News & Events from the Lafayette Chamber |
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Sara Regan, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Typical Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
Closed Monday-Thursday 12:30pm-1pm for lunch.
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Upcoming Chamber Events
JUNE
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Last of our Spring Speaker Series Talks
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LAST IN OUR SPRING SERIES:
Hiring and Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Katie Santos is a wellness business consultant who specializes in Human Resources and getting you organized. She loves helping studios, restaurants, and many other businesses streamline the running of their teams. She's created the processes, templates, and strategies to enable you to get rid of the stress and get back to what you love doing. With 18 years of experience in small business staffing in multiple states, her passion is helping businesses balance and maintain realistic and achievable goals.
Please be sure to register for this event as there is limited seating. Please note: registration is necessary for each scheduled date.
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TODAY'S EMAIL BLAST IS SPONSORED BY
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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.
3441 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549
Marlies Taylor, 925-297-9613
A modern holistic beauty destination offering results oriented facials, therapeutic massage, infrared sauna, and a curated selection of clean professional skincare and lifestyle products.
Categories: Spa Services, Retail
2280 Diamond Blvd., Suite 130, Concord, CA
Kescia Turner, 707-646-1501
Commercial Cleaning Services
Category: Commercial Cleaning Services
558 Center Street, Moraga, CA
Sean Stewart, 925-376-3689
YOUR BODY WORKS OVERTIME. LET'S FIX THAT! The demands of daily life can be super taxing on your body. That’s why is pays to take care of it. With a little help from Massage Envy, we'll keep your body running.
Categories: Massage Therapist, Skin Care Services / Products
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Lafayette Chamber RENEWING Members
A huge thank you to the following members for renewing their membership April 24-30, 2023.
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Lafayette Chamber Young Professionals
The Lafayette Chamber Young Professionals hosts a wide variety of entertaining and educational events to help those looking to advance their careers . It is designed for the younger crowd ranging in age from 21-39 years old, with “young at heart” always welcome. This is a place where young professionals can tap into our local business community and really develop relationships that will be with us for the rest of our lives.
📷 Photo from the April 13, social mixer at Headlands Brewing Company!
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Lafayette Business Women
"Hypnotherapy is a powerful way to connect to the subconscious mind to reprogram our thoughts, behaviors, and so much more. Hypnosis is relaxation with focused attention to speak to your subconscious mind. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis and we use this tool to unlearn unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and take our power back so we can be, do, and have what we desire." - Rebekah Powell
A women-led business group. Shared experiences, contributed knowledge and skills, networking and collaboration opportunities. Empowering female entrepreneurs to build successful businesses. Meeting once a month, typically the third Wednesday of the month, the group plans to meet at member locations throughout Lafayette at varying times from breakfast, bunch/lunch to happy hour and evening hours. Help us plan future events, take our survey!
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Taste of Lafayette Restaurant Stroll
Event date: Tuesday, May 16, 5pm-7:30pm, Downtown Lafayette.
TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! Even our waitlist is full!
FREE Live Music – No Passport Required!
The community is invited to Lafayette Plaza Park for FREE live music by Acalanes Community Music Club (5pm-5:30pm) and ModernTone Studios musicians (pictured is Briget Boyle) on May 16 (5:30pm-7pm.) No Taste of Lafayette Passport (ticket) is required to enjoy the live music. Bring a picnic or takeout from a local restaurant and your lawn chair or blanket! Learn more here.
Want to participate as a restaurant or business? Contact us.
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Vendor Opportunities for Rock the Plaza Concert Series
Vendor booths (for nonprofits and local artists) are now available for Lafayette Chamber members. Nonprofit and local artist vendor booths (only available June 2, 9 and 16) are $50 per evening. Contact us for more information!
Thank you to our confirmed event, entertainment and media sponsors:
Media Sponsors
Local Artists:
Non-Profits:
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Lafayette Art & Wine Festival 2023
The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is proud to present our 26th annual premier community event showcasing the downtown business corridor.
Funds raised from this event enable the Chamber to provide our businesses and community at large with a variety of important services, program offerings, engagement, and resources throughout the year. We are also able to give back to our festival beneficiaries including Lafayette Partners in Education, many of the local school organizations and other participating non-profits. Get involved and be a part of the excitement.
New vendors and sponsors as of April 24-30:
System Pavers - Commercial Vendor
Interested in opportunities related to the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival? Click here.
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Space Available at the Lemos Center
The Lemos Center has been a Lafayette Chamber member since 1998!
For more information about the spaces, contact Bill Young at 925-933-2540.
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Special offer for Lafayette Chamber members!
Celebrate the Lamorinda AVAnniversary on May 7, 12-5 with the Lamorinda Wine Growers Association! Come for an afternoon of wine tasting, food, and entertainment! Taste Lamorinda Appellation wines from:
- Meadow View Winery
- Los Arabis Vineyards
- Raisin d'Etre Vineyards
- St. Romedius Wine
- Tarabrook Vineyard
- Castillo Vineyards
May 7 12-5 in the Wine Thieves parking lot on Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Tickets include a LWGA wine glass to keep, 5 tickets to use for tasting or a glass pour. Additional tasting tickets can be purchased for $20 for 5 tickets.
Lafayette Chamber members can use the discount code "LCC" with the general admission option ($40) to get a $10 discount for $30/ticket.
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Nonprofits and our Arts Community
In case you missed it ...
Our next arts community email blast will be sent Friday, May 12. Send your submissions to Holly!
View archive of email blasts HERE>
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Lafayette Hillside Memorial Community Conversation
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial Board invites you to a community conversation to discuss the future of the Memorial site, which may be sold soon.
We will share some of the history, talk about the current situation and hopefully receive information from you that will help us decide how to move forward and potentially engage you in the process.
Please join us via ZOOM on Thursday, May 11th, from 7 – 9.
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Mt. Diablo Business Women: Take Control of Your Health!
Renowned public health expert Lynn Fraley speaks on advocating for your optimal health, and shares important updates about breast health. Plus Judith Feuer on "Women. Money. Power." And great networking!
Thursday May 11 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Greenery, 1551 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek
Plenty of Free Parking
MDBW members $30, Guests $35
Includes Lunch buffet. Drinks can be ordered separately and paid at the restaurant. Optional raffle supports CASA Contra Costa County - $5 for 6 raffle tickets, cash preferred. |
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Sweet Thursday Author Series John McCormick and Lafayette City council member, Wei-Tai Kwok
Unearth the origins of Napa Valley’s prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, hop farms, leather tanneries, and laundries, and carved out neighborhoods in towns throughout the Valley. These contributions did little to deter discrimination and Anti-Chinese Leagues sprang up to harass and intimidate immigrants like Chan Wah Jack, who ran the successful Sang Lung store in Napa’s Chinatown. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act hastened the decline of local Chinatowns and these once vibrant communities disappeared while the industries they helped to foster flourished. Join John McCormick and Lafayette City council member, Wei-Tai Kwok, as they uncover the forgotten contributions of the Chinese people in California’s most famous wine region.
NOTE DATE CHANGE: Join the Sweet Thursday Author Series on Thursday, May 23, 2023, 7pm in Don Tatzin Community Hall at the Lafayette Library to hear John McCormick discuss his book, The Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community that Built Wine Country.
This is a free event, but registration is required at Tinyurl.com/sweet-May23.The doors will be open at 6:30 for coffee and treats and Orinda Books will be selling copies of the book after the presentation. This program will be presented in-person or via Zoom livestream.
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Member Shout Out - Summer Camps & Kids Activities!
Time to sign up for summer! Check out opportunities from these follow Lafayette Chamber members:
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Now Hiring + Volunteer Opportunities!
Currently hiring:
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The Weekly Roundup, April 28, 2023
➡ California’s Housing Future 2040: Public Survey on the Next Regional Housing Needs Allocation
➡ Registration for Lamorinda School Bus Passes Opens May 1
➡ Citizen’s Police Academy – Applications Still Being Accepted for Spring Session
➡ City Continues to Welcome Feedback During Roundabout Pilot Study
➡ Input Submitted to BART Regarding Its 2023 TOD Work Plan Update
➡ Simple Steps Now Can Help Protect Your Home and Neighborhood from Wildfire
➡ Update on Temporary Lafayette Plaza Lawn Closure
➡ Recreation Program Revenue Reaches New Milestone
➡ Get Ready to Roll up Your Sleeves for Lafayette's Community Day
➡ Congressman Mark DeSaulnier Hosting Town Hall Meeting on May 2
➡ Save the Date: Bike to Work Day is May 18
➡ Golf Tournament to Support the Renovation of the Park Theater Cinema
➡ Jazz Cafe Returns to Stanley Middle School
➡ Try an Electric Leaf Blower
➡ Summer Recreation Classes and Programs
➡ Lafayette Planning Applications and Major Development Projects
➡ Report Public Works Maintenance Concerns and Code Enforcement Complaints Via the “My Lafayette” App
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Supervisor Candace Andersen's April 28 Weekly Update
➡ HUD Grant to Address Homelessness in Contra Costa
➡ Medi-Cal Renewals
➡ Autonomous Shuttle Service Opens To The Public in San Ramon
➡ Contra Costa Special Districts Association 30th Anniversary Celebration
➡ Cleaner Contra Costa May Actions
➡ Eagle Scout Jazz Benefit Concert in Orinda
➡ Free Virtual Home and Worm Composting Workshops
➡ Get Ready for Bike to Work Day
➡ CCC Sheriff Hosts Junior Women's Academy
➡ AANHPI Celebration - May 9, 2023
➡ Operation Documentation for Veterans
➡ Would You Like To Serve on the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity?
➡ Volunteer Opportunities
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Show Your Membership!
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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Sign up for Text Notifications!
Please note: to signup via text 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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