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WOW - what an incredible turnout for our Festival Sign Party!! ❤️🎨🍷
We asked for all hands on deck… and you SHOWED UP! We are beyond grateful for this amazing crew and everyone who gave up part of their Sunday to help us get festival-ready!
Largest Board turnout ever:
Bill, Bonnie, Brian, Christine, Fred, Jeremy, John, Kathy, Katie, Laura, Matt B., Matt P. and Travis
Ambassadors & Support Team:
AJ, Connor, Graham, Jay, Leslie, Michael, Mike, Pete, Phyllis, Reid, Sali, Scott, Terry, Tom and Yolanda
Staff: Adrian, Holly, Kate, Thea and Sara. 😉
And because hard work requires good food ... a HUGE thank you to Mike and Yolanda for the incredible lunch and to Wendy for keeping us fueled with her delicious cookies, bars and cake!
And special thanks to Lucas Paving for the A-Frames!
19 days and counting … 🎨🍷🙌
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Announcing the Lafayette Res Run for Education 2026 Theme and Artwork!
We are excited to announce our 2026 t-shirt theme design was created by Sunflower Hill resident, Robby Houghton!
Sunflower Hill is a vibrant nonprofit organization creating ‘places and spaces’ where individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) can live, learn, work and thrive. Sunflower Hill’s first venture in Contra Costa County, at 949 Moraga in Lafayette, is now in development, with 48-one-and-two-bedroom units, a teaching kitchen, fitness room, community rooms, vegetable garden and an array of activities for residents and I/DD community members. For more information, visit https://sunflowerhill.org.
About the artist: Robby Houghton has been drawing and painting since the age of five, with acrylic paint markers as his preferred medium. He enjoys creating unique birdhouse gourds, garden stakes and holiday trees. A resident of Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch, Robby loves music, movies, dancing, competing in Special Olympics and all things Disney.
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Join us in welcoming our newest members!
Lamorinda Painting
Michael Kotwinski
📍 3559 Mt Diablo Blvd, #34, Lafayette
🌐 www.lamorindapainting.com
Lamorinda Painting offers painting services of the highest quality and affordable prices. We are fully licensed and insured. We do exterior and interior painting, deck and cabinet restoration, and much more.
Category: Construction & Contractors
Blue and Gold Labs, LLC
Pepe Davis
📍1027 Brown Avenue, Lafayette
🌐 https://blueandgoldlabs.com
Gold-standard health and performance assessments - designed for those who demand precision, longevity, and peak performance at every stage of life. The name Blue and Gold Labs is not arbitrary. Every word reflects our purpose. Blue is our commitment to healthspan — drawing inspiration from the world's Blue Zones, where communities live with exceptional vitality well into their nineties and beyond. Gold is our commitment to rigor. We use only gold-standard measurements — the same protocols trusted by elite athletic programs and leading longevity researchers — to give you objective, reproducible data that tracks your progress over time. Together, they define who we are: a precision health practice where science serves life.
Categories: Health & Wellness
The ProAACtive SLP
Carrie Balick
📍140 Mayhew Way, Ste 700, Pleasant Hill
🌐 www.proAACtiveSLP.com
We are Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) educating & empowering parents and caregivers and building communication skills in our non-speaking and minimally-speaking children and young adults with moderate to severe disabilities in the Bay Area.
Category: Healthcare & Medical
Element Wealth Management - Ryan A. Chand
📍1211 Newell Ave., Suite 120, Walnut Creek
🌐www.elementwm.com
We are a full-service financial advisory team providing wealth management, investment management, retirement planning, estate planning, and comprehensive financial planning for individuals, families, and business owners. We help clients organize their finances, evaluate opportunities, and make informed financial decisions.
Category: Finance & Insurance, Business & Professional Services
Artisan Spice LLC
📍 Walnut Creek, CA 94598
🌐 https://www.artisanspiceusa.com
Artisan Spice brings bold flavor to everyday cooking with handcrafted, small-batch spices. We sun-dry, fire-roast, and slowly smoke our ingredients using traditional techniques that create deep, distinctive flavor. Our products are gluten-free, preservative-free, and low in sodium, with simple, quality ingredients. From everyday meals to creative cocktails, our spices make it easy to elevate the everyday with bold flavor.
Categories: Shopping & Specialty Retail, Local Artist, Restaurants, Food & Beverage
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Cambiati Wellness Programs Celebrates 10 Years with the Lafayette Chamber!
For more than a decade, Cambiati Wellness Programs has served individuals in Lafayette and the surrounding community with a personalized approach to health and wellness. The practice offers nutrition and wellness programs, IV therapy, GLP-1 support, and a range of advanced testing, including hormone testing, gut microbiome analysis, food sensitivity testing, nutrient testing, and more. The Cambiati team works with clients to better understand their health and create individualized plans based on their goals and needs.
We’re proud to celebrate Cambiati Wellness Programs’ 10 years as a member of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. Over the years, Cambiati has become part of the fabric of our local business community, and we’re grateful for the relationships, collaboration, and support that make Lafayette such a special place to do business.
Congratulations to the Cambiati team on this milestone, and thank you for continuing to serve our community. We look forward to celebrating many more years together.
📷 Emma Heidt and Rebecca Walker
📞 925-280-4442
📍 3446 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA
🌐 www.cambiati.com
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🛍️ Signature and Retail Events 🛍️
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival - Downtown Lafayette
Saturday, September 19 10am-7pm
Sunday, September 20, 10am-6pm
Lafayette Res Run for Education
Sunday, October 18, 7:30am-10:30am
Witch Way to Mocktails - Retail Event
Saturday, October 24, 11am-3pm
Trick or Treat Street
Friday, October 30, 4pm-6pm
It's a Wonderful Life in Lafayette Holiday Celebration in Lafayette Plaza
Friday, December 4, 4pm-6pm
🤝 Upcoming Affinity Groups 🤝
Construction, Architecture, and Design Alliance at Kimberley Harrison Interiors
Invitation Only - Wednesday, October 7, 5pm
Lafayette Chamber Nonprofit Network at Creekside Commons
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Lafayette Business Women at Merrill Gardens
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Lafayette Chamber Connectors at Creekside Commons
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Lafayette Chamber Young Professionals Volunteer Event at the Sydney Paige Foundation
Thursday, October 29, 5:30pm-7pm
Lafayette Chamber Health and Wellness Alliance at Oakwood Athletic Club
Tuesday, November 10, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
✂️ Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings ✂️
Ribbon Cutting at Blue & Gold Labs
September 23, 4:30pm
Ribbon Cutting at Lamorinda Women's Health
October 8, 4pm
Ribbon Cutting at Body Harmony – Lafayette
Tuesday, October 20, 4pm
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Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
The Lafayette Art & Wine Festival will be held September 19 & 20 in Downtown Lafayette. All vendor spaces are now SOLD OUT!
Join us in welcoming participating businesses approved August 24-30, 2026:
Fathers Brewing - Beer Booth Sponsor
Mount Diablo Cider Company - Cider Booth Sponsor
CastleWare - Family Zone Booth
White Barn Home - Local Artist Booth
Rose Remodeling - Commercial Vendor
Artist / Craftsman Booth
Rosé Things and Fairy Wings
b.a.m. Studio
Kena Gene Co.
Stone Allure by Esa L.
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Lafayette’s Trick or Treat Street
Registration is now open to downtown Lafayette Chamber member businesses for Trick or Treat Street 2026!
Event date: Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:00pm - 6:00pm.
For a fun, safe Halloween event, children and their parents are invited to Trick-or-Treat on Mt. Diablo Blvd. from Lafayette Plaza to Dewing Ave, Lafayette Circle and in La Fiesta Square from 4:00pm - 6:00pm on Friday, October 30, 2026. Start and finish anywhere on the map! This event is free for everyone and recommended for children 9 and under. Come in costume! Don’t forget to bring your Trick-or-Treat bag. Stay in town for dinner!
Find fun family-friendly activities in the Plaza, too! All participating businesses will display a “Trick-or-Treat Poster.” Click here to fill out the form: https://lafayettechamber.org/trick-or-treat
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Lafayette Chamber Board of Directors Petition Now Available for 2027-2028
Are you ready to get involved in your Chamber and your community? The petition to run for the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is now available at the Chamber Office, 251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150. Please note, you will need to be a Chamber member for one year prior to election or appointment to the board. The petition can be downloaded here. The petition must be signed by five current Chamber members and returned to the office by 1pm on September 3, 2026. The term of office for the new Directors will be January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2028.
The Lafayette Chamber Board is comprised of 17 elected representatives, 2-3 appointed directors-at-large, and a few non-voting advisors. The Board is the policy-making arm of the Chamber and has final authority in all decisions affecting the organization. Board members are required to attend, at their expense, the annual Planning Retreat in January and monthly Board lunch meetings. In addition, they are expected to actively serve on at least one Chamber committee. For more information or to obtain a paper petition, call the Chamber office at 925-284-7404.
Download PETITION HERE!
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Employee Parking Available for $5 per day!
Paid public parking is now available at 3614 Mt. Diablo Blvd., offering convenient hourly and daily parking options. ParkSmart has installed scan-based parking in the old Walgreen's/Freddie's parking lot. A limited number of $5 daily parking spaces are available each day on a first-come, first-served basis.
Paying is easy and can be done right from your mobile phone (without downloading an app) in three simple steps:
- Scan the QR code
- Enter your stall number
- Select how much time you'd like to park
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LMC Opens Grant Opportunity for East County Nonprofits
Los Medanos College, in partnership with the Antioch Chamber of Commerce, has opened the 2026 request for proposals for the East Contra Costa County Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative, a public-private partnership intended to strengthen nonprofits and community leadership in the region. The funding opportunity comes as local nonprofits face growing demand while receiving fewer resources than their counterparts in neighboring Bay Area counties.
The initiative this year provides $240,000 in sub-grants to support the organizational capacity for local nonprofits, including projects to improve organizational effectiveness, sustainability, leadership, infrastructure and paid internships that build the workforce pipeline. Depending on applications, the initiative may award at least 12 sub-grants of $10,000 to $20,000.
The application portal is now open. Learn more here.
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Apply Today | Build your policy expertise with the East Bay Policy Leadership Program
Are you, or someone you know, interested in gaining firsthand exposure to the policy issues shaping the East Bay? EBLC’s new East Bay Policy Leadership Program offers a hands-on opportunity to do just that!
What You'll Do
- Participate in Task Force meetings on East Bay policy issues
- Strengthen practical analysis and communication skills
- Contribute your analysis to EBLC's advocacy work
- Build relationships with civic, policy, and business leaders
Who Can Apply
- College students, early-career professionals, and community members interested in East Bay policy
- No prior policy experience is required, and participants from all fields are welcome
Participants who complete all program requirements can earn an East Bay Policy Leadership Program Certificate, presented at EBLC’s annual Installation Awards. Learn more and apply for the program HERE>
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Member Events Calendar
Nonprofit Email Blast (Current Issue - August/September 2026)
Arts Community Email Blast (Current issue - July/August/September 2026)
Members: Want to feature your events on the Chamber’s event calendar? You can add them yourself. We typically approve submissions within one business day.
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Go to the Community & Member Events Calendar HERE.
- Click "Add Community Event," fill out the form, and submit.
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City of Lafayette
The Weekly Roundup, August 28, 2026
Highlights include
- 7th Grade Cotillion Registration Opens Wednesday
- Planning Commission Set to Make Recommendation on New Objective Design Standards
- Flashing Beacon to be Installed at Mt. Diablo Boulevard/Hampton Road Crosswalk to Improve Pedestrian Safety
- Save the Date: Senior Volunteer Fair on October 6
- Staff Takes Part in Successful Professional Development Day
- Hear How Emergency Alerts Reach You
- Downtown Spotlight
➡ Sign up to receive City notifications, meeting agendas, follow the City on social media, and Lafayette’s publications HERE. If you have feedback for us about these topics, send an email to lafayettelistens@lovelafayette.org.
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Supervisor Candace Andersen Weekly Update
August 28, 2026 Weekly Update
- How Emergency Alerts Reach You
- Statement from Kristin B. Connelly, Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Regarding Upcoming Election
- Caldecott Tunnel Overnight Closures
- Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail Repaving
- Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Organizations
➡ Sign up for weekly updates HERE.
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