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, Joan De Souza of Joan's Candles and Gifts 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 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:

  • Please come join We Rock The Spectrum Kid’s Gym-Pasadena at our Grand Opening on Saturday, March 22nd for our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 11am.  Enjoy a day full of fun including our trampoline, zip line, swings, face painting, music, raffles and delicious food and treats donated from our local neighboring businesses plus more!  It is just $10 per child and we are donating 20% of our proceeds to My Brother Rocks theSpectrum Foundation.  We Rock the Spectrum “kids gym for all kids” is a place your kids will have fun while learning and exploring!  We believe in building self confidence, increasing self-esteem and self awareness!

  • Join Pasadena Media's Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Wednesday, April 2 at 1PM for Pasadena's Premier Television Studios and Community Creative Digital Space. This events is open to all community members and media organizations. Pasadena Media proudly serving for 30 years is now centered in the heart of the City of Pasadena has expanded its resources, training programs, production facility, digital technology and enhanced services. We are proud to welcome the community and all of Southern California to visit one of Pasadena's crown jewels.

These new members were introduced at our Luncheon Alliance networking event in February:

Architect Rodney Wray

Art Gandilyan of Schooley Mitchell

Planet Beach Pasadena's Melinda Sanchez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery Resources' Peter Montgomery

Elizabeth Eichhorn with Mary Lee Catering

Emma Petievich of Estate Catering at the Huntington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liz Villatoro and Melissa Smith of Costco

We introduce new members each month at our networking Connection Beakfast and Luncheon Alliance events. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At our Connection Breakfast in February we met these new Pasadena Chamber members:

Dr. Derek Jacoby with Healthy Living Medical

Danielle Baum with We Rock the Spectrum Kids' Gym

Heidi Bitterman with The Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kylene Robinson with OneUnited Bank

Peter Montgomery with Montgomery Resources

Michel Euliss with Let's Celebrate Distinctive Catering and Events

 

Emma Petievich with Estate catering at the Huntington

 

Please welcome our new members as you support your own prosperity by seeing how you can do business together, refer new clients and engage each other's success.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These businesses joined the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce in January:

 

Autism Speaks, Matthew Asner, (323)297-4720 
Big Daddy’s Fire Grill, California Blvd., Amer Hanna, (626)356-4900 
Big Daddy’s Fire Grill, Foothill Blvd., Amer Hanna, (626)796-1266 
Costco #412, Azusa, Melissa Smith, (626)812-7932 
Dance Conservatory of Pasadena, Leena Akopian, (626)396-1744 
Economou Law Group Inc., Eli R. Economou, (626)765-9607 
Enhance Business Potential, Kara Altice-Montes, (323)610-8117 
Estate Catering at the Huntington, Emma Petievich, (626)405-2248 
Friends in Deed, Donna Byrns, (626)797-2492 
Housing Financial Corp., Omar Abich, (626)712-7651 
Logix Federal Credit Union, Jason Lee, (818)565-2710 
Major Dave’s Chicken, David Caldwell, (626)394-9495 
OneUnited Bank, Kylene Robinson, (626)794-2380 
PennyMac Loan Services LLC, Ray Marquez, (626)660-8435 
PFS Investments, Joe Soto, (626)759-7489 
Robertson Commercial, Chris Robertson, (626)345-1725 
Rodney Wray Architect, Rodney Wray, (818)708-9395 
Rounds Premium Burgers, Charbel Ghaby, (626) 304-9810
 
These members renewed their investment in the Pasadena Chamber in January:
 
One to Five Years 
Buzios Frozen Yogurt Café 
CertaPro Painters of Pasadena 
Chamber Marketing Partners, Inc. 
Diverse Strategies for Organizing, Inc. 
Dog Haus Biergarten 
Domino’s Pizza 
Fairplex-Home of the L.A. County Fair 
Finch Tree, A Division of Bartlett Tree Experts 
Fitzgerald and Green, Attorneys at Law 
Health Advantage, Health & Wellness Center 
Insignia PMG 
John Blanchard Company Inc. & JBC Protective Services 
Law Offices of R. Ross Jacinto Inc. 
Local Marketing Boost 
Maria Vargas, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 
Mark McD Design 
Mercado Insurance Services 
Missing Persons Investigation Agency 
MUSE/iQUE 
Novotny’s Antiques and Estate Sale Services 
Pasadena Business Park 
Pasadena Language Center 
Studio 33 Design 
Vandeventer Black, LLP 
The Walnut Plaza LTD 
WebMagic, Inc. 
 
Six to Nine Years 
Acura of Glendale 
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes 
Salon Sessions 
San Gabriel Valley LeTip 
South Coast Air Quality Management District-SCAQMD 
 
Ten to Fourteen Years 
Kabuki Japanese Restaurant 
RCB Consultants 
 
Fifteen to Fifty Years 
Allen Avenue Self Storage 
Budincich Chiropractic Clinic Inc. 
Business Networking Alliance/BizNet 
Café Santorini (Rococo Room/ Pandora on Green) 
City of Pasadena 
Courtyard by Marriott- Monrovia/Pasadena 
El Portal Restaurant 
First Lutheran Church 
Hilton Pasadena 
ICM, Inc. 
J L Moseley Company Inc. 
J. Robin & Associates Graphic Design 
Kathleen’s Restaurant 
Kidspace Children’s Museum 
Kinemetrics, Inc. 
Ossman Project Mgt. Consulting 
Paseo Colorado 
Republic Services (Consolidated Disposal Services) 
Richard W. Jackson, CPA 
The Rule Group, an Integro Company 
Santa Anita Park (L.A. Turf Club) 
Tom Sawyer Camps 
 
More Than Fifty Years 
Hahn & Hahn LLP, 90 yrs. 
Huntington Memorial Hospital, 87 yrs. 
 
These new members were introduced at the Connection Breakfast in January:

Rick Caputo of Dynamic Advantage
Ray Akramian with Collision Auto Repair Specialists
Art Gandilyan with Schooley Mitchell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Marquez and Dennis Hueman of Pennymac Loan Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These new members were introduced at December's Connection Breakfast networking event:

Melinda Sanchez with Planet Beach
Frank Paduganan of Momentum Massage Therapy

 

 

We introduce new members at each of our networking events. Please find ways to welcome them to our business community and the Chamber.

One way you can do that is by giving them your business and seeing how they can become your customer, as well. The Chamber is most effective when our members support each other and do business together.

 

 

 

 

Please make these new members, who joined in December, feel welcome:

Arcade Lane Compounding Pharmacy, Dr. Gayane Besnelian, (626)577-7979

Cameron’s Seafood, Pete Gallanis, (626)793-3474

Citrust Insurance Agency, Jonathan Edewards, (626)676-3466

Clear Channel Airports, Lucas Yezik, (610)674-6128

Cochren Insurance Agency, Tim Cochren, (626)327-2944

NovaCutis Inc., Alen Aghajanian, (818)535-4067

Planet Beach Pasadena, Melinda Sanchez, (626)844-7352

Teriyaki Madness, Russ Thyret, (626)394-3402

Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, Michael Farah, (626)795-2000

ZiLin Restaurant, Ivy Lin Wei, (626)535-9700

These members renewed heir investment in the Pasadena Chamber in December:

Renewing Members for December 2013

One to Five Years

ADA Compliance Professionals Inc.

Arthur Murray Dance Studio

Atelier Femme

CertaPro Painters of Pasadena

Connon Wood Scheidemantle LLP

Ganahl Lumber

Harrington Group LLC

Harvest Rock Church

Kunau & Cline Inc.

LegalShield-Yvette McDowell

Local Marketing Boost

MassMutual Financial Group Greater Los Angeles Chapter

Mattress City-S. Lake Ave.

Phillips, Fractor & Company LLC

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden

Trattoria Neapolis

Violin Place Inc.

Six to Nine Years

Carr Workplaces

KBD Construction

Keller Williams Realty-Ken Parsons

Ten to Fourteen Years

Jos. A. Bank #461

Kilroy's Sandwich Factory

tw telecom

Fifteen to Fifty Years

AnKara Designs

Business Park of Pasadena, The

Crown Coffee Services Inc.

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Green Hotel Apartments

Holmes Body Shop

Ice House

Podley Properties

Rosemary Children's Services

Space Bank Mini Storage

UCLA Athletic Department

Villa Esperanza Services