Partnership and collaboration are wonderful things. Especially when values allign and you get to work with renewed energy with people you already like.

Case in point: t hrough the BizRecycling program, we have a partnership with our ESABA member the St. Paul Saints to give away tickets if you sign up for an assessment to learn about increasing recycling at your business. The assessment is free. The tickets are FREE. 

The week's looking better.

Through a grant with State Farm Insurance and in conjunction with ESABA member Metropolitan State we hosted interns like those pictured below with five other ESABA members. This kind of multiplier is what good collaboration can do. 

And next week ESABA welcomes you out to lunch at Ho Ho Gourmet to jump start your own collaborations. Could it be the start of something like a lunch bunch? Join us and find out.

See how you can put connections and your network to work for your business this week.

Enjoy the East Side,

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More Upcoming collaborations... LEDC and ESABA host  Sustainable To Go Ordinance Business Meeting  

The City's CERT Program is coming to the East Side through our PABA friends.

Sometimes you just need to reconnect. ESABA welcomes you to join with your colleagues for amiable lunch with one of our restaurant members. No agenda but the one you bring with you. Meet, eat, repeat. This month at Ho Ho Gourmet.

Sign up - See you then!

The City of Saint Paul is proposing an ordinance requiring all to-go food containers be reusable, recyclable, or compostable. We can help your business prepare for this change! Contact Paris for resources to help you understand what will be acceptable and available AND to services that can help you plan for the change and grant dollars too. And if you sign up fast you could get Saints tickets!

Two Opportunities:

Aug 3 Sustainable To Go Business Meeting

Give input to the Counties! Link to Ramsey and Washington Counties Solid Waste Master Plan Survey Tool. A pair of Saints Tickets and $50 could be yours for just filling it out.

At Member Meeting last week, in addition to flavor of the day, we partook of a survey for the development of Wakan Tipi Center - a proposed development right at the river. You can take the survey too and enter to win a fabulous cash prize:  Wakan Tipi - Lower Phalen Creek Survey . Chime in. Ben Franklin's on the line.

Calling vendors, business owners, makers, and artists! We welcome all to participate in thsi celebration Apply online.

The Party is waiting for you on August 26th, 12 noon to 6pm.

ART - FOOD - Family Friendly - Live Music - Parade

Get geared up for the 2017 Payne Arcade Harvest Festival Parade! Click here to find all the info you need to join in this wonderful event:  PABA 2017 Parade Application