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Solvang Chamber of Commerce E-Newsletter - May 2010
On-line Chamber Newsletter A Success...
We are pleased with the success of our on-line newsletter by the comments we received and the number of times many of you went back to read it.
...Chamber Survey Response Requested.
Now that we believe we have a captive audience we are including a questionnaire that we ask you take some time to review and fill out for us.
Please click on this link to access the Survey document - Solvang Member Survey. There will be a drawing for a wonderful bottle of wine for those who submit the form by May 28.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Please make sure you have the updated version of Acrobat Reader Version 9.3 - it a free download and a link is provided in the left sidebar.
Those of you who use POP mail can open the document in Acrobat Reader and fill in the blanks, then click on the submit button and send back to the Chamber.
Those using any type of web mail, such as Yahoo mail; Gmail; Hotmail and many others, will need to do one of two things.
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2. OR: Save the document to your desktop, open it in Acrobat Reader, print it out and then mail via USPS to the Chamber office.
From time to time the chamber steps back and re-assesses the benefits we provide our membership to make sure we are appropriately meeting your needs. We ask that you help us in providing you with an efficient Chamber best serving the needs of the business community.
Thank you for your time in responding to us.
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Chamber board joins dentist, Dr. Michael Smith, for a ribbon cutting
at his new business in Solvang located at 680 Alamo Pintado.
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Our Diamond Ranked Restaurants
Kenneth Harwood
Economist
Solvang Chamber of Commerce
Restaurants and other eating places serve residents and visitors. These business establishments are an important part of our local economy.
American Automobile Association each year ranks a few of our eating places in a system of one to five diamonds. Five diamonds go to the most outstanding establishments.
Here are some results of the latest ranking. |
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AAA published ranks of 18 restaurants in the Santa Ynez Valley for 2010. Other eating places included restaurants, fast food establishments, coffee houses, bakeries, and some delicatessens. Bars and tasting rooms served everything from full meals in some hotel bars to snacks in many wine tasting rooms.
Solvang included six ranked restaurants, of which two were one diamond, two were two diamond, one was three diamond, and one was four diamond. Buellton had five two diamond restaurants. Los Olivos offered one two diamond restaurant and three three diamond restuarants Santa Ynez had three ranked restaurants, of which two were three diamond and one was four diamond.
AAA listed a four diamond restaurant in Ballard with other restaurants having a Solvang postal address. The four diamond restaurant in Santa Ynez was on the Chumash reservation.
The nearest five diamond eating place was on the south coast of Santa Barbara County.
Ranked restaurants and other eating and drinking places in Santa Barbara County together produced an estimated $686,700,000 during 2008. That was 12% of all taxable sales. Food stores produced an estimated $315,600,000 or 5% of all taxable sales.
You can find names, locations, and other details of restaurants in the AAA Southern California and Las Vegas Tour Book, 2010 Edition. See a selection of local eating places featuring wine country cuisine, international fare, American favorites, and picnic fixings in 2010 Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley Visitor’s Guide, pages 38-40, online at www.SolvangUSA.com and www.SantaYnezValleyVisit.com.
Please see University of California Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project Santa Ynez Valley Economic Outlook report for details of taxable sales. Order a copy of the report by calling 805 893-5739 or emailing info@ucsb-efp.com. |
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
On Friday, May 7, the North County Economic Outlook seminar presented by UCSB as part of their Economic Forecast Project. It will be held in the Marian Theater at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria from 7am to 10am.
To register by phone please call 805-893-5159 or follow this link to their PDF form: ECONOMIC FORECAST PROJECT.
SHOP LOCAL DISCOUNTS:
We are still gathering names for those businesses that wish to participate in Shop local campaign by offering a discount to those that are local. We hope to print the list in our next newsletter and area asking for your participation.
All those who are in interested please contact the Chamber and we will add you to the list.
It's a WIN WIN program for all!!!!.
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MAY INSERTS:
Wandering Dog Wine Bar Presents 'LarnereFête' Picnic at the Vineyard
Solvang School's 8th Annual Golf Tournament
Rabobank: Safe, Sound and at your Service
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Contact Information: Telephone 805-688-0701
Postal address: P.O. Box 465 - Solvang, CA 93464
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