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4th of July!
11th Annual Carmel Celebration
Thursday, July 4
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Devendorf Park
Junipero & Ocean, Carmel
Stop by the Carmel Chamber of Commerce table to pick up a new Guide to Carmel!
Register to win
2 tickets to Taste of Carmel!
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Business Mixer
Where: Il Fornaio
Lincoln & Monte Verde Carmel
Wednesday, July 10
5:00pm - 7:00pm
$10 Chamber members
$20 Community members
Enjoy summer on the outdoor deck of Il Fornaio overlooking Carmel-by-the-Sea with views of Carmel Bay. Explore chef creations and specially-selected wines during a mixer at one of the local's favorite gathering places.
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'Guide to Carmel' is Everywhere!
Well, nearly everywhere, anyhow! Check your mailbox for your own personal copy of the visitor guide and membership directory. The Guide is also representing your business at the Carmel Farmers Market and the Carmel July 4th Celebration! The Chamber is staffing tables at these events so they can refer people to YOU!
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NEW! Website Icons
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We are currently beta testing member listing enhancements on the chamber website to determine what users want to see in order to help their decision-making process. Check out the amenities additions to the inns and restaurant listings as an example. We really want visitors to choose YOU! Feel free to suggest an icon that could be added to your listing in order to highlight a unique aspect of your business.
Log into your Members Only online profile and update your listing! The new icon options can be found under the "Update Contact Information" link on the right side Quick Links box. If you need assistance, please call or email Krystlyn at
(831) 624-2522 x202 or krystlyn@carmelcalifornia.org.
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Concours Shuttles
Ride a comfortable shuttle to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance!
Sunday, August 18
8:30am - 6:00pm
Cost is $20 per rider and a rider wristband provides unlimited rides that day.
Buses depart from Carmel Plaza at Ocean and Junipero.
Purchase rider wristbands from the Carmel Chamber Visitor Center on San Carlos between 5th & 6th or from the chamber website - carmelcalifornia.org.
Call 831-624-2522 for more information.
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Have You Heard?
For the full story on these member happenings, click on the link below:
PacRep Funding from PG&E
Mtry Airport - Wine Flies Free
PSA Grants for VNA & Hospice
In-Room Carmel Visitor Channel
H&W Announces Partner Award
Aquarium's Five Things for Visits
Film Commission Elects Officers
CSU Summer Arts July Events
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May Visitor Center Stats
Visitors: 2,333
Phone Calls: 574 Nights Booked: 62
Summer = Busy = FUN!
Do You Love People?
Know Carmel?
Have Free Time?
Become a Visitor Center Volunteer!
Talk to Lisa
Visitor Center Manager!
Carmel Chamber of Commerce
San Carlos btwn 5th & 6th
PO Box 4444
Carmel, CA 93921
(831) 624-2522 |
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Greetings!
Chair Message
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Thompson Lange
2013 Board Chair
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Summer has finally come home to Carmel, you can tell by all the people in sweaters and coats. But along with our cooler summer clime comes all the events that bring locals and visitors alike in to town.
June brought Run in the Name of Love, the 5k run and 2k walk that saw hundreds of people pounding the pavement of Carmel in honor of the people they love. Some people brought their dogs, some dogs brought their people and a good time was had by all.
We also saw the opening of Carmel-by-the-Sea's new Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays at Sunset Center. This market has been years in the making (or at least in the talking) so it's great that council member Victoria Beach and a committee of interested residents and locals have now been able to pull this off.
Upcoming are Carmel's world famous Bach Festival 2013, from July 13 -27 at Sunset Center, Carmel Plaza's Summer Live Music series every Friday evening from July 26 - September 27 and Carmel's popular Concours on the Avenue on Tuesday, August 13th.
I hope you see the same happy pattern I see. More and more reasons for locals and visitors to come downtown and take a moment or two to enjoy what makes Carmel such a special place to live and work.
See you at one, two or maybe all of these great events. Bring a sweater!
Thompson Lange is the co-owner of Homescapes Carmel.
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Non-Profits Spread their Message
Sponsors Carmel Youth Center, Union Bank and the Carmel Chamber of Commerce welcomed guests to the Non-Profit Showcase Mixer. Participating Non-profit Organizations were: All Saints' Episcopal Church, Alzheimer's Association, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel Art Association, Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel Heritage Society, Carmel Mission Foundation, Carmel Youth Center, Center for Photographic Art, Child Empowerment International, Church of the Wayfarer, Congregation Beth Israel, CSU Summer Arts, Dance Kids of Monterey County, Joining Hands Benefit Shop, Leadership Monterey Peninsula, LeTip of Carmel, Mission Trail Lions, Monterey County Film Commission, Monterey Ski & Social Club, The Carmel Foundation, and Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop. Food and wine was provided by La Balena, Blair Estate Artisan Wines, Nielsen Bros. Market & Deli, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Grasing's, Shale Canyon Wines and Village Corner. Photo by DMT Imaging.
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Welcome Carmel Farmers Market!
The Certified Farmers Market opened in Carmel-by-the-Sea with (L-R) Jan Taylor, manager; Monta Potter, Carmel Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer; Jerry Lami, market executive director, Mayor Jason Burnett; city council members Victoria Beach, Ken Talmage, and Carrie Theirs; Doug Lumsden, chamber board past chair; Jan Price, chamber ambassador celebrating the occasion.
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Basil Goes Green
Basil Seasonal Dining held a ribbon cutting in celebration of receiving a 2 Star Certified Green Restaurant® by the Green Restaurant Association, a national nonprofit organization helping restaurants to become more environmentally sustainable.
Shown (L-R) Monta Potter, Carmel Chamber Chief Executive Officer with Denis Boara and Chef Soerke Peters, Basil's co-owners. |
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What: Winter Wonderland Trip Preview
Where: Garden Room, Church of the Wayfarer
Lincoln & 7th, Carmel
When: Thursday, July 11 at 6:00pm
Celebrate Christmas in July as you attend a trip preview sponsored by the Carmel Chamber, FourWinds Travel and Insight Vacations. Depart on Dec. 1, 2013 to explore European Christmas markets on a Winter Wonderland trip to visit Mainz, Munich, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Liechtenstein and Heidelburg. RSVP to Lee at 831-624-2522 to attend the trip preview.
Explore the sights, sounds and colors of Havana. Depart November 17, 2013 with Chamber Explorations, the #1 tour company for Cuba group travel in 2012. Chamber Explorations sent 3,000 travelers to Cuba last year. Let 2013 be the year you travel with them! Call Lee at 831-624-2522 for more information.
Click here for a PDF of the Cuba trip packet.
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Thank you to the
Executive Leadership Council
for sponsoring this newsletter
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