Scotts Valley Chamber Travel: Shades of Ireland Second Informational Community Meeting • Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1-2 p.m. • Scotts Valley Library
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he Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce is holding its second informational community meeting about the 10-day 2020 Spring Break trip to Ireland. The meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Scotts Valley Public Library from 1-2 p.m. From vibrant and historyfilled Dublin, across rolling green hills to the dramatic coast, experience all of Ireland’s charm on this magical tour of the Emerald Isle. Live like royalty during an overnight stay on the grounds of a castle. Visit Waterford, Ireland’s oldest city, where you’ll have the opportunity to visit the House of Waterford Crystal or tour the renowned Medieval Museum. Choose from a
Why book your next vacation with a Chamber of Commerce? Chamber travel tours are preferred by seasoned travelers who want the best of everything at the best price and first-time travelers who want to save time planning and saving money to experience a trip of a lifetime!
selection of Killarney’s best restaurants with our Diner ’s Choice program. See the Atlantic from the stunning 700-foot Cliffs of Moher. Experience the worldfamous beauty of the Ring of Kerry. See sheepdogs in action on a working farm.
Explore Dublin with a local guide — either by foot or on a panoramic city tour — it’s your choice! See beautiful Killarney from your seat on an Irish jaunting car. Journey to historic Blarney Castle, lean back and kiss its famous stone!
Save $200 if you book before October 2. ••• 10-Day Itinerary Day 1: Overnight Flight Day 2&3: Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin, Dublin Day 4: Granville Hotel, Waterford Day 5&6: Killarney Ave., Killarney Day 7&8: Absolute Hotel, Limerick Day 9: Cabra Castle, Kingscourt ••• Scotts Valley Library: 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley
Scotts Valley Community Awards 2019 Nominations Open Now!
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Deadline: Wednesday Oct. 9
YOUTH OF THE YEAR he Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce seeks your EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR assistance in recognizing BUSINESS OF THE YEAR the people and businesses that make our Community such a ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR special place. Please send us your 2019 nominations for outstanding Claire Hodgin Memorial businesses and individuals for the BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT following categories: OF SCOTTS VALLEY Alvin Scarborough Memorial MAN OF THE YEAR Annette Marcum Memorial WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Criteria for nomination • Each nominee must have made a valuable contribution to Scotts Valley.
• It may be in the previous year or over a period of time which you will specify • A business of the year nominee must be a current Scotts Valley Chamber member. • An individual may live or work outside the city limits, but their contribution must be within Scotts Valley. • Youth of the year nominee must be of High School age ••• Nominating is quick and easy!
It’s Time For Back To School!
Calendar of Upcoming Community Events Thursday September 19 Grand Opening & Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7:00 p.m. Brite Horizons School 125 Bethany Drive, SV
Friday September 27 Chamber Member/ Volunteer Appreciation Party 5:30-7 p.m.
Skypark 361 Kings Village Road, SV
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
Thursday November 14 Grand Opening & Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 5:30-7 p.m.
Flex Education 216-B Mt. Hermon Rd., SV
Saturday January 18 Go online to scottsvalleychamber.com/ chamberevents. You can also email your nominations to dreber@scotts valleychamber.com
Community Awards Gala 5–10 p.m. Location TBD
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Appreciation Party!
Chamber Members & Festival Volunteers
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Friday September 27 at Sky Park • 5:30 – 7 p.m.
ur Chamber members and volunteers are the backbone of our Chamber of Commerce. It is because of you that our Chamber stands out compared to others and it is your hard work and dedication that makes it possible to do all of things we do for our businesses, service organizations and our community. We will be hosting a party to be held in your honor on Friday, September 27 at Sky Park from 5:30-7 p.m. This is our chance
to celebrate YOU! T h i s event is free of charge to all Chamber members and volunteers. We will enjoy some delicious food, drinks, and music, while acknowledging those who make our Chamber shine. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP via Eventbright on our website scottsvalley chamber.com/events.
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SV Rotary Offering New Corporate Memberships!
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hat is Rotary? Rotary represents ‘Service Above Self’. Members are from diverse vocational groups who want to serve their community. The Scotts Valley Club is part of a worldwide network of 1.2 million members in about 180 countries. “Rotary Connects the World” is the theme for Rotary International this year. Members have many opportunities to connect with each other and people in our community to make it better. The Rotary Club of Scotts Valley recently welcomed two new Corporate members, Steve Walpole, Chief of Police and Tanya Krause, Superintendent of Scotts Valley Schools along with their Associates. Chief Walpole’s associates are Taylor Bateman, Community Development Director; Tina Friend, City
The club was instrumental in founding a cleaner environment program with a NOAA Grant and Rotary grant for the Scotts Valley High School who has been successfully carrying this on with support from the Rotary Club for four years. The Scotts Valley Rotary Club thanks all its members past and present, our families, businesses and other com-
Manager; Daryl Jordan, Public Works Director; and Tony McFarlane, Administrative Services Director. Superintendent Krause’s associates are Dr. Steven Hoy, Director of Student Services; Mary Navas, Interim Chief of Business; Michelle Stewart, Assistant Superintendent Educational Services and Cathie Simonovich, Adm. Assistant to the Superintendent. The Club will celebrate their 45th Anniversary in 2020 and throughout the years it has served the Scotts Valley and world community focusing on our schools, youth, elderly, needy, health and the environment. Our major focus has been on our youth recognition, scholarships, leadership training, support for the Cub Scouts, Girls Inc. and education and Teacher Appreciation.
munity supporters for their ongoing support especially at our events and fundraisers that make our projects possible. Scotts Valley Roatry is welcoming to all who want to come and visit our meetings and learn more! ••• Meetings take place Mondays at 12:15 for lunch at the 4 Points Sheraton on 5030 Scotts Valley Dr. Scotts Valley.
Chamber Welcomes Brite Horizons School to Scotts Valley oin us on Thursday September 19th, from 5:30 to 7pm for the Official Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Brite Horizon School’s new location in Scotts Valley! This event is free of charge and open to the entire community. Brite Horizons School is a nonpublic school (NPS) that is located at 125 Bethany Drive in Scotts Valley, California that will serve students from grades 1 to 12. Brite Horizons provides ongoing assessment, educational services, and behavioral intervention based on the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Brite Horizons School provides an individualized and comprehensive educational placement for students with a variety of specialized needs. The mission of Brite Horizons School is to provide students with educational services to address each student’s unique strengths and deficits in a manner that allows the student to be successful daily and reach their overall full potential. Through the use of scientifically proven methods, students are provided
with tools to make meaningful progress and valuable connections with others. Brite Horizons School strives to provide each student with a supportive community and the skills necessary to successfully transition into a public school setting. The Directors of The ABRITE Organization designed Brite Horizons School after a 12 year history within Santa Cruz County and additional counties throughout California. ABRITE is a group of clinicians that began services in Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Watsonville and surrounding areas in 2006. Our work began with the San Andreas Regional Center (SARC) and has advanced to collaborative projects within each and every local school district including a 7 year joint program on the Brook Knoll campus for SVUSD. ABRITE also works with all major insurance providers throughout Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties. ••• For more information, go to abrite.org or call 1-844-3ABRITE.
County Supervisor Bruce McPherson (left) welcomes new Scotts Valley Rotary Members SVUSD Superintendent Tanya Krause (middle) and SV Police Chief Steve Walpole (right)
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SPK and Associates Wins Big!
Earns Worldwide Elite Information Technology Award
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PK and Associates, a new Scotts Valley based business, is excited to announce their recent award by Channel Partners as one of 2019’s 501 most elite Information Technology managed service providers in the United States. The Channel Futures / Channel Partners’ 2019 MSP 501 is widely viewed as the most comprehensive global survey of managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. “We are honored Channel Futures has recognized SPK and Associates,” remarked Christine McHale, CEO and Co-Founder of SPK. “As a technology company that serves engineering and manufacturing, we continue to work hard to contribute to the digital transformation of engineering organizations — by continually improving our technical depth, as well as our understanding of the business of R&D and product development.” SPK specializes in Engineering-based IT solutions for product and software development teams, and manufacturing organizations. SPK solutions deliver faster product releases, improved engineering efficiencies, improved product quality, and reduced development cost by integrating and automating mechanical, electrical and software engineering applications, data, systems and processes. Having deep expertise with Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and various Software Development tools including requirements and test management has enabled SPK to serve some of the biggest names in industry — Stryker, Johnson & Johnson, Intel, Qualcomm and Cisco among many others. Aside from serving large enterprise organizations SPK is
SPK team (from left): Steve Lundy, Andrew McLeod, Jeff Johnson, Steve Kling, Kaveh Nasouti, Sarah Craft, Chris McHale, Gabriel Radinsky, Gabe Ahseln, Mary Rodrigues, Ed Chung, Colin Doyle, David Hubbell, Tony Fontanilla, Mike Dahlberg, Mike Solinap and Carlos Almeida. equally passionate about serving small and medium size (SMB) companies, and has seen tremendous results among SMB clients as they benefit from SPK’s experience and expertise from serving large enterprise-based organizations for over 20-years. For companies that strive to stay ahead and compete in today’s markets with new products you may be interested in reading SPK’s blog, Engineering Inefficiency is the Enemy of Innovation www.spkaa.com/blog/ engineering-inefficiency-is-the-enemy-of-innovation. ••• SPK’s new office is located at 5011 Scotts Valley Drive. Visit us at www.spkaa.com.
Inn at Pasatiempo’s Beautiful Renovated Event Venue Book Your Holiday Parties Now!
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he Inn at Pasatiempo invites you to host your friends and family this holiday season in the hotel’s newly renovated banquet rooms. Boasting 2600 square feet of full-service event space, the banquet rooms can accommodate groups ranging in size from 20-200 people. Offering a great location, with complimentary onsite parking, the venue is popular with both locals and out of town guests. Discounted overnight room rates are included for all attendees with events booked onsite. Whether you are looking for a traditional three course plated dinner, a gourmet buffet, or a casual cocktail & appetizer reception, the Back Nine is available to cater for your needs. Reservations are now being accepted for November and December 2019. Please contact Joanna directly at 831 226 2347 or joanna@innatpasatiempo.com to make a reservation. The Back Nine Grill & Bar can also accommodate groups up to 18ppl for Lunch or Dinner with a selection of entrées from the restaurant menu. Happy Hour is available Monday-Friday from 3-6pm with 50% off select appetizers and various drink specials. ••• For restaurant reservations please call 831-423-5000.
CURRENT RENTALS
3BR/2BA Townhouse in SV: 16 Horseshoe Ct.....................................$3200 2BR/1BA Home in SV: 6011-45 S.V. Drive ........................................$2400 1BR/1BA Cottage in Felton: 8344 East Zayante Rd. ..........................$2300 3BR/3BA Townhomes in SV: 7 & 11 Jolley Way ................................$2650 3+BR/2.5 BA Home in SV: 192 Twin Pines Drive...............................$3800 3BR/2BA Home in SV: 222 El Camino...............................................$2900
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SCOTTS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT PREPARES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS
CALL FOR SPECIAL RATES 831.688.7549
During the 2019 wildfire season, PG&E may turn off electricity in designated areas where extreme fire danger is forecasted, a precaution called Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). The Scotts Valley Water District has an action plan should we lose power, including stationing portable generators at critical facilities and managing vegetation around our facilities to reduce fire risk. Learn more about what the District is doing and what customers can do to prepare at svwd.org/your-water/psps
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