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Office Building Moves Forward
 Chamber
President & CEO Leron Gubler was on hand this
week to testify before the City Planning
Commission on behalf of the Chamber in support
of an office-condo project being proposed by
Brentwood Capital. The company, which also owns
the adjacent historic Hollywood Citizen News
Building, is proposing a 72,576-sq.ft. building,
with 210 parking spaces that would service both
the new building and tenants in the Citizen News
Building. The project still must go to the
Planning and Land Use Committee and to the City
Council for approval.
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KBKG reduces
taxes with Enterprise Zone Tax Credits
19th Annual
Hollywood Business & Tourism Expo!
On Tuesday,
March 4th, from 5pm – 7:30 pm, the Universal
Hilton Hotel will play host to the chamber’s
19th Annual Business and Tourism Expo!
Presented by Konica Minolta, this year’s Expo
will be filled with exhibits from Hollywood’s
best companies, ranging from Kaiser Permanente,
to The Hollywood Museum, to Author Services!
Exhibitors will meet new clients while
showcasing their good and services to meeting
planners, tour operators, and concierges.
Continental Airlines is awarding one of our
exhibitors with two round trip tickets for Most
Creative Booth, as this year’s theme is “Walk of
Fame Turns 50!” Our attendees this year will
also include studio executives, talent agents,
and celebrity assistants who will be there
enjoying food, drinks, and entertainment while
checking out the latest venues that Hollywood
has to offer. Prizes include gift baskets,
hotel stays, theater tickets, and round trip
tickets from Mexicana Airlines! Chamber members
are encouraged to help promote Hollywood by
reserving an exhibit and can do so by emailing:
Kaylee@hollywoodchamber.net. If you would
like to attend the event and learn about
everything that is hot in Hollywood, please
click here
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Chamber Helps Cut
“Ribbon” for Linoleum City
One of
Hollywood’s oldest businesses, Linoleum City,
held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new
facility at 4849 Santa Monica Blvd. Founded in
1948, the company is celebrating its 60th
anniversary this year, according to Fred Stifter,
president. Housed for many years in a building
adjacent to the Sears store on Santa Monica
Blvd., the company moved over the Thanksgiving
weekend in order to make way for a new retail
center at that site. Fred invites all Chamber
members to drop by and see their brand new
facility.
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Memorial Service
Planned to Celebrate the Life of Johnny Grant
 A
Celebration of Life event will be held in honor
of the late, great Johnny Grant on Thursday,
March 6, at 10 a.m. at the historic Pantages
Theatre, one of Johnny’s favorite venues. Johnny
once did the arrivals at the Pantages for the
Oscar ceremonies and many other events. Many
celebrities, politicians, military officers and
close friends and family will be on hand to pay
tribute to Hollywood’s greatest cheerleader.
Please note that the event is open to the public
but on a first come, first served basis.
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East Hollywood BID
Board Meets
 Jeff
Zarrinnam (center) visits with Michael Cortez
and Mayra Rivera of the CRA.
The Board of the
East Hollywood Business Improvement District met
this week at their quarterly meeting to hear
updates from the Hollywood Beautification Team
about efforts to improve the appearance of the
district and to discuss additional steps that
might be taken. The board is considering a
program to paint all of the light poles a
consistent color, and authorized the planting of
121 street trees to fill tree wells where trees
are missing. In additional action, they adopted
a logo for the district, and began planning for
a mixer later this year for the property owners
to be held in conjunction with the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce.
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Foundation Plans its
15th Annual WOD Fundraiser
The Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation is
already planning the 15th Annual Women of
Distinction fundraiser which will be held at The
Globe at Universal on May 8, 2008. Laurie
Goldman of GO! Goldman Organization and Maureen
Schultz of Capitol Records are back for their
second year as co-chairs of this event. This is
the largest fundraiser of the year for the
Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation, which
raised more than $100,000 last year. Funds from
WOD are distributed through the Community
Foundation to Hollywood based nonprofit
organizations. The WOD planning committee is
seeking sponsors and silent auction items.
Volunteers who are interested in serving on the
event committee, or soliciting sponsorships and
auction items can contact Kaylee Kiecker,
kaylee@hollywoodchamber.net
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Chamber V.P. Asks for
Assistance for Fallen LAPD Officer
Chamber Vice
President Bill Farrar has asked that we share
the following message with our members:
“As
I am sure most of you are aware, SWAT officers
Randy Simmons and Jim Veenstra were shot last
week during an attempt to rescue shooting
victims of a domestic dispute. Unfortunately
for all of us, Randy lost his life while Jim
lies in critical condition. To put it straight
forward, Randy was simply a good man, as is
Jim. Randy spent much of his off-duty time in
volunteer church and community service. Both
officers are personal friends of our company
executive management and collectively we have
worked with both for over two decades.
Their
families have much hardship to face while Jim
has a lengthy recovery that will include several
painful reconstructive surgeries to his face.
The Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation
prepares for just such tragedies. With the help
of the City, the families and recovering
officers are pretty well cared for. However,
there are still many expenses that are just not
covered. This type of event is devastating.
The LA Police
Federal Credit Union has set up accounts to
assist toward the effort of assistance for the
families. Contributions may be made at
www.lapfcu.org. Please consider joining
many of us in directly giving something back for
these selfless sacrifices. Your care and
assistance is most appreciated.”
- Bill Farrar
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Free
business counseling at the Hollywood Chamber
Offered by the Service Corps of Retired
Executives (SCORE)
Richard Krelstein, a retired business
turn-around specialist
Consulting services will be available most
Fridays 9:30 - 11:30am
To schedule an
appointment, call Vivian at (323)469-8311.
For those who missed the Hollywood Chamber trip
to China, the San Fernando Valley Chamber is
planning a
China Trip this spring.
Hollywood & Highland Center
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