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 thank City of Lafayette Mayor Teresa Gerringer for her time, updates and answering our questions during "Coffee" with the Mayor on Friday morning! This information packed Zoom meeting is a must watch: https://youtu.be/bbU30-yif6g.
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Thank you BlueGoo Photography for the fantastic photos of Lafayette's Citywide Sidewalk Sale in Lafayette Plaza Park on Saturday!
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Advertise in the Fall Grapevine Coupon Book. Call 925-284-2651 to reserve. |
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Welcome NEW Lafayette Chamber Members!
The following businesses recently joined the Lafayette Chamber! We encourage you to visit their website to learn more.
PO Box 6122, Moraga, CA
Mark Carlton and Sandy Preto, 925-202-8068
Notes4Hope builds a community around the healing power of music to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research and prevention initiatives.
Categories: Non-Profit Organizations & Clubs
3540 Mt Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549
Tim McDonough, 925-283-0228
Local grocery store (nationwide). We're a part of your neighborhood, providing the freshest ingredients and more ways to save.
Categories: Grocery Stores / Deli
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Lafayette Chamber RENEWING Members
A huge thank you to the following members for renewing their membership for 2022 between July 25-31.
**Lafayette Chamber Premier Member
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This week's member shoutout goes to our Lafayette Chamber member fLO CONTENT. We thank John and Stephanie Shaterian for putting together our 2022 Lafayette Art & Wine Promotional Video. Video was captured at the 2019 event. Original audio performed at the 2019 festival by ZEBOP! |
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Now Hiring
The Lafayette Chamber is here to help you find the staff you need! Reach out to us with questions or to post your job on our website Job Board. Please share the following job opportunities! |
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STAND UP TO HELP THE HUNGRY & THE HOMELESS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Twilight Concert and Picnic
At this time, nearly 4,000 residents call themselves homeless in Contra Costa County. And with the record-breaking cost of living increases families are paying about $500/mo more than they did a year ago. There is a 30% increase for families now depending on food banks. Current government support is falling far short of the current needs for supply and demand.
The Rotary Club of Lafayette has been supporting many of the organizations in Contra Costa that are helping the Homeless and the Hungry. Our “Rotary Cares” project has provided hygiene Kits, breakfast kits, backpacks, blankets, and contributions to our local Food Banks.
On Saturday, August 6, the Rotary Club has planned a special Free Concert to say “thank you” to the hundreds of volunteers that work to help the homeless and the hungry in CCC. The show will be held on the Rotary Stage at the Lafayette Reservoir. There is a $7 fee to park in the Reservoir Lot. When you enter, drive all the way down to the East end of the lot. From there you can walk up the short paved path or catch a ride on a golf cart up the concert. The Lafayette Reservoir is located at 3849 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette.
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan is hosting a food drive on Saturday, August 6, with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. The drive will be held during the Lafayette Rotary Club's "Stand Up for the Hungry and the Homeless", a free concert at the Lafayette Reservoir dedicated to the hundreds of volunteers who help those that need it most. Please join the Assemblymember in showing up for the most vulnerable in our community. The Food Bank has specifically requested donations of healthy, nonperishable food. Options include rice, whole grain cereals, beans and lentils, low-sodium canned vegetables, canned tuna and chicken, and canned fruit. Donations may also be dropped off at 3849 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA from 5 PM to 8 PM.
The Concert features Local Musician Paul Cotruvo (Big Jangle, The Insiders, (Cover 2 Cover) followed by the Big Band of Rossmoor. The 32-piece Big Band of Rossmoor, first established 30 years ago, is comprised of musicians ages 14 to 93. Their goal is to build community by providing educational and performance opportunities for all ages.
The following organizations will be participating:
Bring a picnic and a blanket. Parking is $7/day.
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Mix, Mingle & Meet New Park Theater Operator, CinemaSF
Wednesday, August 24, 5:30pm-7pm, Lafayette Plaza Park
It’s the Lafayette Chamber’s summer mixer in Lafayette Plaza Park with The Park Theater Trust! Lafayette Chamber members and the community are invited to mix and mingle on Wednesday, August 24, 5:30pm-7pm in Lafayette Plaza Park. The Park Theater Trust will be introducing to our community Jaimi Holker and Adam Bergeron, the husband and wife team behind highly regarded CinemaSF and new operators of our much-loved Park Theater.
Learn how you and your business can support the Park and its exciting $5 million renovation. Enjoy a tasting of local wine by Hollie’s Homegrown and a taste of Sideboard’s famous mac & cheese! Get your Park Theater swag! Meet new members and learn about the Chamber's upcoming community events. We look forward to seeing you - please register so that we can have a name badge waiting for you!
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MDBW's Aug. 10 meeting features great networking plus three exciting speakers
Hear about:
How to pose for a great headshot: Lily Dong (Lily Dong Photography). Taking personal and business risks: Diane Kaplowitz (RC Fischer). Creating an optimal day and optimal sleep: Monica Stein (Ayurveda practitioner and teacher).
Weds, August 10 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at The Greenery - 1551 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek. Fees/Admission: $30 for members, $35 for guests.
Dinner choices include fish, chicken, and vegetarian entree. All meals come with salad, rolls, iced tea. Other beverages may be ordered and paid at the restaurant. Register and place dinner order here: https://form.123formbuilder.com/4114477/form
Note: Optional purchase of raffle tickets to support our 2022 cause, CASA Contra Costa County. 6 tickets for $5 (cash, please).
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Orinda Classic Car Show is offering personalized 2-sided banners
For the first time, the Orinda Classic Car Show is offering personalized 2-sided banners that will be posted on poles throughout Orinda. Each Sponsor will receive the banner after the show as a keepsake.
The art selected is colorful and vibrant and a great way to show your business or family support. These are expected to sell quickly.
Here is the link to the online form to get your banner, first paid/first served!
The 18th Annual Orinda Classic Car Show will be held on Sept 10, from 10am-2pm. This free event will be held in and around Orinda Motors, 63 Orinda Way. Enjoy vintage and modern exotic cars, trucks and motorcycles, food, music and more! For more information go to www.OrindaCarShow.com.
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City of Lafayette Weekly Roundup, July 29, 2022
➡ Planning Commission Meeting Monday Night
➡ Roadwork Nearing Completion
➡ Tiny Tots Preschool Openings for Fall
➡ Are You Interested in Serving on an Advisory Body?
➡ Election Nomination Period Underway
➡ Annual Student Enrollment Confirmation
➡ Change to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Notifications Process
➡ Link21 Seeks Community Members for Newly Formed Equity Advisory Council
➡ Stuff a Backpack and Help Children Get Ready to Learn
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TOMORROW! TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 |
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Member Events & Announcements |
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Golden Happy Hour
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 4:30pm-6pm
La Finestra Ristorante, Moraga, 1419 Moraga Way, Moraga, CA 94556
*All will be responsible for their own food & beverage purchases.
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Click links below for more details:
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Sponsorship Opportunities to support the Syndey Paige Foundation
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Do you have an event or announcement to share with our membership and/or the community? You can add your event to our online calendar, no login required (we simply need to approve it before it will display.) Add your event HERE. Questions? Contact holly@lafayettechamber.org.
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From the Lafayette Library and Learning Center |
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Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation Distinguished Speaker Series presents Anthony Marra: Mercury Pictures Presents
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
7:00 PM | Don Tatzin Community Hall
"A genuinely moving and life-affirming novel that’s a true joy to read.”—Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere
Award-winning author Anthony Marra will be joined in conversation with innovative writer and director Michael Ray. Written with intelligence, wit, and an exhilarating sense of possibility, Mercury Pictures Presents spans many moods and tones, from heartbreaking to the ecstatic. It is a love letter to life’s bit players, a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own, and a tour de force by a novelist whose work The Washington Post calls “a flash in the heavens that makes you look up and believe in miracles.”
On the eve of America’s entry into World War II, Italian émigré Maria Lagana is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won’t speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can’t escape the studio’s narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria’s only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying ambitions in a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation Distinguished Speaker Series presents
Emi Nietfeld: Acceptance
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
7:00 PM | Don Tatzin Community Hall
Fans of the memoirs Educated and The Glass Castle will love ACCEPTANCE!
Nietfeld's honest, harrowing and darkly humorous memoir is both a chronicle and indictment of achieving today's American Dream. Her compelling life story involves family dysfunction, mental health struggles, foster care and homelessness, the fiercely competitive college admissions process, and ultimately the resilience to live life on one's own terms.
As a homeless teenager writing college app essays from her rusty Toyota Corolla, Nietfeld set out to prove she was an "overcomer" worthy of acceptance to the Ivy League. Though she would go on to graduate from Harvard and become a software engineer, success didn't guarantee safety as she later revealed in a viral NY Times op-ed from April 2021 that pulled back the curtain on her experience at Google.
Emi Nietfield will be conversation with Mary Volmer, the author of two novels, a teacher at St. Mary's College, and the Founder of Alta Mesa Center for the Arts in Orinda, CA.
Program presented by Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation with Orinda Books.
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Would you like to include a Lafayette Chamber membership emblem on your website or other marketing materials?
The Lafayette Chamber would be happy to provide you with the appropriate logos. Simply email your request to holly@lafayettechamber.org.
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