We're Getting Ready For The Festival!
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Thank you to our Renewing Members!
45 Years - Kiwanis Club of Mountain View 45 Years - Dennis Kobza & Associates - Architectural Firm 26 Years - Community School of Music and Arts 22 Years - TheatreWorks 16 Years - Couch Properties & San Antonio Center 15 Years - Mountain View Masonic Lodge #194 15 Years - Oriki Theater 14 Years - Alain Pinel Realtors - Barbara Williams 14 Years - Erik's Deli Cafe 13 Years - Pickering Laboratories 11 Years - Avalon Towers on the Peninsula 11 Years - Helming's Auto Repair 8 Years - Coldwell Banker - Kim Copher 8 Years - JW Catering LLC 7 Years - Ristorante Don Giovanni 6 Years - United Site Services 4 Years - Paychex 4 Years - Ticket to Travel 4 Years - Vita Insurance Associates 3 Years - Arts & Frames Unlimited 3 Years - Technology Credit Union 3 Years - The Wonder Years Preschool 2 Years - Customer Rush Marketing 2 Years - GCA Law Partners LLP 2 Years - The Salvation Army 2 Years - Young, Craig & Co, LLP
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Community Events Calendar
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September 5
A Big Thank You Breakfast
7:00am - 8:30am
Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center
270 Escuela Ave., Mountain View
More info: Lenny Park at 650-289-5498
September 5
Education Leaders Summit
9:00am - 3:00pm Microsoft - 1065 La Avenida, Conference Center Building 1, Mountain View Register: http://educationleaderssummit.eventbrite.com
More info: Aditi Goel 408-501-7863
September 6 Growing Together - Packard Children's Expansion
10:00am - 11:30am
Packard Expansion Site
(Corner of Welch Rd and Quarry Rd)
More info: www.lpch.org
September 13 State Candidates Forum
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Mountain View City Hall - Council Chambers
More info: Diana Bautista - dbautista@chambermv.org September 14
Hometown Heroes 2012
September 14
Stanford Health Policy Forum
2:30pm - 4:00pm
291 Campus Drive, Stanford University
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Membership Tip of the Month -
Get some great exposure by volunteering at the Art & Wine Festival. Last chance to volunteer!
http://mvartwine2012.eventbrite.com/
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SEPTEMBER 8 & 9
Mountain View Celebrates 41st Annual Art & Wine Festival
Mountain View Colossal Crowds Expected for Silicon Valley's World-Class Art & Music Festival " A Festival Like No Other"
Summer vacation is over. The kids are back in school. The weather is heavenly. It's the perfect time for an affordable, pleasure-filled weekend close to home.
The 41st Annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, September 8-9 is just the ticket!
It's a festival like no other. An authentic and moveable feast for the senses. The cool, vibrant, multicultural Castro Street vibe. Exceptional handcrafted work by 600 of America's top artists and craftmakers. Stellar live music on stage and street throughout downtown. Fabulous food and drink. The Comcast Pigskin Party Lounge with giant screen TV... read more
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SEPTEMBER 11
Art & Wine Appreciation Party 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Shoreline Amphitheatre - Lucky's Bar - 1 Amphitheatre Way, Mountain View
Come mingle and enjoy live music with fellow Chamber members & Art & Wine Volunteers at this month's special appreciation party/mixer. Cost: FREE for Festival Volunteers and $5 for their guests. $5 for chamber members; $10 non-members. Check back on our website to RSVP.
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SEPTEMBER 26
Yiptoberfest Mixer 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Tied House - 954 Villa Street, Mountain View
Join us for our 4th Annual Yiptoberfest, at Tied House Brewery.
Celebrate Fall with beer, sausage, and revelry. We'll download the Ohmpa  music to rock out to (or tuba out to as the case may be) and you wear your Lederhosen or Dimdl! Let's make this year the biggest, baddest, best time yet. Prost...Ziggy Zaggy Ziggy Zaggy, oy oy oy! Check back on our website to RSVP.
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Tuesday Group: Tuesday Group meets every 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:30am - 8:30am at Le Boulanger on Castro Street, Mountain View. For more information about this group, contact Tawnya Anderson.
New Tuesday Group added! Tuesday, 7:30am - 9:00am Red Rock Coffee - 201 Castro St., Mountain View For more information about this group, contact: Jerylann Mateo.
Thursday Group: Thursday Group will begin meeting August 23rd weekly, 8:00 - 9:00am at Xceed Financial Credit Union located at 601 Showers Dr., Mountain View. Guests are welcome to attend any meeting two times for free! For more information about this group, please contact: Randy Chang or Alan Russell.
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Join the Chamber of Commerce Mountain View in a Candidate Forum for our State Representatives.
Moderated by Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, Oscar Garcia.
Click here to RSVP
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| Creating a Strong Local Economy |
Get Specialized Training for Your Workers
NOVA, your local workforce investment board, is partnering with the California Workforce Association to connect you to training resources to offset the cost of upgrading your employees' skills. This Employment Training Panel (ETP) program aims to ensure that companies operating in California remain competitive and is designed to lessen the need for layoffs... read more
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Fenwick's Corner: Federal "Ban The Box Act" Seeks To Outlaw Questions About Criminal Convictions Prior To A Conditional Job Offer
By: Michael A. Sands and Sheeva J. Ghassemi-Vanni
As part of the "Ban the Box Act," a recent House Bill would prohibit employers from asking applicants about criminal convictions unless (1) a conditional offer of employment has been made or (2) granting employment could pose unreasonable safety risks. Under the Bill, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would be required to issue rules and guidelines defining the employment categories in which an individual's criminal history could pose such a safety risk and the factors to consider in deciding whether criminal history poses an unreasonable risk. The goal of the Bill is to curtail recidivism: those with convictions who cannot find jobs are more likely to commit additional crimes, according to the Bill's sponsor. Regardless of whether the Bill passes, employers should exercise care and good judgment when asking applicants about their criminal history.
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Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Education Leaders Summit
The Chamber is a proud partner of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Education Leaders Summit. Please join us on September 5th to sit down with state and regional education leaders, elected officials, and community partners to learn more about and discuss the Silicon Valley K-12 ecosystem, existing challenges and promising practices. We are thrilled that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and many of our region's most thoughtful voices in education will be joining us for the day... learn more
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Leadership Mountain View is accepting applications for the Class of 2013
 LMV is open to all individuals eighteen years and older. Applicants must be residents of Mountain View, representatives of Mountain View based businesses or organizations, or otherwise active in the Mountain View Community. Learn more
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Ambassador of the Month: Susan Myers
 Susan appreciates how serving as an Ambassador offers a great insights into leadership provided by the Chamber, the City, residents, and the many businesses and agencies that make Mountain View thrive!
Susan is excited to once again volunteer as a co-chair for the upcoming Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Art & Wine Festival. She looks forward to seeing Chamber members volunteering and/or visiting this fabulous annual event.
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 It's that time of year again; the Art & Wine Festival is upon us. The festival is September 8 th and 9th this year. The hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm both days. There will be 13 live bands playing everything from Motown, rhythm and blues, country rock, and reggae. Here's a list of them: The Groove Kings, Ruckatan, The Rhythm Vandals, The Boys of Summer, Rodeo House, Duran Duran Duran, Emerson, Bob Culbertson, Aryeh Frankfurter, HeartStrings Music, Oscar Reynolds, Glitterface and Ancient Winds.... read more |
Great Race for Clean Air 2012
The Great Race for Clean Air is a friendly competition between Bay Area employers to encourage their employees to try alternatives to driving alone. From September 1 through October 31, thousands of Bay Area commuters will participate in ridesharing, vanpooling, biking, walking or riding transit- with opportunities to win prizes in weekly drawings, just for logging their "clean commute!" At the conclusion of the Great Race, winning companies and individual employees will be recognized in a number of categories. For more information about Spare the Air, visit www.sparetheair.org.
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Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is a business organization working for the mutual benefit of its members and the community by enhancing an environment in which business can succeed. |
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