go Back to School!

Saturday August 17 Sunday August 18

20th Annual Scotts Valley Art Wine & Beer Festival Sat 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sky Park 361 Kings Village Road, SV

Thursday September 19 Grand Opening & Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7 p.m.

Brite Horizons School 125 Bethany Drive, SV

Friday September 27

Chamber Member/ Volunteer Appreciation Party 5:30-7 p.m.

Location TBD

Thursday October 10

Welcome Dr. Emily!

– Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7 p.m.

Scotts Valley Veterinary 4257 Scotts Valley Drive, SV

Thursday October 24

Togo’s Anniversary Red Ribbon Ceremony 5:30-7 p.m.

Togo’s Scotts Valley 266 Mt. Hermon Rd., SV

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Scotts Valley Chamber News

Tam Communications

Celebrating 40 Years as a Leader in the Video Production Industry

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am Communications, a Scotts Valleybased creative agency focused on video and digital content, is celebrating 40 years of storytelling and creating meaningful relationships with their clients, partners and creative family.

The company will celebrate this milestone by doing what they do best — telling stories. Over the next year, Tam Communications will share blog posts, interviews, videos, photos, and behind-the-scenes insights on their colorful journey.

From their first project in May of 1979, shooting a commercial for Chabot Gallery in Campbell, California, to their present-day position as leaders in the Northern California video production industry, co-founders Tam O’Connor Fraser and Susan O’Connor Fraser spearheaded a journey that includes thousands of creative projects, hundreds of satisfied clients, and armfuls of awards and accolades.

Throughout the journey, the familyowned business also grew their adopted family of staff and partners, at one point employing nearly sixty TeamTam members

while occupying the seventh floor of a downtown San Jose high rise.

Tam Communications is now headquartered in a redwood grove in the hills above Santa Cruz, California, and the Tam family includes a second generation taking up the reins. Producer/Director Regan Eymann is an integral part of the Tam team, and Tim O’Connor Fraser’s digital company, Dewdrop Media, is a valuable web and application development partner and resource for Tam’s clients. A third generation can be found in front of and behind the camera, learning the ropes to this family-led operation.

“I can’t imagine having a more satisfying career,” notes Susan O’Connor Fraser.

“We’ve worked with so many amazing people over the years, helped organizations large and small achieve success, traveled the world, and have given back to our community. The work itself has been fulfilling and I literally learn something new every day.”

Beginning this month, look for #TeamTam40 installations of the Tamgram

blog, to feature interviews with past team members, guest posts from clients and partners, and a look at where they are now – one is up for an Emmy.

The company’s social media feeds will be filled with photos and videos from the TeamTam archives and will shine a light not only on the personal (and personnel) changes over the years, but also on the dramatic shifts in the video communications industry over 40 years, reflecting huge leaps in technology and the use and prevalence of media.

“This company has allowed me to achieve so many of my childhood dreams,” adds Tam O’Connor Fraser. “I don’t know how that would have otherwise been possible. It’s fulfilling to know that so many people got their start in the industry through Tam Communications or found their passion while working with us. And to have done it all with my family makes it all the better.”

Tam Communications is excited to celebrate this landmark, and to share the stories of how the company grew to be and continues to thrive as a leader in an everchanging field. Please reach out to speak with the Tam

Tam Communication Cofounders Tam O’Connor Fraser & Susan O’Connor Fraser (circa 1989) team to hear more about what’s in store for this year of celebration.

For more information please email letsconnect@tamcom.com

Flex Education Inc. Seeks Host Families for International Students

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ucked away in the King’s Village Center, right next to the Chamber of Commerce offices, is Flex Education Inc. — the premier international student agency, and UC specialist, in the Greater Bay Area. Each year, Flex Education helps dozens of students from mainland China to achieve their dream of studying in American middle schools, high schools, and colleges.

These students are typically appreciated for their high motivation, unique abilities, strong academics, and blossoming personalities. As you may imagine, it is a challenge, to move across an ocean, adopt a new lifestyle, and use a second language full-time, all while attending some of the most demanding schools around!

“Scott House” from page 11 In 1853 Hiram Scott began building the first known wood-frame home in Scotts Valley. With the help of his relatives the Scott men built the New

Flex Education positions its students for success by providing a

dedicated team of advisors and educators to help students in their academic pursuits as well as their cultural transition. For students not in boarding programs, a key part of this success team, is the host family. Younger students in particular, enjoy the extra level of warmth and caring that a carefully chosen host family provides.

They thrive in these truly immersive language and cultural experiences and are set up to better take advantage of future college opportunities. In general, host families provide the everyday kind of help and common advice that enables teens to confidently navigate their newly adopted environment. It doesn’t take language skills, or international relations expertise, or even a fancy

home to welcome a student — it takes an open heart, natural curiosity, and a willingness to work with a growing, young person.

Perhaps you’ve considered hosting an international student or at least wondered about what it involves. We encourage you to contact us — we’d love to talk to you about it in detail! Currently Flex Education is actively seeking families to host Kirby High School students from China. Hosts will be compensated $1,500/month and work closely alongside Flex Education.

England- style home using hand-hewn lumber and joinery techniques from shipbuilding.

Originally located on Scotts Valley Drive the home was moved back from the then Los Gatos-Santa Cruz

Highway in 1936 to its present location near the Scotts Valley City Hall.

Over the years various pioneer families occupied the residence until 1977 when the newly formed Scotts Valley Historical Society directed the rehabili-

tation of the house and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A special thank you to Chris Sartain of E. Clampus Vitas and Jay Topping of the Scotts Valley Historical Society for coordinating the plaque process.

Rui Li, Founder an President of Flex Education Inc.

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Scotts Valley Chamber News

Little Mozarts 4 Fun: Music Lessons in Another Key W ere you sent off to the local piano teacher for a thirty minute weekly lesson, where you learned to read music, play scales and told to go home and practice? Does that work for your children today?

Times have changed. The average kid nowadays finds the traditional approach tedious; and honestly, so did we. Taking piano lessons was a ‘checked box’ and few kids continued on to become lifelong musicians.

Children are more successful and achieve better outcomes when they are self-motivated. Kids need other kids to have fun, influence, and challenge them.

That is why, at Little Mozarts 4 FUN, we focus on group classes.

Our goal is to create lifelong musicians who carry their love of music into adulthood. We cultivate interest in their early years, so children continue learning, trying new instruments and discovering their musical joy.

Later on, they choose their own path: high school band, college band or as a relaxing hobby after a stressful day at work.

Music Instructor Sam Allot says that during the course of her 15-year teaching

career, one thing stands out: kids do not practice enough. Their solution: longer lessons that increase students’ exposure to music education, and fun-filled group classes that inspire and create peer motivation. We play music games, jam in a band, and improvise, while also reading music, playing scales and learning repertoire.

Little Mozarts 4 Fun is excited to launch our new program, with realistic practice expectations, PIANO PRESTO, for ages 7+. The magic of group classes is

that it creates a desire in kids to practice; it’s like fairy dust we sprinkle each week that gets them excited to recreate what was done in class. Access to an instrument is all they need.

Classes are registering for fall NOW: WWW.littlemozarts4fun.com Call and ask about our 50/50 Piano Presto Deal.

Call Sam Allott 831 439 9125 for more details.

Santa Cruz County Bank to Merge with Lighthouse Bank

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anta Cruz County Bank and Lighthouse Bank recently announced they have entered into an agreement and plan of reorganization and merger, pursuant to which, Lighthouse Bank will merge with and into Santa Cruz County Bank. This creates the Monterey Bay Area’s premier community business bank with nearly $1 billion in total assets upon the estimated closing date.

David Heald, Santa Cruz County Bank President and CEO stated, “We are very pleased to welcome Lighthouse Bank’s board members, executives and employees

to our team and look forward to their contributions to our combined premier performing institution.

We have all worked together in our community for many years and have tremendous mutual respect. Individuals who choose to bank with community driven institutions over the major banks recognize our shared values of community reinvestment, high-touch customer service

and local decision-making. These fundamentals will not change.”

Santa Cruz County Bank and Lighthouse Bank, each founded and headquartered in Santa Cruz, are two of the nation’s top-rated financial institutions.

Both are rated 5-star “Superior” by Bauer Financial Reports, Inc. On a local level, both banks are well known and recognized for their longstanding commitment to our community.

Upon completion of the merger, the combined bank will offer six full-service banking offices in Santa Cruz County and one branch based in Cupertino.

For more information about the announced merger and to find out more about these top performing, community engaged local banks, visit www.sccountybank.com and www.lighthousebank. com.

Santa Cruz County Bank is a 15-year member of the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce. Santa Cruz County Bank’s Scotts Valley office is located at 4604 Scotts Valley Drive.

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Scotts Valley Chamber News

Reconnecting with Community through Chamber Welcome Back Bean Creek Studio

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ean Creek Studio, a graphic design business in Scotts Valley, returned to our Chamber family this week!

Owner Jen Isola served close to a decade on the Scotts Valley Chamber board, took time to travel the world and has decided the best way to reconnect with the com-

munity is by once again getting involved with the chamber.

“I spent the most wonderful time exploring the world and was able to work during my travels with the help of my Scotts Valley support staff to keep me connected,” says Jen. “Kona, Cabo San Lucas, Costa Rica, Yosemite, Alaska,

New Member Spotlight: Carly Adams Realtor – Century 21

“I was born and raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains and have always worked in sales, however, I wanted to do something more meaningful and helpful for people and be able to assist clients with important milestones in life, such as buying a new home or selling their current one.

I like the ability to help clients sell their home in a timely positive way and to help them get the highest price to put

towards their new chapter in life. In working with buyers, I like the challenge of finding the perfect fit by listening to their wants and needs and piecing that puzzle together.

I like to take the time to do things the right way to make the buying/selling experience smooth and easy. I’m also BIG on communication and attention to detail. In my spare time, I love being outdoors, camping, hiking boating and spending time with friends, family and my dog.”

Carly Adams Realtor – Century 21

Tahoe, Cuba; it’s been a whirlwind of fun! And now it’s time to meet new community members, and participate in local opportunities in the business community again. The best way to do so is re-establishing a relationship with the Chamber. I’m especially looking forward to seeing everyone at the Art, Wine and Beer Festival in August. Look for me at the Santa Cruz Derby Girls’ booth!”

Bean Creek Studio opened in 2000 and with almost 20 years of experience, continues to bring great design and vision to the firm’s clients. They specialize in higher end direct mail publications from coast to coast with crazy-quick deadlines.

“We’ve done literally thousands of advertisements over the years, for different Silicon Valley tech clients and smaller local companies alike,” notes Jen. “I’m lucky to have a very talented group of designers, illustrators and artists to help me create the exact campaign tailored to each individual client.”

If you’re looking for great design with quick turnaround by reliable local designers, Bean Creek Studio is the way

Jennifer Isola, Bean Creek Studios Owner to go! Give them a call at 831 438-2223 or visit www.beancreekstudio.com to set up an appointment for a complimentary estimate on your design and marketing needs.

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