Capacity Crowd hears
State of Hollywood Address
A
capacity crowd of 320 Hollywood community
leaders were on hand this week to hear L.A.
Council President Eric Garcetti deliver the 14th
annual State of Hollywood Address at the
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. In a remarkable
turn, the event sold out only three days after
tickets went on sale. “It was definitely the
hottest ticket in town,” said Chamber President
Leron Gubler. Garcetti addressed three major
issues in his address: Infrastructure
improvements, public-private partnerships in
Hollywood, and fostering a pro-growth business
environment. “In Hollywood, we’re through
speaking of comebacks,” he stated. “We’re
already back. The state of Hollywood today is
leading Los Angeles – showing the whole city how
to do it right. Hollywood shows how our big
city begins with a great small town.” He noted
that the Community Redevelopment Agency had
taken a public investment of $642-million and
leveraged it to attract $3.3-billion in private
investment. He also reported that the business
tax reforms he had championed with Councilmember
Wendy Greuel had already returned $92-million to
Los Angeles businesses. Read
Garcetti's State of Hollywood 2007 address.
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Chamber Facilitates OPI Promotion to Spotlight
Hollywood
Discussing plans for a joint Hollywood/OPI
promotion are: (left to right) Richard Peterson
of LA, Inc.; Elizabeth McDonald of Hollywood
Chamber; Chris Orr of Renaissance Hotel; Harris
Shepard of Harris Shepard P.R.; Jill
Bartoshevich of OPI, and Laurie Golden, Chamber
Publicist.
The Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce is working with OPI, the
world’s largest nail-care company on a holiday
promotion for 2007 that will feature Hollywood.
OPI’s massive holiday advertising campaign will
offer an opportunity to position Hollywood in a
positive light before prominent opinion leaders
from some of the nation’s most prominent print
publications. Chamber Vice President of Tourism
Elizabeth McDonald is coordinating ways in which
Hollywood businesses can tie-in to and benefit
from the promotion. Among the possibilities
being considered is hosting a press event to
bring New York media to Hollywood or a
sweepstakes contest. For further information,
contact Elizabeth McDonald at (323)469-8311,
extension 21.
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Chamber
Awards $10,000 in Grants
Receiving grants from the Chamber Foundation
were: Nancy Troxell of International Family
Film Festival; Shawn Ingram of My Friend's
Place, Deana Ruggieri of the Growth Foundation,
and Melva Culpepper of the Boys & Girls Club of
Hollywood.
At the
Chamber’s January Mixer at the American Legion
Hall, the Chamber Foundation awarded four new
grants to community organizations. Each
received $2,500. The Hollywood Boys &Girls Club
received a grant to update the organization’s
outdated computer system. The Growth Foundation
will use its money to purchase art supplies for
at-risk teenage girls who participate in the
Foundation’s “Artistically Talented Tuesdays”
program. The International Family Film Festival
will use its gift to help cover the costs of its
upcoming 12th anniversary festival in
Hollywood. My Friend’s Place will invest its
monetary award in the organization’s health,
therapeutic and educational programs for the
region’s homeless youth.
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 Chamber Plans Media
Center in Advance of Academy Awards
The Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce is once again planning to
host a Media Awards Center in the Chamber
offices for visiting press who are in town to
cover the Academy Awards. Instituted four years
ago, the program has grown to attract between 75
and 100 media representatives and helps to
showcase the Hollywood community. Chamber Vice
President of Media Relations Ana Martinez-Holler
coordinates the annual effort. Besides
providing refreshments and a place to rest, the
Chamber arranges for interviews of Chamber
members who are involved with the Awards. The
Media Awards Center will be open this year on
February 22 and 23 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The Chamber is seeking sponsors and offers
special packages to those interested in
promoting their business, be it a restaurant to
host food for the event or products related to
the entertainment industry. For further
information, contact Ms. Holler at
(323)469-8311, ext. 27.
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 Young Professionals
to
Meet at A-LIST
The Chamber’s
program for young professionals, the A-LIST,
will hold a networking and information program
on Tuesday, February 20th at one of
Hollywood’s most cherished landmarks, the Magic
Castle. Scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,
participants receive hors d’oeuvres and one
beverage for the $10 admission price. The
A-LIST stands for leadership, information,
socializing and teamwork. Attendance is limited
to the first 50 reservations, so be sure to make
yours today in order to ensure your attendance.
Reservations can be made by emailing
bj@hollywoodchamber.net or by calling
Bette Jean French, the Chamber’s Vice President
of Membership Services at (323)469-8311, ext.
28.
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Have You
Written DOT Yet?"
Two years ago, Department
of Transportation (DOT) officials promised to
begin construction on the garage in order to
time its completion to that of the Encore Hall
gay and lesbian elder housing that took up half
of the surface
lot. Encore Hall will be completed
this March and the City has yet to break ground
on the garage. DOT is now saying they can’t
break ground before 2008. The Chamber is urging its
members to either write or email Gloria Jeff,
the general manager of the Department of
Transportation, and request a quicker start on
the garage. Her email address is:
Gloria.Jeff@lacity.org.
A sample
letter to Gloria Jeff is attached.
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