Brad Evans said, “When I first

moved to Grover Beach and peo-

ple asked me where I lived, I

would usually say, „Oh, in a small

town next to Pismo Beach‟ or „I

live in the Five Cities area, south

SLO County‟. But, you know,

Grover Beach is coming of age

and now, I right out tell them „I

live in Grover Beach‟”. Along with

his wife, Lisa, Brad, lives in

Grover Beach, is raising a family

in Grover Beach, owns a busi-

ness in Grover Beach; and, he is

an active member of several

Grover Beach organizations help-

ing to guide the future growth

and development of the commu-

nity.

Lisa and Brad were both born

and raised in the valley. They

graduated from Tulare Union

High School in the early eighties

and, although they knew each

other in high school, love and

marriage came later. Brad at-

tended Long Beach State College

where, in

1985, he

received his

BA degree in

Radio, Televi-

sion and

Film. Later,

he returned

to school

earning his

t e a c h e r ‟ s

c e r t i f i c a t e

and, for four

years, taught

at both Han-

ford and

St rathmore

High Schools. Brad and Lisa

were married in 1987; they have

two lovely children, daughter

Alex, 18 and son Rece, 15. After

they moved to the Five Cities

Area, Brad knew that teaching

was really not for him. He found

other work to occupy

his time; a disc jockey

at the Graduate, he

studied and became a

certified Ophthalmolo-

gy Assistant and

worked six years for

the doctors of Pacific

Eye Surgeons.

In 2006, after great

thought and much

discussion, Brad and

Lisa decided that they

would open a family

operated sandwich

shop. They found a

location just south of

West Grand Avenue across the

street from Vons and opened

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Meet The Board: Brad Evans, Stacked Sandwiches

1

New Member Orientation Breakfast

1

Board of Directors 2

President’s Message 2

President’s Circle 2

Chamber Stats! October 2010

3

Ambassadors 4

Santa Lucia Bank Tri-Chamber Mixer

4

Annual Poker Tournament

5

Grover Beach Walk Celebration

6

Carved Pumpkin Contest 6

Schedule of Events / Calendar

7

Ribbon Cutting / New & Renewing Members

8

V O L U M E 4 9 I S S U E 1 1 N O V E M B E R ~ 2 0 1 0

“the mission of the Grover Beach

Chamber of Commerce is to

enhance the well-being of its

residents and visitors by being

the catalyst for professional

leadership in the development

and promotion of the local busi-

ness community”

Chamber Insider The

Since 1961

You will learn how the chamber

works with the city of Grover

Beach; which community events

are sponsored by your chamber;

and how important your business

is to the blueprint and vitality for

our city‟s economic forecast and

future.

You are encouraged to bring a

friend or personnel from your

office. Remember the Grover

Beach chamber of Commerce is

hosting this event and we are

extending an invitation to you to

be our guest at our First Grover

(Continued on page 3)

Meet The Board: Brad Evans, Stacked Sandwiches

The program will begin with a

light breakfast, followed be an

hour of information including a

question-and-answer session,

presentations by select chamber

members, and an opportunity for

you to introduce yourself and

showcase your business. You will

learn about the Grover Beach

Chamber of Commerce‟s Ambas-

sador Program and how it recog-

nizes new chamber members.

You will learn how our board

meetings bring the best of people

and events together to trigger

your enthusiasm that may steer

you onto the board of directors.

Once again the Grover Beach

Chamber of Commerce is step-

ping up to the plate with a “first”

event. We are excited to be host-

ing our First New Member Orien-

tation Breakfast for all Chamber

of Commerce new members. The

event will be held on Thursday,

November 18, 2010, at the love-

ly Ramona Garden Park Commu-

nity center (933 Ramona Avenue,

Grover Beach, CA - 93433) be-

ginning with check-in at 7:00

a.m. sharp. There is on-site park-

ing as well as street parking sur-

rounding the picturesque Ra-

mona Garden Park.

New Member Orientation Breakfast

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Chamber Insider The

I f your actions inspire oth-ers to dream more,

learn more, do more and become more,

you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

Board of Directors

Chair

Michael Boyer

ELEMENTS

Vice Chair

Linda McClure

American Property Services

Secretary

Anita Shower

Miss Etiquette

Treasurer

Jennifer Fonteneau

Rabobank

Past Chair

Lois Hughes

Keller Williams Realty

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Rita Canclini

Higher Groundz

Brad Evans

Stacked Sandwiches

Skip Kautz

Kautz Chevron

Ben Naeini

Ben’s Computers

Karen Randall

Miner’s Hardware

Anthony Salas, Jr.

Aflac

Mark Veiga

DeBlauw Construction

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

City Liaison

Kathy Petker

Parks & Recreation Director

with the Chamber and local busi-

nesses to introduce the street,

sidewalk and plant-life improve-

ments to West Grand Avenue.

We are well on our way to meet

our membership goals for fall of

2010 with 35+ new members.

Thank you for all of your referrals

and assistance with our new

members.

Now in November, we are active-

ly recruiting new volunteers to

assist us in leading our great

organization. Our finance com-

mittee is working on the 2011

budget and the ambassador

team is beginning to plan our

Installation Dinner.

With Thanksgiving right around

the corner, we have been work-

ing hard on our year-end plan-

ning! We participated with the

city of Grover Beach in a celebra-

tion of the new Grover Beach

Walk district. We are in the mid-

dle of a membership drive to

increase our business represen-

tation in and around the Five

Cities area. We had a successful

Poker Tournament and we are

wrapping up board nominations

for 2011-2012.

The Grover Beach Walk celebra-

tion on October 7th was a fantas-

tic event to help support the

business community of West

Grand Avenue. The city partnered

Presidents

Message

By Michael Boyer

Thank you for your continued

support as we move forward to

drive the needs of our business

community and membership to

achieve mutual success in these

improving economic times. I

welcome any and all suggestions

on ways our Chamber can better

serve our members. Please con-

tact me directly at mi-

chael@michaelboyer.net.

Rabobank

City of Grover

Beach

Peter & Carol Keith

Wells Fargo Bank

Central Coast

Casino

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Volume 49 Issue 11

Stacked Sandwiches; premium,

handcrafted sandwiches that not

only have good taste, but also

have public appeal with funny

names: Jane Doe, The Oinker,

The Mobster, Lisa‟s Stack,

Fishbreath, The Treehugger, The

Hippy Chick, The Moo Cow, The

Philly Wonka; names that attract

independent thinkers. After the

initial start-up, Lisa followed her

medical career, developing and

managing surgical centers leav-

ing Brad and his merry workers

to run the shop.

Brad is an active member of the

Grover Beach Chamber of Com-

merce Board of Directors. Brad

said, “It‟s gratifying to see this

very diverse and dynamic Board

led by a great CEO who has

brought a lot of professionalism

and energy to

the Chamber.”

Brad knows

that it has been

a struggle for a

lot of business-

es in town in-

cluding his own

but staying

open means

you are proba-

bly doing better

than some real-

tors, mortgag-

ers and phar-

m a c e u t i c a l

s a l e s m e n .

“Compared to

some others,”

he said, “We

are doing well.

In one word, the

key is „differentiation‟, meaning

doing something different; a

different package.” In his busi-

ness he stresses premium quali-

ty products, the highest quality

meat, cheeses, bread and truly

great customer service. “We

want to be your friendly, neigh-

bor sandwich shop!” he said.

Brad is the vice chair of the

Grover Beach Planning Commis-

sion. An interesting job to Brad,

one filled with new knowledge of

how government works and how

permits are obtained to start

businesses and/or initiate devel-

opment. “It‟s a fascinating pro-

cess,” he said. “For example, the

term „Ocean View‟ can be mis-

leading as adjoining neighbors

(Board continued from page 1) may have the right to build and

impact your ocean view. We try

to work out situa-

tions where the

„view‟ can be sus-

tained as much as

possible.” Commis-

sion meetings lately

have been focused

on what the City

might be able to do

in terms of incen-

tives to developers

and builders to do

business here. “We

have a great city

staff; they are in-

formative and helpful and make

our job as the intermediary be-

tween the paid staff and the city

council a lot easier.”

He is an active member of the

Rotary club of Grover Beach cur-

rently heading up the Rotary

Foundat io n

Service. One

of the fea-

tured Rotary

International

world service

programs is

the elimina-

tion of polio

t h r o ug ho ut

the world. “I

have always

believed in

service or-

ganizat ions

such as Rota-

ry, Kiwanis,

Lions and

their involve-

ment and

service to the

community. I

immensely enjoyed Lisa‟s being

the president of our Rotary last

year; and, I immensely enjoyed it

when her term was over.” To this

end, Stacked Sandwiches now

offers the Rotary Sandwich; a

portion of the sales of which will

go toward polio eradication. The

Evan‟s are also heavy donors to

local youth programs supporting

local athletic teams and services.

“I can‟t say no to charities,” he

said. “Kids are important and

I‟m always working on a balance

between charity work, my busi-

ness and my family.”

“I should tell everyone that I am

a radio talk show junky; I listen to

all viewpoints so I can make

informed decisions. I am also

intrigued with how to incorporate

the use of social media; e-mail,

twitter, Facebook,

etc., to benefit and

promote business.”

Brad says he has

used it successfully to

the point where many

other business own-

ers call him for infor-

mation. Because of

this, he is setting up

Stacked Marketing

Associates where he

will help other busi-

ness learn how to get

the most cost -

effective use of their marketing

budget. “The next wave will be

the use of video emails using a

web cam, click a button and off it

goes to others. Pretty exciting!”

he said.

His other idea is to eventually

have a Stacked Food Truck.

Brad said, “They can see our

daily location through Twitter or

Facebook, then place their order

through their blackberry, IPhone

or whatever; and then they can

come pick up the food at our

location. This way we can get our

product all over the county.”

Brad explained a personal chal-

lenge: “I have a love/hate rela-

tionship with Joy, my personal

trainer at Kennedy Club Fitness. I

hate when she makes me work

so hard, but love the way I am

beginning to feel. I‟m committed

to getting back into shape and

I‟m actually beginning to wear

clothes I haven‟t worn for a year.

We‟ve added a new Low-cal sec-

tion to our menu, the FitStack;

non-fat products, low carbs and

low calories. Not only is it good

for you, it‟s also good tasting.”

Brad also said that he loves to

write and he is looking for an

opportunity to use his creative

juices in the medium.

Richard Roberts

Beach Chamber of Commerce

New Member Orientation

breakfast. Questions may be

directed to the CEO, Linda Garcia

at (805) 489-9091.

C h a m b e r S t a t s !

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 0 P h o n e C a l l s : 1 4 6 W a l k I n s : 1 1 4 R e l o c a t i o n R e q u e s t s : 7

M e m b e r s h i p I n q u i r i e s : 2 1

(Orientation continued from page 1)

Each year during National Small Busi-ness Week, the U. S. Small Business

Administration (SBA) recognizes

outstanding small business owners for their contribution to the American

economy and society. The President

has declared May 15-22, 2011 as Na-

tional Small Business Week.

SBA is currently accepting nomina-

tions for several SBA award categories including the 2011 Small Business of

the Year Award. The Fresno SBA

Office services the fifteen Central

California counties. Trade associa-

tions, chambers of commerce and

business organizations frequently spon-sor candidates. A business owner may

also nominate themselves or other

candidates.

As part of National Small Week, busi-nesses located throughout Central

California will be honored with local

community events. Through the work of entrepreneurs, jobs are created,

families are given a better life and

whole communities are trans-formed. Please join us in the National

Small Business Week celebration.

Nomination criteria and deadline dates

for all award categories can be found

by visiting the SBA website at

www.sba.gov/ca/fresno "Spotlight” section or by contacting Melende Ward

of the Fresno SBA Office at (559) 487-

5791, ext 143.

P A G E 4

Chamber Insider The

Chair

Rita Canclini Higher Groundz

Trisha Borgardt Mobility Therapy

Gary Chambers Mobility Therapy

Michael Ebinger KCOY 12 / FOX 11

Andrea Ghiselli Rabobank

Dr. Trish Hardy Hardy Chiropractic

Michael Phares Dado's Marketing, Communications, & Public Relations

Anthony F. Salas, Jr Aflac

Anita Shower Miss Etiq0uette

Michael Wambolt Seacrest Resort

Ambassadors

CEO / President

Linda Garcia

Administrative Assistant

Shannon Quake

Santa Lucia Bank Hits a

Santa Lucia Bank Hits a

Homerun with their

Homerun with their

16th Annual Tri16th Annual Tri--Chamber Mixer

Chamber Mixer

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Volume 49 Issue 11

1st Place:1st Place:1st Place:

Michael BoyerMichael BoyerMichael Boyer

2nd Place:2nd Place:2nd Place:

Stacey AllardStacey AllardStacey Allard

3rd Place:3rd Place:3rd Place:

Det VannasapDet VannasapDet Vannasap

Special Thanks to:

Central Coast Casino

Mongos

The Girls Restaurant

Jersey Mikes

Stacked Sandwiches

Letitia Winery

Ortman Family Vineyard

P A G E 6

Chamber Insider The

The Grover Beach Walk Celebration

Was a Huge Success!

Carved Pumpkin Contest at Ramona Garden Park

P A G E 7

Volume 49 Issue 11 P A G E 7

Schedule of Events

November 2010

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

31 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 1 2 3 4

11/01 City Council Meeting City Hall 6:30 PM

11/07 Day Light Savings Time Ends

11/09 Executive Committee Meeting Grover Beach Chamber Office 7:45 AM

11/09 Planning Commission Meeting City Hall 6:30 PM

11/11 Veterans Day City Hall & Chamber Closed

11/12 City Hall Closed, Furlough Day

11/15 City Council Meeting City Hall 6:30 PM

11/16 Board of Directors Meeting Rabobank, Grover Beach 7:45 AM

11/16 Ambassador Meeting Rabobank, Grover Beach 9:00 AM

11/16 Ribbon Cutting Rabobank, Grover Beach 10:00 AM

11/17 Tri-Chamber Luncheon, with speaker Jim Hogeboom , South County Regional Center 800 A W. Branch St. Arroyo Grande 12:00 PM

11/17 Tri-Chamber Mixer, Pismo Beach Premium Outlets 333 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach 5:00 PM

11/18 New Member Orientation Breakfast Ramona Garden Park 7:00 AM

11/18 Parks & Recreation Beauitfication Committee Meeting City Hall 6:30 PM

11/20 Grover Beach Beautification Day City Hall Parking Lot 8:00 AM

11/25 Thanksgiving Day City Hall & Chamber Closed

11/26 Thanksgiving Holiday City Hall & Chamber Closed

•City Council

Meeting

•Day Light Savings

Time Ends

•Executive

Committee Meeting

•Planning

Commission

Meeting

•Veteran’s Day, City

Office Closed

•City Hall Closed,

Furlough Day

•City Council Meeting •Board of Directors

Meeting

•Ambassador Meeting

Ribbon Cuttings

•Tri-Chamber

Luncheon

•Tri-Chamber Mixer

•New Member

Orientation Breakfast

•Parks & Recreation

Beautification

Committee Meeting

•Grover Beach

Beautification Day

•Thanksgiving Day

Offices Closed

•Thanksgiving Holiday

Offices Closed

180 Highway 1, Grover Beach, CA 93433

Phone: (805) 489-9091, Fax: (805) 489-4147

E-mail: Info@GroverBeachChamber.com

The Grover Beach

Chamber of Commerce

P A G E 8

Chamber Insider The

New Members & Ribbon Cuttings

Crystal Dove Cleaning

Lil’ Bits Café

Spyglass Inn Restaurant

Pismo Coast Shopping Plaza

Hardy Chiropractic

Majuvi - Flowers, Decorations & More

Wet Dog Design

United Way of SLO County

Taco Bell, Nissjac Inc.

Station Grill

Prime Outlets/CA Welcome Center

Oxford Suites Pismo Beach

Cowles California Media

Herber, Hobert E., DDS

Five Cities Women’s Network

Costco Wholesale

City Books

John L. Gannon, PhD

Attractions Salon

Accessories Marketing, Inc.

Shoreline Workforce Development Services

Fluid Resource Management

Renewing Members Majuvi - Flowers, Decorations & More • Hardy Chiropractic