A ballot that needs your vote is the Chamber Board Election Ballot. Please vote!

The Board Ballot will close on Monday, November 22 at 5 pm.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors recently approved an amended second round of grants for San Mateo County Strong’s Small Business Grant Program. This program provides funding for small businesses that have not received any assistance from the County, State, or Federal COVID-19-relief programs in the past 12 months. 

The application portal is now open until Friday, November 12 at 5 pm.

Thank you to everyone for a successful Grand Opening on the Bon Marché Farmers Market!

Bon Marché will run weekly on Wednesdays from 4 to 8 pm at the 600-700 blocks of Santa Cruz Avenue, adjacent to Bistro Vida.

Here are some pictures from the event last week:

The Friends of the Menlo Park Library are back and hosting a BIG two-day book sale! The Friends have thousands of items to offer, in all categories.

Items include:

Most items are priced at $1 or $2. Cash and checks accepted. All funds raised support library programs and events.

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The Menlo Park Community Campus is a state-of-the-art community facility planned at the site of the former Onetta Harris Community Center, Menlo Park Senior Center, Belle Haven Pool, and Belle Haven Youth Center. A new multigenerational facility is slated to open in 2023 and will include a recreation center, gymnasium, senior center, afterschool child care, fitness center, pool, branch library, teen space, maker space, and community meeting rooms. The new facility will be all-electric, including solar panels to generate renewable energy for use on-site, and is being constructed to emergency shelter standards.

This groundbreaking ceremony is a celebration of the project made possible by the community, the City of Menlo Park, and the generous support of Facebook.

Tax planning is something that should be done for any business before the year is over. When it’s time to prepare taxes in the Spring, it’s usually too late to implement most strategies for the prior year.

Any time there is a significant change in your business and especially when you’re starting or growing your business, you need to have a plan to make sure you are taking deductions the right way and that they fit with the type of legal entity you have and your long-term goals.

Although there are literally hundreds of tax-saving strategies, we will cover the following seven topics:

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