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MAY 2017

CEO Message 2

City/Downtown Updates 3

Member News 4

New Members/Renewals 5

Jumpstart Your Workout 6

Professional Services 7

Calendar 8

Vol. 16 Issue 29

“Creating A Community Where Business Thrives”

Pink Turtle Shoppe Ribbon Cutting

Lillie Mae’s House of Soul Food

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Massage Envy

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board Chair: Nolan O’Brien, Lawrence Livermore Lab

Lisa Aguilera, Aspire Hometown Realty

Dan Arriola, District Attorney’s Office

Dan Ball, McLane Food Service

Dana Cooper, PG&E

Bill Fields, Surtec Systems, Inc.

Will Fleet, Tracy Press

Dave Garcia, Dave Garcia Designs

Dan Greene, Bank of the West

Joe Homen, Tracy Toyota

Cliff Hudson, Fresh Coat Painters

Sherry Jones, Owens Illinois of North America

Brent Ives, BHI Management Consulting

Robin Lopez, Taylor Farms

Patricia Palma

Debbie Rinaldo, Sutter Tracy Hospital

Dr. Brian Stephens, Tracy Unified School District

Chad J. Wood, Willbanks & Wood, PLC

CHAMBER AMBASSADORS

CHAIR: Germaine Clark

Karen Aranda, Altamont Mechanical Heating/Air

Carol Blevins, Diamond Properties

Carolyn Brown Blunt, Life Coach

Maggie Foresee-Griese

Dave Garcia, Dave Garcia Designs

Virna Hudson, Fresh Coat Painters

Conrad Levoit, Levoit Advanced Protective Services

Dan Mendoza, Movement Mortgage

Debbie Morales, Robert Griffin Home Services

Betsy Moreno, California Advantage Real Estate

Carol Newman, Surtec Systems, Inc.

Brian Schilling, Zero BS Marketing

Kipp Skelton, Spencer Flooring & Paint

Lon Swanson, Fry Memorial Chapel

CHAMBER STAFF Sofia Valenzuela, CEO svalenzuela@tracychamber.org

Maria Valenzuela, Membership/Event Services mvalenzuela@tracychamber.org

Alyssa Mupo, Hire Me First Program Coordinator hiremefirst@tracychamber.org Carol Neely, Receptionist

A Message from the

Chamber CEO... Promote Your Business at the Spring Golf Tournament The Tracy Chamber of Commerce will present the 10th Annual Spring Golf Tournament on Monday, May 22nd at the Tracy Golf & Country Club. As a member of the Chamber, I encourage you to participate in this event to promote your business.

Chamber events are a great opportunity to meet other business owners, network and make business connections. There are several ways your business can get involved with this event, and I would like to remind you of these opportunities so that you can participate this year or plan ahead for next year to get involved. Members have the opportunity to promote their business by donating a raffle prize for the event. Businesses can donate a raffle basket, gift certificate or any other type of gift. Businesses can also donate (100) promotional items for the goodie bags that will be given to the golfers the day of the event. Raffle prize donations and goodie bag items are generally inexpensive and can prove to be a great way to market your business without physically being at the event. This year the Golf Tournament Committee has successfully sold out all the sponsor opportunities for this event including hole sponsors, lunch/dinner sponsor, beverage cart sponsor and more. These sponsorship opportunities will afford businesses the opportunity to gain visibility and promotion through signage at the event as well as the ability to engage with all the golfers at each hole. Sponsorship packages ranged from $200-$950. If you have not sponsored this event before, I encourage you to consider sponsoring next year. Another opportunity to get involved at this event is to become a volunteer. We need help setting up the event in the morning as well as throughout the day at various holes during the golf tournament. Volunteering can give you the opportunity to network and make connections with golfers and sponsors during the event. We will need volunteers from 9AM-5PM. If you’re interested in receiving more information about any of the opportunities mentioned above, contact the Chamber to find out how to get involved in the Golf Tournament (209)835-2131. For those of you who are sponsoring this event or golfing, thank you for your support and see you at the golf course!

-Sofia Valenzuela, CEO, Tracy Chamber of Commerce

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What’s Happening

in your City... Retail Projects Update:

Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse is seeking to construct a ground-up service restaurant in the Tracy Marketplace on Grant Line Rd. near Costco/Wal-Mart.

Jiffy Lube submitted a development application to construct a 3,050sf auto service.

West Valley Mall submitted a tenant improvement building permit application for Oshkosh B’Gosh/Carter’s. JC Penny will be undergoing a tenant improvement.

Deli Delicious is locating at 2805 Naglee Rd. and will be performing an interior tenant improvement.

Genius Kids Daycare is proposing to locate in a retail pad location at the Grant Line Station shopping center at the corner of Grant Line and Corral Hollow Rd.

Residential Projects Update:

The City of Tracy issued 19 residential building permits in March 2017 bringing the total number to 20 for 2017.

All of the RGA’s for this year have been issued which allows for a variety of projects to build 750 units this year.

For more information about the City of Tracy visit www.ci.tracy.ca.us

Elite Ambassador: of the month:

Karen Aranda Altamont Mechanical

Heating & Air

Thank you for your

continuous support to the

Chamber and its members!

What’s Happening

In your Downtown... The Downtown Tracy Vintage & Antique Street Faire will take place on Saturday, May 13th from 8AM-3PM on 10th Street between A & B Streets. This event is sponsored by TCCA in collaboration with The Owl Box. Girl’s Night Out Bags, Baubles and Bubbles is scheduled for Friday, May 12th from 6PM-10PM at the Grand Theatre Center for the

Arts. Tickets are $25 which includes a goodie bag, wine tasting, food sampling and access to shop the ‘Girls Only’ vendors. Experience the after party from 8PM-10PM with a live DJ, dancing, no host bar and photo booth. Tickets are available for purchase at www.atthegrand.org. The Grand Theater Center for the Arts in collaboration with Main Street Music will transform its lobbies into a jazz club with drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and a variety of jazz styles by the region’s celebrated players. Upcoming show dates will be May 25th and June 1st from 7PM-9PM. Tickets are $8.

For more information about TCCA visit www.tracycitycenter.com

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE

AT EVENTBRITE

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Member News & Events:

Relay For Life of Tracy May 20th 9AM - 10PM at West High School Support the American Cancer Society and

several local Tracy teams on a quest to raise money to find a cure for cancer during the upcoming Relay For Life event. Relay for Life brings communities together, embracing their collective power to free the world from pain and suffering of cancer. For more information or to get involved, call 209-941-2676. J o s e H e r n a n d e z Reaching For the Stars 1 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y May 20th 5PM-8PM

Reaching For the Stars Foundation is celebrating their 10th year anniversary by hosting an event to honor their sponsors and supporters. The mission of the foundation is to inspire youth to find passion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education, establish a family commitment to education and develop a support network through community engagement. Tickets for this event are $30 and can be purchased by calling 209-740-8186.

Chest of Hope Salad Luncheon Fundraiser May 11th 11:30AM Tracy Community Ctr. Chest of Hope rescues and provides shelter and support services to

victims of domestic violence in our community. Come team up with them to network with others and learn more about the work they do in the community. Tickets are $15 per person and you can also purchase a table for 8. For tickets and information call 209-831-7889.

Hispanic Business Group Evening Meet-Up May 31st 5:30 p.m. Euro Star Café The Tracy Chamber Hispanic Business Group is hosting monthly Evening Meet-ups to encourage HBG members and businesses at large to get together and network at a different Chamber member restaurant’/eatery. This month, the group chose Euro Star Café as a business they would like to support. Businesses are encouraged to come out and network.

Submit YOUR member news! Email 100 words or less to info@tracychamber.org by the 25th of every month!

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Welcome to the

Chamber New Members! CH2M Engineers

Tracy, CA 510-587-7577 Vijay Kumar

*Engineers

Community Wines & Spirits 95 W. 11th Street Ste#205, Tracy, CA

209-855-6773 Ken Faulkner

*Non-Profit

Hector John Cosmetics 33 W. 10th Street, Tracy, CA

209-207-9464 Hector John

*Retail

Lillie Mae’s House of Soul Food 400 W. 11th Street, Tracy, CA

209-835-7685 Rhonda Manney

*Restaurant

McNemar Cosmetic Surgery 2160 W. Grant Line Rd. #250, Tracy, CA

209-834-0626 Thomas B. McNemar, MD

*Beauty & Health

Paris Printing

392 W. Larch Rd. #2, Tracy, CA 209-832-5448

Tommy Hernandez *Printing Services

Royal Gymnastics & Sports Academy

2151 N. Tracy Blvd., Tracy, CA 209-650-0098

Robin Giles *Health & Fitness

**Home-Based Business

Thank You for Renewing With Us

Under 5 Years:

Bright Now Dental ! Casa Grande Mexican Restaurant

Chevron Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin

El Concilio Council for the Spanish Speaking Epitome Real Estate Grant Bar & Lounge

Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation KinderCare Learning Center

New Life With Water Tracy Express Softball League

Tracy Grocery Outlet U.S. Home Mortgage

Verizon Wireless Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

5-10 Years: AltaGas San Joaquin Energy, LLC

CFT Fitness Dhaba Indian Cuisine

Firestone Little Flower Shop

Starbucks Coffee Co. Willbanks & Wood, PLC.

11-20 Years: Astoria Gardens LLC

Bill Pollard Jr. CPA Gowan Construction, Co. Inc.

Kaiser Permanente Sutter Gould Medical Foundation

Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc. Tracy Nissan

UNCLE Credit Union Wal-Mart

20-30 Years:

DKPM, Inc. Olin Chlor Alkali Products

P & C Auto Recyclers Willson & Company, E.A.

Over 50 Years: Bank of Stockton

Thank you for your support!

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BUSINESS QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful” – Joshua J. Marine

Jumpstart Your Workout Routine!

It’s official, you’re ready to start working out. So now what? Here are 5 ideas to help you get off to a good start.

1. WRITE DOWN YOUR REASONS This may sound silly, but it’s one of the most important things to do after you decide you want to start working out. Are you trying to lose weight? Gain muscle? Prep for an event, like a marathon? Or do you just want to get in better shape. Post your reason on your fridge as your daily motivation. It will keep you going strong every day.

2. SET A GOAL Setting goals isn’t tricky. Just be realistic. If you haven’t been running in years don’t expect to be ready for a marathon in two weeks. Give yourself time to acclimate and find a rhythm with your workouts. The team at In-Shape Health Clubs can help you with this. They offer their members a free FitStart session every year to help set goals.

3. FIND A WORKOUT BUDDY It’s always easier to get a workout done when you’re with a buddy – plus they hold you accountable for showing up! With a buddy, you’re less likely to skip a workout for an excuse like, “I’m tired.” It’s best to find someone who has a similar fitness level to your own, or likes the same activities.

4. SNAP PHOTOS FOR MOTIVATION That’s right—try marking your progress with a picture. It’s so easy to snap a picture with our smart phones. Just take a full-length picture of yourself at the same angle every couple of weeks, and compare your pictures as you go. If you’re staying true to your routine, you’re sure to notice a difference in just a few weeks!

5. REWARD YOURSELF Give yourself a pat on the back for sticking with your new routine! If you’ve lost a few pounds, buy yourself some new workout gear. Or if you’ve stuck to your workout routine for a whole month, get a massage.

The best thing about working out is the increased energy you will have. Once you start the routine it’s easy to work it into your daily schedule. Stop by your local In-Shape Health Club and give it a try for free for 7 days. Visit one of our three clubs in Tracy. Go to www.inshape.com/gyms for location details.

Lunch Meet-Up at Red Robin Left to Right: Rhoda Anderson, Mary Lou Edwards, Jason Welshonse,

Karina Ramos, Domingo Ramos, Josh Reed, Eric Anderson

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Tracy Chamber Professional Services Listing

MAY 2017

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICE Behnam Accounting Solutions……………...209-835-9655

BANKS Bank of Stockton………………...……………..209-820-2000 Oak Valley Community Bank………………..209-834-3340

BANQUET HALL Nirvaana Banquet Hall & Event Center…….209-839-1005

BOOKKEEPING & PAYROLL Account Masters Bookkeeping……………...209-836-4961

COFFEE HOUSE World Coffee…..……………………………......209-229-8327

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Altamont Mechanical Heating & Air …………………………………………………......209-346-2422

INSURANCE SERVICES Farmers Insurance - Azizi - Abawi Insurance ……………………………………………………..209-688-2834 Farmers Insurance - Hashimi Insurance Agency …………………………………...……………..….925-353-5942 State Farm - Pearl Losoya………………….....510-828-4146

Larry Benson Nationwide Insurance Life, Home, Auto, Business, Workers Comp, Motorcycle

………………………..………………....………...209-229-1096

FINANCIAL ADVISOR Edward Jones Investors –Shad Roundy…...209-833-1325 New York Life - Anthony Napoli…………....209-814-8743

FLOORING/TILE Spencer Flooring & Paint…………………......209-835-5537 The Tile Doctor………….. …………………....209-915-4668

MARKETING/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/Events Graphic Design, Websites, Social Media Marketing

Premier Production Group, LLC…………….209-597-8288

MORTGAGE LENDING Libby Martinez -Wells Fargo Home Mortgage …………………………………………………....209 -629-3646 Pamela Dew– Movement Mortgage ………..209-814-3135

MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY Greater Bay Relocation Services, North American Van Lines….………………………………...…...209-830-4435

NON-PROFIT UNEED2, INC………………………………...….....209-831-3550

PAINTING CONTRACTOR Fresh Coat Painters……………...…………..…..209–390-4326

PHYSICIANS - FAMILY PRACTITIONERS Adapa and Agastya Medical Associates……209–833 –7555

POOLS & SPA Pacific Pool & Spa………………………...…..…..925-337-4207

PSYCHOLOGIST Carey Psychological Services……….…...….…209–923-1749

REAL ESTATE Aspire Hometown Realty..……………………...209-814-8256 California Advantage Real Estate……………..209-836-3300 Norine Higa—Century 21 M&M and Associates ………………………………………………...……..209-207-4439 Ray Lopez - Keller Williams….………………...209-914-8010 Robert Griffin Home Services…………….…...209-914-0635

RESTAURANT Jersey Mike’s Subs……………………………......209-835-2885 Squeeze Inn………………………………………..209-833-7992 Vita Dolce, Inc……………………………….……209-834-1234 World Coffee House…………………………….209– 229-8327

SHOPPING - RETAIL The Owl Box…………………………………….....209-830-0796

TERMITE & PEST CONTROL SERVICES Take Care Termite & Pest Control …………………………………………....................209-832-7300

VETERINARIAN SERVICES VCA Old River Animal Hospital…………….....209-835-5166

VEHICLE REGISTRATION Sky Transport Solutions………….……………..209-855-6938

WATER WELL PUMP CONTRACTOR Commercial, Domestic, Irrigation, 24 Hr.

I. J. Larsen Pumps, Inc…………………..……….209-529-2020

WEBSITE HOSTING & DESIGN Nnvent……………………………………………...888-408-2515

Get NOTICED for 12 months of the year on the Chamber’s Professional Services Page featured in each

edition of the newsletter! Your company can be listed here for just $100 per year. Call 209-835-2131

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May Meetings 05/02 8:30AM Ambassadors at Chamber 05/09 12:30PM Hispanic Group at Chamber 05/11 12PM Starting Your Own Biz at Chamber 05/12 5PM Young Professionals at TBD 05/17 3PM Governmental Affairs at Chamber 05/24 4PM Board Meeting at Chamber 05/25 9AM Tools/Strategies for Digital Marketing at Chamber Office

May Events 05/09 8AM Chamber Coffee by Trosien Orthodontics 05/13 1:30PM Ribbon Cutting at Royal Gymnastics 05/22 12PM Golf Tournament at Tracy Golf & Country Club 05/25 5PM Mixer by Kelly Moore Paint

June Meetings 06/06 8:30AM Ambassadors at Chamber 06/08 12PM Starting Your Own Biz at Chamber 06/09 5PM Young Professionals at TBD 06/12 4PM City/Chamber Liaison Mtg at Chamber 06/13 12:30PM Hispanic Group at Chamber 06/21 3PM Governmental Affairs at Chamber 06/22 9AM Social Media Strategies at Chamber 06/28 4PM Board Meeting at Chamber

June Events 06/09 12PM Ribbon Cutting Golden Bear Physical Therapy & Sports Ctr. 06/13 8AM Chamber Coffee by Chest of Hope 06/22 5PM Mixer by Spencer Flooring & Paint