Results of the first round are in. Did your favorite cocktail move on to round 2 of the SIP-tember Cocktail bracket Challenge? Visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com to find out.

SIP-tember returned August 15th for six weeks. The six-week cocktail bracket challnge culminates in the Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge Finale on September 24th at the Rose Bowl.

The September Connection Breakfast will be held on Thursday, September 10th at 7am at the Courtyard by Marriott at 180 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Old Pasadena.

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Votes to Oppose Los Angeles Model for Minimum Wage Increase in Pasadena

Loss of jobs, decreased hours for workers, negative impact on small business and local economy cited as determining factors in decision

At its August meeting, the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, without objection of the members present (and one abstention), voted to strongly oppose increasing the minimum wage in Pa

Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA will host its 17th annual Wiggle Waggle Walk in Brookside Park on Sunday, September 27th. Join thousands of animal lovers and their four-legged friends for a fun-filled community dog walk, fundraiser and Pet Expo.

Stone Company Store Pasadena

220 S. Raymond Ave.

Suite 103

(626) 440-7243

The Pasadena Playhouse is generously offering discounted tickets for the upcoming production of Real Women Have Curves.

Here's the special offer for their next show, REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES!

Total U.S. nonfarm employment grew in July for the 58th consecutive month as 215,000 jobs were created, decelerating slightly from the 231,000 jobs that were created the previous month. However, job totals were revised upward for the previous two months by a combined 14,000. Moreover, July’s tally marked the 15th time in the last 17 months that job gains surpassed the 200,000 level.. For the latest news, see more economic highlights infographic below.

Here is your copy of the September - October issue of Pasadena Commerce, the newsletter of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.

Network, build your referral network and promote your business at the Luncheon Alliance at Brookside on Wednesday, September 2nd at 11:45am

Join us on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, as Carlos Javelera of Verlux Energy sponsors our monthly Luncheon Alliance networking event at 11:45 at Brookside Golf Club. Brookside Golf Club is at 1133 North Rosemont Avenue (near the Rose Bowl) in Pasadena.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director) announced today that legendary director, choreographer and producer Kenny Ortega will be the 2015 Diversity Award Artistic Honoree, and Abel Ramirez, founder of Pasadena’s El Portal Restaurant and business and cultural leader of the Pasadena community, will be the Community Honoree at the 9^th Annual Pasadena Playhouse’s Wells Fargo Theatrical Diversity Project fundraising benefit on Sunday, September 13, 2015

The Pasadena SBDC invites you to participate in our BIZED training and workshops during the month of September.