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Networking Breakfast on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30am at Villa Gardens. Click here to sign up and pay. Unique Hospice sponsors for February.  If you would like to sponsor a breakfast, please email kelly@pasadena-chamber.org

Thank You for Recruiting New Members:

Loxi Windle, Schweitzer Paw Partners

Paul Arevalo, Rose Bowl Operating Company board member

George Falardeau, Pasadena Media

 

Join us on the third Thursday of each month at 12noon 

for an informative FREE webinar series 

Renewal and Resilience. 

Advance registration required.

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Luncheon Alliance on the First Wednesday of Each month at 11:30am presented by Athens Services. March lunch is sponsored by Rob Levy and CMG Mortgage.  Click here to sign up and pay.  

 

 

Pasadena Perspective

Click here to read Pasadena Perspective the digital magazine of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

The Pasadena Chamber presents informational webinars for our members. We also make available events and activities of the Chamber and our partners.

Here are Chamber events, from the most recent.

The City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber hosted the 9th Economic and Business Summit in October. 150 people attended hearing updates on the economy from Charles Dougherty of Wells Fargo, David Reyes, Pasadena Assistant City Manager discussed local development and city initiatives and Rob McClinton, president of the board of Innovate Pasadena explained AI and its implications for business. Thank you to sponsors Verizon, Kaiser Permenente and Wells Fargo. We are especially grateful for the help and support of the City of Pasadena. 

   

The Pasadena Chamber with Athens Services and the City of Pasadena hosted a webinar on composting requirements for commercial customers and multi-family residential properties. Thank you to Christian Herrera, Iso Nakasato, Eddie Tufenkjian, Tania Valdez, Mayra Ruizesparza and Dora Castro from Athens Services and Gabriel Silva and the team from the City of Pasadena Public Works Department for assisting with putting the program together and presenting the information. 

 

 

 

The Pasadena Chamber presented our 8th Economic and Business Summit in October, 2022. Economist Charles Dougherty, Pasadena Economic Development Director David Klug and Patrick Church and Alexandra Sesi of JLL discussed the economy, local development and emerging industries in Pasadena. Mayor Victor Gordo welcomed guests. Chamber Board Chair Raphael Henderson hosted the afternoon's event.

Sponsors of the Economic and Business Summit were Wells Fargo, Verizon and Help With my Loan.

 

 

The Pasadena Chamber and Pasadena Media hosted a candidate forum in advance of the June, 2022, local election. We partnered with 

Community Women Vital Voices

-First AME Church

-the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance

-The Junior League of Pasadena

-League of Women Voters, Pasadena Area and

-The Pasadena Branch of the NAACP

Many thanks to Board Chair Raphael Henderson of Wells Fargo who moderated expertly. 

Thanks also to Chamber Board Member Charlotte Lacey of Pasadena Humane and the Junior League of Pasadena who organized the event for us.

You can see the informative event here: 

 

 

Please remember to Vote. It is important that every voice be heard.

 

In June, 2020, the Pasadena Chamber partnered with the Glandale Chamber of Commerce to host a virtual Town hall with Congressman Adam Schiff. Here is the video recording of that Zoom event.

In the spring we hosted a composting workshop for commercial customers ahead of the state composting mandate. Thank you to Republic and the City of Pasadena for presenting to our members. You can view the workshop here: 

 

 

 

On October 22, 2019, Verizon and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce andCivic Association, with sponsorship from Wells Fargo, presented the 7th Business and Economic Summit with presenters from the Los Angeles EconomicDevelopment Corporation, Verizon, The Pasadena Center Operating Company (Pasadena Convention Center, Visitor and Convention Bureau and Civic Auditorium) and Lee & Associates. Here are highlights recorded and edited by Pasadena media:

 

 

The Pasadena Chamber in partnership with the City of Pasadena presented our annual Business and Economic Summit on October 23, 2018. Thank you to our sponsor WellsFargo for yuor support. Here is a highlight video of the event which was put together by Pasadena Media:

Thank you to our presenters: Somjita Mitra, director of the Instutute for Applied Ecnomics at LAEDC, City of Pasadena Economic Development Director Eric Duyshart, Tom Soderstron, Chief IT Technologyand Innovation Officer at JPL and Christohper Doughery, Administrator at Shriner's for Children Medical Center Pasadena.

Here are the PowerPoint presentations from the event.

 

 

 

 

In October, 2017, the Chamber presented our annual Business and Economic Summit in Partnership with the City of Pasadena and sponsored by Wells Fargo. Pasadena Media taped the luncheon for broadcast. You can see it here: 

 

The Pasadena Chamber partnered with the Playhouse District Association, South Lake Avenue Business District and Old Pasadena Management District to present a forum for candidates running for Pasadena City Council on March 7, 2017 at the Theatre@Boston Court. You can watch the video of the event here, courtesy of Pasadena Media:

The City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosted our fourth Business and Economic Summit at the University Club of Pasadena on October 25, 2016. Tracy Hernandez of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) presented information on issues, concerns and the outlook of business in the region. Eric Duyshart of the City of Pasadena highlighted the Pasadena economy and some select development projects in the city. Karl Bird of JPL moderated a panel that included Kim Sidders of Bolton & Company, Brittany Dodd of CBRE and Pauletta Tonilas of LA METRO.
 
You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM0CU_d5Zjo
 

The City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosted the third Business and Economic Summit at the University Club in Pasadena on October 29, 2015. Pasadena Chamber Board Chair Tom Daly was Master of Ceremonies. Featured speakers Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek, San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership CEO Cynthia Kurtz and Pasadena Economic Development Manager Eric Duyshart presented information on the state of the local and regional economy and gave a brief outlook for the future. A panel of local industry leaders was moderated by Mr. Duyshart. Panelists were Art Center College of Design President Lorne M. Buchman, President and Chief Operating Officer of East West Bank Julia S. Gouw and Parsons Corporation Director of Sustainability Randy Britt. The event was presented by the Pasadena Chamber and the City of Pasadena. Wells Fargo was a sponsor of the Business and Economic Summit 2015. You can view event here:

 
 
 
John La Rocca of La Rocca Integrated Solutions gave a presentation on changes to credit card processing procedures, regulations and liabilities at our September, 2015, Brown Bag Lunch workshop. Thank you Small Business Development Center at Pasadena City College for co-sponsoring the workshop with us.

 
Howard Raff of Diversified Securities discussed networking and building business relationships at the Pasadena Chamber Brown Bag Lunch workshop in August. You can view the workshop here:
 
 
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Customer Service was the topic of a recent Brown Bag Lunch workshop presented by Joan De Souza of Joan's Candles and Home Decor and Merlin Froyd of Thorson Buick and GMC. The Small Business Development Center at Pasadena City College co-sponsored the event with the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. You can view the workshop here:

 
The Chamber also hosted, with the Pasadena City College Small Business Development Center a workshop on California's paid sick leave law that went into effect July 1, 2015. Chamber member HigherUp provided the workshop. You can view it here:

 
The Pasadena Economic and Business Summit on October 23rd was a great success. We will be posting video of the event soon, thanks to Pasadena TV. We are veery pleased with the collaboration with the City of Pasadena and appreciate the 150 civic, business and community leaders who were on hand to hear the presentations.
 
If you missed it, you can watch the Economic and Business Forum here:

 
 
 
Here are the PowerPoint presentations from Kimberly Ritter-Martinez of the Kyser Center at LAEDC and Selma Hepp of the California Association of Realtors:
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The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Development Center at Pasadena City College hosted a procurement forum on March 13th at the Community Education Center at PCC. ACCESS: Opportunity provided a chance for our small bsuienss members to learn first-hand how to become vendors for our large company members. Art Center College of Design, Huntington Memorial Hospital and Pasadena City College procurement and purchasing officers explain how to do business with them. Watch it here:
 
 
 
On March 20, 2013, the Pasadena Chamber hosted ACCESS: Opportunity, a procurement forum designed to introduce small businesses to potential large business customers. Presenters from The City of Pasadena, Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Parsons were present to explain procurement procedures and how Pasadena Chamber small business members can do business with their companies. In addition, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena City College and the Foothill WIB were on hand to provide information, as well. The Foothill Workforce Investment Board sponsored ACCESS: Opportunity.
 
 
On October 24, 2013, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosted the first Pasadena Economic and Business Summit at the University Club. The City of Pasadena sponsored the event as a presentation of the Chamber Economic and Business Development Committee.
 
You can watch the inaugural Pasadena Economic and Business Summit here:
 

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