Mixer at Charcuterie, Thursday 9/10
Charcuterie will host the September Chamber mixer on Thursday, Sept. 10, 120 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., from 5:30 to 7pm. Cost is $10/members, $15/non-members. Networking, good food, wine tasting, prizes and giveaways!! Stop by and say hi!!! |
For seven weeks, beginning July 17th, The Chamber of Commerce, with help from sponsors and members, presented Friday Night Live, a community event featuring live music in Kersting Court, sales promotions at participating downtown businesses, and drawings, gifts, prizes and giveaways donated by participating Chamber members and sponsors.
Nearly 100 hundred totebags were given to shoppers that spent $35 or more in participating retail shops or $75 or more in participating restaurants. While we did not track sales for all seven weeks, we do know that the six weeks we tracked included sales in excess of $6,200. Adding the minimum dollar amount for the first week, when we didn't track the receipts, brings total sales to more than $6,700!!
Highest number of receipts among those tracked was Savor the Flavor, with 22. Iris Intrigue was second with 11. Among the restaurants, Lucky Baldwin was tops with 5, followed by Cafe 322 with 3.
We've posted some short video clips of three of the performers on YouTube. Here are links:
Here are some pictures from Friday Night Live. Click on a picture it to make it larger...
Baldwin Jewelers
Tea for Two
The Chamber Booth
Tim Tutwiler, Mercy Powell, Peter Burke
Sidewalk shoppers
Bob Matheson and Karen Keegan
The kids were dancing up a storm during Sugar Penny
Local high school student Mark Perry joins Mercy and the Beets on guest vocals
Thanks again to our sponsors....
Crowd enjoys the Mellow Dz
Sugar Penny performs
Crowd enjoying Sugar Penny
David Osti and Deanna Cogan, The Mellow Dz
Thanks to the Bands, Tea for Two, Mercy and the Beets (twice), Gem City Jazz Cats, Steve and Steve, Sugar Penny and Mellow Dz. My apologies to Steve and Steve and Gem City Jazz Cats, I didn't have my camera during your performances...
Thank you to all our Sponsors, and to all those who contributed their time, energy and product to make this a successful event!!! Thank you to the merchants for staying open late! Some of you benefited directly, but we believe that even those that didn't see the immediate benefits may have benefited by return visits and/or increased awareness of the downtown area and your store.
Major Sponsors
Ellen Burry with Shaw, Moses, Mendenhall and Associates Insurance
Marie's CDs and Online Auctions
Sierra Madre Playhouse
Band Sponsors
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