BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE There’s more changing than just a name. The event formerly known as the State of the City is now the State of the Community. The perennial sellout, to be held this year on Friday, Aug. 23 at The Westin Carlsbad Resort &…
BY CHRISTIE MARCELLA Economic Development Manager CITY OF CARLSBAD If you’ve noticed a lot of development around the business parks recently, it may not come as a surprise that in 2018 the Carlsbad market leased nearly 1 million net square feet of commercial and industrial space. That’s a lot of positive growth for our community….
BY KATHLEEN MCNARY Director of Corporate and Member Relations CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE We are proud to share that the Carlsbad Chamber’s recently resurrected North County Young Professionals (NCYP) group is rapidly expanding! Just this year we have held three events with plans for six more this year (including in May and June)! NCYP is…
BY KRISTIANNE KURNER Founder & Executive Artistic Director NEW VILLAGE ARTS THEATRE 1. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS… …at New Village Arts! Visit Carlsbad’s resident professional theatre in the heart of Carlsbad Village for this classic horror-comedy-rock-musical about Seymour and Audrey and their unusual plant that is actually an animated, smooth-talking, man-eating monster…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Last month the Chamber hosted the first annual CBAD Awards in front of a packed house at The Westin Carlsbad Resort and Spa. These awards recognize excellence among businesses of all sizes, whether it is the product of a team of hundreds…
BY JOSH MAZUR Co-Chair Ready Carlsbad Business Alliance (RCBA) CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE In a disaster, would your business evacuate or shelter-in-place – and how would you make that decision? Howdy, my name is Josh Mazur. As Co-Chair of the Ready Carlsbad Business Alliance (RCBA), I’d like to invite each…
In California, it is now mandatory for employers with five or more employees, located anywhere, to provide sexual harassment prevention training to ALL of them. A previous law had only required supervisors to go through training, but new legislation (Senate Bill No. 1343) published last year, requires that all employees complete the training by Jan….
BY CHRISTIE MARCELLA Economic Development Manager CITY OF CARLSBAD The world is changing exponentially. Technology has altered the way we acquire information, how we share it, and what we do after we get it. It has changed how we conduct business in untold ways, and any business that fails to evolve is in…
