LA County spends more than $6 billion on goods and services each year, but currently less than 2% goes to Local Small Businesses Enterprises (LSBEs), local Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs), and Social Enterprises benefit.

March Madness –
Is Your Office Betting Pool Illegal?
By Lisa Lawrence-Hughes, Esq.

It’s that time of year again. Unless your alma matter is one of the perennial favorites, employees seem to enthusiastically give away their hard earned dollars by pouring cash into an office March Madness pool, hoping that this year their Cinderella team will take it all the way.

Stone Company Store Pasadena

220 S. Raymond Ave.

Suite 103

(626) 440-7243

Pasadena’s restaurant community opens its doors to guests from throughout Southern California for the sixth Pasadena Restaurant Week. The Pasadena Chamber is presenting the 2016 event which takes place from Sunday, April 24th through Friday, April 29th.

Join the Pasadena Chamber for our annual Golf Tournament on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Brookside Golf Club. Golfers of all abilities are welcome. The Tournament can only accommodate 144 golfers, so register early to ensure a place. We host a raffle, sell mulligan packages and add some fun nuances to play.

China Ready Essentials Workshop

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Pasadena Museum of History
470 West Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91103

Construction of the new Arroyo Adventure at Kidspace Children’s Museum has reached its halfway mark and will open on Saturday, April 30!  Arroyo Adventure will feature eight brand-new experiences that encourage children to connect with nature, engage in adventures, and uncover possibilities between boulders and rocks, mud and sticks, trees and native plantings.

On Tuesday, April 5^th, at 10:00 AM, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), the ranking member of the House Small Business Subcommittee on  Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, will hold a hearing at the Pasadena City Council Chamber. The hearing will examine the challenges faced by entrepreneurs looking to obtain venture capital, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs typically underserved by the venture capital community.

Join us on April 15, 2016, at Brookside Golf Club for the annual Pasadena Chamber Spring Golf Tournament. Enojy lunch and a drink before the 12noon tee time. Fun additions include the Red Ball competition, putting contest and more. Gold Sponsor is Corporate Center Pasadena. Silver Sponsors are Pacific Commerce Bank and Parsons Corporation. Thorson Buick GMC Pasadena donates a beautiful hole-in-one car.

PASADENA RESTAURANT WEEK

Sunday, April 24 through Friday, April 29, 2016

Pasadena’s restaurant community opens its doors to guests from throughout Southern California for the first Pasadena Restaurant Week. The Pasadena Chamber and the Pasadena Restaurant Association are sponsoring the event which takes place from April 24th through April 29th.