Think Zeke’s & Gelsinger’s Amber Road for Barbecue! Take a tip from Evan Sickra (left), Zeke’s Smokehouse (2209 Honolulu Ave.) manager, and put some barbecue in your life this Labor Day weekend! Kitchen manager Andrew Godin (front center) recommends their No. 1 dish: Texas beef brisket that’s smoked for 14 hours and then thinly sliced […]
Labor Day History When most of us think of Labor Day, we traditionally think of the end of summer, our last chance to have a barbecue with family and friends, the official start of football season and the beginning of a new school year. But in the past two years, Labor Day seemed to have […]
“Our Business is Your Business” Crescenta Valley Remembers The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce along with the Early Rodders Car Club will honor the 2,753 victims of Sept. 11, 2001 with the second annual Crescenta Valley Remembrance Parade. This is an idea that came to life last year when Steve Pierce, president of the Crescenta […]
5th Annual Montrose Film Festival This Weekend! It’s still summer out there, folks, and August is a prime “summer fun” month. What better way to celebrate than to join your friends, neighbors and merchants for an evening under the stars Montrose-style. Just like the old days, we’ll be popping free popcorn to serve at this […]
“Our Business is Your Business” Welcoming a New CV Chamber Member The chamber welcomes our newest member. Glendale Federal Credit Union, a full service credit union, was founded in 1951 and originally serviced the financial needs of the city workers of Glendale such as police, fire and utility workers. The credit union has since formed […]
2014 Tri-Chamber Foothills Business Expo and Document Shredding The annual Foothills Community Business Expo is a tri-chamber event sponsored by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada Flintridge, and Montrose-Verdugo City chambers of commerce and is co-sponsored by USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. The Expo provides Chamber business members and community organizations an opportunity to display and highlight […]
It’s Time to Start Cracking Crab! Being from the Chesapeake Bay area I was practically born with a mallet in hand and blue crab in mouth. Back east we would spread our table with newspaper, the Baltimore Sun mind you, and have at it. Now we have a similar, but all together different, version of […]
Run when you can. Walk if you have to. Crawl if you must. Just never give up. ~ Dean Karnazes The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce invites you to the annual Running the Foothills 5K Run-Walk and Kids Fun Run. Like the Nike slogan says, “Just Do It.” Join hundreds of other runners for this […]
Oktoberfest 2014 The 37th Annual Oktoberfest is around the corner and the countdown has begun! Please join us from noon on Saturday, Oct. 4 to help us kick off the Oktoberfest celebration! We expanded the event last year and it was a great success. The event will once again extend from Montrose Pet Hospital at […]
“Our Business is Your Business” Community Picnics! Nothing says summertime like a community picnic! All are invited to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station picnic hosted by Sgt. Gonzales and Dep. Alcala on Sunday, Aug. 10 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada. Enjoy Taco Guy, a bouncy house, baseball, […]