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Monthly Chamber Business Breakfast 3-30-18
The Garden Grove City Manager Scott Stiles, Police Chief Todd Elgin, and Fire Chief Tom Schultz gave an informative presentation on the Garden Grove Quality of Life. To Join the Conversation please go to: https://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/join-the-conversation-on-garden-grove-quality-of-life-services-qa
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112th Annual Gala Dinner and Awards 3-24-18
Destination: Garden Grove! That was the theme for our Annual Gala Dinner on March 24th. The Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove (soon to be The Delta by Marriott) hosted our 112th Annual Gala Dinner. The food, decor, music, people and ambiance helped make this a great event. Thank you to everyone who helped with the event, attended and who make Garden Grove THE place to live, work, and play.
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Monthly Chamber Mixer at CAPOC 3-21-18
Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC) hosted our March Mixer. CAPOC is a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating and preventing poverty. We are very proud to have them as a Chamber member and for all the work they do in our community.
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Government Affairs Committee Meeting 3-9-18
The Fountain Valley Chamber, Korean American Chamber and the Santa Ana Chamber joined us at our Government Affairs Committee Meeting on March 9th. Our guest speaker was Assembly Member, 72nd District, Travis Allen who will be a Republican Candidate for Governor for the State of California.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for SteelCraft 3-5-18
The new SteelCraft in Garden Grove had their ground breaking ceremony today! Many of the new tenants opening restaurants were in attendance along with local City officials. SteelCraft originated in Long Beach and was the brainchild of it's founder, Kim Gros. Project should be completed in about 6-months.
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Another great collaboration between Chambers at our Multi-Chamber Mixer at Garden Grove's Great Wolf Lodge last night. We had the Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Westminster, and Garden Grove Chamber business members meet. Our host, the Great Wolf Lodge, always does a fantastic job. This type of event is a great benefit to our business members, whether they are a small or large business. Keep a look out for our next Multi-Chamber Mixer!!!
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Chamber Mixer at Credit Union of Southern California 2-21-18
Credit Union of Southern California hosted a great mixer last night. We saw a lot of new people and enjoyed some delicious food! Did you know that you can bank at their credit union even though you are members of a different credit union? They are a co-op credit union.
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Business to Business Breakfast 2-08-2018
Another Chamber benefit is we give our business members the opportunity to showcase their business to other members. This morning we had the pleasure of hearing from Fred Giron of PHD Insurance, Steve Harding of American Family Housing, and Susie Clisson of West County Tire & Automotive!
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We had over 2,300 tickets in the drawing for our winners this year of Buy in Garden Grove. The Garden Grove Neighborhood Association won the $500 cash prize. The other two winners of a one-night stay at the Great Wolf Lodge, were Missy Mendoza and Meena Yoo. Congratulations and thank you for buying in Garden Grove!
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Holiday Chamber Mixer 12-13-2017
Farmers and Merchants Bank hosted our fabulous Holiday Mixer again this year. They have been a member with our Chamber for 62 years and we presented their President ,W. Henry Walker, and our local branch Vice President, Relationship Manager, Sandy Thomas, with an award thanking them for their support to our Chamber and the community of Garden Grove.
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Joint Chamber Mixer at Bowlmor Lanes 10-26-17!
The Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce and the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce came together on Thursday for a joint chamber mixer. This successful networking event brought businesses from neighboring cities together for a fun night!
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Chamber Bowling Tournament 9-7-17!
We had a great turnout at this year's tournament! Everyone had a good time and lots of fun. Congratulations to this year's winners:
1st Place Team - Score: 1809 - Individual Team 4 "The Bowlers"
2nd Place Team - Score: 1575 - Garden Grove Police Department "Split Happens"
3rd Place Team - Score: 1416 - Farmers & Merchants Bank "Lend Us A Strike"
Most Spirited Award - Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center
Best Dressed Team - Orange County Emergency Pet Clinic
Best Team Name - "Spare Me" - Individual Team 1
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for All About the Bride & E Patisserie & Café 9-6-17!
There were a lot of happy faces welcoming All About the Bride & E Patisserie & Café here on downtown Main Street celebrating their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Former owners of the building, Leo & Virginia Zlaket, were there supporting the new owners, Elizabeth & Tony Dang. Historic Main Street is back!
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Chamber Mixer at Team AMVETS 8-17-17!
Many of our members supported Team AMVETS at their mixer last night. Team AMVETS supports our homeless veterans by getting them into furnished homes. You can support them at their first time ever fundraiser, Vibes 4 Vets, taking place October 14, 2017 at The Festival Amphitheater in Garden Grove.
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Business to Business Breakfast Meeting 8-9-17!
Our new Business to Business Breakfast Series is giving our members a chance to showcase their business. We had the pleasure to hear from three of our great members, Robert Emanuel of Debello Agency, Barbara Logue-Barish of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Jon Glant of Edward Jones.
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Mixer & Ribbon Cutting at the Garden Grove Masonic Lodge 6-21-17!
The Garden Grove Masonic Lodge hosted the Garden Grove Chamber Mixer last night and they were welcomed to the Chamber as one of their newest members. We want to thank them for all their service to the community and congratulate the Free Masons on their 300 year anniversary this year!
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2nd Annual Leadership Appreciation Luncheon 6-8-17!
We held our 2nd Annual Leadership Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, June 8th. Our new 2017-2018 Board of Directors were installed by Chief Elgin along with the Women’s Division Board of Directors. Our members and sponsors are greatly appreciated by us and make our Chamber stronger.
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Morningside Recovery Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 6-7-17!
Congratulations go out to Morningside recovery at their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Wednesday, June 7th. They will be the second largest recovery center in Orange County with 87 beds. We are happy to have them in Garden Grove.
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Bruster's Real Ice Cream, Garden Grove 6-2-17!
We welcomed Brusters Real Ice Cream, Garden Grove with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. All their ice cream is made right there fresh, please make sure you try some. If you bring a Banana on Thursdays you will receive a banana split at half price. All chamber members get $1 off their total when they present their membership card.
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Strawberry Festival Parade 5-27-2017
The Chamber of Commerce participated in the parade again this year. Many of our members and Board members walked in the parade. Our Chamber Board of Directors, Sandy Thomas, a.k.a. Garden Grove Woman of the Year was also in the parade along with Steve Sanders, Garden Grove Man of the Year.
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Monthly Chamber Business Breakfast 5-25-17
Phil Cunningham, General Manager of the Great Wolf Lodge Southern California, was our speaker at Thursday's Breakfast. Wolf Ear's were provided as well as delicious food and an interesting presentation on "Marketing and Branding." Thank you to everyone who attended and to the Great Wolf Lodge for hosting us.
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Monthly Chamber Mixer 5-17-17
Homewood Suites hosted our May 17th mixer and provided a lovely meeting space with delicious food. Thank you to everyone who attended! Visit their website to learn more: http://www.homewoodsuitesanaheim.com/
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Business to Business Breakfast 5-3-17
The launch of our new "Business to Business Breakfast" meeting this morning had three of our members giving us helpful information relating to their business.
We had Andrea Williams of Elwyn California talking about Hiring Individuals with Disabilities; Curtis Gibbs of Community Action Partnership of Orange County letting us know who they are and what they do for Orange County; and Van Nguyen Gordon of Van Nguyen Gordon Insurance and Financial Services talk about Retirement Planning.
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Monthly Chamber Breakfast 4-27-17!
We learned about certification for female or minority businesses from our guest speaker, Leila Mozaffari of the SBDC at our Business Breakfast. If you are looking for information about this, please call us and we will put you in touch with the SBDC.
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Monthly Chamber Mixer 4-19-17!
We held our monthly Chamber Mixer on Wednesday April 19th here at the Chamber Office. Many people came to this event to welcome our new members and network. Special thanks to Kaye's Kitchen, Doug's Downtown Grill and Azteca Restaurant and Lounge for donating food.
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Monthly Membership Committee Meeting 4-11-17!
Our membership committee held their monthly meeting at Irrawaddy and presented them with their new member basket. They also presented World Financial Group with theirs. Thank you for joining the chamber and we look forward to working with everyone.
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Chamber Gala Dinner and Awards 3-25-17!
The Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce held it's 111th Annual Gala Dinner and Awards at the Great Wolf Lodge on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Harmony Partners Barbershop Quartet entertained us, Larry Schwartz provided a classic car for photo ops, and Dustin Lam was our awesome photographer. Everyone enjoyed the dinner then dancing.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 2-16-17!
Orange County Workforce Innovation High School celebration their new facility and Chamber member with an Open House and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday. Congratulations to the students who won various honor awards and to the faculty for all they do!
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State of the City Luncheon 2-2-17!
We truly are appreciative and want to thank of all our Sponsors of our State of the City Luncheon held at the Great Wolf Lodge on February 2, 2017. Your sponsorship helped make our event the success it was. We also want to thank our many members who attended. Your membership and support truly make our Chamber stronger so we can help our business community with networking events, legislative support, and educational programs.
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