Friday January 04 2013
Posted 1/4/2013 -Marlene Enmark was named Citizen of the Year (COTY) today by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, adding to the specialness of the day, which happened to be her birthday. According to former Civic Club president and former COTY Amy Putnam, Enmark was “instrumental in many of the things that Civic Club has [...]
Sunday November 25 2012
Posted 11/25/12 – The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce hosted Who Ville in downtown Sierra Madre to kick off the holiday season yesterday. There were snow sled runs, a train ride for the kids, horse and buggy rides, non-profits selling items as fundraisers at their vendor booths in Kersting Court, and visits from Santa and [...]
Saturday November 24 2012
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Wednesday November 21 2012
Posted 11/17/12 -The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will again host a Holiday shopping kick off event in downtown Sierra Madre the Saturday after Thanksgiving, from 1 to 8pm and while it will incorporate many of the activities of the popular Dickens Village event of the last several years, this year’s Who Ville event will [...]
Sunday November 04 2012
Posted 11/4/12 – Downtown businesses took part in the annual Downtown Halloween Trick or Treating put on by the City on Wednesday, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The trick or treating ended with the beginning of the Costume Parade, led by the Sierra Madre Fire Dept., down to Memorial Park for the Costume Contest. [...]
Wednesday September 19 2012
Press Release posted 9/19/22 - Saturday, September 22 is the date of the Sierra Madre Health Fair and Wellness in the Park presented by the Senior Community Commission and Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place in Memorial Park, located at 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024 from 9:00am-12:00pm. Walgreens [...]
Thursday August 23 2012
Posted 8/23/12 – The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will hold a breakfast meeting featuring State Senator Carol Liu on Monday, September 10th from 8am to 9am at the Hart House Senior Center in Memorial Park. Sen. Liu is currently representing the 21st District, which does not include Sierra Madre, however, [...]
Wednesday August 15 2012
Press Release posted 8/15/22 - Save the date! Saturday, September 22 is the Sierra Madre Health Fair and Wellness in the Park presented by the Senior Community Commission and Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held in Memorial Park, located at 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024 from 8:00am-12:00pm. This [...]
Thursday August 02 2012
Press Release posted 8/2/12 – Volunteer Leadership to Reinvigorate Business Community Despite Financial Challenges SIERRA MADREL, CA – Ed Chen, recently elected President of the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, has announced changes in the way the organization will operate. The Chamber, whose primary purpose is to support local businesses, will cut its overhead expenses [...]
Wednesday July 25 2012
Press Release posted 7/25/12 – On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 from 3:00–4:00pm in the City Council Chambers, located at 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. in Sierra Madre, the City of Sierra Madre and the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a forum designed to provide local business owners with current consumer data specific [...]
Thursday July 05 2012
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Thursday May 31 2012
Posted 5/31/12 – The Chamber has begun doing a podcast on RadioFishbowl.com, with the first one having aired about 4pm this afternoon. This is a new venture, and will evolve over time. Currently, it appears that the podcast will be broadcast on Thursdays, and rebroadcast later in the week. We’ll let you know when things [...]
Sunday May 06 2012
Posted 5/6/12 – Following a soft opening on Saturday, April 21st, Sierra Madre’s newest downtown business, P.E. Deans, a furniture and houseware consignment store at 49 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. , held its Grand Opening celebration on Friday, May 4th with a traditional ribbon-cutting by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, followed by a reception [...]
Thursday May 03 2012
Posted 5/2/12 – Following a soft opening on Saturday, April 21st, Sierra Madre’s newest downtown business, P.E. Deans, a furniture and houseware consignment store at 49 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. , will hold its Grand Opening celebration on Friday, May 4th at 5pm with a traditional ribbon-cutting by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, followed [...]
Tuesday April 24 2012
Press Release Posted 4/24/12 – Following a soft opening on Saturday, April 21st, Sierra Madre’s newest downtown business, P.E. Deans, a furniture and houseware consignment store at 49 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. , will hold its Grand Opening celebration on Friday, May 4th at 5pm with a traditional ribbon-cutting by the Sierra Madre Chamber of [...]
Saturday March 31 2012
Posted 3/31/12 – On the Monday prior to the Wistaria Festival, March 19th, the Chamber held a media day and invited members of the print, radio and television media for a pre-event look at the vine. Local artists Lynn Fearman, Patricia Ancona and Carol Adams were on hand painting the vine in preparation for the [...]
Saturday March 31 2012
Posted 3/31/12 – The long awaited Grand Opening of the Wine Tasting Room at The Bottle Shop took place last Saturday, from noon to 10pm, following a soft opening a couple weeks prior. The Chamber of Commerce held a traditional ribbon cutting at 1pm, but all day long the Wine Tasting Room was celebrating its [...]
Saturday March 10 2012
Posted 3/10/12 – The United States Postal Service and the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce announce a special postal cancellation to celebrate The Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival. This special postmark will be available at the Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival, Sunday March 25, 2012 at the Wistaria Festival Postal Station located at Kersting Court in Sierra [...]
Wednesday February 01 2012
Nearly a hundred people turned out Friday night to the Sierra Madre Room to honor Richard Mays as Sierra Madre’s 2011 Citizen of the Year, and to thank Matt Krantz, owner of Bean Town, for his service to the Chamber of Commerce. Mays was recognized for his service in 2011 on the Community Emergency Response Team [...]
Friday December 23 2011
Posted 12/23/11 – The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce announced that it has named Richard Mays to be the 2011 Citizen of the Year. In 2011, Mays served as the City’s Deputy Treasurer, sat on the UUT Oversight Committee, was a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), the SMPD Volunteer Force, and acted [...]
Monday December 12 2011
Posted 12/12/11 – The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce announced today that tickets to ride the shuttle to view the 118-year old Wistaria Vine, designated by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest blossoming plant, are now available for purchase online. The vine, which is on private property, is located in the [...]
Monday December 12 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2011 Citizen of the Year. To be eligible, a person must be a resident of Sierra Madre. The accomplishment(s) or project(s) for which they are being nominated must have been of benefit to the community of Sierra Madre and its citizens during 2011. They [...]
Monday December 05 2011
Originally Posted 12/3/11 -The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce December Mixer will be held at the Pinney House, 225 N. Lima in Sierra Madre on Tuesday, Dec. 6th, from 5:30 to 7pm. Admission fee will be $7, with proceeds from the event being donated to the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association (SMRFA) to help fund [...]
Tuesday November 29 2011
For many years, the holiday celebration put on by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce was called the Holiday Open House. A few years back, the Chamber decided to go with “Dickens Village,” and added the horse and buggy ride, period costume dressed carolers, etc. Truth be told, though, there’s a lot more of OUR village [...]
Thursday November 24 2011
Each year during Sierra Madre’s annual Candlelight Procession, two young residents are selected to perform in the role of Mary and Joseph, walking down the hill at the head of the procession carrying the figure of the baby Jesus, which they then place in the manger in the town crèche (defined by Encarta World Dictionary [...]
Wednesday November 23 2011
Posted 11/12/11 – Creative Arts Group to Host Family Fun Art Project The Family Outreach Program at the Creative Arts Group will host a FREE family art project called “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner for the Holidays?” This is a celebration of diversity. Each family will construct a 3D scene of their holiday dining room. Each [...]
Friday November 18 2011
As Americans across the country take part in Small Business Saturday next Saturday, November 26th, Sierra Madre, which epitomizes the concept, will host Dickens Village as its formal kick-off of the holiday shopping season . Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the [...]
Thursday November 10 2011
Posted 11/10/11 – The City of Sierra Madre invites you to a Community Input Meeting regarding a Downtown Retail Market Demand Study. The Community Input Meeting is November 15, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. The Downtown Retail Market Demand Study is currently being drafted, and will [...]
Monday October 31 2011
Posted 10/31/11 – Hundreds of kids and their parents trick or treated downtown for Halloween again this year. Sierra Madre Blvd. was closed beginning at 3:30, and local businesses that were open (many local businesses are closed on Mondays, though at least one, Angels Everywear opened for the festivities on a day they are normally [...]
Tuesday October 18 2011
Posted 10/18/11 – The Community and Personnel Services Department, in conjunction with the Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club and Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, presents Halloween Happenings. Halloween activities include: trick-or-treating, a costume parade along Sierra Madre Blvd., and a costume contest in Memorial Park. Monday, October 31, 2011 Sierra Madre businesses are handing out candy [...]
Sunday September 04 2011
Sept. 4th, 2011 – The Sierra Madre September Chamber Mixer will celebrate the 80th birthday of the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society, complete with birthday cake and the Society’s famous old-time lemonade. The “Birthday Party” will take place at Lizzie’s Trail Inn at the corner of Mira Monte and Mt. Trail, at 5:30pm on Thursday, [...]
Sunday September 04 2011
Sept. 4th, 2011 – HUTDogs will present a FREE social media workshop on Thursday September 22, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM PDT at Santa Anita Park. Learn how to streamline your efforts and get today’s top social media and Internet marketing tools working together for your business: web site, Facebook page, YouTube, Twitter, [...]
Sunday September 04 2011
Sept. 4th, 2011 – Sierra Madre Grocery Company, a leading manufacturer of premium bruschetta salsas and specialty foods, today announced that Gourmet Merchants International (GMI) is their new distributor. “We are delighted to be able to work with Gourmet Merchants to distribute our complete line of products throughout California. Gourmet Merchants is one of the [...]
Sunday August 21 2011
Final Week of Friday Night Live Brings Art, Music, Big Prizes! August 21, 2011 – More than a dozen and a half Sierra Madre businesses have contributed to create two Grand Prize shopping/dining sprees as part of the Friday Night Live event put on by the Chamber of Commerce each summer, this year also sponsored [...]
Sunday August 21 2011
August 21, 2011 – Guitarist Dan Rotten performed in Kersting Court as part of Friday Night Live, put on each summer by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. There was a “Future’s So Bright” theme for the evening, with shoppers encouraged to wear their coolest “shades”. One lucky young “cool shades” wearer won a Sierra [...]
Sunday August 21 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will host a second Gourmet Food Truck Festival in Memorial Park this Saturday, August 27th, scheduled from 11am to 6pm. The first festival, held August 13th, drew hundreds, both locals and non-locals, to Memorial Park to dine at eight of the popular traveling kitchens. All of the trucks ran [...]
Sunday August 21 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Sierra Madre Friends of the Arts to showcase local artists at this week’s final night of Friday Night Live. From 6:30 to 9 pm, Kersting Court will be closed down and Sierra Madre artists will showcase their work. Some of the artists expected to be [...]
Sunday August 14 2011
The first of two Gourmet Food Truck Festivals being put on this month by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce drew hundreds of people to Memorial Park on Saturday. Several of the trucks sold out of multiple items on their menu, and Nom Nom, probably the most well known of the trucks due to its [...]
Sunday August 14 2011
August 12, 2011 – Downtown Sierra Madre was swinging this week, to the sounds of the Gem City Jazz Cats. The Jazz Cats, formed in 2009 as a 13-piece combo, now have 18 players, plus three vocalists. They performed in Kersting Court as part of Friday Night Live, put on each summer by the Sierra [...]
Thursday August 11 2011
Downtown Sierra Madre will be swinging this week, to the sounds of the Gem City Jazz Cats. The Jazz Cats, formed in 2009 as a 13-piece combo, now have 18 players, plus three vocalists. They will perform in Kersting Court as part of Friday Night Live, put on each summer by the Sierra Madre Chamber [...]
Sunday August 07 2011
August 5, 2011 – The second week of Friday Night Live featured Mike Tims, formerly of The New Christy Minstrels, performing live in Kersting Court. Theme for the night was outrageous hat night, and Gordon Caldwell of Sierra Madre received a $25 gift certificate from Butterfly Effect Day Spa for his hat. Shoppers who spend [...]
Sunday July 31 2011
July 31, 2011 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ron Ellington Shy got this summer’s Friday Night Live, presented by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, off to a rockin’ start on the 29th, with an appreciative crowd spending much of the evening in Sierra Madre’s Kersting Court watching Shy perform songs by Otis [...]
Wednesday July 27 2011
Beginning Friday, July 29th, downtown Sierra Madre will again be the site of live music in Kersting Court, as well as shoppers’ incentives for those in the neighborhood. And there’s a new twist this year: theme nights. Opening week features the music of Ron Ellington Shy and Son, sponsored by Bean Town Coffee House. An [...]
Tuesday July 12 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will hold a rare Sunday Mixer and Ribbon Cutting on July 17th from 5 to 7pm, to help Adams Pack Station celebrate 75 years in business. The Pack Station, located at Chantry Flat at the top of Santa Anita Ave., still runs a weekly pack of mules into the [...]
Tuesday July 05 2011
Back to Main 4th of July Page (all years) Back to Main 4th of July 2011 Page So after the fun run was over, I went up to Bean Town and met Chamber president Matt Krantz and Board member Allyn Colbert and we decorated the Chamber’s entry in the parade. I was a little late [...]
Saturday July 02 2011
ANOTHER DUNKEE JUST ADDED to the Chamber of Commerce Dunk Tank lineup!! CITIZEN OF THE YEAR GLENN PUTNAM HAS SIGNED ON TO SIT IN THE DUNK TANK FROM 6 TO 7PM TONIGHT!! Soooo, tonight’s lineup features Lisa Brandley from 5 to 6pm, Glenn from 6 to 7pm, Nikki Stevens from 7 to 8pm, and Kris [...]
Monday June 06 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will stage the traditional ribbon-cutting at the Grand Opening of Sierra Bistro on Wednesday, June 15th at 5:30. Following the ribbon cutting, guests are invited to enjoy wine sampling and complimentary hors d’oeuvres as Sierra Bistro celebrates new ownership, a new name, a new look, a new chef and [...]
Tuesday May 17 2011
Andy Bencosme, Managing Broker of CENTURY 21 Village in Sierra Madre recently announced that this month marks the twenty fifth year that his office has been serving Sierra Madre and surrounding communities. Another CENTURY 21 company owned the business for the first six years and then it was purchased by Michael and Marge Ludecke in [...]
Wednesday May 11 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will help Century 21 Village Realty celebrate twenty-five years in business on Tuesday, May 17th with a celebratory ribbon-cutting followed by a Chamber mixer. The ribbon cutting will be at approximately 5pm, followed by the Chamber mixer from 5:30 to 7pm. The community is invited to celebrate with them [...]
Tuesday March 15 2011
Local plein air artists had a chance to get a preview of the Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine six days prior the Wistaria Festival, and the Chamber announced the names of six members of the community, who, through their long-term contributions, earned the title of the first Wistaria Festival “Treasures of Sierra Madre.” It was a [...]
Saturday March 12 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce has announced the entertainment lineup for the Wistaria Festival, March 20th. Fifteen acts have been booked to perform at five outdoor stages, including the Vine itself. Many of the acts are returning acts, but several are new performers to the Festival. Special thanks to Tim Tutwiler, who is serving [...]
Saturday March 12 2011
The Sierra Madre Emergency Communications Team (SMECT) will be on hand at the Wistaria Festival, helping to keep operations running smoothly. SMECT is a group of approximately a dozen local FCC licensed Amateur Radio (Ham) Operators. They also help provide communications – as extra “eyes and ears”, for the Mount Wilson Trail Race and the [...]
Friday February 18 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Postal Service announce a special postmark cancellation to celebrate the Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival. This special postmark will be available at: Event: The Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival, Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011 Hours: Open 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. Location: The Wistaria Festival Postal Station at [...]
Wednesday February 09 2011
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce reminds you that shuttle tickets to ride up to view the Wistaria Vine at its annual Wistaria Festival are now available online. The 2011 Wistaria Festival will take place on March 20th, 2011. The Wistaria Festival features tours of the world’s largest blossoming plant, certified as such by the [...]
Friday January 28 2011
The February Mixer of the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce is a joint mixer with the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, and will be held at Corfu, 48 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., on Thursday, Feb. 10th from 5:30 to 7pm. This will be an excellent opportunity to network with business owners and representatives from Sierra Madre, [...]
Thursday January 27 2011
Charcuterie will be the site of the Chamber of Commerce Mixer for January, this Thursday, Jan. 27th, from 5:30 to 7pm. Enjoy delicious food, fine California wines, enter to win door prizes, and networking. Charcuterie is located at 120 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Cost to attend is $7/members, $15 for non-members.
Tuesday January 25 2011
Amy and Glenn Putnam were recognized as Sierra Madre’s 2010 Citizens of the Year at the Chandelier Room at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Jan. 22nd, 2011. More than one hundred people turned out, many of them representatives of organizations that the two have volunteered with. On hand were members of the Sierra Madre Historical [...]
Wednesday August 21 2002
My first editorial, ever. It’s a busy weekend, this weekend. Friday night has opening night at the Playhouse, Parks and Rec.’s Dodger night, and Lew’s Salmon Dinner benefiting ACS Relay and SMVFD. But I won’t be covering any of them, because I’ll be camping with my son and Cub Scout Pack 110. Four Sierra Madre [...]
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