Shop Montrose With Merchants You Know! There are so many ways to shop these days! Big companies have made it easy to let your fingers do the walking and try to emulate neighborhood shopping like ours in constructed mall “villages.” Yet we are the originals with winding streets and prancing horse-drawn carriages that modern day […]
Member Spotlight This month we take a look at longtime Crescenta Valley Chamber member, La Cañada Eye Care. Owned by La Crescenta resident Dr. Tony Chahine, La Cañada Eye Care has been in existence since 1960. Dr. Chahine took it over from Dr. Klingerman in 2001 and has had a steady, successful practice since then. […]
Minimum Wage Up to $10 in 2016 Did you remember that in 2009 Californians voted to increase the minimum wage to $10 per hour in 2016? Well we did. According to California legislation, “Under existing law, California’s minimum wage will increase from $9 per hour to $10 per hour on Jan. 1, 2016. This measure […]
Montrose on ABC7 Eyewitness News!!! It was a banner weekend in the Montrose Shopping Park! Our Shop Small, Shop Local message is making headlines all over Southern California and across the land! On White Friday morning ABC7 called me to do an interview for Small Business Saturday. We set it up to shoot at Revelation […]
From Giving Thanks to Giving Gifts Last week, we gave thanks. Now our attention turns to giving gifts. La Crescenta is a community that actively seeks ways in which to give to those less fortunate. For those readers interested in opportunities to give back this holiday, here are few ideas. On Sunday, Dec. 6, Grace […]
10 Ways to Prepare Your Business For the New Year 2015 is almost over and now is the perfect time to be thinking about how to maximize your business in 2016 and start thinking strategically about the year ahead. Here’s a list of 10 steps you can take right now that will pay dividends in […]
It’s White Friday In Montrose! The magical beginning of Christmas in Montrose is here! Join us this White Friday at 7 p.m. for the Annual Old Town Christmas Tree & Town Lighting! See the MSP’s first fresh-cut tree: a 16’ Noble Fir to be decorated with over 1300 lights and giant colorful ornaments! Watch as […]
November 28: Small Business Saturday The CV Chamber supports all businesses in our community, large and small. One day a year, we join in a national movement to support the smaller businesses among us. It all started in 2010. Small Business Saturday encouraged people across the country to support small, local businesses. In 2011, the […]
The Benefits of Thankfulness and Having an Attitude of Gratitude Don’t you just feel happier when you are around someone who is full of gratefulness and thanksgiving? Someone who always has something positive to say, even when things don’t appear that way? I know I do. As we approach the time of year when many […]
Welcome New Members We are happy to welcome a number of new members this month. Christina Robinette grew up in Sunland-Tujunga where her parents owned a small business. She came to learn that in the credit card processing world, there are “a lot of sharks out there.” She became an account executive for Elite Merchant […]