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Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11th. Please honor our vets. Pasadena Chamber office closed Monday, November 12th.

Sunday is Veterans Day.

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Veterans Day
Photo courtesy PasadenaNOW

This is a time to remember everyone who has served our country over the past 240 plus years. Those people, men and women, served so that our freedoms could be protected and our prosperity grow.

In Pasadena, a ceremony is being held on Sunday, November 11th at 11am at Pasadena City Hall. Veterans will be recognized. There will be a vintage plane flyover and more. All the details are here from PasadenaNOW: http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-will-salute-veterans-sunday-november-11/#.W-BrhaeZPNA

 

Chamber Networking Events: Luncheon Alliance November 7th sponsored by B4B Think Tank; Connection Breakfast November 8th sponsored by The UPS Store

Joan De Souza and Business4Business Think Tank sponsors out networking Luncheon Alliance on Wednesday, November 7th at 11:45am. Ms. De Souiza will discuss how you can enhance your business, grow customer and more through her Business4Business Think Tank.

Come network your business, meet and mingle with other Chamber members and friends and enjoy learning about how fellow business people can provide advice and assistance as part of the B4B monthly meeting. The Chamber lunch is a great way to maximize your presence with potential collaborators, customers and clients.

Cost for the lunch is $25 for Pasadena Chamber members and $30 for non-members. Those reserving after the Monday at 5pm deadline pay $5 more. We meet in the Mediterranean Room at Brookside at 1133 N. Rosemont Avenue (near the Rose Bowl) in Pasadena.

To RSVP and register for the networking lunch and/or breakfast, please email kelly@pasadena-chamber.org. You can also click here to register and pay for lunch: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/forms/pasadena-chamber-luncheon-rsvp.

Our Thursday, November 8th, 2018, Connection Breakfast is sponsored by The UPS Store and Gus Salgado. Breakfast begins at 7am at the Women's City Club in Pasadena.

The Women's City Club is at 160 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena. There is ample FREE parking behind the club. Enter the parking lot from North Madison Avenue, just next to the Fuller Seminary lot. 

Come out to support Pasadena Chamber member Gus Salgado and learn how the UPS Store can handle all your shippping, packing and hkoliday gift delivery needs. To RSVP and register for the networking breakfast, please email kelly@pasadena-chamber.org.

Reserve before the end of business Monday deadline or pay an additional $5 per person. 

The Connection Breakfast is a terrific way to make new business contacts, meet potential customers and collaborators and expand you leads. Come and check out the revised format!

You can also sign up and pay for breakfast here: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/forms/breakfast-connection.

Craftsman Weekend is here - celebrate Pasadena architecture and more!

Pasadena Heritage hosts Craftsman Weekend November 9th to November 11th.

Celebrate our local architecture, preservation efforts and Pasadena!

 
 

The Cole House, Architect: Greene and Greene, Year Built: 1906, house photos courtesy of Dennis Hill               
 
 
 
 
 

 

Two Greene & Greene Homes to be Featured on 

the Sunday Craftsman House Tour

Sunday, Nov. 11th | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Before Oct. 29th: $55 nonmember / $45 member

Starting Oct. 29th: $65 nonmember / $55 member

 

 Savings End Soon! Buy NOW!

 

The Sunday Craftsman House Tour is Craftsman Weekend's signature event, featuring five extraordinary examples of the beautiful Craftsman architecture that makes Pasadena the destination for Arts & Crafts enthusiasts from across the country. Special discount tickets available before Oct. 29.

 
The Crow-Crocker House

Architect: Greene and Greene

Year Built: 1909

The Gard House

Builder: Foss Designing and Building Co.

Year Built: 1911

The Buchanan House

Architect: Charles Buchanan

Year Built: 1911

 Worth House

The Worth House

Architect: Undetermined

Year Built: 1913

 

Workshops and Lectures will Entertain and Educate

 

CSI CW Workshop led by Historian John Ripley and Historic Architect William W. Ellinger III
Friday Nov. 9 | 10:00 am - noon

$60 nonmember / $50 member

Craftsman Scene Investigation (CSI) CraftsmanWeekend Workshop led by two of Pasadena's best architectural sleuths will demonstrate how to uncover the past and trace the evolution of a house using permits, physical clues, and architectural forensics.

 

Other lectures and demonstrations:

- The Gamble House Lecture and Tour by the Gamble House Speakers Bureau

- "D.M. Renton's Legacy" Lecture by Historian John Ripley

- Historic Wood Lecture by Historic Architect William W. Ellinger III

- Ikebana Demonstration by award-winning Ikebana artist Kyoko Kassarjian

- Energy Efficiency in Historic Homes Lecture by ICF, Exhibit Hall sponsor

 

 

Buy Tickets Today!

 

For more information call 626-441-6333

or visit  www.pasadenaheritage.org/CraftsmanWeekend

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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program has openings for workshop series. Deadline is November 15th. Sign up now!

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, one of our great partners, is accepting applications for its spring cohorts at Los Angeles City College and Long Beach City College (flier attached). Please feel free to forward to any business owners you think may be interested in this very highly-rated, intensive management development program.

The results for businesses that graduate from this program are amazing:

  • Average % of Revenue Growth – 46.9% at 6 months | 89.6% at 18 months | 106.1% at 30 months
  • Average % of Job Creation  – 21.5.6% at 6 months | 47.1% at 18 months | 114.8% at 30 months

More information can be found here - www.SoCal10KSB.com

The deadline for the spring LA cohort at LA Community College District is Nov 15.  If accepted, the business owner will receive this amazing program for free!

Please also keep in mind that the business owners have to meet a minimum eligibility criteria:

  • Applicant must be an owner or co-owner of a business
  • Business in operation for at least two years
  • Business revenues of at least $150,000 in the most recent fiscal year
  • At least 4 employees (including the owner)

Pasadena Commerce, November-December, 2018: The Newsletter of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Here is the November to December issue of Pasadena Commerce, the newsletter of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce:

 

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