The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce has been growing in recent years. Our membership is increasing year-over-year by about 100 new members. We are very pleased to welcome so many new enterprises to the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.

At the Pasadena Chamber, we are also seeing an increasing in the number of renewing companies. Some of that can be attributed to the slow leveling off of our local economy. We also hope these renewing members are seeing increased value for their membership in the Pasadena Chamber.

For the second year in a row, PartyLite's Joan De Souza recruited the most new members to the Chamber. She won a free full-color ad in our 2014 Business Directory, Community and Visitor Guide as a reward.

With the new fiscal year, our recruitment efforts and incentive begins again. The he company that refers the most new members between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014, will receive a FREE full color ad in the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Business Directory, Visitor and Community Guide. The ad has a sale value of $795. If you refer a new member to the Chamber, please be sure to let Kelly know by emailing kelly@pasadena-chamber.org or calling 626-795-3355. There is also a space on the membership application for a new member to tell us who referred them for Pasadena Chamber members.

Please join us as we host ribbon cutting ceremonies for new Pasadena Chamber member businesses and organizations:

  • Bittersweet, a wonderful new bakery in Pasadena, hosts a ribbon cutting ceremony at their 1731 East Colorado Boulevard location on Wednesday, July 24th at 4PM. Stop by to welcome this new business (and new Chamber member) to Pasadena. (And maybe enjoy something tasty, too.)
  • Colledge, a college admissions consulting firm in Old Pasadena, will have a ribbon cutting for their new location on Thursday, August 15th, 2013, at 1:00 pm.  12 South Raymond Ave, Suite C, Pasadena, CA 91105. Colledge offers students and families expert guidance on getting into college.  Founded by Jenny Umhofer, a former college admissions officer for Caltech, UCLA, and Scripps College, Colledge consultants have first-hand insights on admissions and how decisions are made. Through one-on-one sessions, clients receive personalized advice on all aspects of the college admissions process including the personal essay, the college list, course selection, financial aid and scholarships, and college interviews.  This year alone, Colledge clients were admitted to Princeton, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, U Penn, UCLA, Duke, USC, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Occidental, and many more.  Please visit our website at www.thecolledge.org

  • New member In Good Hands Interpreting hosts a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, August 1 at 10AM at the Paseo Colorado Resident's Business Center.  The Paseo Colorado residential  leasing office is located at 375 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101.  The Business Center is the glass double doors a hop, skip and jump to the left of the leasing office, down the stairs.  If you get to Macy's you've gone too far.  What started as a graduate class project for Myisha J Blackman, “In Good Hands Interpreting” has become not only a business venture, but a life-long passion to break sound barriers in communicating with Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients, consumers and patients. The company provides teams of nationally certified interpreters of American Sign Language to clients in various industries. Myisha and her team pride themselves in their unique ability to interpret emotional, high-energy, and self-empowering content. Please visit their website for more information  www.InGoodHandsInc.com.

  • Talianko Design Group, LLC, An Interior Design Firm and new member of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Invites you to a ….. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 21st at 5:00 in Sierra Madre. Dinner provided by Dickey’s BBQ Pit. Come Early, Stay Late! Talianko Design is at 55 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Suite 200, Sierra Madre.

We will continue to offer the FREE ad in our annual business directory to the member who refers the most new members in the next fiscal year.

The complete list of new and renewing Pasadena Chamber members is below. We introduce new members at our monthly networking events.

At our July Connection Breakfast we met these new members:

Bruce Fisher of Graffiti Dr.
George Moufarrej of M&R Tax Services
Grecia Gomez and Melissa Balam of Paper Owls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective Consulting, LLC's Phlunte Riddle

 

 

 

 

 

 

At our July Luncheon Alliance networking event, we met these new members:

Kimberly Stillwell of Awareness Center Yoga.

George Moufarrej with M&R Tax Services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is successful because our members find ways to work together so that each prospers.

Please seek out these new and renewing Chamber members and see how you can do business with them and how they can benefit from doing business with you.

New members for June, 2013:

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Andrew Davis, (626) 252-5709

Coldwell Banker, Lake Payne, (626) 786-1673

Confexion Cupcakes & Cake, Vandy Altounian, (626) 486-9977

Copa Vida, Steve Chang, (626) 213-3952

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Andrew Lee, (626) 993-2862

Exterior Solutions, Todd Leight, (310) 801-5020

Effective Consulting, Phlunte Riddle, (626) 786-5655

Giggle, Roy Aponno, (626) 744-0233

Graffiti Dr., Bruce Fisher, (626) 466-6574

Heather Backstrom Leadership Consulting, Heather Backstrom, (626) 823-7033

Impac Mortgage, Sandra Estrella, (626) 219-7480

Invicta Fitness Gallery, Jonathan E. Eubanks, (818) 415-0850

Lake Payne-Coldwell Banker, (626) 786-1673

SALUS Home Care, LeeAnn Hefner, (626) 796-5800

These Pasadena Chamber members renewed their membership investment in June, 2013:

One to Five Years

American Express Travel

Bank of America/Pasadena Main Office

Black Car

Blue Chip FoodSystems, Inc.

Caring Gentle Touch

Carnelian Salon LLC

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

First Financial Security

First Tee of Pasadena, The

Great American Deals/Pasadena

High Point Academy

Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

Local Marketing Boost

Maginnis Knechtel & McIntyre LLP-Linda Ballesteros

Micro Trends, Inc.

Modern Parking, Inc.

National Hispanic Media Coalition

National Kidney Foundation

Parson’s Nose Productions

Pasadena City College/Business Center

PM Realty Group

Tender Greens

Tri-City Transportation Systems, Inc.

Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services

Women’s City Club of Pasadena

Six to Nine Years

Benedict & Benedict Plumbing Co.

Club Champion Gymnastics

Kimberly C. Covey, CPA

Menage

National Construction Alliance

San Marino Tribune

Trio Apartments

Ten to Fourteen Years

Bank of Manhattan

Chiropractic Health Center

City Place

Courtyard by Marriott-Old Pasadena

Mahlmann Media

Pasadena Service Federal Credit Union

Pasadena.com

Fifteen to Fifty Years

Arroyo Car Wash Corp.

Ashcraft Company

BCSP Pasadena Towers Property LLC

CapitalSource Bank

Community Bible Community Development Corp.

Fedde Furniture Co.

Honda of Pasadena

Jewish Family Services-Haven House

Malmberg & Associates

Pasadena Federal Credit Union

Pasadena Highlands

Pasadena Symphony and Pops

Robin’s Wood Fire BBQ & Grill

Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

Union Bank of California

UPS Store #3268, The

More Than Fifty Years

Fuller Theological Seminary-Office of Admissions, 68yrs

George L. Throop Company, 90yrs

Typecraft Wood & Jones, 80yrs