Member Announcements

Poseidon desal plant making national headlines amid California drought

Carlsbad Chamber member Poseidon Water  was featured in a recent story from  NPR dealing with California’s drought. The story spotlights how the Carlsbad desalination plant will be the largest in the western hemisphere and allow more than 100,000 household access to purified drinking water. The article also focuses on the cost of the water and how it…

Jamba Juice opens its second location in Carlsbad

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce ambassadors and staff sample the treats at Jamba Juice. Jamba Juice and the Carlsbad Chamber’s Ambassador’s committee celebrated with a ribbon cutting to commemorate Jamba Juice’s new store located at 2505 Palomar Airport Road, Ste. 101 (in the Palomar Commons across from the Palomar Airport.) The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce is happy to welcome this Jamba Juice…

Paradise Gourmet Market opens in the Carlsbad Village

Paradise Gourmet Market had a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of their new business. The new Carlsbad Chamber member have recently opened their new store located on the north end of State Street in the Carlsbad Village. “Like” Paradise Gourmet’s Facebook page Paradise Gourmet Market Below are a couple photos of the ribbon cutting.

Carlsbad Chamber welcomes new members: February 2014

We had our first new member orientation of the year on Thursday. More than 40 new members arrived to learn about what the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce can offer their business through their membership. The new members got a chance to get acquainted with each other before the orientation began. Some had already attended a few…

EV charging station now installed at Carlsbad Premium Outlets

Terry O’Day, vice president for NRG eVgo in California, at the new charging station at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets. Drivers of electric cars can now charge their vehicles while they shop at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets — thanks to a charging station unveiled Tuesday by NRG eVgo (a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc.) and the…

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of Life Technologies is now complete

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the acquisition of Carlsbad-base Life Technologies is now complete after meeting all regulatory approvals. According to a news release, the acquisition was for approximately $13.6 billion ($76.13 in cash per fully diluted common share) plus the assumption of $1.5 billion in net debt. The majority of Life Technologies will be included…

The February issue of the Carlsbad Business Journal is out now

The February Carlsbad Business Journal is now available. For those who have yet to read this month’s publication, you’ll have the opportunity to do so via our online version below, or you can find the Carlsbad Business Journal in one of our rack located throughout Carlsbad. It includes a new section called “Visionary Voices.” This…

Chamber director Sterling honors diplomat who saved his family from Nazis

turned_in_notAristides de Sousa Mendes, Brussels, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Lee Sterling
All it took was an Internet search session — Googling his name and the name of his maternal grandmother in 2012 — for Lee Sterling to re-connect with his past. What he found provided both personal and historical context to some of his earliest childhood memories as he unearthed details of how his family escaped…

Carlsbad Chamber’s first Sundowner of 2014 is a big hit

Wednesday night’s Sundowner at Miguel’s Cocina Carlsbad was a big hit. For the second consecutive year, Miguel’s Cocina has hosted a Sundowner in January.  There were exactly 150 people who made an appearance. Below we have a slideshow of what happened at the event. [nggallery id=14] Here’s what a Twitter follower had to say about the January…
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