Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Jay Lifson, Executive Director
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October 2, 2017 News & Events
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Parking Ordinance Committee Joint Meeting with the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, October 5, 5:30pm, Lafayette City Offices, 3675 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Room 240
Parking Ordinance Committee Presentation of Draft Parking Strategy and Parking Ordinance Update to Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday at the City Offices. The Committee is seeking feedback from the Chamber of Commerce on the updated regulations, Chapter 6-6 of the Lafayette Municipal Code and the implementation strategy. The comments from the Chamber as well as those from the Circulation Commission and Design Review Commission will be forwarded to the Planning Commission for consideration. The Planning Commission will make its recommendations to the City Council who take action on the final documents.
Click here for more information.
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Registration Now Open! 25th Annual Lafayette Res Run for Education
Sunday, October 22, 2017
5k Certified Run 8:00am, 10k Certified Run 8:15am, 2mi fun run/walk 8:45am. On-site registration opens at 6:30am. Live music, pancake breakfast, and Healthy Lifestyles Fair!
LAST WEEK of Early Bird Registration Contest ....
The contest could come down to the wire.
Register today
and make your registration count. Early Bird Contest deadline is midnight on October 7. Reminder... this run supports our LOCAL public schools.
Which school will WIN the Early Bird Contest and receive an additional check?
Leader Board as of October 2:
1. Happy Valley Elementary
2. Springhill Elementary
3. Lafayette Elementary
4. Burton Valley Elementary
5. Stanley Middle School
6. Campolindo High School
7. Acalanes High School
8. Miramonte High School
Thank you to our sponsors for their continued community support.
Chris Swim - Tracy Keaton Pacific Union Realty, A Runner's Mind, Cobain Orthodontics, Diablo Foods, Dudum Real Estate, EBMUD, East Bay Oral Surgery, Forma Gym Turkey Trot, Lamorinda Tooth Buds, Lafayette Car Wash & Detail Center, LoveBugs! State Farm - Kelley Reed.
Please stop by our Healthy Lifestyle Fair and visit our participating vendor booths: Lafayette Physical Therapy, Stat Med, Roughing It Day Camp, Behymer & Steel Chiropractic, Leigh Creekside Park, Kind Snacks, US Cryotherapy- Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Animal Services, LPIE (Lafayette Partners in Education) and Urban Remedy.
For more information contact Sara at
Sara@LafayetteChamber.org.
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Welcome to our Newest Members!
The following businesses have joined the Lafayette Chamber September 25-29.
Please join us in welcoming them!
Synergy Design Development
- Architects
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Lafayette Chamber Premier Members
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 LPIE Business Partner Appreciation Event - You're Invited!
Tuesday, October 10, 4:30pm-6pm, LPIE Offices, 3450 Golden Gate Way
Lafayette Partners in Education (LPIE) invites you to their annual Business Partner Appreciation Event on October 10 from 4:30pm-6pm at the LPIE offices - 3450 Golden Gate Way. Enjoy treats from California Pizza Kitchen and Smitten. Lafayette Partners in Education (LPIE) is a community-based education foundation run by parent volunteers working to enhance and expand the educational opportunities for students in Lafayette's six public schools: Burton Valley, Happy Valley, Lafayette and Springhill Elementary Schools, Stanley Middle School and Acalanes High School. All are welcome, whether or not you are a business partner. Please RSVP to office@lpie.org.
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 Social Media Workshop Series - Facebook Ads 101 for Local Businesses
October 11, 6pm-7:30pm, Homework Center, Lafayette Library and Learning Center
We'll walk through the basics of DIY Facebook advertising so you can decide if it's worth trying to use it for your local business. Speaker: Robin S. Fox, Digital Strategist. Admission is free but
registration is requested. All workshops are held from 6-7:30pm (check-in begins 5:50) in the Homework Center at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
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Are You Maximizing Your Executive Compensation?
If you or someone you know receive stock options and/or restricted stock from your employer, or have access to a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, you will not want to miss this class where you will learn to maximize these benefits and minimize their tax impact. The class is being held on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7:00 PM at the Lafayette Community Center and the cost is $30. To learn more and register for this class, visit
bit.ly/execcomp1017 (register early - space is limited).
Appointments Training, California Women Lead
Ever considered getting involved in your local community as an appointee to a board or commission? Want to know more about how about the process works? How do you access the application? Where to find vacancies? How do you navigate the process? Who can help? Join California Women Lead and Assemblywoman Catharine Baker for an appointments training to learn the process that one takes to be appointed to a board/commission/committee at the local and state level - October, 12, 6:30pm, Civic Park Community Center, 1375 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Other speakers include Mona Pasquil, Appointments Secretary, Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and Rachel Michelin, Executive Director/CEO, California Women Lead; current Gubernatorial Appointee. This training is free and open to the public. No admittance without prior RSVP. To RSVP
click here.
Housing Town Halls
Join the dialogue on what we can do, together, to create a community that all of us can call home! All events are from 10:00-Noon. October 14 in Alamo at the San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church (902 Danville Blvd., Alamo), October 21, in Martinez (location TBD) October 28 in Concord (location TBD)
View flyer.
Saturday, Oct. 14, 5:30pm Doors Open, 7pm Show, Bruns Amphitheater
Featuring Mat Kearney with Luce and performances by CD4Hope 2017 Artists. Proceeds from the concert support breast cancer prevention and the San Francisco-based
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners.
For more info and tickets,
click here.
View Flyer.
Vendors still being accepted for Bay Area Kids' Book Fair returning to Lafayette Oct. 15
Bay Area Festivals is still accepting sponsors and exhibitors for the 2nd annual free Bay Area Kids' Book Fair on the Oct. 14-15 weekend. The East Bay Fair is on Sunday, Oct. 15, at Acalanes High School in Lafayette. Learn more at
www.BayAreaKidsBookFair.com.
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church - 1035 Carol Lane
One office to rent to a nonprofit group for $300.00 a month. 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette. Contact Pastor Dan 283-3722 or
dan@oslc.net.
Pedder, Hesseltine, Walker & Toth, LLP, located at 3445 Golden Gate Way has one 10 x 9 office space for rent- can use board room as well. $900.00 per month. Attorney's would like a financial person that could help them or a CPA. Also known as Lafayette Legal Center with 15 attorneys. Contact Stanley Pedder at 283-6816.
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd. (Bambi building)
The suite space is approximately 1,100 sq ft and is on the main floor and faces the back located at 3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd.(Bambi building). Two offices available, one is large enough for two desks, the other allows for only one. Would be interested in renting one or both offices. Both have desks. There is also an available desk for an admin., and room in a storage room for file cabinets. This includes a small refrigerator and microwave in the storage area. The building is in a great location, a few blocks from BART, across the street from Trader Joe's. Ample parking. Contact Kathleen at 595-3282.
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Friends of the Lafayette Library Wonders of the World series presents Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire at the deYoung Museum Wednesday, October 4, 2pm, Library Community Hall
Teotihuacan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the earliest, largest, and most important cities in the ancient Americas. The deYoung exhibition features monumental and ritual objects as well as never-before-seen archaeological discoveries. For more information and to register click HERE.
Marty Brounstein Two Among the Righteous Few Thursday, October 5, 6:30pm, Library Community Hall Author Marty Brounstein shares an inspirational true story of tragedy and hope, about a Christian couple in the Netherlands who saved the lives of over two dozen Jews during WWII. Brounstein's meaningful personal connection to these heroes is revealed in his engaging presentation. Free. All ages.
For more information and to register click HERE.
Cooking 101 for Teens Saturday, October 7, 10:30am, Library Community Hall In this free workshop, you'll learn to make sushi, snacks and smoothies, chop vegetables, save money at the grocery store, and more! Free. Grades 6-12. For more information and to register click HERE.
Nickels For Non-Profits - Now through January 11 Shop at Lafayette Whole Foods and the Lafayette Library & Learning Center Foundation will received 5cents per recycled bag you use!
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Lafayette Chamber Office Closure - The Chamber Office will be closed Monday, October 9 for the Columbus Day Holiday.
Ribbon Cutting at Luminance Vision Optometry
Thursday, October 19, 5:30pm, 3444 Mt Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
The Chamber welcomes
Luminance Vision Optometry! Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 19. Luminance Vision Optometry is located at 3444 Mt Diablo Blvd., Lafayette.
Lafayette Res Run for Education
Sunday, October 22, 6:30am-10:30am
Join us for the 25th Annual Lafayette Reservoir Run on Sunday, October 22, 2017! Learn more about this race for 2 mile, 5k and 10k participants
here.
Lafayette Chamber Office Closure - The Chamber Office will be closed for Res Run Cleanup on Monday, October 23.
 October Mixer at Mechanic's Bank
Wednesday, October 25, 5:30pm-7pm, 3649 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Join us for Octoberfest!! Our October Mixer will be held at
Mechanic's Bank on Wednesday, October 25 from 5:30pm-7pm. Mechanic's Bank is located at 3649 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette.
Coffee with the Mayor
Friday, October 27, 8am-9am, 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Room 265
Join us for Coffee with Lafayette Mayor Mike Anderson on Friday morning at 8am at the Lafayette City Offices, 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Room 265.
 Trick or Treat Street
Friday, October 27, 4pm-6pm, Downtown Lafayette
For a fun, safe Halloween event, children and their parents are invited to Trick-or-Treat on Mt. Diablo Blvd. from Oak Hill Rd. to Dewing Ave. and in La Fiesta Square from 4:00-6:00pm on Friday, October 27, 2017. All participating businesses will display a "Trick-or-Treat Poster" and balloons. Please come in costume to receive a special treat. Don't forget to bring a Trick-or-Treat bag.
If you'd like to receive a text message reminder about upcoming Lafayette Chamber events, email your full name and cell phone number to Sara at sara@lafayettechamber.org.
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