News & Events from the Lafayette Chamber
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Jay Lifson, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
Closed Monday, May 27, Memorial Day
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Grand Opening / Ribbon Cutting at Lemon
Tuesday, April 23, 10am, 3539 Plaza Way
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Mixer at Philz Coffee
Wednesday, April 24, 5:30pm-7pm, 3597 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Philz Coffee began in the Mission District of San Francisco in the backroom of a corner store. What started out as passion project has blossomed into a labor of love. Our Lafayette store carries on the traditional brewing style that Phil himself perfected, offering individually crafted cups of coffee prepared just the way you like it. Our mission is to Better People's Days, so come in and let Shellie and her team better yours!
Our April mixer is free for members!
Registration is requested.
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Coffee with the Mayor
Friday, April 26, 8am-9am, Lafayette Chamber Conference Room
Join us for Coffee with the Lafayette Mayor, Mike Anderson! Coffee generously provided by
Philz! This event is free but registration is requested due to limited seating.
Register here.
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Welcome to Our Newest Chamber Members!
We welcome the following new members to the Lafayette Chamber. We encourage you to visit their websites for more information.
4105 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville; 925-648-5305
East Bay Real Estate office specializing in Lamorinda, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill residential & commercial real estate.
Category: Real Estate Services
3589 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette; 707-567-9760
RAEnbow Lash and Beauty specializes in eyelash extensions, spray tanning and facials. We also offer other beauty services as well!
Category: Beauty Salons & Services
3569-C Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette; 925-310-4876
Myara is a children’s boutique based in Lafayette. We design our own clothes. Our head designer, Sunny, designed for top brands and always wanted to create a boutique where family members could come, sit, have coffee, connect, and start a fresh chapter of their child’s lives with a piece that speaks to them.
Category: Clothing & Accessories
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Tuesday Talk: What a Digital Home Record Is and Why Your Clients Need One
Tuesday, April 30, 12noon-1pm, Lafayette Chamber Office
Are you a realtor, builder, insurer, home manager or professional organizer? Wouldn't it be helpful if your client's homes had an online inventory of all home finishes, fixtures, appliances and contents? We think so! Let us show you how modern information technology can help you and your clients manage essential home ownership information with a digital home record.
Kent Godfrey, Lafayette resident and tech entrepreneur, has created a cloud-based software service and app to track the many aspects of homes and home management.
Jules, by HomeIQ, is a secure online service with a database of over 300 item types which can be stored, shared and accessed on the go. Easy to use, so come see this demo and learn more!
This event is free but registration is requested due to limited seating.
Register here.
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Early Bird Tickets Now on Sale for Taste of Lafayette - Lafayette's Favorite Dinner Party!
Tuesday, May 14, 5:30pm-8:00pm, Downtown Lafayette
The Taste of Lafayette stroll begins when ticket holders head out at their own pace to stop at any or all of the participating restaurants for sampling. This year, the will-call, appetizers, bar and dessert will be located at
JPG@TheBank, 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Evening includes music throughout the stroll and a raffle supporting the
Lafayette Community Foundation.
Finish the night with dessert, coffee and entertainment by the
Gold Coast Chamber Players’s latest venture, pop-up BACH, chamber music experience in unexpected places, featuring the
Little Stars Trio at 7:30pm at
JPG@TheBank, 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Drawing for the raffle will be held at 7:45pm also at JPG@TheBank.
Participating Restaurants/Businesses (to date)
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Ribbon Cutting at Myara
Thursday, May 2, 5:30pm, 3569-C Mt. Diablo Blvd
Join us in welcoming
Myara to downtown Lafayette! Myara is a children’s boutique, designing their own clothes. Head designer, Sunny, designed for top brands and always wanted to create a boutique where family members could come, sit, have coffee, connect, and start a fresh chapter of their child’s lives with a piece that speaks to them.
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Lafayette Residents, You’re Invited to a Pop-up Party for the Launch of Lafayette Social
Sunday, May 5, 2pm-5pm, Bank of the West, 3583 Mt Diablo Blvd
Lafayette Social ~ Sharing Stories, Creating Community!
WHO’S INVITED: Lafayette residents (all ages!)
WHAT TO EXPECT:
- Learn about Lafayette Social – A social platform for Lafayette residents
- A Lafayette Chamber Ribbon Cutting
- Raffle prizes
- Music, food, & beverages
- Local artisans sharing & selling their creations
- Mr. Telephone Man answering questions about using your smartphones
- Lots of smiling faces & good cheer!
And we’ll also have the honor to learn more about Step Ahead – a nonprofit that transforms the lives of children with autism & their families through running, founded by Lafayette resident, Annie Marggraff.
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New Member Reception
Thursday, May 16, Networking: 5:30-6pm, Program: 6-7pm, Bank of the West, 3583 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
You are cordially invited to attend the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce New Member Reception! Meet Chamber Staff, Board and Ambassadors and learn how the Chamber works for you! Hosted bar and complimentary appetizers. Please
RSVP by Friday, May 10.
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Tuesday Talk: How to Get your Business on Google's First Page in Lafayette
Tuesday, May 21, 12noon-1, Lafayette Chamber Conference Room
Tips shared by Zee Azizi, Founder of Webfume Technologies (Marketing and Web Development company) and Ace Auto Care in Lafayette
Aside from Ace Auto Care, Ace Auto Dealers, Ace Auto Details and Azeze Jewelry, Zee also established Webfume Technologies LLC, a Digital Marketing and Web Development company which has helped local businesses improve their online presence.
On this talk, you'll learn what he has done to get clients within his area by optimizing his business' online presence. The following is what you will understand:
- Understanding how Search Engine Optimization works;
- How Google crawlers work and what they look for on your website;
- The importance of keywords;
- Google Maps optimization;
- Types and importance of installing tracking cookies on your site for retargeting purposes; and more.
Zee has proven and tested these processes because he believes that these are important for a business owner to know for them to have a significant online presence to generate potential clients.
This event is free but registration is requested due to limited seating.
Register here.
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2019 Art and Wine Sponsorship Opportunities
Saturday, September 21 & Sunday, September 22
Over 80,000 people stroll the downtown street festival throughout the weekend visiting our local retail business and award winning restaurants as well as 450+ booths of art, handmade crafts, food samplings, wine, beer, commercial vendors, non-profits … pausing to enjoy continuous live music and entertainment from our four stages.
Check out the full list of committed partners for this year
here.
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Business Resources
Free Document Shredding Event
Saturday, April 27, 9am-12noon, Concentric Wealth Management back parking lot, 251 Lafayette Circle
We are pleased to announce our 9th annual complimentary shredding day for clients and friends in the community! We’ll have high capacity shredding truck on site to shred and recycle. Stop by, drop off your documents and enjoy a cup of coffee. Pastries, fruit and coffee will be served for your enjoyment. Bring your furry friend along! We will have water and doggie treats available. Please contact Tor in our office with any questions:
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Participation in Local, upcoming JOB FAIR - open to all Lamorinda Businesses
The Moraga Country Club has generously opened its doors to host a Job Fair on Monday, April 29th from noon to 6pm. There is no charge to participate in this Fair. Tables, chairs and light refreshments will be provided.
We are looking for participation from retail, restaurants and office based businesses for both full time and part time work. This Job Fair is being promoted to all local Lamorinda businesses and the Lamorinda Weekly.
If you wish to reserve a table, please contact Kathe Nelson at the Moraga Chamber of Commerce 925-323-6524 no later than Friday, April 26th.
Office Furniture for Donation/Pickup
Vasquez Benisek & Lindgren LLP is a small law firm located at 3685 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Suite 300, who is moving to Walnut Creek to a smaller space. They have some office furniture to donate:
- Conference Table with round edge; 12’ L x 46” W x 29” H
- Conference Table race track style; 12’ L x 54” W x 30” H
- Large credenza, 72” l x 22” D x 36” H
- Small Credenza, 31”l x 18” D x 29-1/2 H
These items are free to whoever wants them; however they will be responsible for picking up and moving them out of the space. The tables can be taken apart into two pieces; and whoever wants them will need to bring their own tools to dismantle and move them. We need to be out of the office space by April 30, so any items would need to be removed by that date. Contact Dee Sannazzaro Gray at
[email protected], (925) 385-0647 for photos and additional information!
Lafayette Professionals Group: Changes
Wednesday, May 1, 5:30pm, Mechanics Bank, 3640 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
One thing is certain … CHANGE! Change is always happening; but now with
more velocity than ever. We invite you to learn about changes in the law,
fraud protection and the local and national economy at a presentation
hosted by Mechanics Bank and Lafayette Professionals Group. Join us at Mechanics Bank, 3640 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette for light refreshments at 5:30 PM and a one hour presentation beginning at 6:00 PM. There will be an opportunity to network before and after the presentation. Due to Bank hours, please arrive after 5:30 PM.
Reserve your company's exclusive booth at Bay Area KidFest booth
We're inviting your company to REGISTER TODAY as a vendor at the 30th annual Bay Area KidFest on the Memorial Day Weekend in Concord on May 25-27. At this exciting outdoor festival our vendors are interspersed with free art, crafts and sports activities that ensure the 20,000+ family attendees are exposed to your booth in the center of the KidFest grounds. We only allow one representative from each multi-level marketing company so don't miss out and sign up today!
Registration information.
Arts Affair, Lamorinda Arts Council
Wednesday, May 29, 5pm-8pm, Orinda Library Auditorium
Showcasing the programs the Lamorinda Arts Council brings to our community! This year the Arts Affair is a fundraiser to continue and enhance the incredible programs this organization produces. The Arts Affair gives local businesses an opportunity to get their name out to our community in support of all the Lamorinda Arts Council does for all of Lamorinda. We welcome the attendance and engagement in our community. We are developing a raffle, and local businesses can contribute something to the prize list.
Standard Ticket: $25, includes one entry and one raffle ticket; Patron Ticket: $100, includes one entry, two raffle tickets, and inclusion in our program (when purchased prior to May 24th); Corporate Sponsorship: $250, includes 2 entries, 2 raffle tickets, and logo placement in written materials prior to print deadlines. For more information contact Michelle Hoffmann,
[email protected].
Purchase tickets here.
FREE Coffee Break or Lunch for your Business from KKDV 92.1!
Gain more visibility with a free Coffee Break at your location! A KKDV representative will come to your office with coffee and Buntinis or you can choose a free lunch for you and your staff! KKDV will do an interview about the goods or services you offer and stream it on the radio station during the day at no cost for you!
Sign up here.
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Art of Collecting with Appraiser Joy Aitchison and guest art collectors
Wednesday, April 24, 7Ppm, JPG@TheBank, 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA
A conversation with art appraiser Joy Aitchison and select art collectors on the value of art and why people buy. What makes one work more costly or important than another? Will your art be valued over time? A night of demystifying the process and talking about what moves us in art. For artists and collectors and the curious! Admission free.
Learn more here.
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery
at the Bank (JPG@The Bank) is an off shoot of Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery in Lafayette, CA. For 6 months JPG has taken over an old (Wells Fargo) bank building. Hosting multiple art exhibits, talks, workshops, and concerts, this venue has truly transformed the empty storefront.
9th Annual Lafayette Community Music Festival
Saturday, April 27, Doors open 7pm; Music 8pm; $25 Advance; $30 At-Door, Town Hall Theatre
Featuring: The Big Jangle Acoustic, including Kiki Stack; and The Real Lafayette All Stars, including Jeff Tamalier (Tower of Power), Dave Martin (Buzztones, Dave Martin's House Party), Mark Stanley (Rock Island) and Paul Cotruvo (Big Jangle, Cover to Cover).
https://www.townhalltheatre.com/up-next
LiT Lamorinda
Saturday, April 27, 7pm-9pm, JPG@TheBank, 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
LiT Lamorinda - A fun night of music, wine and poetry from Bay Area writers. Poet Laureate of Lamorinda, Amy Glynn leads this night with pairing 5 Bay Area poets to local wines. Boutique wineries in the region will pour tastes to match the poetry and the Rob Evans Trio will perform. Enjoy pours from: Meadow View, Los Arabis, Deer Hill Vineyards, Raisin D’Etre, Thal Vineyards. Tickets are $25. Bring a friend and spend the evening immersed in art from the visuals, music and palette.
Tickets and more info here.
The 14th Annual Lafayette Earth Day Festival
Sunday, April 28, 11am–2pm, Lafayette Library & Learning Center
Discover opportunities to make environmentally friendly choices when you explore this year's Earth Day Festival in Lafayette. Several organizations will host informative and educational booths including the Girl Scouts, The Climate Reality Project and Wheel Kids Bicycle Club. Lucia's, a popular Berkeley pizzeria, will offer regular, vegan and gluten-free pizzas for purchase. You couldn't ask for a better way to celebrate Earth Day! Produced by Sustainable Lafayette, the Lafayette Chamber, the City of Lafayette and the Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
http://www.sustainablelafayette.org/earth-day-festival
Nancy Hu, administrator for Lafayette's Buy Nothing Project chapter, will be collecting items for Terracycle recycling and discussing ways you can reduce your waste at home!
View Flyer.
Showing Up: How We All Make Art: A Conversation with California Shakespeare Theater
Sunday, April 28, 2019. 4pm-6pm, JPG@TheBank 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette
Is a play without an audience still a play? Is a painting without a viewer still a painting? How do we, with our physical presence, make art – and change – possible? California Shakespeare Theater artistic director Eric Ting, with JPG@TheBank artist and Cal Shakes board member Betsy Streeter, along with other guests, and with you, will tackle these and other questions about how we bring art to life in physical space, and what that means to ourselves and our communities in a time of fragmentation and digital overkill. We're excited to add that our guests can also try wines from Lamorinda at our event from 4:00-4:45. Local wineries Deer Hill, Los Arabis, Meadow View and Thal will pour wines from grapes grown in Lamorinda! Learn what one of the newest US American Viticultural Areas, Lamorinda, is all about! Doors open at 4pm for wine reception, program begins at 4:30.
Learn more here.
Las Trampas Spring Gala and Benefit Auction
Sunday, April 28, 4pm-7pm, Diablo Country Club
Join us for a very special gala event to benefit Las Trampas. We promise a wonderful evening including dinner, live entertainment and live and silent auctions to benefit local services for our friends and neighbors with developmental disabilities.
Learn more and register here.
Open House - Roughing It Day Camp
Saturday, May 4, 10:30am-1:30pm, Lafayette Reservoir
Come visit camp to learn more about our summer camp programs. Take a tour of our site at the Lafayette Reservoir. Meet our directors and staff. Kids can try some camp activities including fishing, crafts, sports, and nature games. Children and family members of all ages are welcome. Located at the Lafayette Reservoir. Visit
www.roughingit.com for more information and to RSVP.
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Community Announcements
Who Will You Nominate? Sustainability Award Nominations Open!
Sustainable Contra Costa is proud to honor the leaders and activists whose good work is making Contra Costa communities healthy, beautiful, clean, and resilient. Awards are presented to individuals, nonprofits, government programs, schools, and businesses.
Learn more and submit your nomination(s) here.
Teenage Band Showcase
Friday, April 26, 7pm, Lafayette Community Center, 500 St. Mary's Rd
A Brighter Day Charity, along with the Lafayette Youth Commission, is thrilled to host our Annual Teenage Band Showcase. Bands will perform 2-4 songs with the judges being your local Music Teachers. All participating members of these bands will receive a recognition/thank you award and the participants of the winning band of the evening will receive well-deserved awards. This will be a fun evening. Bands will be judged in two ways: First on their music, second on the amount of teenage friends they bring to the event. Food will also be available. There is no event charge for this event. Learn more and to register your band, visit
https://abrighterday.info/band-showcase-lafayette-2019/
Acalanes HS Color Run
Sunday, April 28, 9am, Acalanes High School
The third annual Color Run will take place on Sunday, April 28 at Acalanes High School. This fundraiser supports the Classes of 2020 & 2021 and is a 1.5 mile run through the Acalanes campus. Each participant receives a white t-shirt to wear through the five color stations where participants will emerge in a rainbow of colors by the end of the run. Registration opens at 8 am with music & giveaways; race begins at 9 am. Signup today and encourage your friends, family members and neighbors to join the fun! The Color Run is also a great team bonding event for scout troops, club and LMYA teams. Participation fee - $25. Visit the
Acalanes High School Webstore to sign up. If you don't have a Webstore account, you may check out as a guest by using the code 9999999.
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Happening at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Night at the Library - Saturday, June 1
Tickets on sale now - while they last! Purchase tickets or make your donation
here.
Visit the Library Video Booth!
Tuesday, April 23, 3:00PM – 5:00PM or Saturday, April 27, 10:00AM – 11:00AM, Lafayette Library Willow Room
Tell us what you LOVE, value, and appreciate about your Lafayette Library. Stop by the Willow Room video booth to share a favorite library program, librarian or library memory. Stories will be recorded for use in a 10th Anniversary video celebrating the Lafayette Library, the heart of our community. Thank you!
Musical Concert: Vita Voci
Saturday, April 27, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
Join us for a captivating and enriching afternoon with Vita Voci, a nine-person vocal ensemble, performing music from 1790 – 1870 America. The Music of Poets, Soldiers, Slaves, Shakers and a Civil War is an acapella journey through wars, escapes, and upheavals; from Adams to Abe.
To register click here.
Lafayette Historical Society Presents: Speaker Series: “Place Names of Contra Costa"
Sunday, April 28, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
William Mero author of “Shadows on the Hills” will briefly explore a few of the aspects behind our historic place names. Some names have interesting or amusing stories attached to them. Others have been misunderstood. Several have mysterious origins and some are related to fascinating historic events. Admission: Donation Requested $10.00 LHS members; $15.00 non-members requested – Kids under 14 free with paying adult
2019 is the 10th Anniversary year for the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Sign up for the weekly enewsletter
AdLib to learn about upcoming programs and events at the Library. Recognized as a model for 21st Century libraries, the Lafayette Library is the heart and central gathering place for the community offering a rich menu of 1,000 programs a year for the lifelong learner in all of us.
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