The Chamber board of directors has started calling Chamber members to reach out to provide organization information. We feel it is important to take the time to support Redlands Chamber of Commerce businesses and hear what is on their minds. The chamber provides any number of events, networking opportunities, discussions relevant to industry issues and so much more, chamber members are encouraged to participate and have their voices be heard.

Members of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce Hotel Industry Owners Committee presented a check for $5202 to Police Chief Garcia and Fire Chief Frazier at the October Redlands City Council meeting. The money is to be used to help fund the new police and fire mobile command center. The donating hotels are: Country Inn and Suites, Comfort Suites, Hanson’s Motel, Thrift Lodge, Motel 7, Budget Inn Motel, Redlands Motor Lodge Inc., Super 8 Redlands, Star Light Motel, and Motel 6. The Hotel Industry Owners Committee has been working on increasing tourism through overnight stays in Redlands, which in return helps local businesses and the city as a whole. I would like to thank the committee for their time, effort, and donation to this great cause.

Senator Mike Morell held the annual top chamber business awards luncheon. Redlands Chamber of Commerce awards were given to Documedia Group, Redlands Taxi, and Whitefrog Design LLC. The top chamber award was given Jim Nolin from Documedia Group. Congratulations to all on this great achievement.

It’s not too early to mark your calendars for December 10^th from 5-7 PM for the Redlands Chamber of Commerce holiday mixer, held at the chamber. I hope to see many of you there.

Rise’ n Shine Redlands celebrates 25 years of delivering community information to members. In 1990 a field trip to Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce provided the seed of program that became Rise’ n Shine Redlands. The model program was fast paced interesting and fun… with that model a committee was formed and the rest as they say is history.

It was agreed that to encourage people to attend, participate and enjoy a program that would be called to order at 7 AM on a Friday morning, it would have to be entertaining, interactive and productive. The design fell into place and an hour program with 12 – 15 speakers scheduled was born. It was determined that the speakers would be identified as resources so a lot of information could be transmitted in a short period of time. For additional details guests could seek out the speaker.

As the program evolved I was clear that it was unlike any other chamber meeting. It was fun, fast, interesting, irreverent and dynamic.

Over the years more than 250 chamber members have guided the program having the flexibility to move, bump and shift their way through the program. Well over 3000 announcements, introductions, demonstrations and invites have been scheduled.

It’s rare in any organization or industry to have a long term successful program that maintains interest and attention and Rise’ n Shine has done just that.

On November 6^th 7:00 AM at the Casa Loma Room at the University of Redlands, the Chamber will celebrate the Silver Anniversary of this unpredictable event.

Join the revelers and celebrate a quarter of century of news, fun, networking and irreverence, you never know what might happen at Rise’ n Shine.

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There’s a reason why Entrepreneur magazine recently ranked Keller Williams as the No. 1 real estate franchise. If you are interested in buying or selling, call Keller Williams Redlands, 793-2100 or visit them at 301 West Redlands Blvd.