Los Alamos Chamber News
News items of the Los Alamos Chamber of CommerceCB FOX Celebrates 35 Years of Chamber Membership
Located on Central Avenue in the middle of downtown, CB FOX is integral to the experience of living and shopping in Los Alamos. In 1979 the Fox family bought Los Alamos’ only dry goods store, Clement and Benner, from their next door neighbors in St. Louis, MO, moved...
Chamber Notes The Finishing Touch 35 Year Anniversary
With a degree in interior design, a background in custom home design and construction and no retail business experience, Los Alamos natives Cheryl Sowder and her husband Joe Brophy bought the paint side of Netuschil Paint and Glass from Tom Netuschil in 1979....
Small Business Saturday in Los Alamos
In 2010, American Express founded Small Business Saturday to encourage people to shop at local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This Novemeber, a wide-ranging group of local businesses and United Way of Northern New Mexico coordinated the event in Los...
Los Alamos Chamber Golf Tournament Dates Announced
The Chamber Golf Tournament is back in town, and we’re very excited about having it at the Los Alamos Municipal Golf Course, Friday, July 11- play begins at 1 p.m. You can register as a team or as an individual, and rather than using your handicap, we’ll use a team...
Chamber Marks 50th Anniversary
”It was a relaxed, yet well organized event, and the Strickfadens of Buffalo Tours really did enjoy it!” -Georgia Strickfaden “Thank you for pulling together a wonderful banquet! It was just the right amount of time, some social, some presentation/ speaking. All very...
Customer Service Training Promotes Spirit of Service
Customer service is the most important product that every business sells. Realizing this, the Tourism Association of New Mexico partnered with Wells Fargo and HospiTotally to offer training seminars all throughout New Mexico. Los Alamos was lucky to offer this to...
Chamber Partners with United Way to Promote Small Business Saturday
Thirteen local businesses signed up and agreed to donate 5 percent of proceeds to the United Way of Northern New Mexico’s Community Action Fund. Held on November 30, Small Business Saturday is meant to be the local antidote to Black Friday shopping. Additional...
Chamber Hosts Health Insurance Workshops for Local Businesses
The Chamber and LACDC’s Business Assistance Services partnered up to host four workshops for employers around the topic of the Health Care Reform Act’s impact on employers and tools for employers to find health insurance for their employees in New Mexico. Nearly 60...
Toward a Better Chamber
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce is the membership program of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation. Our mission as stated in the by-laws of LACDC is “to encourage and assist our members in achieving their full economic potential for the benefit of themselves and of the entire community.
Small Business Saturday
The Small Business Saturday idea arose as a way to remind people to spend some of their holiday dollars at local businesses, rather than at some remote mall. Small Business Saturday takes place on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, following close on the heels of what is called Black Friday.