The Pasadena Chamber provides information on opportunities for our members to do business. As we are aware of them, we post bid and contract opportunities in the e-Bulletin.

For 2014, SIP-tember: A Celebration of the Cocktail returns August 15th for six weeks, culminating in the Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge Finale on September 25th at the Rose Bowl.

Michael Mockbee of MX3 Insurance Agency sponsors our Connection Breakfast networking event on Thursday, August 14th. Breakfast starts at 7am at the Courtyard by Marriott at 180 north Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena. Valet parking is availbale for $2. On-street parking is free until 11am.

Please join Pasadena Water and Power for Pasadena’s Energy Roadmap Movie Event! (See attached flyer).   This event is the first in a 3-part series of future events this year regarding PWP's Power Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).  The IRP is a long-range blueprint for providing our customers with reliable, environmentally-responsible electric service, competitive rates and energy independence over the next 20 years.

Event Details:

Today I’m going to chat about shameless self-promotion. That’s right, I said it! Shameless! After all, we are learning from Paris Hilton here.

More than two hundred dignitaries, guests and friends of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Westin Pasadena on Friday evening, July 11, 2014, to celebrate the installation of Ben Green as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Chamber. Those attending included Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck and others.

Join us on Wednesday, August 6th at 11:45am at Altadena Town and Country Club for our monthly networking Luncheon Alliance. Nicola Borland Photography sponsors the lunch.

For July the Luncheon Alliance returns to Altadena Town and Country Club at 2290 Country Club Drive in Altadena.

Joining your local chamber of commerce is one of the most effective (and least expensive) things you can do to build, grow and expand your business. 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 and our greater Pasadena area.

The Pasadena City Council at its July 28, 2014 meeting declared a local water emergency, establishing a 20-percent conservation goal and implementing the City’s Level 1 Water Supply Shortage Plan, with mandatory water waste restrictions effective immediately.  The Level 1 plan limits watering to three days per week in summer, one day per week in winter and requires that leaks be repaired within 72 hours, in addition to permanent water waste prohibitions.

Hi, I’m Jonathan Goldhill, the founder and Head Business Coach of The Goldhill Group.  I say “head coach” because well I’m actually the principal coach, as in top coach at my company.  But, I say head coach because that’s what I do.  I work on people’s heads – that is, the 6” between their ears!  You see I believe success in business involves using your head; as in, working “smarter, not harder”.  So, a lot of what I do involves educating my clients in how to develop a strategic marketing min