Congratulations to Sandi Teel, the lucky winner of the Shop Redlands, April, $100 Visa Card provided by Jim Walling at Inland Community Bank. The month of May’s Shop Redlands prize is a $100 pre paid Cash Card sponsored by Maupin Financial Services, brought to you by Dave Maupin.

     Bring in your shopping receipts from chamber members or local businesses and be eligible for the drawing that will be held the last day of April. By shopping at chamber members you will receive two tickets for the drawing, non member receipts qualify you for one ticket. The member directory can be found on the Chamber’s website at www.Redlandschamber.org. The receipts must be $25 or more.

      Once again congratulations to Sandi Teel, and thank you to Inland Community Bank, Here we go again …… let’s get shopping inRedlands!

ADzZOO

Linda Hamrick

Beaumont,CA 92223

Phone:  562-355-0353

 

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OFREDLANDS

Treasurer

506W. Colton Avenue

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  238-5149

 

BEEMAN’S PHARMACYREDLANDS

Bob Beeman

255 Terracina Blvd, Suite 103

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  792-2300

 

BIJOUX LUXURY JEWELERS

Loraine Ragsdale

206 Orange Street

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  798-7150

 

BRONCS TOWING, INC.

Mike and K G Ardabili

1083W. Park Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  307-0944

 

BURGESON’S HEAT & AIR COND, INC

Dianne Burgeson

620 Tennessee Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-3685

 

CAPITALSOURCE BANK

Barbara Garcia

128 E. State Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-8080

 

CASP SERVICES

Dan Kaiser

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  747-5296

 

CITY FLORIST OFREDLANDS

Robyn Murray and Rebecca Beall

122 Cajon Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-4141

 

CORTNER CHAPEL

Mike Cauthron

221 Brookside Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-2353

 

DAN CARLONE CONSTRUCTION

Dan Carlone

234 North “D” Street

San Bernardino,CA 92401

Phone:  386-1828

 

EADIE & PAYNE, LLP

John Prentice

1839W. Redlands Blvd

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-2406

 

EMMERSON-BARTLETT MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Terry Harmon

703 Brookside Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-2316

 

ENTERPRISEFUNDING CORPORATION

Jeff Sceranka

300 E. State Street, Suite 230

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  792-3803

 

EVANS & CO HAIR COLOR & DESIGN

Cheryl Evans

101 South 6^th Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-1991

 

FIDUCIAL BUSINESS CENTERS, INC.

David Felix

1676 Plum Lane

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  798-4477

 

GAW, VAN MALE, SMITH, MYERS & REYNOLDS

Scott Reynolds

300 E. State Street, Suite 450

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  798-3190

 

GENERAL TECHNIQUE COMPUTERS

Tamara Kawas

1426 Industrial Park

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  793-7400

 

HEINRICH ORTHODONTIC GROUP

Bruce Heinrich, DDS & Marcus Paulson, DDS MS

219 Cajon Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-2603

 

HI-CALIBER INVESTIGATIONS

Bill Rhetts

P. O. Box8668

Redlands,CA 92375

Phone:  792-0999

 

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE

Pamela Morris

1430 E. Cooley #120

Colton,CA 92324

Phone:  370-0343

 

KEVIN BARRETT CONSTRUCTION CO, INC.

Kevin Barrett

1145 E. Orange Show Road, Suite K

San Bernardino,CA 92408

Phone:  796-1500

 

MARY KAY COSMETICS – LAURIE SHUMATE

Laurie Shumate

Riverside,CA 92506

Phone:  714-875-5334

 

McPETERS McALEARNEY SHIMOFF & HATT

Ellen Weiss

4W. Redlands Blvd, Second Floor

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  792-8919

 

METRO NISSAN OFREDLANDS

Dave Marvin

1655 Industrial Park

Redlands, Ca  92374

Phone:  793-3377

 

MILT MINER, CPA

Milt Miner

405 E. Citrus Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-8117

 

PACIFIC ALARM SERVICE

Dale Williams

521 Wellwood Avenue

Beaumont,CA 92223

Phone:  793-1001

 

PACIFIC WEST SYSTEMS, INC.

Liz Sillers

700 New York Street

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  793-4403

 

PAUL PRADO PHOTOGRAPHY

Paul Prado

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  816-0318

 

REDLANDSCOMMUNITYHOSPITAL

James Holmes

350 Terracina Blvd

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  335-5500

 

REDLANDSCOUNTRY CLUB

Betty Rivero

1749 Garden Street

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-2661

 

REDLANDS DIAMOND DISTRICT

George Poli

2054W. Redlands Blvd, Suite E-1

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  793-8393

 

REDLANDSFORD

Steve Rojas

1121W. Colton Avenue

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  793-3211

 

REDLANDSPROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASS’N

Bill Conway

P. O. Box784

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  798-7600

 

ROCK ENTERPRISES

Jim Rock

P. O. Box110

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  287-5139

 

ROTARY CLUB OFREDLANDS

Ralph Feller

131 Cajon Street, Suite 5

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  798-0953

 

SMART INVESTMENTS ADVISORY, INC

Ali Arciniega

1706 Plum Lane, Suite 103

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  335-8565

 

STATE FARM INSURANCE – BILL SOLBERG

Bill Solberg

401 Brookside Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  792-2188

 

SUPERIOR ROOFING

Harry Hylkema

520 E. Stuart

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  792-3681

 

THE PERRIE MUNDY GROUP-REMAX ADVANTAGE

Kerry Spelman

214 E. Olive Avenue

Redlands,CA 92373

Phone:  307-0616

 

TLC PET SITTING

Christine O’Hagan

Redlands, Ca  92373

Phone:  226-2916

 

TOM BELL CHEVROLET

Tom Bell

800Alabama

Redlands,CA  92373

Phone:  793-2681

 

VIEWPOINT FINANCIAL

Marvin Hudson

Redlands,CA 92374

Phone:  335-7100

 

 

 

     For over sixty five years, Community Bank has provided the communities of Southern California with the financial services they need. But more than that, they have committed to giving each customer the kind of responsive, personal attention that really makes a difference.

            Over the years, Community Bank has grown to include 16 banking centers with assets of over $2.6 billion. Since their inception, they have focused on serving small and mid-sized businesses. They feel uniquely qualified to meet their customers’ business challenges, because as a middle-market company they face the same issues each day.

            At Community Bank, you can always expect friendly, personal care and a full range of business banking services, from checking accounts and equipment loans to comprehensive services such as letters of credit, the financing of foreign receivables, or lending to an ESOP.

            Community Bank is committed to serving the communities in which they live, work and do business. They feel strongly about establishing partnerships with organizations, businesses and individuals within their communities and the surrounding neighborhood. Their philosophy of local involvement is demonstrated at the corporate level and further expressed in the time and energy our employees devote each year to community service activities.

            Community Bank has dedicated a full-time bank officer committed to expanding community involvement. By working with under-served communities inSouthern California, they are helping them gain access to capital for their business operations.

     They also invest in their communities by providing loans to nonprofit organizations and by making charitable contributions and investments with a focus on affordable housing, financial literacy and economic development.

            To help broaden the base of economic growth, they participate in loan programs offered by local community development corporations or community development financial institutions like the California Economic Development Lending Initiative, the Southern California Reinvestment CDFI, California Community Reinvestment Corporation, and other similar organizations that offer micro and small business loans to borrowers who are unable to qualify for conventional financing.

            Community Bank is the home of Partnership Banking. To learn more about Community Bank visit Everett Thompson, and his team at the local Redlandsbranch at 200 E. Citrus Avenue or log on to www.cbank.com

 

 

By Council Member Jon Harrison

In March of 2010,Redlands became one of only 10 cities chose by Southern California Edison to participate in the California Green Communities Challenge. The program enables us to highlight progress in 10 “challenge areas”, including energy efficiency and conservation, green building efficient transportation and land user and community design that contribute to keeping our quality of life high and save money for the city, its residents and its businesses.

 The City Council and staff rose to the challenge, developing materials for the California Green communities’ website, creating a checklist of existing sustainability measures and projects and an action plan to designate future sustainability projects to meet different levels of participation in the program. These are all local actions that create more efficient operations for the City and reduce ongoing costs through energy efficiency, waste-stream diversion, water conservation and sustainable environmental practices.

The action plan submitted to the California Green Communities in April 2011 includes programs currently in operation such as the City’s Recycled Product Preference policy, passed by the Council six years ago to increase the use of recycled products; marketing of the City’s LNG/CNG fueling station, which increases sales of alternative fuels from the City to private vehicle owners as well as commercial alternative fuel fleets; and installation of a photovoltaic system at the City’s wastewater treatment plant, saving the City $16,000, and 200,000 kilowatt hours every year.

Other aspects of the plan will be implemented over the next several years such as conversion to highly efficient and long lasting LED street lights; retrofitting City equipment and facilities to take advantage of newer, more sustainable and cost effective technologies and building materials; and improving the City’s non-motorized transportation, making it easier for local residents and visitors to walk or bicycle to destinations throughout the City. Cost/benefit analysis of programs like theLED streetlights show the savings on operating costs cover the capital investment in only a few years and continue to yield savings to the city.

With the Redlands Rail Project coming ever closer to reality the City is reviewing land use and community design around the stations, including downtown, to promote residential and commercial development in these areas and take advantage of investments in roads, water, sewer and other infrastructure that already serve the community.

A report on the status ofRedlands’ involvement in the California Green Communities Challenge, including a comprehensive discussion of each of our initiatives, will be coming before the City Council during an upcoming meeting. That report will be available at City Hall and online.

I encourage each of our residents and all our local businesses to get involved in promoting a more sustainable future for our City. Feel free to contact me or Danielle Garcia in the City’s Quality of Life Department at dgarcia@cityof redlands.org.

          The Redlands Chamber, in support of their mission to improve Redlands business and build a better community, is hosting a seminar on Thursday, April 26, 7:30 – 9:00 AM, to provide local business owners access to a team of key business resources.  Free to members ($25 non-members), this seminar will give business owners timely and critical information on legal matters, Insurance, Accounting, Banking/Lending, and Wealth Management.  What questions should you be asking your attorney?  How do you obtain credit for your business? What insurance do I need, where is my greatest risk? What are your goals with tax planning and financial statement preparation? What key issues should you address in your financial planning?  How should you use your “TEAM” of resources most effectively in support of your goals?

 This is an opportunity for business owners to access critical information at little to no cost, information that if missed, could cost your business a great deal in the long run.

 Call the Chamber office to make your reservations, 793-2546.