Member Announcements

Carlsbad Chamber welcomes new members: February 2014

February 18, 2014

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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

February 4, 2014

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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

February 4, 2014

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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

February 4, 2014

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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

February 1, 2014

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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

January 17, 2014

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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…

New Carlsbad Chamber members

January 14, 2014

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We at the Carlsbad Chamber will post new members on our Facebook and Twitter pages but for those who missed it, here’s a list of our most recent new members just before the new year: Cambridgecommerce, Inc. Credit card/ merchant processing/ ACH and check processing for ecommerce and direct to consumer merchants. Rancho Carlsbad Golf Course We…

Carlsbad desalination plant celebrates first year of construction

January 8, 2014

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Poseidon Water marked the one-year anniversary of construction of the Carlsbad Desalination Project with a news conference in which officials announced that the project is 25 percent complete, on budget and on track to open in 2016. A construction crew secures a beam to the hook of a crane at the site of the Carlsbad…

Upcoming January events

January 7, 2014

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Ambassador Committee, Busines Resource Committee, Carlsbad Business Journal, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Coffee Connection, Miguel's Cocina Carlsbad, Sundowner, Sustainability Committee

Welcome to 2014 Chamber members! Here’s what you can look for during the first month of 2014 here at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. All committees are at 7:30 a.m. and meet at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce located on 5934 Priestly drive. January 8: Ambassador Committee January 10: Coffee Connection January 14: Sustainability Committee January 17: Deadline…

Are you up-to-date on the new 2014 Labor Laws?

December 9, 2013

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We have one last workshop this year, and it’s an important one. Tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 8-9:30 a.m., The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will have a workshop presented by Lou Storrow, of Storrow Law, APC, discussing the new labor laws in 2014. We touched upon the workshop before in a previous blog post, but more…