UPCOMING ESCONDIDO CHAMBER
EVENTS
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Economic Development Committee Meeting:
Grand Avenue Developement Update
Chamber of Commerce
720 N. Broadway
Escondido, CA 92025
Thursday, October 10th
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Education Committee Meeting
Chamber of Commerce
720 N. Broadway
Escondido, CA 92025
Monday, October 14th
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Escondido's Job
Shadow Day
Thursday, October 17th
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Military & Veterans Forum
Tuesday, October 22nd
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North County Quilters Association Show & Sale
Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th
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ADA Service Dog Seminar
Tuesday, November 12th
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EDD Federal/State
Payroll Tax Seminar
Friday, November 15th
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Coastal Communities
Concert Band's 25th Annual Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 8th
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I admit it, pronouncing my last name has been a life-long struggle for some. Not me, of course, but others have butchered what I grew up thinking was a simple name to spell and pronounce.
Two words, "row" and "ten" put together its Rowten. Simple, right? The grade school years were the worse particularly at the beginning of any new school year. Wait for it, wait for it, and yes,
sure enough, roll call gets to James Rowten, and of course I hear James Rotten! Uggh, all I could think about is here come the rotten egg jokes as I sheepishly acknowledge with a meek "here" as the teacher has already forged on with the Smith's. Ah to be Michael Smith!
Names are our identity, or calling card, or get out of jail free card. Get it right, and if you don't know, ask. Our names are everywhere - social media handles, email signatures, name tags, IDs, mail, and more. They're the greeting in an email, a text, a phone call, a hand shake. They have the importance of your status attached: Dr., Esq., Mrs., Mr., etc. Your name is tied to your identity (whether you like it or not), so the correct spelling and pronounciation of it by others
count.
There are countless times when my name is spelled incorrectly or mispronounced, and as much as I try to brush it off, it bothers me when people don't take the time to read what I have written and reply as such. In my opinion, it means that the person misspelling or mispronouncing my name doesn't care enough to get it correctly, and if they don't care about that, what makes me
think they'll care about anything else I have to say? I admit, these types of people cause me to feel a bit of resentment, because as a professional, I do my very best to pay attention to the way you want to be identified, and I expect others to reciprocate. Doesn't always happen and I get that, but show you care and ask.
To build a professional relationship and maintain a high sense of respect, I believe it is important to take note of how someone's name is spelled and pronounced. Look it up or better yet ask what is the correct pronunciation of your name and repeat it until you have it right. It's a respectful question and one no one should take offense too. It's a respect thing.
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CHAMBER EVENTS & SPONSORED EVENTS
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Business After 5 Mixer @ Shakey's Pizza Parlor
Tomorrow Night!
Oh yeah...it's pizza time
! And Mojo potato time. And fried chicken time. That's right, the good ol' Shakey's Pizza Parlor we all remember is back, and better than ever with the same, great pizza but with other award-winning items such as their famous potatoes and fried chicken!
Shakey's will be our host for this month's Business After 5 Mixer, and we hope you'll be joining us for a great evening of networking. You'll be able to meet like-minded business owners, community leaders, and other Chamber Members while you enjoy a cold beverage and some very tasty food...we hope to see YOU there!
Shakey's Pizza Parlor
355 N. Escondido Blvd
Escondido, CA 92025
Thursday, October 10th
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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ESCONDIDO LOCAL NEWS & HAPPENINGS
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Business Seminar: LEED for Restaurant & Retail Spaces
Is your business a leader in sustainability? Being certified in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)
can distinguish you from the competition. SDGE offers no-cost classes to get you on the road to
success. Nearly 100 national and independent retailers and franchisees, including Chipotle, McDonald's,
Pizza Fusion and Starbucks, have achieved LEED® Certification for many of their retail spaces.
Restaurant and retail spaces have unique considerations, including occupancy demands, waste streams, and energy
and water use, that warrant a more niche and specific LEED® offering. Alex Spilger, founder of GreenStep, will be teaching this class at SDG&E's Energy Innovation Center. Alex has consulted with and helped many high-profile businesses nationwide to achieve their LEED® goals.
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Environmental and Business Benefits
Synchronizing traffic lights will not only reduce the time we sit at traffic lights, but will also reduce tons of emissions with benefits to business and our economy. In response to a study conducted in Salinas, CA, five intersections on their main street had installed traffic signal synchronization and saved 15.8 TONS of GHG emissions in ONE year! Not to mention the cost benefit ratio of 50:1.
Studies show that synchronization projects can reduce traffic delays by up to 30% and in 41 California
cities, synchronization resulted in travel time reductions of 6.5% and fuel consumption declined by about
6.4 million gallons. That's valuable time and money, moving goods and employees while using less fuel. In
Orange County, traffic stops were reduced by 41%, travel time by 22%, and fuel consumption by 12%.
That's why Los Angeles synchronized all of its 4,500 traffic signals, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
about 16%. It's obvious that with fewer cars idling at intersections or crawling along in stop-and-go traffic,
much less pollution gets released into the atmosphere...
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