March 23 marks the 90th anniversary of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. We're celebrating 90 years of service and leadership to the growing community of Carlsbad. The Chamber is 30 years older than the city itself. During those three decades before city government, the business leaders created an association that could help put together the rules and operating instructions for how business would grow and prosper.
Today the chamber is the 10th largest chamber of commerce in California and the second largest in the county of San Diego with more than 1,500 businesses residing in the 40 square miles of Carlsbad, which today has a population of more than 100,000.
At the March 23 gala, the Chamber will honor five businesses and business people with awards, swear in its 2013 Board of Directors and honor five wounded Marine combat veterans with Spirit of America awards.
Carlsbad is one of the wealthiest cities in the county and is the envy of many cities in California. One of the ways the city has grown is its devotion to its citizens, its business acumen and its unwavering support of the business community.
I was looking for something that would describe what makes people in Carlsbad different and these lines seems to hit the nail on the head. Thomas Jefferson wrote these Commandments and they are still valuable today.
• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
• Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
• Never spend your money before you have earned it.
• Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
• Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
• We seldom report of having eaten too little.
• Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
• How much pain evils have cost us that have never happened.
• Take things always by the smooth handle.
• When angry, count to 10 before you speak, if very angry, count to 100.
I will see all of you on the evening of March 23 at the La Costa Resort and Spa when we celebrate our 90th anniversary. For information on the event and to purchase tickets, visit www.carlsbad.org or call the Chamber at 760-931-8400.
I will leave you with this thought, "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."
Today the chamber is the 10th largest chamber of commerce in California and the second largest in the county of San Diego with more than 1,500 businesses residing in the 40 square miles of Carlsbad, which today has a population of more than 100,000.
At the March 23 gala, the Chamber will honor five businesses and business people with awards, swear in its 2013 Board of Directors and honor five wounded Marine combat veterans with Spirit of America awards.
Carlsbad is one of the wealthiest cities in the county and is the envy of many cities in California. One of the ways the city has grown is its devotion to its citizens, its business acumen and its unwavering support of the business community.
I was looking for something that would describe what makes people in Carlsbad different and these lines seems to hit the nail on the head. Thomas Jefferson wrote these Commandments and they are still valuable today.
• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
• Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
• Never spend your money before you have earned it.
• Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
• Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
• We seldom report of having eaten too little.
• Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
• How much pain evils have cost us that have never happened.
• Take things always by the smooth handle.
• When angry, count to 10 before you speak, if very angry, count to 100.
I will see all of you on the evening of March 23 at the La Costa Resort and Spa when we celebrate our 90th anniversary. For information on the event and to purchase tickets, visit www.carlsbad.org or call the Chamber at 760-931-8400.
I will leave you with this thought, "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."