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February 2010 Vol. 46, No. 2

The Brentwood Voice of Business

California Chamber of Commerce

The Brentwood Clarion

As a new member of the Board of Directors of the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, I am excited and honored by the opportunity to be part of the wonderful business community of Brentwood. Like every business person in Brentwood, I am very concerned for the future of our community. The recent past has been challenging, but the special lifestyle and culture in Brentwood is proving to be attractive, even in tough times. Community and culture is what Cortona Park Senior Living is all about. We are constantly looking for ways to enrich the lives of our residents by bringing local culture in, and bringing our community members out. Local dining, entertainment, and housing will continue to survive, and even thrive, if we all remember to think globally, but shop locally. Our community has so much to offer if we only keep our eyes open.

We’ve all heard the popular idea that the Chinese word for crisis incorporates symbols for danger and opportunity. A quick Google search leaves me unsure of the truth of this, but I still like the idea. If we let our fears be our only guide, we can miss the chance to improve our circumstances when the opportunity arises. Many individuals, families, and nations find that they come through a crisis stronger and healthier than ever. Don’t get me wrong, it won’t be easy. Having a little faith in our own hard work can make all the difference. And don’t forget to have a little fun once in a while.

The evening news can be pretty discouraging. Bad economy, wars, international neighbors facing real environmental catastrophe. Rather than “why me?” the real questions we should ask ourselves are “what can I do?” and “how can I help?” Every day is a new opportunity to make strides in the right direction. Each new stranger is another potential friend or business partner. Every interaction is a chance to celebrate life. Just remember to count your blessings.

Call your mom.

Donna Spencer, Executive Director

Cortona Park Senior Living at Brentwood

A Brookdale Community

(925) 240-0733 office

(925) 240-5349 fax


Mission Statement: The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization dedicated to the promotion of the civic and commercial progress of the community. We will continuously strive to maintain and foster a healthy business climate for Chamber members and the entire community.

Good Morning Brentwood

February 11, 2010 - 7:30 a.m.

Brentwood Chamber Board Room 8440 Brentwood Blvd # C, Brentwood

Corner of Brentwood Blvd & Chestnut St

Program:

Update on “East Bay Parks”

Guest Speaker: Nancy Kaiser

Only $10 for paid members --- $15 for non-members

-- Includes Light Breakfast –

RSVP @ [email protected] or 925-634-3344

Next Breakfast March 11, 2010

mailto:[email protected]


The Brentwood Chamber would like to Thank Glenda & Neil Cohn of

Hannah Nicole Vineyards for hosting the January Chamber Mixer. We would

also like to Thank the following for all the great raffle prizes: Delta Community

Services, John Muir Health, Brentwood Press, Wineshop at Home, Hampton Inn,

The Monthly Grapevine, Nelda Devine, and The Living Body Studio.

Pictured above: From Left we have Ken Seamann of Discovery Professional Services,

Paul Kelly of Home One Mortgage, Bill Fee of Mazzy’s Fire Protection, Karen Spann of

The Monthly Grapevine, and Pat Trombino of First Bank.


The Brentwood Chamber

would like to Thank

everyone for the great

turnout at the Ribbon

Cutting for Salon Vitor on

January 28, 2010. We

also like to give a big

Thanks to Melo’s Pizza & Pasta for all the

excellent food, and Salon Vitor for the

awesome gifts that were given to everyone.

Salon Vitor is located at 6560 Lone tree Way

Suite D in Brentwood near Walgreens. They

can be contacted at (925) 240-0161.

Ribbon Cutting for Alvis Frantz

and Associates was held on

January 26, 2010. We would like to

Thank everyone for attending to

help support the opening of Amy

Alvis’ and Barbara Frantz’s new

business. They are located at 9030

Brentwood Blvd. Suite B in

Brentwood and can be reached at

(925) 516–1617.


Pictured at right

Jim & Anne Wangeman

Owners of Harvest Park Bowl

2009 Business of the Year

Pictured at Top

2010 Citizen of the Year, Rick Lemyre

with Assembly member Joan Buchanan

Pictured at right: Rick Lemyre and his wife Cindy.

Pictured at top:

Chamber Director Paul Kelly, presenting the 2009 Business of the Year award to the owner of Harvest Park Bowl. Jim Wangeman


Pictured at top:

Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Board Directors. Director, Paul Kelly of Home One Mortgage, Past President, Karen Spann of The Monthly Grapevine, 2010 Chamber President, Shayn Cutino of Anja Wellness, Director, Joe Trebino of Delta Pure Water, Director, Kathi Reed of Wineshop at Home, Director, Sean McCauley of McCauley Olive Groves, Director Olga Vidriales of Travis Credit Union, and Director Lyle Miller of the Brentwood Chamber.

Pictured above: 2010 Brentwood Chamber of Commerce President,

Shayn Cutino of Anja Wellness.

Rick Lemyre, Assembly member Joan Buchanan, and Mayor Bob Taylor at the Annual Awards Dinner at the Nines.

Pictured at top CEO Harry York with

2008 & 2009 Ambassador of the Year

Pat Trombino of First Bank

2009 Ambassador of the Year Olga Vidriales of Travis Credit Union

Jimmy Chamoures Founder and President

of the Brentwood Press, Congratulates

Rick Lemyre, 2009 Citizen of the Year

Pictured at right

Director Paul Kelly,

with Chamber

Member Nancy

Kaiser.

Special Thank you to

Nancy for her years

of dedication

with the

Holiday Parade!


The Chamber Ambassador Team

BRENTWOOD

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shayn Cutino, President

Anja Wellness

Karen Spann, Past President

The Monthly Grapevine

Joe Trebino, President-Elect

Delta Pure Water, Etc.

Ken Seamann, Chief Financial Officer

Discovery Professional Services

Olga Vidriales, V.P. Community Programs

Travis Credit Union

Brent Aasen

Equus Group

Amy Alvis

Alvis Frantz and Associates

Greg Benner

Les Schwab Tires

Bill Fee

Mazzy’s Fire Protection Specialists

Paul Kelly

Home One Mortgage

Lori Knudsen

California Payroll

Shelly McMahon

Shelly’s Garden

Richard Perez-Pacheco

Black Sheep Design

Marlon Smith

Best Buy

Donna Spencer

Cortona Park

Dirk Zeigler

Zeigler Insurance Group

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Harry York, CEO

Lyle Miller, Membership Services Dir.

Lisa Hurt, Support Services Dir.

Jilda Fairhurst, Event Coordinator

Bill Putman, Volunteer

Pat Trombino, Event Coordinator

Kimberly Eubanks, Office Assistant

CHAMBER HOURS

Monday through Thursday

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Phone (925) 634-3344 Fax (925) 634-3731

email: [email protected] www.brentwoodchamber.com

Jeanette Hemenway, Tummies to Tots

Maurice Daroy, Farmers Insurance

Amy Alvis, Alvis Frantz & Associates

Dr. Suzanne Lowe, Essential Care Chiropractic

E. Scott McKnight, E.S. McKnight Insurance Agency

Ed Gutierrez, Certa Pro Painters

Harry York, CEO Brentwood Chamber

Joe Trebino, Delta Pure Water

Karen Spann, The Monthly Grapevine

Lori Knudsen, California Payroll

Nelda Devine, Real Estate Investor

Olga Vidriales, Travis Credit Union

Paul Roman, Window Innovations

Sarah Jamar, Paychex

Susanna Wahl, Edward Jones

Vicki Sexton, First Bank

Pat Trombino, First Bank Olga Vidriales Travis Credit union 2009 Ambassador of the Year

The Brentwood Chamber of

Commerce is now offering:

2010 California and Federal

updated Labor Posters.

Pick yours up today at 8440

Brentwood Blvd. Ste. C

Paper Version: $23.00

Plastic Version: $39.00


2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

February 3 Ribbon Cutting

Balfour Dental at 6:00 p.m.

February 4 Brown Bag Lunch

Tax Preparation

Guest Speakers Sue Kitching

And Ken Seamann at 12:00 p.m.

February 4 Ribbon Cutting

Cowboys & Angels at 6:00 p.m.

February 11 Good Morning Brentwood

Nancy, Kaiser, East Bay Parks

Brentwood Chamber Office

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

February 18 February Mixer hosted by

Black Bear Diner, Oakley, Ca

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

March 11 Good Morning Brentwood Los Vaqueros Watershed & Dam Brentwood Chamber Office

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

March 18 March Mixer hosted by

Tres Jolie

236 Oak Street Brentwood

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Events may be subject to change at any time. Check the Calendar of Events on our website for updated information

at www.brentwoodchamber.com

CornFest Application are available at the Chamber of

Commerce

Waddell & Reed Douglas M. Nisen 1776 West March Lane Ste. 360 Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 473-9820 Email: [email protected] www.waddell.com

Team Select Ruben Garcia 1596 Cherry Blossom Court Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 367-3912 Email: [email protected] www.teamselectbasketball.com

Cheryl A. Newton Tax & Accounting Services 2900 Spanish Bay Drive Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 626-7745 (925) 457-5322 Email: [email protected] www.cherylnewtontaxes.com

Labor of Love– Homecare Services Peter Fitch 775 Begonia Drive Brentwood, CA 94513 (925) 626-3780 Email: [email protected] www.laboroflovehomecare.com

Promote it All Brian Ramsey 2418 Yosemite Way Discovery Bay, CA 94514 (925)783-1042 Email: [email protected] www.promoteitall.com

Unique Visions Theresa Galvan 2063 Main Street Suite 110 Oakley, CA 94561 (925) 625-9324 Email: [email protected] www.uvpromotions.com


Brentwood Chamber 2010 Advertising Opportunities Chamber Website Advertising Banner Rates:

Online advertising is available to Chamber Members. Viewers will be able to click directly to your website.

*The Chamber’s website currently receives about 100 unique visits per day; and 250 daily visits during the early

summer months. (This number will increase as the Chamber newsletter will now be posted online through the

Chamber’s website.)

You provide your banner ad by any of our reliable Chamber design agencies, or use your own.

--- 168 x 114 pixels, PPG, GIF, or Flash ---

Only $90 per month – six (6) month minimum (Limited number of spots)

This rate is good through March 1, 2010.

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The Chamber Monthly Newsletter

The Clarion – The Brentwood Voice of Business

This is Business to Business Advertising

Now being e-mailed monthly to over 700 business contacts!

Take advantage of this opportunity by placing an ad into the Brentwood Chamber’s monthly newsletter sent to

members at the beginning of every month. (A small number will still be printed in a hard copy format)

Newsletter Advertising Rates

Color Ads & Black & White Ads

Large Business Card (Dimensions: 3.625 x 2.125”) only $40 per month, six month minimum

Quarter Page (Dimensions: 3.625” x 4.5”) only $75 per month, six month minimum

Half Page (Dimensions: 7.5”x 4.5”) only $100 per month, six month minimum

Full Page (Dimensions: 8-1/2” x 11”) only $150 per month, six month minimum

At this time we are no longer doing Newsletter Inserts, but we may look at insert packets in the

future. (For those businesses that placed inserts in the past, this new format will be less expensive,

as you will no longer have printing costs.)

*All advertising is for Paid in Full Brentwood Chamber Members Only* For advertising interest or information Call Lyle or Harry at the Chamber, 925-634-3344


CELEBRATION DINNER DANCE SATURDAY MARCH 13, 2010.

RAFFLE PRIZES, NO HOST BAR

A NON PROFIT FUND RAISER SPONSORED BY DELTA COMMUNTY SERVICES, INC.

TIME 5:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. DINNER 6:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. Advance Tickets $20, At the Door $25

*Eskaton Lodge, * Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, *Health Hut, Weathervane Western Wear, * SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune Up * Delta Community Services, Inc. WEBSITE: WWW.Delta-comm.org

E:mail: [email protected].

(925) 634 – 8275

http://www.delta-comm.org/

mailto:[email protected]


Phone: 925-634-3344

Fax: 925-634-3731

Email: [email protected]

www.brentwoodchamber.com


Brentwood Chamber of Commerce

8440 Brentwood Blvd., Suite C

Brentwood, CA 94513

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