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1910 - Newhall (Auto) Tunnel opens, bypassing Beale's Cut [story]
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| Wednesday, Mar 4, 2015
terricrainNow that we have caught our breath from another super successful Santa Colorita Run we are getting into our groove of regular events and other Luncheons.
Make sure you check our calendar regularly for any meetings, educational events and more.
This Friday is our Micro Enterprise Group.  I would encourage any small business owner to take advantage of this FREE dynamic, educational meeting.  This group is run by Lee Watters, owner of The Watters Group and is held at the Chamber office, 27451 Tourney Rd., Suite 160, Santa Clarita CA 91355, from 8:00 – 9:00 am.  You can learn more about Lee here .
Okay sports fans, we have a luncheon for you.  Thanks to his humility and kindness, Valencia High School alumni and current New England Patriots, running back,  Shane Vereen has agreed to come and speak to our community.
MC’d by KABC 7 Sports Curt Sandoval this will be a fun and inspirational event.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Hyatt Regency Valencia
11:30 – 1:00
$50 per person
$500 table for 10
 shanevereen
31st Annual Oak Tree Golf Classic!
Go out and be good humans!
Terri K. Crain
President/CEO

Good Morning SCV Breakfast is
March 11th at 7:30 am
Business After Hours Mixer
March 11th at 5:30 pm
Printable Flyer for Networking Breakfast

Upcoming Lunch & Learns                          

Friday, March 6, 2015
Host:  American Red Cross
Title: Emergency Preparedness
 
Friday, March 13, 2015
Host:  6 Degrees HR Consulting
Friday, March 20, 2015
Host:  Right at Home
Friday, March 27, 2015
Host:  CASA 
Title: “Learn How to Advocate for a Child with CASA”


Location:

Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
27451 Tourney Road, Suite 160, Santa Clarita, 91355
Time:  11:45am
Lunch & Learns are FREE and lunch will  be provided
If you would like to attend one of the above or host your own event:  Please contact Cheryl Ramirez at
CRamirez@scvchamber.com or 661.702.6977.

Grand Openings & Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies 

 

Saturday, March 7, 2015
Focus Ride Shop
18718 Soledad Canyon Rd.
Canyon Country, CA 91351
2:30 pm Ribbon Cutting
 
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
People’s Care
28720 The Old Road
Valencia, CA 91355
12:00 pm Ribbon Cutting
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Menchies Valencia Gateway Village
28273 Newhall Ranch Road
Valencia, CA 91355
11:00 pm Ribbon Cutting
 
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Color Me Mine Valencia
24300 Town Center Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
12:30 pm  start and 12:45 pm Ribbon Cutting
 
Friday, April 3, 2015
Passages Museum of the Bible
26565 Bouquet Canyon Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
9:30 am  start and 10:00 pm Ribbon Cutting

Community Events & This & That  

Hope for the Homeless – Join the Friends of Bridge to Home.  Your monthly pledge will help provide year round assistance to homeless individuals and families.
 
Office Depot for Chamber Members:
Not a member of the Chamber Office Depot Program? Click here to start saving up to 60% off a core list of 175 most commonly purchased items.
I-5 Corridor improvements: 
Hotline: 855-454-6335
Website: www.I-5info.com
Brochure:Link 
Like to help people? Want to make a difference?
If you would like to help out your community, Northeast Valley Health Corporation is the place for you!

Advertise Current Job Opportunities FREE 

The Chamber makes available to its members the opportunity to advertise job opportunities for FREE through two great local resources:

 

Santa Clarita WorkSource Center:

Providing employers with no-cost recruitment assistance from advertising jobs, pre-screening candidates, to facilities to conduct interviews the Santa Clarita WorkSource Center is your one-stop recruitment center in Santa Clarita.  To Learn More visit  www.WorkSantaClarita.com

 

 

Career Services at College Of the Canyons:

We currently have almost 7,000 active job seekers in our Online Job Database. We need more jobs in our database to help out the students and the community. If your company has any job openings -Now would be a great time to advertise your job opportunities for free.

Learn More…

 

 

Invitations to Bid 

 The Chamber makes available to its members the opportunity to find information about procurement contracts for bid by public agencies.

City of Santa Clarita
Detailed information on each of the bids can be obtained by downloading the information from the City’s Purchasing website at  www.planetbids.com/santaclarita/bidsonline.cfm.
You may also contact the City of Santa Clarita Purchasing Department at (661) 286-4184 for additional questions.  Current Bidding Opportunities
County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County is pleased to supply Chamber members with a listing of open bids. Open Bids can be searched by Commodity Description, County Department, Bid title and number.
Open Bids will remain on the web site until the closing date for the bid expires. Closed bids and awards can be viewed from the Search Bids/Awards section of this web site.
Castaic Lake Water Agency

Information on open bids, including Request for Quotations (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitation for Bids (IFBs), is available on the CLWA website. Open bids will remain on the website until the closing date. For more information and to view open bids, click on the link: Formore information and to view on public works projects,

College of the Canyons
College of the Canyons welcomes qualified bids in response to Request for Quotations (RFQ),
Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitation for Bids (IFBs). To learn more about construction-related bids and the bidding process, click on this link

For non-construction related opportunities, click on this link:

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3 Comments

  1. Kristen Felan Hayes Ronda Thompson- Chobanian do you have your tickets???

  2. $50.00 per person, ok. Listing the price for a table of ten at the same price as the per person price seems redundant and geared for those that can’t add.

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