Mix Up Your Promo Efforts with a Mixer Next Wednesday, on Aug. 10, we’ll host our seventh mixer of 2016. We have a number of local businesspeople who make it a priority to attend our monthly mixers. They know it’s a great opportunity to get to know other businesspeople in a relaxed, party-like atmosphere. Phil […]
7th Annual Film Festival in Montrose Presenting the 7th Annual Montrose Film Festival, a wonderful family event taking place on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13 from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Free movies “under the stars” are back by popular demand and this time we’ve doubled the size of the party! With two separate showings […]
Back-To-School Shopping in Montrose Sharpen those pencils and lace up those kicks; it’s time for back-to-school shopping in Montrose. With one month until summer’s end, it’s time to get your shopping on while back to school prices are right and the pickings are good. So what do we have at the Montrose Shopping Park? Quality […]
New Members – July We added four new members to the CV Chamber family in July. They’re showing their support of the community by joining the Chamber. Please show them your support by patronizing their business or organization. Jennifer Emery is a photographer, educator, author and motivational speaker. After 20 years as an award-winning professional […]
Tri-Chamber Foothills Expo & August Mixer Get your table now! The Foothills Community Business Expo, co-sponsored by USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, is the 16th Annual Business Expo brought to you by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada Flintridge and Montrose-Verdugo City Chambers of Commerce. The Expo will provide Chamber business members and community organizations an opportunity […]
Friends, Restauranteurs Share their Love of Food Rest Farmhouse Inspired, our newest start-up, is not so new when it comes to experience. Both owners Theresa and Kristina have decades of experience in food preparation and they’ve worked together closely for the past 10 years. Their primary goal is to serve you up something real special […]
Shred Event Coming Up When you put a piece of paper in the trash it can be difficult to know what happens to it. It is likely to pass through several stages on its way to a landfill or incinerator. Every step that occurs once the trash leaves your control carries risk that someone will […]
Early Oktoberfest Mug Returned to Chamber A few months back a longtime resident of Sparr Heights walked into my office with a treasure. She had been at a local yard sale and found two Oktoberfest ceramic mugs from 1979. She bought the pair and brought them right over to the chamber office. Our annual Oktoberfest […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Montrose Travel celebrated its 60th anniversary like it does most things – in a family kind of way. On Saturday at its Honolulu Avenue location, the company hosted a family-friendly party that included two food stations, beverages and awards. And though the thermometer might have read mid-80s at Montrose Travel, there was […]
Southern California property manager Mike Shaar of SIG Property Management in Glendale is familiar with utility bills. He manages over 150 buildings and each has as many meters as there are units – sometimes more. So when weighing the advantages and disadvantages of solar power, Shaar ran into problems when making a decision. “How do […]