October Newsletter 
Greetings!

The 2018 Mountain View Community Guide & Business Directory has arrived! Stop by the Chamber office and pick up a few copies to display at your establishments. 
Click here for the online version of the magazine.
New Members
Stay tuned! We're working with the Central Business Association to activate Chamber membership for all members of CBA.
Renewing Members
CONNECT
Nov 8: 4 City Mixer

Join us on November 8th for our FOUR chamber mixer bringing Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale together for an after-hours mixer to broaden participants' geographical contacts across the four cities. It's about relationship building, networking, generating leads, discussing county and local issues, and connecting with business leaders. 

Start building your network today!
ADVOCATE
Nov 8: Business Issues & Public Policy Committee

Identifies and acts on key issues of interest to Mountain View businesses. Areas of focus include local, state and federal legislative issues, as well as business and industry related issues such as transportation, development, regulation and business trends. The committee meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. 12:00pm – 1:30pm at the Chamber. 

For more information, please contact  govt_relations@chambermv.org
PROMOTE
Celebration of Leaders Nominations Now Open

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 23rd Annual Celebration of Leaders Awards, which each year recognizes exceptional contributions and service to the Mountain View Community. We are currently inviting nominations for the “Outstanding Business” Awards, to be presented to the winners on March 2, 2018. Please submit your nominations by clicking below.
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION NEWS
Giving opportunity through Education and Scholarships
Scholarship Mountain View

Scholarship Mountain View hopes to raise $200,000 to give 10 four year scholarships to Mountain View’s graduating high school students

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation Joins
the Global #GivingTuesday Movement

The Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation, Inc. (MVCoCEF) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.  This year, #Giving Tuesday falls on Tuesday, November 28, 2017... read more
Leadership Mountain View

Helping Good People Become Great Leaders

  • Expand your network
  • Enhance your leadership style
  • Activate your passion for community service

We are looking forward to our next class on November 17th: Health & Human Services Day. In this class, our LMV participants will:
  • learn how local health and human service organizations inspire/enlist others
  • explore the roles of ethics and compassion in health and human services
  • discuss the importance of treating others with dignity and respect

If this sounds interesting to you, consider becoming a part of our next LMV class, starting in September 2018. Applications will open in March 2018.

Save the date: On March 2, 2018, the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Celebration of Leaders dinner will be held at the Computer History Museum. Come help us honor our LMV Volunteer of the Year. Our honoree will be announced in December. If you would like to nominate someone as the next LMV volunteer of the year, click here .
Mountain View Working Scholars

Bachelor’s Degrees at no cost to people who live and work in Mountain View. That’s right, a free college degree. If you have some college credit or are just getting started on a degree, Mountain View Working Scholars is for you. 

Take advantage of this opportunity to earn more, be promoted and stay in Mountain View.  (Learn More)   Apply Here

Your donation to this program can help raise the tide of economic success for everyone in Mountain View and beyond. Donations for Mountain View Working Scholars can be made here .
I Love Mountain View

I Love Mountain View is the virtual Visitor Center for the city of Mountain View. Our ILoveMV writer is committed to educating the community, both residents and visitors, about Mountain View.

Check out the most recent post Jennifer Celebrates 12 Years at the Chamber
  
If you have any ideas for articles on ILoveMV, please contact heidi@ilovemv.org.

MEMBER NEWS
Restaurant News: Drunken Lobster out, Maison Alyzee pending

Source: Max Hauser

After two years offering shellfish specialties and (more recently) pizza in large NYC-type slices from a compact restaurant space at 212 Castro in Mountain View, Drunken Lobster (hereinafter, "DL") will soon close. I learned that when I stopped there today (to try the pizza for the first time) and saw a beverage-license ownership-change notice in the window, the new owner being Maison Alyzee Corp. and the new business to be named Maison Alyzee. 

Chef Brian Langevin (who has been communicative and helpful in the past) was not on site, but the employee I spoke to today, Cristopher, said DL's full menu will continue only through this Sunday (Oct. 15). After that, pizzas, drinks, and French fries will remain available for possibly as long as a month, he said. Christopher did not have much info about the pending replacement Maison Alyzee ("Alyzee House"), but said he had the impression it was to be a French café or possibly bakery. 

Until branching out to pizzas (something chef Langevin had plenty of past experience with), DL focused on lobster rolls, shrimp and crab specialties, and fresh oysters. Unluckily for a restaurant with crustacean-centered menu, Drunken Lobster's advent coincided with a sharp lobster price increase, prompting unexpectedly high menu prices for those offerings; and what would have been the restaurant's first season for Dungeness Crab last year was virtually cancelled (and the fishery still curtailed in 2017) due to algae growths that created a biotoxin risk. 

For many years Gyros House operated at 212 Castro, supplanted for a few months in 2015 by Pitabite before Chef Langevin opened Drunken Lobster on September 22, 2015. 

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