May 5, 2026


Greetings!


Cinco De Mayo should find you exploring Taquerias. Luckily Visit Saint Paul has you covered with the St. Paul Taqueria Tour. Three great East Side bets on there and one of them Taqueria los Paisanos will be featured tonight at the long awaited East Side Community Investment Cooperative Membership Launch Party at the Eagles Club - a new ESABA Member. Then May 7 join a tour at the Recycling and Energy Center + ESABA Networking highlighting BizRecycling and we'll finish the week with a doubleheader on Friday: ESABA joins other Chambers for the Small Business Summit and we'll welcome Senator Foung Hawj and other representatives to seek Feedback and Solutions on E7th Construction - 2pm @ Indigenous Roots. Let's Dig In!

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Friday 2pm May 7 - Indigenous Roots


E7th Businesses, Neighbors and Supporters - Join Senator Hawj to talk solutions


Construction, dust, parking, customers, relief funds, promotions, bring your best.

ESABA Networking Field Trip to the R&E Center


Thursday May 7 - 2:00 - 3:30pm


Last time it was Chamber partners on this tour (see photo). This time it's our turn to put people you know in those hardhats!


Join us to learn something not everyone knows about the cost and potential in trash. And learn about saving money for your business. BizRecycling - your pathway to $10K grants to upgrade your recycling and organics systems and save on base pricing.

Connect with Yolanda to see how you can combine the services of BizRecycling and our Preferred Hauler Deal to maximize savings on your solid waste bill. Nobody should be paying more than they need to. ESABA members, that means you. Click the BizRecycling logo below to learn more about how to get started.

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If you have employment opportunities and need help getting the word out, connect with Paris.
Board of Directors:

President:

Tonya Bauer

Saint Paul Port Authority


Vice President:

Allison Wittner

Premier Banks


Secretary:

Judy Gonzalez - New Board Member!

Keller Williams


Treasurer (Interim)

Krista Schnelle - New Board Member!

Pin the Map


Board Members:


Shateka Flowers

Family Values For Life

Dist 5 rep


Rosalva Hernandez-New Board Member!

Metropolitan State University


Taelor Johnson

Mueller Memorial

Dist 4 rep


Vernisha Powers - New Board Member!

United Kidz Transportation Nanny LLC


Wesley Sanford - New Board Member!

Property Restoration Professionals

Dist 2 rep


Jeff Viel - New Board Member!

Clearly Clean

Paris Dunning, Executive Director

651-335-0986

paris@esaba.org

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