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Luncheon Alliance on February 6th sponsored by Pacific Harps

February's Luncheon Alliance will be held at the Women's City Club at 160 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena. (FREE parking is available off Madison Avenue behind the venue.)

Sponsor of February's lunch is Carolyn Sykes and Pacific Harps. (If we're very lucky there may be music!)

On February 11, 2019, at 6:30pm, the Pasadena City Council will consider raising the minimum wage in Pasadena to $14.25 per hour starting July 1, 2019, and $15 per hour July 1, 2020. (Sorry for the short notice, I just heard about the agenda date a week ago). 

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce has collected data from our local business community and members about the impacts of the previous increases and how businesses coped with the increased labor costs.

Luncheon Alliance on  February 6th sponsored by Pacific Harps

February's Luncheon Alliance will be held at the Women's City Club at 160 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena. (FREE parking is available off Madison Avenue behind the venue.) Sponsor of February's lunch is Carolyn Sykes and Pacific Harps.

The Pasadena Chamber is offering a unique opportunity to experience Chinese culture, history and business.

The Lincoln Properties project at Parsons Corporation is gearing up for construction. They need to hire local contractors, suppliers and more.

If you want to be part of Pasadena's biggest construction project attend the local contractor and subcontractor fair on Friday, February 1st.

Download the info here:

For 2019 there are many new laws, rules and regulations that may impact your business.

Download a free labor law update the CalChamber here:

In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his accomplishments the Chamber offices will be closed Monday. 

Dr. King led the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s to major accomplishments and significant positive changes for our nation.

The Pasadena Chamber worked with member Pasadena Service Federal Credit Union to facilitate a job shadow day for students from John Muir High School in Pasadena Unified School District.

PasadenaNOW and the Pasadena Independent covered the day as young people saw banking operations up close and had a chance to interact with banking professionals as the cerdit union.

PasadenaNOW covered the event:

The Atrium Group is hosting a reception this Wednesday, January 23, 5:30 - 6:30 at The Courtyard Marriott and is inviting local Pasadena businesses with the intention of introducing The Atrium Group to the local business community.  The goal is to  create a dialogue about retail cannabis, what it means for Pasadena, and to start building healthy business relationships.

Happy New Year!

Here is the January-February issue of Pasadena Commerce, the newsletter of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce:

Join us for our January Pasadena Chamber After Hours social and mixer at the Otis Bar at La Grande Orange Cafe on Thursday, January 17th from 5pm to 7pm.

Enjoy great drinks (at Happy Hour prices) and appetizers courtesy of La Grande Orange in one of Pasadena's most unique locales - the Del Mar station building at 260 South Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. Enjoy 90 minutes of FREE parking in the adjacent parking structure (or valet).