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
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We sincerely hope you and those you care for are healthy.
CCHS is recommending that people who are higher risk from COVID-19, including adults over 50 and people with certain underlying medical conditions, should avoid mass gatherings.
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Social Media Workshop Series: Business Essentials
by Coach Holly Jackson
Build Your Brand Through Story
Wednesday, March 11, 6pm-7:30pm,
Lafayette Library & Learning Center, Homework Room, 3491 Mount Diablo Blvd.
Discover the power of story and how to use it for powerful marketing!
Are you sharing loads of content with your list but not getting the interaction you were hoping for? In this workshop, you'll learn how to be market versus marketing focused, how to build an authentic connection and trust, and how to build powerful stories that work for your ideal clients.
Holly helps business owners and entrepreneurs love their life and their business again. With over 12 years of technology and business experience, she helps business owners get their groove back physically, mentally and emotionally. She does this through a combined approach of both coaching and consulting providing practical and actionable results.
This event is FREE for members and non members. Seating is limited, please
register here to secure your spot!
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Ribbon Cutting at Edward Jones Financial - Fred Steingraf
Thursday, March 12, 5:30pm-6:30pm, 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Ste 161
Join the Lafayette Chamber in welcoming Chamber boardmember Fred Steingraf,
Edward Jones, to Lafayette! We will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting at Fred's new office location in Desco Plaza on March 12.
RSVP here >>
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Glisten and Glow Skincare offers advanced skincare including: luxurious treatments, specialized facials, chemical peels, LED light therapy, microdermabrasion, teeth whitening, back treatments, and other add-on services.
Mention this post to receive 20% off all treatments. Let’s get you glowing! Instagram and Facebook: glistenandglow_skincare.
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Welcome to our Newest Member!
The following business recently joined the Lafayette Chamber. Visit their website for more information!
3400 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Stephanie McNabb, 925-299-1222
Category: Beauty Salons & Services
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March Mixer: An Evening at Queen of Heaven Funeral Center & Cemetery
Join us for our March mixer! Prayer and welcome introduction by Joe Witherspoon. Music by Christine Cosbey. Light snacks provided. Raffle for Bishop’s Vineyard wine! Questions? Contact Joe Witherspoon, 925-932-0900,
jwitherspoon@cfcsoakland.org.
Meet Chamber board member greeters Travis Johnson and Fred Steingraf! Please
register so we can have your name tag ready at check-in!
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Ribbon Cutting for The Protected Child
Tuesday, March 17, 5:30pm-6:30pm, 2 Theatre Square, Orinda
Join us at a Ribbon Cutting for new Lafayette Chamber member,
The Protected Child, on Tuesday, March 17 at 5:30pm. Square Baby will be hosting the event at their location, 2 Orinda Theatre Square in Orinda.
RSVP here >>
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Ribbon Cutting at 9Round Lafayette
Thursday, March 19, 5:30pm-6:30pm, 3561 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
9Round Lafayette is unlike any other gym or studio. While there are no scheduled classes, your workout is still curated for you, instead of you being left to fend for yourself on the floor! Learn more and meet the owners at a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday March 19!
RSVP here >>
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Ribbon Cutting at The Beauty Boutique
Thursday, March 26, 5:30pm-6:30pm, 3534 Golden Gate Way
Join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of
The Beauty Boutique! They are the premiere destination for all skincare, makeup, and hair services. To celebrate the night, we will have a few raffle prizes to give away and you won’t want to miss out on the handcrafted desserts and spirits, beautiful macrame and more from our local vendors. This will be a night you won’t want to miss!
RSVP here >>
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Ribbon Cutting at STAT MED's New Location!
Tuesday, March 31, 5:30pm-6:30pm, 3799 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Ste 100
Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at
STAT MED's new Lafayette location across from the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center! They offer five treatment rooms, onsite x-rays, and easy parking. Open 7 days/week + holidays and evenings too! Come see the new location with us on March 31.
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Coffee with Mayor Mike Anderson
Friday, March 27, 8am-9am, 3338 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Join us for Coffee with the Lafayette Mayor, Mike Anderson! Please note new location: Supervisor Candace Andersen’s Office, 3338 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
This event is free but registration is requested as space is limited!
RSVP here >>
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Social Media Workshop Series: Business Essentials
by Coach Holly Jackson
3 Business Time Savers: Cloze, Acuity, & Active Campaign
Wednesday, April 8, 6pm-7:30pm,
Lafayette Library & Learning Center, Homework Room, 3491 Mount Diablo Blvd.
Learn how to build email & marketing automation, how to simplify scheduling online, & how to build close relationships w/your customers.
Learn how to leverage Active Campaign for email & marketing automation, how to utilize Cloze CRM for creating high touch personalization with your potential & current customers, and how to save time using Acuity for scheduling. These 3 tools, used correctly, will save you loads of time.
Holly helps business owners and entrepreneurs love their life and their business again. With over 12 years of technology and business experience, she helps business owners get their groove back physically, mentally and emotionally. She does this through a combined approach of both coaching and consulting providing practical and actionable results.
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Lafayette’s Favorite Dinner Party – The “Taste of Lafayette” Restaurant Stroll!
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 5:30pm-8pm, Downtown Lafayette
Just a few Sponsorship Opportunities still available. Wouldn’t you like to see your logo here?
- Wine Bar Sponsor $600
- Entertainment Sponsor $150
If you are interested, please contact
Sara. This is a great way to get involved and help support the Lafayette Chamber and the Lafayette Community Foundation.
Here are the confirmed participating restaurants:
- Batch & Brine Lafayette
- Fabula Tea
- Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa's The Park Bistro & Bar
- Lavash Restaurant
- Mangia Ristorante & Pizzeria
- Metro Lafayette
- Reve Bistro
- Sideboard Neighborhood Kitchen & Coffee Bar
- Solano Jewelers
- The Coop
- Zoonie's Candy, Toy and Gelato
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Prime Downtown Office Location Available
740 SF in contemporary office, shared kitchen, showers, restroom. Gated parking lot. Bike storage. 3447 Mt. Diablo & 3447 Golden Gate Way (building transects the block), space is lower level fronting Golden Gate Way. Contact Joanne Schweibinz at (925) 299-7878 or
joanne@compassad.com.
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AAUW-OML Meeting Panel Discussion on U.S. Immigration
Tuesday, March 17, 9:30am-11:30am, Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda
AAUW-OML (American Association of University Women-Orinda Moraga Lafayette Branch) will host a panel discussion on U.S. immigration policy and issues on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (9:30-10:00 a.m. social time) at the Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda. Three experts will share information on current U.S. immigration topics such as the types of visas available, and immigrants’ destinations and effect on the U.S. economy. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, visit our website at
https://oml-CA.aauw.net.
LPIE’s Power Party "Rock the Yacht" Cruisin' For a Cause
Saturday, March 21, UC Berkeley-Pauley Ballroom
Do you want to support LPIE and the LPIE Power Party? Help us create Instant Wine Cellars by donating a bottle (or more) of wine with a value of $30 per bottle. It is as easy as
clicking here!
Project LPIE: Judges Needed!
Do you have an expertise in art, music, acting, science, computer programming, community service, writing, digital design, entrepreneurship, photography, sustainability, or video production? Project LPIE is a project based competition in 17 categories that allows Acalanes High School students to show-case their skills. If you are interested in supporting our students, please contact
gab@lpie.org or complete the attached form by
clicking here.
Calling All Diablo Women!
Showcase your professional successes and personal achievements. Reserve your space in Diablo magazine's Diablo Women profiles section and secure your invitation to the most dynamic networking event.
Request info here.
BBB Now Accepting Entries for Third Annual Torch Awards for Ethics
BBB invites for-profit businesses to apply for the regional 2020 Torch Awards for Ethics competition. The Torch Awards for Ethics competition was created to honor companies that are committed to trust and marketplace ethics. The award embodies Better Business Bureau’s mission to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. To apply for the regional 2020 Torch Awards for Ethics, learn more about the competition, or nominate a business, visit
go.bbb.org/sf-torchawards. Applications are open now until Monday, April 6th at 5 pm PST.
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Member Events & Announcements
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Sustainable Lafayette presents this month's Green Gathering
Tuesday, March 10, 7:15pm, Town Hall Theatre, School Street, Lafayette
"Motherload" is an award-winning crowd-sourced documentary about a new mother's quest to understand the increasing isolation and disconnection of the digital age, its planetary impact, and how cargo bikes could be an antidote.
Filmmaker Liz Canning cycled everywhere until she had twins in 2008. Hauling babies via car was not only unsustainable but took the freedom and adventure out of life, and Liz felt trapped. She Googled "family bike" and uncovered a global movement of people replacing cars with cargo bikes: long-frame bicycles designed for carrying passengers and heavy loads. Liz set out to learn more, and "Motherload" was born.
Lafayette resident Eric Law will speak briefly after the film about his Pleasant Hill Road Bike/Pedestrian Path project, which would link Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Deer Hill Road and, ultimately, Springhill School. Adults $10, Students/Seniors $7. To buy tickets,
click here or call (925) 283-1557. Free refreshments!
Raise a Pint for John Muir Land Trust
Thursday, March 12, 5pm-9pm, Canyon Club Brewery, 1558 Canyon Road
Join the folks from
John Muir Land Trust
for a pint to discuss Painted Rock and what's next for public access. Learn how to get involved with the Painted Rock Trail Building event on May 16-17, hosted by JMLT and Volunteers for Outdoor California (VOCAL).
A portion of proceeds from all beer sold during the event will be donated to JMLT.
Lafayette Community Garden
Saturday, March 14, 3932 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
The gates open for the Lafayette Community Garden's ninth working season on March 14. The garden is open Tuesdays from 4-7pm, Thursdays from 9am-noon and Saturdays from 9am-1pm. Remember, community members are always welcome to visit. Check out the new chickens, who are so busy laying eggs! And the mushrooms! And the red wigglers, who are producing buckets of worm castings to fertilize our spring plantings! Classes begin in April and descriptions should be on the website any day now. For more information, please visit
lafayettecommunitygarden.org. Most Garden programs are free but a $5 donation is appreciated to support outdoor education.
Harper Greer Spring Fashion Show
Featuring a Sympli trunk show and the Newest Arrivals from Harper Greer!
Raffle! Prizes! Champagne! Limited Seating! RSVP 925.298.5468
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Youth Art Show at JPG@TheBank
March 21-22, 2020
Young Lamorinda artists (6th-12th grades) are invited to experience the joy of creativity in an art show that is all for them. We encourage visual artists and photographers of all styles and media to participate. For more information and to submit, e-mail Kimberly Lavoie
kdlavoie@pacbell.net or
click here.
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What does fiscal responsibility mean to me?
That is the question that Mercer Partners Wealth Management would like to pose to high school seniors. Answers must be submitted in a 300-500 word essay and received by Friday, May 8th.
Two winners will be awarded a $1000 college scholarship. (One entry per high school senior.) For more information and to download an application form, visit our website at
www.mercerpartnerswealth.com.
Completed entries may be mailed, faxed or emailed to: Mercer Partners Wealth Management, 1243 Alpine Road, Suite 219, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. (925) 932-4700, or email:
Jadi.S.Christiansen@lpl.com.
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Community Events & Announcements
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Help With 2020 Census for People Experiencing Homelessness
Contra Costa needs volunteers to help staff Questionnaire Assistance Kiosks (QAK) in homeless service sites in Contra Costa in April to help ensure that people in our community experiencing homelessness are counted in the 2020 Census! QAKs are physical locations where the people can access a computer to complete their Census questionnaire online or complete it by phone.
QAK volunteers will be stationed at homeless service sites/events with a laptop computer to encourage people to fill out the form, give out incentives when someone completes their form and direct people to more information about the Census. Volunteers will receive training on how to complete these activities.
QAK shifts (typically 2-4 hours) will be available in multiple parts of the county and during daytime, evening and weekend hours in the month of April. To sign up to volunteer,
click here.
Contra Costa County Seeks Applicants to Community Advisory Board (CAB) on Public Safety Realignment
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Diablo magazine’s Best of the East Bay 2020 voting closes March 31!
Here are a few tools to help you get ready and to promote voting for your business:
• Visit
diablomag.com/vote and click the images and links to download printable and digital graphics to pass out and share with your customers
• Voters will also be entered to win a luxury Hawaiian getaway!
Vote for your chamber members and also for the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival which has a category this year: Arts & Leisure: Festival/Community Event!
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Happening at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
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Free Tax Assistance
Tuesdays through March 24, 10am - 3:30pm; Saturdays March 28, April 4, April 11, 10am - 3:30pm
IRS-certified AARP volunteers provide free federal and state tax preparation for low-moderate income Contra Costa County residents. This service is offered to people of all ages, with special attention to those 50+. Walk-ins are accepted, but priority is given to those with an appointment. Please call the main desk at 925-385-2280 to register.
Friends of the Lafayette Library present: WOW: The Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, U.C. Davis
Wednesday, March 11, 2:00PM – 3:00PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
With the same passion for experimentation that first brought prominence to the arts at UC Davis, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art cultivates transformational art experiences to inspire new thinking and the open exchange of ideas. A new museum 60 years in the making, it’s grounded in the legacy of UC Davis’ world-renowned first generation art faculty. Click
HERE to register.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Information Session
Thursday, March 12, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
Learn something new! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley offers innovative education for the 50+ learner, with courses at the Lafayette Library starting March 31st!
Featured speaker Tamim Ansary will discuss "Trending Now: Conspiracy Theory." Ansary is a best-selling author and teach "Conspiracy Theory in Modern History" this Spring.
Upcoming Courses at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center:
Dreamwork with Barry Friedman (FULL)
Global Lens with Michael Fox
Bruce Springsteen: An In-depth Appreciation of America’s Poet Laureate with Peter Elman
Rock and Roll's First Decade with Richie Unterberger
Our Brains: Molecules to Memory, Part 3 with Peter Ralston
Friends Corner Book Shop - Half Price Sale!
Saturday, March 14, 9a -5pm, First Street and Golden Gate Way
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation Presents:
Distinguished Speaker Series: Joyce Carol Oates and Laila Lalami
Tuesday, March 17, 7pm, Don Tatzin Community Hall
Join these two award-winning storytellers, each known for their own powerful literary voice, as they discuss their recent writings and the writer’s life with author Joseph Di Prisco, Chair of the Simpson Literary Project.
Click HERE for tickets.
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Please note: to signup you will be asked for your birthdate. This information is not stored, it is only used for verify you are over 21 years of age.
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