September Newsletter 
Greetings!

We are 4 days away until the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, the Chamber's premier annual fundraiser, enabling the organization to provide the Mountain View community with a variety of important services, programs, and scholarships.

New this year: Pay with Apple PAY or Google PAY at any of the Ticket & Glass Booths!  

We'll take:
1. Cash of course
2. Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX and Discover
3. Apple PAY
4. Google PAY

See what else is new about this year's festival here.
New Members
Renewing Members
CONNECT
Sept 6: Business ConneXions Lead Referral Group: Brown Bag Luncheon

Guest Speaker Christy Tonge is a strategically oriented, high energy and thoughtful executive coach, facilitator, speaker and consultant. Christy offers extensive experience in Leadership and Change, Teams, Authentic Leadership Communication, Executive Presence, and Emotional Intelligence. Come to hear more about
Christy and connect with other businesses. 

Sept 6th - 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Techcode - 1172 Castro Street, Mountain View
Sept 18: China Entrepreneurial Interest Forum
Sept 21: Tri-Chamber Mixer with Santa Clara & Sunnyvale

Join us on September 21st for our tri-chamber mixer bringing Santa Clara, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale together for an after-hours mixer to broaden participants' geographical contacts across the three cities. It's about relationship building, networking, generating leads, discussing county and local issues, and connecting with business leaders. 

Start building your network today!

Sept 21st - 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
The Domain Hotel - 1085 East El Camino Real, Mountain View
PROMOTE
Sept 30 & Oct 1: 5th Annual Oktoberfest

Join us at Mountain View's 5th annual Oktoberfest on Sept. 30th and Oct 1st, celebrating 7 styles of German Beer, authentic German food and music, as well as a kids activity/entertainment area. The event is expected to have over 8,000 people again this year and is the best Oktoberfest in the Bay Area. We are still in need of volunteers, if interested please visit us at our website or email  volunteer@mvoktoberfest.com
ATHENA Nominations

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 26th Annual ATHENA Award and the 8th Annual ATHENA Young Professional Award. Created to honor an outstanding Mountain View leader and Chamber member, this award will be presented to a woman and young female professional who has attained and personified the highest level of professional excellence in business and the community. Nominate an outstanding woman for this award. Deadline to submit has been extended. The ATHENA Awards will be presented at a luncheon on Thursday, October 12th.
7 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Small Business

Grow your small business with LinkedIn by using these seven proven tactics.

There are nearly 30 million small businesses in the United States, but only half of them will make it past five years. To ensure your small business is in the successful half, we encourage you to capitalize on the various ways LinkedIn can evolve your business.

With LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, you can generate leads, produce sales, and hire top professionals to fuel your growth. Here are seven ways to grow your business using LinkedIn... More

ADVOCATE
Mountain View City Council is Back in Session

Did you know the Mountain View City Council is back from summer break? The next council meeting is September 5, 2017, at 6:30 pm in council chambers, 500 Castro Street. Interested Mountain View Citizens are entitled to speak for up to three minutes on any agenda action item. To view the agenda click:  here. 

If you are not able to attend in person, council meetings are cablecast live on channel 26 on the Mountain View Comcast cable system and replayed on Thursday at 6:30pm, Saturday at 10am and Sunday at 5pm following that week's council meeting.

All current council agendas can be found  here.
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION NEWS
Giving opportunity through Education and Scholarships
Scholarship Mountain View

Save the Date: We are very excited to announce the first ever Scholarship Mountain View Fundraising dinner
Thursday, November 16th, 2017 .

Our big audacious goal for the 2018 scholarship round is to raise $200,000 with a vision to make this a 4 year scholarship program. This goal is in response to the following question:
What happens if our scholarship students complete their first year
and then don’t have the money to continue their education? 
Then we haven't gotten them far enough.

Our goal of $200,000 for 2018 will enable MVCOCEF to give 10 Mountain View resident High School seniors, $5,000 each year for 4 years...  More
Leadership Mountain View

Helping Good People Become Great Leaders

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

The 46th Annual Art & Wine Festival is next weekend Saturday, September 9th from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm and Sunday, September 10th from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.  Leadership Mountain View will once again be staffing water and sangria booths. This is one of our largest fundraisers and we are STILL looking for our LMV Alumni to volunteer to staff our booths. 

To volunteer for one of the LMV booths register here.

We are excited to announce we will have 33 new class participants for the 2017-2018 term. Please join the LMV Alumni in welcoming the new class.

The Welcome Reception for the LMV Class of 2018 on Friday, September 29th at Microsoft . 
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.

Newest articles on ILoveMV.org:
  • 10 Tips to make the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival more enjoyable
  • Milk Pail Market must-try items
  • TechCode Tours and Hackathon
  • Monta Loma Neighborhood improvements
  • Gardening Tips for Mountain View
  • LinkedIn Learning
      
If you have any ideas for articles on ILoveMV, please contact heidi@ilovemv.org.
MEMBER NEWS
You’re all making a big impact – did you know it?

Mountain View has achieved a major milestone towards curbing climate change and you may not have noticed! This year, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) became the official electricity supplier for residents and businesses for the communities of Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and unincorporated Santa Clara County. 

SVCE delivers carbon free energy at 1% less than PG&E prices... More
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