BY CAROLINA ALBAN-STOUGHTON With the unemployment rate edging down to 3.9% in July this year, and a workforce that has more options when it comes to choosing a place to apply their bucket of skills, employers are asking themselves what is it that they can offer to retain good talent. According to a recent study…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE While the Chamber does not endorse candidates for office, we do take a position on a select number of matters that may appear on your ballot this November. The first such matter we have considered is Measure HH, which if approved by 55% of…
BY CAROLINA ALBAN-STOUGHTON Business leaders, local government officials, Carlsbad City staffers and local residents gathered at the new Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa on August 24th to celebrate one more edition of the State of the City. This signature event organized by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the City of Carlsbad addressed the city’s…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Two common misconceptions about the Chamber are that we are either a lobbying organization or an agency of the City of Carlsbad. After all, the US Chamber of Commerce is by far the nation’s largest lobbying group and other chambers in California promote economic…
Make an impact in your community by becoming a Civic Champion By CAROLINA ALBAN-STOUGHTON As a young student in Oklahoma, Sue Loftin took a civics class not really knowing the impact a particular hands-on project from that class would have later in her life. “We were required to pick an item that was to be…
Brilliant splashes of color, textures, and artistic statements. What began as teacher Nicole Moersch’s vision has become an inspiring installation of art, as four new murals fill Aviara Oaks Middle School’s (AOMS) campus with color and creative expression. Last year Ms. Moersch, along with music and ASB (student leadership) teacher Marina Hall, conceived a…
BY CAROLINA ALBAN-STOUGHTON A problem finds a solution. An idea turns into a project, which then transforms into a service or product. And when passion threads these processes, a small business is born. “Carlsbad Food Tours was born out of our love of fine wines, delicious food and traveling,” said Cherimarie Poulos, who started her…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE My relationship with Ted and the Chamber began as a prospective board member in late 2011. While I assumed the purpose of my first meeting with Ted was for him to size up my qualifications, he instead began sharing his assessment of the political…
CARLSBAD, CA – Ted Owen, long-time president and CEO of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce (www.carlsbad.org), has announced that he will retire effective January 2019. Owen first came to the Chamber in 2004, after retiring as president and publisher of the San Diego Business Journal (a position he held twice). Previous to that he was…
BY CLAUDIA HUERTA Carlsbad Village Manager CITY OF CARLSBAD As women enter the workforce in greater and greater numbers, mothers of minor children make up a growing percentage of American workers. Today 47 percent of US workers are women, according to the US Labor Department, and 70 percent of mothers with minor children participate in…