The ‘Fair’ Folks in our Community A man not only needs to know how to fish, he needs to have the freedom to do it and a place to do it. That’s where community comes in. We have to help each other. ~ Bill Ayres The Hometown Country Fair is coming to town! We have […]
Being in a Healthy Community “A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living.” Rudolf Steiner These CV Chamber members know the value of working together as a community: Vahe Maranian […]
Celebrating Our Community “It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to … the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility … and individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future.” Robert F. Kennedy These […]
The Partnerships that Make a Society “Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are […]
A Perfect Time to Move Ahead “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis Happy New Year! Let’s make this year the best ever! Set goals! Dream a new dream! Make (and keep) resolutions! On Associatedcontent.com, it says keeping those New Year’s resolutions are as easy […]
Planning a Winning Path in 2013 “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” Denis […]
All She Wants… “Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Santa, This year all I want for Christmas is…. support for all those suffering from mental illness to get the services they need to help them cope with issues facing them. This year all I […]
Lending a Hand in a Neighborly Manner “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 Hopefully this holiday season you are shopping locally and helping our local neighbors. I read on […]
Business Mixers Offer Place to ‘Mix’ It Up “Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” – Charles Eames The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce wants to help you make connections. On Dec. 12, our monthly business mixer is being held at U.S. Bank […]
Where ‘Excellence is Expected’ “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” Steve Jobs Congratulations to Clark Magnet High School which, the U.S. Department of Education announced last month, has won for the second time the title of National Blue Ribbon School. Clark is a school with […]