Upcoming Events

Business & Relocation Guide Launch Parties!

The Solvang Chamber of Commerce

is pleased to announce the

2016-2017 Business & Relocation Guide

Launch Parties

Buttonwood Winery - June 22, 2016 5:30 - 7 pm

Bit O' Denmark - June 29, 2016 6-7:30 pm

Come and enjoy appetizers and beverages

and pick up a copy of the new

Business & Relocation Guide that highlights businesses, services, entertainment and the history of Solvang! T

Get More Tourists in Your Business!

The Solvang Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the newest local publication, the

Santa Ynez Valley Star in our China Ready Program. Solvang welcomes approximately 1,500 - 2,000 Asian tourists weekly and the Santa Ynez Valley Star is creating an on-line page in Mandarin. Increase your tourist business by placing an ad in this publication.

The Chinese version is going to be amazing addition for our Chinese visitors It will be online only as a downloadable e-reader that visitors will be able to read about the history of our community as well as learn more about our culture, events and businesses we have.

Businesses need to place ads that will be specific to the Chinese version. They will be translated into Chinese so it will be easy to communicate with visitors that don't speak English. They will feel like they are getting a special discount or coupon and the business will gain more traffic knowing their business is welcoming to these tourists.

If any business needs help with wanting to translate a menu or greeting to their customers we have that available as well.

Attached below are the rates for our Summer/Fall edition. They are deeply discounted already but we can offer 15% off an ad 1/4 page or higher.

Advertising Rates

Chinese Version Summer Only July 15- September 30

*RATES AREPERINSERTION *ALL ADVERTISING ISPRE-PAID

Frequency	1X	TOTAL
Online Edition Ad Size
1/12	120
1/4	180
1/2	250
Full Page	325
Cover Ad	275

This publication will be unique to the Solvang area for now as the Asian tourists primarily visit Solvang. This version has been translated into simple Chinese so that the majority of the Chinese visitors will be able to understand it. We are partnering with the Solvang CVB and Chamber so the visitor's will know our publication exists just for their visit. It will be viewed online only as most of them have tablets or cell phones that they use. Print is not used very much in China. This will work to your advantage as you can see how many people are downloading it and bringing it in to your business. It will also help you communicate with these visitor's that don't speak English as they can understand your business and what you offer.

There will be stories are about the history of Solvang, current events, business profiles and places of interest. This is intended to help them navigate the streets of Solvang and understand what the town is about.

According to Tracy Farhad of the Solvang CVB, there are roughly 1.5 million people visiting Solvang each year (numbers from a 2012 survey). Tracy Beard from the Solvang Chamber has said there are approximately 1,500 that visit weekly and those numbers are growing. The State Tourism office is reporting in the last several years, each year the number from China increases roughly 30 percent. In the next year several of the tour buses from China will be spending the night instead of just staying for an hour. That should increase TOT revenue and sales tax for the city.

This culture is about the feeling that they are getting a deal or a discount, so if you decide to advertise we strongly suggest you put in a "special" discount or deal to ensure your customer is satisfied. Your ad will be translated into Chinese so they know what you are offering. This will help them identify with your business. Please send us a picture of your products or store front so we can include with your ad.

All businesses that advertise will be listed on the map we include as well.

Solvang Summer Concert Series

Solvang Third Wednesday and Waste Management

are pleased to present

SOLVANG SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Free live concerts in Solvang Park 5-8 pm

Now through August 17th

Food available for purchase

Bring your blankets, chairs, picnics & beverages

June 22 - Cadillac Angels - American Rockabilly Blues

June 29 - Low Down Dudes - Classic Rock

Movie in the Vineyard Nights

DEMETRIA invites you to join in on the evening under the stars "Movie in the Vineyard" nights. Tickets are $175 per couple and include a bottle of wine, all you can eat from the menu provided, popcorn and candy! Wine and hors d'oeuvres upon arrival!

Only 80 seats available for each movie

6:30 - 10:30 pm

Bring your own blankets or lawn chairs

Saturday, July 23rd - A Heavenly Vintage

Call 686-2345 or demetriaestate.com for additional information

PCPA NEWS RELEASE!

announces

The Glass Menagerie

Solvang Festival Theater - June 16 - 26

Shrek, The Musical

Marian Theatre, June 22-25

Go to www.pcpa.org for show times and ticket sales

Public Service Announcements

June 6 - July 14

One-way reversing traffic control from Buellflat Rock Road to Pine Street for various repairs to the highway

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ONE DAY ROAD CLOSURE OF 246

Caltrans will close Route 246 on June 21st from 7 am until 5 pm for resurfacing. All motorists will be directed to detours both south and north and delays may be expected up to approximately 10 minutes.

SLOW DOWN IN THE CONE ZONE

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LIBRARY INFORMATION

Saturday, June 25th - Storyteller Michael Katz

10:30 am Solvang Library

3 pm - Buellton Library

ONGOING!!!

Preschool Storytime - Buellton Library - Mondays 11 am

Wiggly Storytime - Solvang Library - Wednesdays 10:30 am

Drop-In Crafts for School age and Teens

Buellton Library - Wednesdays 3-5 pm

Solvang Library - Thursdays 3-5 pm

Summer reading programs at all Libraries June 6 - August 6!

All events are free to the public!

Host Homes Needed!

The 45 member BIG Big Band from Sweden will be performing at the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church as part of their final US tour. They are a world renowned Big Band that has been together for over 60 years and have performed all over the world. The band consists of high school and college students and professionals from doctors to teachers. The concert is sponsored by Bethania Lutheran Church, the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church, and the nonprofit Solvang School Arts and Music Program (SAM).

Admission is free, but an offering will be taken and organizers are asking for a $15 donation to help Shepherd's Canyon Retreat Ministry

and the Solvang School Arts and Music Program.

HAPPENING IN BUELLTON!

POLO CLASSIC

5th Annual SYV Polo Classic

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Location: Piocho Ranch

10:30 am to 3:00 pm

Happy Canyon Vineyard presents the 5th Annual Santa Ynez Valley Polo Classic benefiting People Helping People on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Piocho Ranch located at 1100 Secretariat Dr., Happy Canyon, Santa Ynez, CA.

This is an accessible event

PG

&E

has

Solvang Festival Theater

Sunday, June 26, 2016

JAZZ & Beyond

Michael on Fire

Gates open at 2:30 pm - Music at 3 pm

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

7:30 pm

AN EVENING WITH CLINT BLACK

Tickets go on sale online June 29, 2016

solvangfestivaltheater.org

4th of July

If you or your business would like to be in the 4th of July parade, please email normclever@gmail.com for the registration form. If you have any questions, call 693-9106 and ask for Norm.

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The Solvang Chamber of Commerce is looking for members to help with a float for the 4th of July parade, be part of the parade and for a Chair. Please contact Susie at 688-0701 if you can help.

The Chamber Membership Appreciation BBQ will take place on August 9th and we are looking for a Chair. Please contact Susie at 688-0701 if you are willing to help.

FREE TRANSIT TRANSFER PROGRAM

New program offers seamless transfers between 23 daily Pacific Surfliner trains and 12 connecting bus and shuttle services in six southern California counties

Passengers on the Pacific Surfliner rail service operating between San Luis Obispo and San Diego can now make free transfers to twelve connecting local public transit providers thanks to a new program introduced by the Joint Powers Agency that oversees the service. The free service is in effect now throughout the South Coast and in Guadalupe.

The Pacific Surfliner transit transfer program provides free transfers between 23 daily Pacific Surfliner trains and twelve connecting local transit providers along a 351-mile route in the counties of San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) board member Supervisor Salud Carbajal represents SBCAG on the Rail Corridor Agency board of directors. "Most people don't know this but the Pacific Surfliner is the nation's second busiest rail service, and free transfers to and from local transit services like MTD and Guadalupe Transit will make a great service even better" said Carbajal, who regularly rides the Surfliner to board meetings in Los Angeles. "It's now that much easier for tourists and regular train riders to get where they want to go."

Passengers can board participating transit services for free simply by showing a valid Pacific Surfliner paper or e-ticket. The program is being introduced on a one-year pilot basis and is funded by a cap-and trade grant received from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA).

Public transit providers participating in the free transfer program include: San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority, City of San Luis Obispo Transit, South County Transit (San Luis Obispo County), Guadalupe Transit, Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, Ventura County Transportation Commission, Gold Coast Transit (Ventura County), Glendale Beeline, Anaheim Resort Transportation, Orange County Transportation Authority, iShuttle (Irvine) and North County Transit District.

In addition, discounted one-day transit passes valid on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority services and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System will be sold onboard the Pacific Surfliner in the café car.

The Pacific Surfliner carries 2.8 million passengers annually in a 351 mile corridor, with ten one-way trips serving Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Goleta. The authority that administers the Pacific Surfliner assumed responsibility for managing the service in July 2015 from the state of California and is composed of rail owners, operators and planning agencies in the six-county service area.

For more information, visit the service's new website at PacificSurfliner.com.

2016 BUSINESS EXPO

The Solvang Chamber of Commerce will hold the 2016 Business Expo on September 27, 2016 at the Hotel Corque Ballroom!

Note the new venue!

Reserve your booth space now.

Sponsorships are still being accepted.

For additional information call Tracy Beard, Executive Director at the Solvang Chamber of Commerce at 688-0701.

UNITED WAY

The United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County is proud to announce The Mayors' Ball 10 Year Anniversary on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Santa Maria Country Club. Please visit their webpage at www.themayorsball.com for ticket information or call 922-0329, ext. 115. Support this organization that gives so much back to the community!

Central Coast Sustainability Summit

SAVE THE DATE!!!

The Central Coast sustainability Summit will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at UCSB. All are invited to attend and if you have questions, please contact Jewel Snavely at 893-8367 or jewel.snavely@vcadmin.uycsb.edu

Water Wise Words

Storm Water

Tip of the Month

Clean grease traps at least once a week. Some traps require more frequent cleaning; therefore, adjust as necessary. Do not pour grease into trash bins, street gutters, storm drains or sewers. Grease can clog sewer and storm drain lines causing blockage and spills. It is illegal to put anything but rain down the storm drain.

Collect bulk grease in containers/barrels for proper disposal. Make sure to keep grease containers/barrels in a secure area with lids closed, and make sure to keep areas tidy (free of spills). This prevents rain water from washing food waste into the storm drain and keeps birds and pests from scattering trash.

Water Conservation

Tip of the Month

Refresh your understanding of your City's Drought Conditions which may include but not limited to: (1) irrigating during the designated hours,(2) not creating excess runoff, (3) broom sweep around buildings and hardscapes such as sidewalks and driveways (no washing), (4) use cash washes (no vehicle washing), (5) immediately fixing known leaks, and (6) serve water to customers upon request.

For additional information on Stormwater Management Programs in your city, please contact the following:

City of Buellton: www.CityofBuellton.com Engineering Department at (805)697-1409 or swmp@cityofbuellton.com

City of Solvang: www.CityofSolvang.com Public Works Department at (805)688-5575 or stormwater@cityofsolvang.com

Welcome New Chamber Members

Please join us and welcoming new chamber members

KJ Concrete

Mert Turkoglu