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 Businesses Visited:  

7th Dimension LLC  Absolute Office Solutions  Acupuncture Center Adam's Cigars Aladino Financial Services Inc

All About Me  American River AG  Anne Sacco Interiors Ansys Archer Building Company Inc.

Art of Cigars  Bark Avenue  Bella Talloni Bicycle Medic Big O Tires and Service Center ‐ EDH 

Bistro 33  Blue Ribbon Personnel Services (El Dorado Hills) 

Bureau of Land Management Burger Hut Cartridge World

Casa Ramos  Cellz Plus Skin Care  Central Valley Floor Design Chase Bank  El Dorado Hills  Chili's (El Dorado Hills)

Citrine Gifts and Treasures  Cold Stone Creamery (El Dorado Hills) 

Colorado Federal Savings Bank 

Consensus Orthopedics  Crossfit Bios

David Lopes, DDS  Davis & Amaral  Diamond Central Building Materials, Inc. 

Digital Doc LLC Dignity Medical Aesthetics

EDH Music  Edward Jones ‐ El Dorado Hills1 

El Dorado Coffee and Tea El Dorado Endodontics  El Dorado Hills Dental

El Dorado Hills Eyecare  El Dorado Hills Optometric Center 

El Dorado Hills Pet Clinic El Dorado Musical Theatre  El Dorado Pain Management Center 

El Dorado Saloon, Inc.  Ewing ‐ El Dorado Hills  Face in a Book Fastenal Fidelity 

Firestone  Fit and Well Pilates  Folsom Lake Realty Folsom Tinting and Auto Glass 

Foothill Physical Therapy

Golden Hills Family Dental  Grapevine Apparel  Grapevine Apparel Great Smiles Family & cosmetic Dentistry 

Green Valley Nursery and Landscape 

Haemonetics  Intero Real Estate Svcs Ed Hills/Extreme Realty 

iStorage it takes the village Jackson H. Mason, Jr

Jared W. Ruminson DDS (Dentist) 

Jiffy Lube ‐ El Dorado Hills  Jordan's Closet Julie L. Leaverton, DDS  Katarzyna Peliks & Radoslaw Peliks 

Kid's Camp  Kumon Math & Reading Center 

Lake Forest Wines Leslies Swimming Pool Supplies 

Lincoln Electric

Lynn N. Talbott, JR.  Magic Smiles  Massage Envy (El Dorado) Mathnasium of El Dorado Hills 

Mechanics Bank (El Dorado Hills) 

Mercedes‐Benz (El Dorado)  Mercy Medical Group  Mikes Marketplace Barbershop 

Mountain Mikes Pizza (El Dorado Hills) 

Mraz Brewing Company

Nail File & Spa  NorCal Spine and Support  Nugget Market Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers 

Pacific States Development Corporation 

Pak Mail  Pak N Post  Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet Paragon Pat Alan Turner

Peets Coffee  Personal Management Consultants 

Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc. 

Pottery World ProEquity

Prudential California Realty  R Systems  RBC Wealth Management Regal Entertainment Group  Renew Lending Inc

Romo Incentives Group  Round Table Pizza  RTS Computers Ruffhaus Hot Dog Runway Boutique

Sacramento Rebar  Safeway (El Dorado Hills)  Sandra's D's Boutique Schaedler Insurance & Bonding Services 

Sellstate Ridgeview Reality

SI&A ‐ School Innovations and Achievement 

Sizzling Fresh  Sky Sushi Smog King Snap Fitness

Snipes Construction Inc.  Soulstice Juice  Starbucks Subway ‐ El Dorado Hills 3  Suds Car Wash

Swansons Cleaners ‐ El Dorado Hills 2 

Talisman Collection  Target Terence Degan, M.D. The Purple Place

Think Augmented Reality  Thompson Family Dentistry  Tramonto Jewelry Tri Signal Integration, Inc  Village Financial

Vintage Grace Church  Wells Fargo Bank ‐ El Dorado Hills 2 

Western Water Features Inc Youngdahl Consulting Group  Zamp Helmets

Zimmer     

  The Sacramento Metro Chamber is the largest and oldest voice of business in the greater Sacramento area. Representing nearly 2,000 member businesses and business organizations in the six‐county Sacramento region, the Metro Chamber serves as the region’s leading proponent of regional cooperation and primary advocate on issues affecting business, strengthening the regional economy and quality of life. As a principal partner in Next Economy Capital Region Prosperity Plan1 and in its role as managing partner of Business Bridge, the Metro Chamber executes the Business Walk Series in cooperation with its local chamber and public sector partners. The Metro Chamber has partnered with 19 other regional jurisdictions and economic development organizations to provide one‐on‐one support for county businesses and throughout the 6‐county Capital region. These organizations, through Business Bridge, are meeting one‐on‐one with businesses throughout the region to identify and address individual business needs and ensure continued growth and economic prosperity. For additional information concerning Business Bridge, visit metrochamber.org/business‐bridge  1  The Next Economy Capital Region Prosperity Plan is the 6‐county Capital region’s economic development strategy. 2  Business Bridge is a coalition of 20 public and private sector partners focused on ensuring that the 6‐county Capital region is the best place to do business in California