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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.
Closed Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day Holiday
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Thank you for helping make the 2023 Taste of Lafayette a big success!
We are most appreciative of everyone’s time, sponsorships, participation, and efforts. Our restaurants out did themselves once again! The food samplings were delicious, each stop shared a new savory taste or sweet treat, amazing beverage offerings and displays throughout. The entertainment was great and added to the fun ambiance of the night. AND we couldn’t have asked for better weather or a better crowd. Thanks to everyone who participated in the downtown restaurant tour.
This event was a huge team effort by so many so please let the credits roll …
Thanks to our sponsors and partners: Cobain Orthodontics, Concentric Wealth Management, Diablo Foods, La Fiesta Square ( SITE Centers) , Lewis Asset Management, Lamorinda Spirit Van, Markstein Beverage Company, Mechanics Bank, Minuteman Press Lafayette, ModernTone Studios, Oakwood Athletic Club, Pacific Veterinary Emergency Specialty Hospital, RecycleSmart, Republic Services, Reyes Bottling Company/Joe Dougherty, Sequoia Signs & Graphics, Tom Stack with Coldwell Banker, Town Hall Theatre and The Wheel Well.
Thanks to all the volunteers who worked to help make the event such a huge success from setup to take down and everything in between: The Lafayette Police Department, The Acalanes Community Music Club, Grace Dixon, Susan Candell, Cheryl Noll, Carol Federighi, Jeff Dieden, Claire Mueller, Tim Regan, Dennis Markam, Anita Embleton, Kate Saville, Jacob Light & Team, AJ Rogers, Doug Warrick of Generation in Jazz, Vanessa Mancebo, Kyle Sumner, Grant Krogius, Dennis Garrison, Mike Heller, Yolanda Mendoza-Heller, Ali Stoddard, Patricia Bouie Hinds, Mike Hayes, Roberto Hernandez, Reid Edwards, Becky Maher, Jennifer & Grace Birdsey, Chris, Cooper, & Quinn Carmichael, Julie & Ethan Pancoast, Claire, David, & Liam Gallacher, Elizabeth & Sierra Culbertson, Aubrey, Corrine, & Emily Dugan, Kira & Ryder Reinhart, Jocelyn, Kirsten, & Sloane Larsen, Amy, Brooke, Catie, & Livvy Lewis, Katie & Cassie Moreno, Lisa & Madalena Obertello, Abigail & Corrie Raphael, Matt & Will Roberts, Alexis & Tina Sappal, Anne & Lily Schmidt, Allie & Emily Schofield, Emma & Jessica Stokes, Amy & Lauren Stuffmann, Lisa & Talia Tichenor, Mia & Jennifer Walloch, Angela & Niko White, Jennifer & Tegan Woodford, Taejin Chung & Caitlin Pak, Cec Serrano & Lucy McLaughlin, Praveen Singh & Lina Parikh, Dill Sammons & Cate Mercier, Valarie Pettegrew, Lillian Lathers, Katie Peacock, May Gonzalez, Kathy Desse, Melanie Bardales from your local Mechanics Bank Team. Your volunteer efforts and support were the key to the successful night!
🍽 Mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 21, 2024!
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"Coffee" with City of Lafayette Mayor Carl Anduri
"Coffee" with the Mayor will take place Friday, May 26, 8am via Zoom. Registration is required for Zoom link.
Mayor Anduri will provide a brief update and overview on Council priorities then take any questions you may have during this one hour Zoom meeting. You can send questions in advance to holly@lafayettechamber.org. |
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Welcome our NEW Lafayette Chamber Members!
The following businesses recently joined the Lafayette Chamber! We encourage you to visit their website to learn more.
1635 Challenge Drive, Suite 101, Concord, CA
Brandon Glass, Rebecca Troxell, 925-940-4332
We are a Fitness Community focused on Functional, Sustainable Health & Wellness. Providing Circuit Training Classes for all levels of fitness combined with support and guidance.
Category: Fitness / Health Clubs
1600 South Main Street, Suite 150, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Janine Carlin, Jose Turcios 925-260-4414
Bay Area homebuilder for over 40 years with projects in Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, Danville and Antioch.
Category: Real Estate Development
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Lafayette Chamber RENEWING Members
A huge thank you to the following members for renewing their membership May 15-21, 2023.
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Congratulations Graduates!
📷 Old Betsy joins the parade with classmates from '82 and '76!
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Join us for Rock the Plaza!
Thank you to our event and entertainment sponsors:
Media Sponsors
Local Artists:
Non-Profits:
Vendor booths (for nonprofits and local artists) are still 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!
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Lafayette Community Day & 175+ Celebration on Saturday, June 3
This special event consists of a morning of volunteering to help our local nonprofit organizations and to beautify our town, followed by a BBQ luncheon, music, and a commemorative 175+ Celebration intergenerational art project on the green at Plaza Park.
Sign-ups for volunteer opportunities are now available by clicking HERE. Mark your calendar and plan to roll up your sleeves on June 3!
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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 May 11, social mixer at Headlands Brewing Company!
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Lafayette Business Women
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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Lafayette Res Run for Education!
~ Early Bird Special ~ $10 off 10k, 5k, 2 mile fun run/walk but only through June 30, 2023!
Race Day is Sunday, October 22, 2023
5k: 8am, 10k: 8:15am, 2 mile fun run/walk: 8:45am
Start/Finish Line is on Mt. Diablo Blvd. between Moraga Road and Oak Hill Road.
Reservoir Challenge (Virtual Race): October 12-21, 2023
Please note, the Reservoir is closed for the 10k runners on Race Day, Oct. 22.
Healthy Lifestyles Health Fair
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 7:30am-10:30am, Lafayette Circle (east side)
Includes vendors, kids' activities and more!
Interested in sponsoring or being a vendor at the Healthy Lifestyles Fair? Contact us.
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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.
Thank you to our participating vendors and sponsors, confirmed May 15-21:
Interested in opportunities related to the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival? Click here.
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Small Business Help Office Hours - Hosted by SCORE
SCORE has the largest network of free volunteer small business mentors in the nation. No matter what stage your business is at SCORE can be a valuable resource.
The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce has been partnering with SCORE for over 15 years.
We welcome our chamber members and community members to schedule a complimentary meeting with a SCORE representative on Tuesdays between the hours of 1:30pm-4:00pm in our Chamber office at 251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150.
Mike Harris is our in-house SCORE counselor. Mike earned a BS with an emphasis on electronics from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from Santa Clara University. After a few years in engineering, Mike spent most of his career in high tech marketing and operations management. While continuing to work in electronics he helped manage his family retail business. After retiring from his career in electronics, Mike began working with small businesses helping them obtain working capital loans. Besides mentoring, Mike helps present SCORE business plans and financial planning workshops.
To schedule your appointment, please call the Lafayette Chamber at (925) 284-7404 or book your appointment online here. Enter your desired time frame. In person meetings at the Lafayette Chamber office are by appointment only and are scheduled every 30 minutes.
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Greet Lafayette Networking Luncheon
Expand your Community & Business Connections! Join us for our May Greet Lafayette Networking Luncheon!
A great opportunity to connect with other businesses, exchange ideas, and make connections. Bring a friend & join the conversation!
This month we will gather Weds, May 24th, 11:30am at The Park Bistro & Bar in the Lafayette Park Hotel. Space is limited, so please RSVP.
Mark your calendars for the 4th Wednesday of each month, happening at different area restaurants. Advance RSVP required online at greetlafayette.com/events or on Eventbrite.
**Everyone is responsible for their own lunch & beverages.**
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Nonprofits and our Arts Community
In case you missed it ...
Our next nonprofit email blast will be sent Friday, May 26. Send your submissions to Holly! View archive of email blasts HERE>
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Sweet Tuesday 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 Tuesday Author Series on Tuesday, 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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Season Opening Picnic
Sunday, May 28 – Doors open at 1 p.m. for a first performance at 2 p.m., then a 4 p.m. performance.
Join Cal Shakes At the Bruns for a Community Showcase & Picnic on May 28. It’s an afternoon of music, food, drinks and, reconnecting with each other, and the turkeys in the Siesta Hills. Paper Moon Presents and At the Bruns are pleased to host musical guest Brightshine. This California-based quartet redefines improvisational rock by focusing on strong songs and arrangements, creating an irresistible style that is syncopated, ethereal and rocking. Brightshine is led by songwriter, singer, producer, and lead guitarist Pete Sawyer, also features Celso Alberti (Steve Winwood), Eric Levy (Night Ranger), Paul Rustigian (Freestone Peaches), Murph Murphy (Poor Man’s Whiskey) and Kara Cavanaugh (Terrapin Flyer) and other special guests! Also joining the lineup is Cardboard Coffin!
Some of the other organizations planning on joining the celebration include Cancer Support Community, The Mosaic Project, We Players, Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, and Cal Shakes Conservatory Instructors. Face painting and balloon critters will also be available. There will be food and drink available at the café.
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Rotary Club of Lafayette in the "Let Our Flag Fly" project for Memorial Day
The meaning of this holiday can be found in its name: "America Remembers."
No one is sure just how or when this day came about, but the first national observance of Memorial Day was held on May 30, 1868. Since then, Memorial Day has become a day to honor all Americans who died in wars.
But a deeper meaning exists. Our forefathers used their best efforts to foresee a country that embraces inclusion and addition, rather than division and subtraction; a country built on unison to strengthen a uniqueness unknown previously throughout the world. The American Flag that flies beautifully over Lafayette on Memorial Day is a reminder that our flag flies for all of us, because we live in the United States of America.
United We Stand!
The Rotary Club of Lafayette would be remiss if we didn't share our appreciation for our shopping center sponsors, who joined with the Rotary Club of Lafayette in the "Let Our Flag Fly" project.
Bill Eames
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Lamorinda Spirit Van Senior Transportation Program
Lamorinda Spirit Van provides door to door rides to Lamorinda residents ages 60+ and persons with disabilities. We take pride in helping the seniors in our community remain independent and able to stay in their own homes.
Shopping Shuttle - We now offer a door-to-door shopping shuttle service every Thursday, 10am-2pm, FREE of charge to residents of Lafayette ages 60 +!
To learn more or to schedule a ride to medical appointments, personal appointments, errands, or anything else, contact us at 925-283-3534 or dispatch@lovelafayette.org.
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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, May 19, 2023
➡ Celebrating the End of Another School Year
➡ Check Out the Variety of Volunteer Opportunities at Lafayette Community Day
➡ Thanks to Everyone Who Took Actions as Part of the Lamorinda Zero Waste Challenge!
➡ Springtime Weed Abatement Deadline is Sunday, June 4
➡ Help Fund the Community Foundation's 2023 Excellence Grants. Act by June 1 to Double Your Donation
➡ Lafayette Library SWELL Center
➡ One Book, One BART: BART Launches First Book Club for Riders
➡ Memorial Day Holiday
➡ Lamorinda School Bus Passes Now Available
➡ Summer Recreation Classes and Programs
➡ Lafayette Planning Applications and Major Development Projects
➡ City Meetings & Events
Training and Educational Programs for Business Owners
The Small Business Administration (SBA) and its resource partners - SCORE, Small Business Development Centers, Veterans Business Outreach Centers and Women's Business Centers - continually offer training and educational programs. Learn more here.
Take the Cyclists’ Survey
Caltrans seeks input on its Bay Area bicycle plan
The 14-question survey queries bike riders about their cycling habits and most heavily traveled routes. Participants may also opine on how to best upgrade local trails and facilities. Caltrans uses the survey data to inform decisions on the Caltrans Bike Plan, available here: Caltrans District 4 Bike Plan Update | Caltrans.
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Supervisor Candace Andersen's May 19 Weekly Update
➡ 2023 Weed Abatement Deadlines
➡ Lafayette Liaison Meetings Have Gone Hybrid
➡ Summer Concert Series in Lafayette
➡ Moraga Summer Concerts
➡ Summer Movie Series in Orinda
➡ Caltrans Wants Your Input
➡ Cantonese Alzheimer's Forum
➡ One Stop for Your County Needs
➡ California Digital Equity
➡ Free Virtual Home Composting Workshop
➡ Community Advisory Board on Public Safety Realignment
➡ 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 to verify you are over 21 years of age.
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