Greater TehachapiChamber Of Commerce209 E Tehachapi Blvd

P.O. Box 401Tehachapi, CA 93581

661 822-4180Fax 661 822-9036

www.tehachapi.com

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Your Chamber Working For You

Phone Calls169

Office Visitors

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Referrals

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We'd like to share some ways we have promoted your business last month…

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January 2014

Bronze Level

Tammy Wallace2014 Citizen of the Year

Sail Thru Car Wash2014 Small Business of the Year

RST Cranes, Inc.2014 Large Business of the Year

Photos courtsey of Tehachapi News

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Visit our website www.tehachapi.com, select the Chamber tab and click Online Training for course listings.

Looking for a specific course not listed, give us a call as courses can be added to fit your needs.

www.tehachapi.com | 209 E. Tehachapi Blvd, Tehachapi, CA 93561 | 661.822.4180 | idaperkins@tehachapi.com

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Thank You to Our 2013 Sponsors

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce would like to say “Thank You” to the following businesses for their support in sponsoring Chamber events and activities in 2013.

Your sponsorships through the year have enabled the Chamber to provide programs and opportunities promoting the Tehachapi business community.

Bank of the SierraBanks Pest ControlBenz, Inc.Bright House Networks- Business SolutionsBSE RentsCity of TehachapiFIELDGE Energy‘hachapi TeesHunter Dodge Chrysler Jeepv Ram & FiatKaiser PermanenteLaw Office of Phillip H DarlingLehigh Southwest CementMercury Graphics

Monument Commercial Insurance ServicesMulberry Place Assisted LivingNational Chavez CenterNextEra Energy ResourcesOld Towne NurseryRST CranesSim SanitationSnow OrthodonticsSouthern California EdisonSouza Family VineyardTehachapi Bible & BookstoreTehachapi NewsTerra-Gen Power, LLCThe Loop NewspaperUnion Bank

Please join the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce at our January Chamber Network Luncheon, Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 12:00 p.m. at Pacino’s Spaghetti Factory, 1100 Tehachapi Blvd, #A. Tehachapi Police Chief Jeff Kermode and TPD’s new Community Service Officer, Teri Cryer, will be speaking at the January luncheon about TPD’s recent community outreach and crime prevention efforts. While the Chief and Ms. Cryer will speak about a variety of topics, one of the most important to Chamber members will be “Business Watch”.

Business Watch is intended to help businesses, to improve security, and prevent crime, by working with them to identify problems and provide solutions. Since 1995, the Business Watch concept has helped to improve security for thousands of companies, preventing business crime and reducing the ongoing cost of improved security. One of the most effective ways of fighting crime and, ultimately, reducing its financial impact, is by working together in your local area. Business Watch offers the opportunity to participate, to share information, and increase awareness of the issues and a way to keep everyone up to date with what is happening. It provides an easy route by which to report suspicious activity observed by vigilant staff and the potential to provide cost effective solutions on a shared basis.

The cost is $15 for Chamber Members, $20 for Non-Chamber members, which includes lunch. Reservations are required. Please make your reservation by calling the Chamber at 661-822-4180. Reservation deadline is Friday, January 17, 2014.

Tehachapi Police Chief Jeff Kermodeand

Community Service Officer Teri Cryer

January Chamber Network Luncheon

2014 Chamber "Business After Hours"

MixersThe Chamber is currently in the process of

preparing our Chamber Mixer host schedule for 2014.

Chamber Mixers are held on the second Wednesday of each month beginning in March and running through November.

We currently have the months of March, June, September, October and November available.

If your business is interested in hosting a Chamber Mixer or would like additional information, please contact us as soon as possible at 661-822-4180 or email to chamber@tehachapi.com.

Mixer dates fill up rapidly and are on a first come first serve basis.

This space could be yours! Call the Chamber for information on putting your business card and

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When You’re Ready to Move Beyond Facebook...

Facebook is a great way to reach people who “like” your business and even some of their friends. We use Facebook as one of the many ways we con-nect to the community we’ve served for more than a century. “Likes” on our Facebook page have nearly doubled over the past year to more than 3000. Still, in April 2013, only 20% of the traffic on our news website came from Facebook. There are great ways to reach your customers online, and when you’re ready to move beyond Facebook, we’d like to help.

With more than 120,000 page views every month and more than 40,000 visitors to the TehachapiNews.com and TehachapiBuyandSell.com sites, we provide a variety of cost-effective ways for your business to reach our growing online audience.

To schedule a meeting to learn more, call Claudia Elliott at 823-6360.Tehachapi News • Keeping UP With Tehachapi Since 1899

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ChairpersonTammy Wallace

Country Real Estate

Chair eleCtMarty Pay

Farmers Insurance

treasurerKathy Carey

BVS Properties

past ChairpersonClaudia White

Hilltop Publishers

• DireCtors •Lorraine Berry

IndividualPhillip Darling

Law Office of Phillip H. Darling

Carl GehrickeTBB

James WallaceCountry Real Estate

Carolyn WilesTerra-Gen Power, LLC

Ida PerkinsPresident

Kathleen SelleckReceptionist

2014Board of Directors

January Membership Anniversaries26 YearsTehachapi Veterinary Hospital25 YearsAmerican Pacific Mortgage CoSave Mart Supermarkets #64Scott's Auto BodyTehachapi Cummings Water DistrictWitts "Everything for the Office"21 YearsBest Western Mountain InnServicemaster of Tehachapi20 YearsCarden School of Tehachapi19 YearsApplegate Garden Florist17 Years The Barn Summit16 YearsM&M Sports, Uniforms & Embroidery15 YearsChemtool, Inc.13 YearsGeorge Sandy12 YearsNotary Now!11 Years The Tire Store8 YearsBooks and Crannies

7YearsAltaOne Federal Credit Union H&R Block The Orchard Apartments6 Years California State Old Time Fiddlers Association Dist 3 Del Taco5 YearsA-1 Air Conditioning & Heating Beeline Woodworking Heritage Oak Classical Christian School J.V.J. Jumpers LRS Realty & Management, Inc. Tehachapi Liquor Watkins Natural Products4Years Country Real Estate-Tammy Wallaceimortgage STEMTech HealthSciences, Inc.3 YearsRising Moon RanchEverything for the Home2 YearsDevan Yates, Pet GroomingSimply Accurate1 YearHunter Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram & FiatSim Sanitation, Inc.

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tehachapi.com working for our members

We'd like to share with you a summary of our website business directory

activity last monthMain Directory Search Page VisitsAlphabetical Listing SearchCategorical Listing SearchSearch ForNew Member ListingReferred to Member WebsiteEmails Sent to MembersMember Map Views

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Calls Placed to Members 1,096

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner and Recognition Gala will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Villa La Paz at the National Chavez Center, 29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd, Keene, CA.

We will be installing the 2014 Board of Directors and the incoming Chairperson, Tammy Wallace as well as honoring our outgoing Chairperson, Claudia White.

We will also be recognizing our 2014 Citizen of the Year “Tammy Wallace", our 2014 Small Business of the Year “Sail Thru Car Wash” and our 2014 Large Business of the Year "RST Cranes, Inc”.

The evening will be begin with the social hour at 5:30 p.m. (no-host bar). Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with the awards ceremony immediately following.

The cost is $50.00 per person. Reservations are required. Please RSVP by Friday January 17, 2014 by calling the Chamber at 661-822-4180.

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and the 51st Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival Committee are looking for a theme for the 2014 Tehachapi Mountain Festival®. The Festival will be on August 16 and 17, 2014.

Original or unique theme ideas to represent the Festival's 50th Anniversary should be submitted to the Chamber by Friday, February 28, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. The winner will receive a $100 prize, along with V.I.P. treatment and an invitation to ride in the Mountain Festival Parade. Participants are allowed to submit an unlimited number of theme ideas, but only one winner will be chosen.

Previous years theme’s included:2013 Comin' Round the Mountain 50 Years and Countin'2012 "Timeless Pleasures, Mountain Treasures2011 "Rope the Wind, Ride the Mountain2010 "Windmills, Wine & Oaks Divine"2009 "Tehachapi 1909-2009, What a Century in Time"2008 "Once Upon A Mountain:2007 "Mountains of Memories & Dreams for the Future"2006 "Mountains, Memories & Magic"2005 “Remembering Old Times, Enjoying New Ways”2004 “Trains, Planes, Spurs & Lace”2003 “Pioneer Days and Modern Ways”2002 “Childhood Dreams and Wilder Things2001 “2001 A Mountain Place Odyssey”2000 “Gentle Breeze and Apple Tree’s”1999 “Four Season’s of Fun”1998 “35 Years of Memories Past”1997 “Apple of my Eye”1996 “Family Affair in the Mountain Air”

Send legibly written theme ideas to the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 401, Tehachapi, CA 93581-0401, drop entries off at 209 E Tehachapi Blvd, Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or email to mountainfestival@tehachapi.com. Be sure to include your name and phone number.

51st Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival® Theme Contest Announced

Welcome Our Newest Members

SunPower CorporationNikki Franko

15637 Avenue ARosamond, CA 93560

661-557-1280

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172 Renewing Members Strengthen Chamber and Business Community

The following members renewed their commitment to the Chamber for 2014, as of December 23, 2013. Please thank them for their support and patronize their businesses whenever possible!

A-1 Air Conditioning & Heating 2009AAUW 2007Abby Carpet of Tehachapi 2013Access Real Estate/Jim Hutson 2010Adorable Alpacas 2010AECOM Technical Services, Inc 2005Alert Disaster Restoration 2012American Pacific Mortgage 1989Asian Health Project and SB First Cook 1990Aspen Builders, Inc. 2007B S & E Rents 1995Balancing Act, The 2001Bank of the Sierra 1981Barn Summit, The 1997Berry, Lorraine 2010Best Western California City Inn & Suites 2012Better Business Bureau of San Joaquin Valley 2003Bichlmeier Insurance Services, Inc. 2003Big 5 Sporting Goods 2010Billings Veterinary Clinic 2010Brady Chiropractic 2008Bright House Networks 1988Brookfield Renewable Energy 2012Butcher Shop, The 2010BVS Properties 2001C O S Mini Storage 1982Carlo Narduzzi Insurance Services 2004Catholic Daughters St Malachy 2000Century Glas 1988Chamber 101.com 2004Chicago Title Insurance Co 1988City of Tehachapi 2002Coldwell Banker Best Reatly/Dottie Connolly 1988Country Real Estate/Rubien Brandon 2010Country Real Estate/Shirley Fuller 2010Country Real Estate/Tammy Wallace 2011Creative Environments/Keith Clow 2010Dave's Auto Repair 1999Debbies Fabrics, Inc 2001Del Taco 2008Eagle View Optometry 1994Edward Jones Investments 2002Expressions Hair & Nail Salon 1991Family Life Pregnancy Center 2005Field of Dreams Alpacas 2008First American Title Co 2002Friends of the Tehachapi Depot 2012Senator Jean Fuller 2003GE Energy 1994Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council 2002Assemblywoman Shannon Grove 2011Haddad Dodge 2001Hall Ambulance Service 1994

Heat Source, The 2008Henry’s Café 1994Henry's Home For Less 1998Heritage Oaks Classical Christian School 2009High Desert Cellars 2012High Desert Wireless 2005Hilltop Publishers/The Loop 2001Hilltop Welcoming Service 1998Hitching Post Theatres 1994Hoffmann Hospice 2013Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites 2005Home Depot 2012Horse Thief Country Club 2009Houchin Community Blood Bank 2010Hungry Howie's Pizza 2009Hunter Dodge Chrisler Jeep Ram Fiat 2012Indian Hills Ranch RV Park 1990J. Williams Personal Financial Planning, Inc. 2008J.V.J. Jumpers 2009Jackie Wood Photography 2005Jennifer's Terrace 2010Jerome's Tractor Service 2008Kaiser Permanente 2012Keller Williams Realty-Alexis Milton 2006Kern Council of Governments 2010Kern County Board of Trade 2010Kern Economic Development Corporation 2008Kieffe & Sons Ford 1988Klein, DeNatale, Goldner 2005Knights of Columbus 1997Law Office of Phillip H Darling 2000Law Offices of Young Wooldridge, The 2013Lehigh Southwest Cement Company 1994Liberty Tax Service of Tehachapi 2009Lila Winger 2010Main Street Tehachapi 2003Congressman Kevin McCarthy 2007McDonalds 1994Mid State Development Corporation 2007Mold Detective, The 2013Monument Commercial Insurance Agency 2012Mountain Valley Airport 1996Mulberry Place Assisted Living 2009National Chavez Center 2007National Health Services, Inc. 2004NEXTera Energy Resources 1999Novinger, George & Anne Marie 1995Oaktree Medical Group 1992Old Town Stables 2010Optimal Hospice 1995Orchard Apartments, The 2007Pacino's Pizzeria - Pastaria 2009Pera, Mike & Duana 2009

Member SinceMember SincePostal ASAP 1995R.I.S.E. Riding Instruction for Special Equestrians 2003Red Hot Signs, Designs & Decals 2007Rotary Club of Tehachapi 2008RST Cranes, Inc. 2003Safe 1 Credit Union 1986Sail Thru Car Wash 2007Salvation Army 2004Santa Fe Motel 2001Scott's Auto Body 1989Selecta Products, Inc 1993Supervisor Zack Scrivner 2011Servicemaster of Tehachapi 1993Sheridan's 2013Shofner Automotive 2003Sierra Family Care 1993Skinovative Face & Body by Donita 2013Snow Orthodontics 2001Southern California Gas Co. 1980Southwest Telecommunications 2003Souza Family Vineyard 2007Stallion Springs Resort 2010State Farm Insurance/Bill Kotz 1996Stickel Mortuary 2011Strategic Management Group 2005Superior Coach Limousine Service 2012T.H.E. TEC 2004Tacos Samich 1997tech-hachapi 2007Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors 1992Tehachapi Bible & Bookstore 1999Tehachapi Community Theatre 2007Tehachapi Cummings Water District 1989Tehachapi Heritage League 1994Tehachapi Manor 2011Tehachapi Martial Arts Center 2005Tehachapi Mini Storage 2001Tehachapi Pet Lodge & Outfitters 2005Tehachapi Resource Conservation District 2004Tehachapi Senior Apartments 1999Tehachapi Surgery Center 1999Tehachapi Unified School District 1988Tehachapi Valley Arts Association 1990Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Parks District 2003Tehachapi Veterinary Hospital 1988Tower Electric 2007Truxtun Radiology Medical Group 2012UPS Store, The 2013Village Grille 1994Walmart c/o Maridian Pacific, Inc. 2013Witts "Everything for the Office" 1989Wood Family Funeral Service, Inc. 2004Zombie Games 2013

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Congressman McCarthy, Senator Fuller, and Assemblywoman Grove Mobile Office Hours at the Chamber

Government Representatives will hold office hours at the Chamber office on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 10 to 11 AM. For appointments, contact the following representatives: Congressman McCarthy, Representative Vince Fong, 661-327-3611 Senator Fuller, Representative Romeo Agbalog, 661-323-0443 Assemblywoman Grove, Representative Javier Reyes, 661-395-2995

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Chamber ServiCeSFor Members Only

Mailing Labels Electronic (Excel) Mailing List

$35.00 $50.00

Directory of MembersAvailable to all at No Charge

Free to Members OnlyDisplay of Cards & Brochures in the Chamber Office Referrals From: Phone Calls Walk-In's Internet First Hotspot in Newsletter (first 90 days of membership)

Website Advertising - Members OnlyContact Chamber Office for pricing and options

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First Friday Art Reception 5-8 PM

Employment Posters 2014Members: Non-Members

$49.00 $60.00

Advertising - Members OnlyNewsletter Hotspot Newsletter Card per month per year

$ 35.00 $ 25.00 $200.00

Relocation Packet Insert/per year

$125.00

Board of Directors MtgChamber Office 5:30 PM

CHAMBER LUNCHEONPacino's 12:00 PM

Government Reps See page 6 for appt info

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Rotary Club of Tehachapi "Wine Pairing Dinner"

6 PM Don Juan's818-519-7144

City Council Mtg 6 PMClaude L Wells

Education Center

MANDATORY CHANGE TO EMPLOYMENT NOTICES POSTER

Order Your 2014 CaliforniaEmployment Poster Today!

Make sure your business is in compliance.Even if you have only one employee,you can be fined $17,000 for not postingrequired notices. Our poster includes all16 notices in one convenient poster.

Order yours today!

The 2014 California and Federal Employment Poster will soon be available at the Greater Chamber of Commerce. The price is $49.00 for members and $60.00 for non-members, which includes Poster Protect.

Contact the Chamber to reserve your 2014 Employment Poster. Available in English and Spanish

Chamber Office closed for Installation Dinner Set Up

Chamber Installation &Recognition Gala 5:30 PM

Villa La Paz at the National Chavez Center

661-822-4180Chamber Office Closed

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