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Happy Halloween!
Be sure to participate in our
Buellton Chamber
Ghoulton Candy Trail
See details in this newsletter! |
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NEW MEMBERS
We would like to welcome the following Businesses and Individuals as New Members of our Chamber of Commerce: Please add them to your network of friends.
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Biz Card Rack
Don Bratt
Santa Ynez Valley Marriott - Wanda Macpherson
MarBorg Industries
Rio Vista Chevrolet - Sam Sell
Rancho Grande Motors - Mike Sell
Sunset Auto Center
Moriarty Property Company
Thank you to all of our monthly advertisers listed above. If you would like to have your link placed here, please contact the Chamber. The monthly fee is $35.00 and is billed on a quarterly basis. 688-7829 |
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Calendar of Mixers & Events
October 8th: Columbus Day
October 13th: Celebration of Harvest 1-4pm at Rancho Sisquoc
October 17th: Buellton Mixer at Rabobank, Buellton 5-7pm
October 27th: Bruegala Buellton at River View Park, 2-6pm
November 3rd: Prelude Bike Ride to start and Stop at River View Park
November 8th: Ribbon Cutting for Nova Sensors at 5pm
November 10th: Ribbon Cutting for Farm Supply at 10am
November 14th: Mixer at Classic Party Rentals
December: Holiday Installation Luncheon, Date TBA.
Community Calendar Remember to keep the community informed of your events by posting on our Community Calendar. You may go here to get started. |
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Storm Water Tip of the Month
Provided by the City of Buellton
Winter will be upon us in no time. It's the perfect time to make sure your parking lot inlets are free of debris and are clear for proper storm water drainage this rainy season. It's always a good idea to clean leaves, trash, sand and other debris from parking lots regularly or as needed to prevent it from reaching a storm drain inlet. For more information on the Storm Water Management Program, contact (805)688-5200
Other sources for information may be found at www.greenbizsbc.orgfor ideas & guidebooks tailored for specific types of businesses. |
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Contacts N Coffee
Remember to mark your calendars for every Monday as we meet for Contacts N Coffee at Avant Tapas & Wine. Our meetings go from 8am-9:30am and offer you a chance to network, share your business with others, and meet other business members in the community. Great referrals come from within this group and you are welcome to join us any Monday. First visit is FREE. Also, once you are in the Contacts N Coffee system, you may attend their networking gatherings at any of their locations which spans from SLO, SB, and Ventura counties and beyond. Get dialed in and watch your contacts grow. |
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Kathy Vreeland, Executive Director
Buellton Chamber of Commerce
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A Buellton Business Association Publication
p: (805)688-7829
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Mixer Fun!!
Mingling Networking Raffles  Apple Creek Ranch Candidate Forum |
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Halloween Funnies!
-Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
"No Body"
-What do skeletons say before they begin eating?
"Bon Appetit" |
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Although our calendars say it's October and it's Fall, the month started out like the first of July....Hot! Hopefully you enjoyed the last dose of summer and are looking forward to cooler days. October is not only a time for harvest and pumpkins, but it is also fire safety month, breast cancer awareness month and for many beer drinkers, it's a month to enjoy beer! Be sure to check out the Bruegala Buellton a German beer festival set for October 27th at River View Park. See below for details. Also, we hope you will participate in our new Halloween activity, Ghoulton Candy Trail, where kids can Trick-or-Treat at your business. See below for more details. We enjoy all the news we receive about our business members, please keep the stories coming so we may continue to share. |
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October 17th Mixer 5-7pm
Rabobank, Buellton
61 West Highway 246
Sonia Jimenez, Branch Manager for Rabobank and her staff invite you to attend their fall mixer. Complete with food, beverages, and live music, the crew at Rabobank look forward to having you come see their office and welcome in the harvest season. Remember to bring your business cards and take this time to meet fellow members who may fill a need you have or you may have a product or service they need. Our Mixers offer a great opportunity for networking and meeting fellow Chamber members and friends. We've had many success stories of contacts being made and new business transactions taking place as a result of our Mixers. If you would like to promote your business a bit further with a donation of a raffle prize, please contact the Chamber. We appreciate your kind contributions and look forward to seeing you on October 17th. Some New Rules for our Featured Business/Person Drawing
We will be drawing our Featured business/person of the month from the Member Perpetual numbers rather than from the business card drawing. We will still have our $1.00 business card drawing for the cash prize, but we will be saving our featured business section for Members only. Please see below for our Featured Person of the month. The Perpetual Drawing that we do on a monthly basis went unclaimed. The number drawn belonged to Monte's Auto Body, but the winner must be present to win. Next month's perpetual drawing will go up to $90.00. |
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Halloween Fun!
Buellton Chamber presents:
Ghoulton Candy Trail
We are inviting our business members to participate in our first Candy Trail. What is this you ask? Well, to keep our kids safe on Halloween, we are inviting our businesses to provide treats for the little ghosts and goblins to come visit your business and trick-or-treat between the hours of 4-6pm on Halloween. The Chamber will promote the Ghoulton Candy Trail and will provide window posters to participating businesses.
If you would like to participate, please contact our office so we may include you on the list of participating businesses. Also, feel free to promote the Candy Trail at your business through the month of October so your customers become aware and share it with their friends.
We hope you will join us as we launch this fun activity for the kids in our community and open up your business to them. Contact the Chamber at: 688-7829 |
Featured Business
of the Month
Trikke
Thank you, Buellton and Buellton Chamber of Commerce for all the tremendous support you have given us since moving Trikke's world headquarters here nearly 6 years ago. It's great to have a showroom next door to Buellton's Visitor's Center on Avenue of the Flags for all of the walk-in business that we get from locals and travelers alike! Business associates visit us here from all over the world, and have wonderful things to say about this beautiful valley that we have chosen to call home.
We have developed a number of new products and programs here, including our entire line of electric vehicles and our Physical Education program. Buellton was the first city in the world to deploy our electric vehicles for reading its water meters, and is now being followed in other California cities. Jonata School chose our Trikke PE program and curriculum with great success.
The River View Park has been a terrific place to gather after we host local rides, and Santa Rosa Road provides a world class ride for all of us and our enthusiasts to enjoy (and, yes, we ride from Buellton to hwy 1 and back!). Not to mention riding on Ballard Canyon Road from Buellton to Solvang or Los Olivos, it's a blast!
The many Trikke fans (some because we helped them to get fit and stay fit, and some because they're having a blast riding to work on our electric vehicles) now know about Buellton.
We welcome anyone to come by and take a test ride at 597 Ave of Flags #103, or call 693-0800 or email us at info@trikke.com
We also have a select number of excellent refurbished units in stock (while they last) |
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Veterans Stand Down 2012
Saturday, October 13th,
7am-3pm
at Santa Maria Fairpark
A safe place for Veterans to get the help they need. Stand Down serves men, women, and children of Veterans under the age of 18. A breakfast, lunch, and BBQ Dinner will be provided. Other services Veterans and their legal spouse and dependents under age 18 may take advantage of are:
- Showers
- Hair Cuts
- Clothing
- Get into recovery
- Seek employment
- Resolve legal issues
- Access health services
- Get off the street
- Reconnect with the community
To the American Veterans who have protected our freedom, we are forever in your debt. This event is limited to 500 Veterans, so please help spread the word to the Veterans you know. If you are interested in more information or would like to volunteer, please contact Sandy with 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino at 346-8400.
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October 27, 2013
2 - 6pm at River View Park
Featuring the best in German Style brews from local, regional, and international craft breweries. Also featuring the innaugural home brew Pro-Am presented by Figueroa Brewing and Valley Brewers. The grand prize winner of this competition will have their recipe brewed at Figueroa Mountain Brewing by Brew Master AJ Stoll and will be available on-tap!
Tickets may be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce office for $25.00 each.
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Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society Pet of the Month
Diva Himalayan Mix Snowshoe 13yrs. F(S)
Diva is a darling and has been the apple of her mother's eye for almost 13 years. Now at the Humane Society, she has her own room complete with a soft mat for visitors. She likes to cuddle next to them as if she is at a coffee shop catching up with her best friend. She lets you do most of the talking and chimes in when appropriate. The most striking thing about her is her dynamic tail. She can wag it like a dog or rattle it with excitement. It never seems to stop moving. Come visit with her today. You will be glad you did. Diva is a senior with a clean bill of health and a recent dental. She is microchipped and weighs 10lbs.
Thank You,
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society
www.syvhumane.org
(805)688-8224 |
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Ribbon Cutting at Verizon
The Buellton Chamber of Commerce along with the City of Buellton came out to welcome our newest business to town. Phone & Wireless Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer recently opened their doors at 234 E. Hwy 246, Ste. 109. Phone & Wireless is a family owned company with Verizon Wireless outlets throughout the Central Coast. Store Manager, Daniel Szczepkowski along with other staff and company officers were there to celebrate this grand opening. We look forward to having them in Buellton for a long time and wish them all the best! Stop by and say hi if you're in the area. You may reach the store by calling: (805)693-3700 or log onto www.phoneandwireless.com |
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Do you or your employees know where the Buellton Visitors Center and Chamber of Commerce is located?
Please, if you haven't done so already, share with your employees where our office is located. Occasionally we have visitors come in who have been at a local business and have asked where the Visitors Center is and have been given a blank look or an "I don't know" Your staff is a very important part of our economy and an even more important ambassador for our community. We understand many employees live outside of Buellton and even the Valley, but they spend their working hours here meeting and greeting visitors to our area. Please let them know the Buellton Visitors Center is located at 597 Avenue of Flags, Unit 101. Bring your staff over to see what we offer, you're more than welcome to come by anytime. Thank you. |
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Candidate Forum for Buellton City Council
The Buellton Chamber recently held a Candidate Forum for the candidates running for City Council. Questions were presented by Dr. Ken Harwood and each candidate had a chance to answer each question. The audience also submitted questions which were posed at the end of the quorum. Citizens of Buellton came and gained knowledge about the candidates and had a chance to meet them after the forum. Thank you to the community for coming, the candidates for participating, and to the Marriott. Election Day is November 6th, we hope you get out and vote. Candidates as pictured from left to right are: Holly Sierra, Leo Elovitz, and Dave King.
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Thank You to the Apple Creek Ranch for Hosting our September Mixer
We would like to thank Fran Shulman and her son Randal along with their entire crew for hosting a one of a kind mixer. Tucked away in the outskirts of Buellton, Apple Creek Ranch offers an amazing location for those special occasions. Who knew such a special treat existed just outside our door? We truly appreciate all of the work that went into hosting this mixer, from the valet parking, by Blue Star, when you arrived, the music by RJ the Sound Guy, to the wonderful food, including Decadence Fine Cakes sinful dessert bar, and wines by Babcock Vineyards. We truly appreciate their hospitality and sharing their home with all of us. Thank you again Apple Creek! As you are aware, our chamber depends on memberships, fundraisers, and mixer raffles to support our day to day operations. Many thanks to our members who are very generous with donations for our raffle:
Village Properties ~ First Bank ~ Ostrich Land ~ Smitty's Towing ~ Anacapa Termite & Pest Control ~ Buellton Dental ~ Foley Vineyard ~ Valley Pets ~ Country Garden Catering ~ Zaca Creek Golf Course ~ Santa Ines Planning ~ Your Travel Center ~ PAWS Park ~ SYV Drain Cleaning ~ Buellton Medical Center ~ All Sport Fitness Center ~ Chamber Strategies ~ Santa Barbara Bank & Trust ~ Coghlan Vineyard ~ On Site Computers ~ SYV Humane Society ~ Horizontal Light Productions
Our Perpetual Drawing winner was Monte's Auto Body, however he was not present so the drawing goes up to $90.00 at our next mixer. Winner must be present to win. |
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A Little Office Humor
Sick Leave: I urgently needed a few days off work, but I knew the Boss would not allow me to take a leave. I thought that maybe if I acted "CRAZY" then he would tell me to take a few days off. So, I hung upside down on the ceiling and made funny noises. My co-worker asked me what I was doing. I told her that I was pretending to be a light bulb so that the Boss would think I was "CRAZY" and give me a few days off. A few minutes later the Boss came into the office and asked,"What are you doing?" I told him I was a light bulb. He said, "You are clearly stressed out. Go home and recuperate for a couple of days." I jumped down and walked out of the office. When my co-worker followed me, the Boss asked her, "And where do you think you're going?" She said, "I'm going home too, I can't work in the dark." |
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Fall Bridal Show - October 14th from Noon - 4pm at the Alex Madonna Expo Center
Central Coast Bride brings you a Fabulous Fall Bridal Show. If you or someone you know are making wedding plans, be sure to check out this bridal show to find everything you need in one place. From Ceremony & Reception sites to caterers, florists, photographers and much more, you will feel much better about your big day once you attend this show. Tickets are available online at www.centralcoastbride.com receive a $2.00 discount when you register online. |
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Wazzup Buellton?
Here we offer some news provided by our members as to what is going on in their businesses. Please keep us posted as to what is going on in your business.
- Buellton Rec. Center now has a new website: www.buelltonrec.com Shop and register for passes, classes, camps, trips & tickets.
- Buellton Medical Center is offering Flu Shots. 686-855
- Santa Ynez Valley Marriott now has Wood-Fired Pizza. Every Wednesday and Friday from 5-8pm, stop by and order up a cooked to order pizza fresh from their outdoor oak-fired oven.
- Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA is offering a breast cancer seminar from 6:30-7:30pm on Monday, October 8th in the teen activity center at the YMCA.
- Santa Barbara County Vintner's Association is hosting the annual Celebration of Harvest wine festival on October 13th at Rancho Sisquoc Winery. Tickets are available at www.sbcountywines.com or by phone at (888)330-6744. The festival runs from 1-4pm.
- Buynak & Fauver recently merged with Archbald & Spray to create BFAS. The new firm will have nine attorneys covering employment law, litigation practice, business, transactional, and real estate practices. The firm is based out of Santa Barbara, but will also have an office in Solvang.
- Congrats to Figueroa Mountain Brewery for earning the Best Float entry in the Solvang Danish Days parade.
- St. Mark's in the Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos will be hosting a blessing of the animals festival on Sunday, October 14th at 4:30pm at the church on Nojoqui Avenue in Los Olivos.
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