Monday, July 27 - Big Topics At Tonight's City Council Meeting - 7:00pm - Lafayette Library and Learning Center | |
 If you are looking for some local color, you might want to enjoy an evening - tonight, Monday, July 27 - with your City Council. First up will be two presentations. First will be BART Director Gail Murray discussing their 2016 bond measure and their Expenditure Plan. Then we will be hearing from Tom Guarino, Government Relations Manager with PG&E. He will give the council an update on the Tree Removal Plan related to the Gas Pipeline Safety Initiative. Tony Coe will give an update on Contra Costa Transportation Authority's request for a list of candidate projects that could be considered as part of a $2.3 Million Dollar Tax initiative over the next 25 years. Public Hearing agenda items include the vacant property at Mt. Diablo Blvd and Dewing where Chase would like to build a new Bank, and then on to "The Homes at Deer Hill." A reminder, the city council will be holding a special Saturday session to discuss the "Homes at Deerhill" on August 8th. They plan to complete the hearings at the following city council meeting on August 10th. The meeting starts at 7:00pm and is held at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
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Tomorrow - Tuesday, July 28 - GREEN Committee (Corrected Date) | |
 The Chamber's Green Committee meets tomorrow - Tuesday, July 28 - at noon and there is a lot to discuss. We will review the roll out of the distribution of materials for the New Single Use Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance. We are also gearing up for the annual Lafayette Art & Wine Festival. Joining us this month will be representatives from both the Pleasant Hill and Moraga Chambers. We look forward to having you join us. We meet in the Chamber Conference Room. Please park on the street.
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Cal Shakes' Offers Up "Life is a Dream" | |
In Cal Shakes' production of Life Is a Dream a king driven by a chilling prophecy; a scorned woman on a journey for revenge; a dangerously ambitious couple vying for the throne; and a man who defies fate to make a new destiny for himself, his family, and his country, are the beating heart of Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz's poetic adaptation of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's ferociously beautiful Spanish Golden Age classic. This epic tale of love, power, and destiny is directed by the Magic Theatre's Loretta Greco, and features a brilliant cast led by Bay Area favorite Sean San José playing now at the Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda until August 2. For information and reservations visit www.calshakes.org. |
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Saturday, August 1 - 7th Annual Senior Symposium "Aging by Design" | |
 The Lafayette Community Foundation's 7th Annual Senior Symposium "Aging by Design" will be held on Saturday, August 1 from 8:30am to 12pm (noon) at the Lafayette Elementary School, 950 Moraga Road. This free event is a most informative resource fair for seniors in the Lamorinda community, with more than 40 booths sponsored by local vendors of services to seniors, as well as many non-profit organizations that serve seniors in the community.
Speakers include Dr. Martin Iyoya,John Muir Health's Director of Pharmacology; Anne Ornelas, the new executive director of the Lamorinda Village; Matt Shriner, chair of the Lafayette Senior Commission; and Dr. Patrick Arbore, executive director of the San Francisco Institute on Aging. For more information plus visit the LCF website.
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Thursday, August 6 - Mega-Mixer in Pleasant Hill
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 Eight local Chambers - Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Concord, Martinez and Hispanic - are joining together for our annual Mega Mixer. The Mega Mixer will be held on Thursday, August 6 from 5pm-7pm at Pleasant Hill Community Center, 320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill. Delicious Appetizers and Incredible Networking. Bring a Raffle Prize and Showcase your Business. Chamber Members & Guest free, but please make a reservation online.
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Marketing Opportunity To Consider | |
With the Art & Wine Festival just 8 weeks away, we would like you to consider an easy way to participate. With the new ordinance beginning on July 1st to ban "single-use" plastic bags, we must hold all our festival vendors to the same standards. If you have "reusable" shopping bags you would like us to distribute during the event with your business name on it, please drop them by the chamber office. Maybe you did a promotion a few years ago and you have a case or two sitting the storage room or behind the counter? Bring them buy and we'll distribute them over the festival weekend. And if you are thinking of printing some new ones, have some extra bags made. We have an audience! Let's play to them. For more information, please contact Barbara Gilmore at 284-7404.
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La Clinica Needs your Help | |
La Clinica delivers quality health care to those who need assistance in Contra Costa, Alameda and Solano Counties. Each year they put on a fundraising event at Yoshi's in Oakland. Volunteers are needed for our Yoshi's event. This year's "All That Jazz (& Sushi!)" celebration will be held at Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant in Oakland on Saturday, September 26th. You are invited to join our Volunteer Ambassador Team! For more information or to add your name to our ambassador interest list, contact Samantha Seals at 510-535-2912 or sseals@laclinica.org.
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What's Happening at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center
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Tuesday, July 28 - Sustainable Lafayette Summer Film Series: Just Eat It - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Community Hall. Details.
Thursday, July 30 - Oakland Zoomobile: Hiss, tweet, roar! - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Community Hall. Details.
Thursday, July 30 - Authors & Athletes presents Endurance Athlete Barbara Edelston Peterson - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Community Hall. Details.
Monday, August 03 - Make-it-to-Music Monday! - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Children's Room. Details.

Always check out the latest events at www.LLLCF.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Upcoming Chamber Events
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No Social Media Workshop in July
No Mixer in July - Save the Date for Mega Mixer - Thursday, August 6
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Jay Lifson, Executive Director
Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
100 Lafayette Circle, Suite 103
Lafayette, CA 94549 |
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