Christmas time in Montrose

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and to those who lived thru Black Friday: Congratulations! We have a lot happening this weekend, starting with the 33rd Annual Montrose Christmas Parade. This is always an exciting time of the year for young and old alike. Steve Pierce, our parade chairperson, is doing a great job […]

Appreciating all that the Crescenta Valley has to offer

Appreciating all that the Crescenta Valley has to offer

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” Christiane Northrup I am appreciative of the great town we live in.  The Crescenta Valley boasts great mountainous views, wonderful schools, superb weather and a great community.  I hope everyone […]

Visit the Montrose Shopping Park this weekend

Visit the Montrose Shopping  Park this weekend

If you are like most people this weekend brings some much anticipated time off. Yay! The family is in town, you are rested after your Thanksgiving dinner and you are ready for some fun. I was just reading an article in Women’s Wear Daily, a magazine for  the retail trade. The consensus is that people […]

Thanksgiving and shopping time

Thanksgiving and shopping time

Okay, it is the day all of us decide to put on a few extra pounds! How can you resist when you sit down at the table with your loved ones and have all that great food in front of you. Definitely a good time to count our blessing and give thanks for all we […]

Celebrating a tasty spirit

Celebrating a  tasty spirit

“While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.” Lady Bird Johnson Many of our neighbors came out for a Taste in the Foothills on Wednesday, Nov. 11. It was a wonderful event with such great food […]

We are thankful for the M.S.P.A.

We are thankful for the M.S.P.A.

In this season of Thanksgiving we would like to introduce you to some of the  dedicated people who help make the Montrose Shopping Park the quaint shopping destination it is: Danny Pranata (front, left), our secretary, is a lawyer and partner in the Sullivan Workman & Dee law firm. His family owns Honolulu Wood & […]

Thankful for our volunteers

Thankful for our volunteers

It’s that time of the year again: The Great Turkey Day or Thanksgiving to most of us. There are so many things to be thankful for in all our lives; please take a moment every day to think of at least one thing you are thankful for. One of the things the Chamber is thankful […]

Now that’s Italian!

Now that’s Italian!

The next time the craving for Italian food strikes, think Montrose! The Montrose Shopping Park is now home to five wonderful Italian restaurants. Yes, Montrose is quickly earning the reputation of the place to go when it’s time for a nice lunch or dinner out. There is such variety here! This week we would like […]

Remembering Montrose for Christmas fun

Remembering Montrose  for Christmas fun

The Chamber wants to help you promote your business…so as the holidays get closer let me know if you have something going, like a sale, special or a promotion and I will get the word out for you…free. The Chamber is here to help promote your business. Those who have a business stake in this […]

Engaging on a local level

Engaging on a local level

“We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously.” Grace Lee Boggs We have such a great community. The Crescenta Valley is […]