Santee Chamber of Commerce

Check out the Weekly Update, now up online in the News section on the Santee Chamber's website! #SanteeChamber #WeeklyUpdate #SanteeYoungProfessionals

Shout out to James Cassady with State Farm for our awesome insurance coverage AND coffee mugs! We need both every day of the year! #SanteeChamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #SanteeBusiness

Episode 8 is now streaming. Check out the "Santee Update" podcast on Apple or Spotify! #SanteeChamber #SanteeUpdate #santeeyoungorofessionals

We'd like to welcome a new member to the Santee Chamber: 5 Diamond Mechanical! 5DM is located on Prospect Avenue and prides itself on delivering top of the line service for HVAC maintenance, repair and installation for both residential and commercial properties. #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #santeebusiness #newmembermonday

Enjoy up to 20% off on delivered floral arrangements by Christine's Floral Designs! But don’t wait, this sale will be gone in a flash! Save 20% all through the month of December Call or text 619-569-4717 to pre-order today!... #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #chambermember #flowers #christmas

Page 1 of 365. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right! #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #newyears #2021

Happiest birthday to our amazing Office Manager, Jennae!

Check out the Weekly Update, now up online in the News section on the Santee Chamber's website! #SanteeChamber #WeeklyUpdate

Pacific Islander Beer Company needs your support! Buy beer, buy gift cards, buy merchandise. It gives the opportunity for PIB to stay open! For any information contact the brewery ... between 2-7 pm 619-270-7777 #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #pibbrewery #beer #shopsantee #shoplocal

Hello Santee! I love the phrase ride or die". I often hear it applied to people in friendships or personal relationships and I too have caught myself using it among friends. Luckily for me, a lot of people I work with aren’t just business associates, but also friends. We have shared interests and hobbies and all have similar visions for what we want Santee to become. Mike Aiken at Carlton Oaks Golf Course is one that I am now able to call a friend. A few years ago, we didn’...t even know each other. He retired from the San Diego Police Department and wanted to find a hobby job around town that would keep him busy. Boy did he EVER! It’s hard to go to the golf course and not be directly impacted by the efforts Mike has personally put into the property. His casual hobby job has become a true labor of love as he quickly became John Chen’s righthand man. He understands the importance of community and what it means to be Santee’s home course, constantly immersing himself into role after role in town to see how he can keep the Oaks connected in every way possible. He serves in the local Rotary Club, is an active member of COMPOC via the City and of course my favorite role of his, is also a Director on my board for the Chamber. I have yet to go to him with a request he isn’t willing to fulfill or a task he can’t take on. These are the volunteers we dream of as Chamber executives, by the way! After joining our board, he quickly jumped into several committees offering his time, talent and resources to me and our organization. After months on end of only having virtual meetings and activities, we are finally hosting an in-person event this Friday and I couldn’t be more excited. Our second annual Veterans Appreciation Golf Tournament is sold out and ready to honor some local heroes! We are so proud to have sponsors like Lennar come in to help us partner with our local American Legion and VFW to show support for our Vets. Have we had to change our format, our safety regulations and adhere to additional guidelines to get it done? Well absolutely this is 2020 after all (the YEAR which will live in infamy). Mike (a Veteran himself!) and I had a great committee involved in getting this off the ground. It goes to show that two heads are better than one and so on, as we all had to brainstorm around new regulations to make sure we host a safe and responsible event. A huge thanks to Sarah Wood, Doug Whitney, Dean Velasco and Kristopher Shannon for all your help! But I have to say, Mike’s above and beyond effort to make sure this was a success has placed him into ride or die status for me. I’m thankful to have all these people as business associates through my amazing job, and better yet, as friends. Looking forward to a beautiful day on the course tomorrow to kick off a time of year where we celebrate those who have served, our Veterans. Kristen, CEO

Best of East County 2020 Reader’s Poll! Vote today! This is your opportunity to let your voice be heard! Vote for your favorite people, places and businesses in East County to help them determine who is the very best in East County. Deadline to vote is November 30, 5pm.... Online ballot link- https://s.ripl.com/r1q9ah #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #bestofeastcounty #vote

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Happy Halloween! If you participate in Halloween festivities make sure to stay safe! Are you dressing up? Let us know what you are going to be! #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofressionals #happy #halloween

Happy Birthday to our CEO, Kristen Dare! We appreciate everything you do! #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #birthday #bossgirl

There are still spots available to play or be a sponsor at our Veterans Appreciation Golf Tournament on Friday, November 6th at the Carlton Oaks Golf Course! Registration can be done by clicking on the link below! https://s.ripl.com/fz4fgo... #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #golf #tournament #sponsors #veteransappreciation

Congratulations to Edgemoor Hospital on being named the best in California! Visit the link below to read the Union Tribune article! https://s.ripl.com/c92kbo #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #hospital #uniontribune

The San Diego County Water Authority will host an online public information session on Oct. 27 about economic considerations related to the proposed Regional Conveyance System. The virtual event will run from 10 a.m. to noon. To reserve a spot, email [email protected]. #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #water

There are some SPOOKY savings at GTM Discount General Stores this week! #santeechamber #santeeyoungprofessionals #halloween

Santee Chamber Weekly Update: Hello Santee! It's late on a Friday afternoon turned evening... and yet it feels like I'm not even at the end of the day, let alone end of the week. Do you ever have those times? Although this week has escaped me, I must turn back to a few days ago and be grateful that some of this time warp is due to me stepping away for a long weekend that extended into Monday. For those who follow me on social media, you may have already seen that I took a tri...p with my mother to Chicago; I love that city so much and watching someone else experience it for the first time is so gratifying. The only thing that put a small hinderance on our trip was witnessing the aftermath of COVID. Walking around downtown we saw several businesses with modified hours, closed doors for the near future, or even permanently moved out with lease signs in the window for the next hopeful tenant. A local chamber member (Bill Berghoff of Sportsplex USA) has a family owned restaurant in the area that I was excited to take my mom to, but like many others, their doors were closed to the public until regulations lossen to make it financially worth reopening. I was disappointed to hear from him that I wouldn't be able to go in this trip, but couldn't help taking this picture under their outdoor signage after we stumbled across it by accident one day. As my mom and I popped in and out of several tourist attractions, we were often educated on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 149 years ago to the day as we mark the middle of their three day blaze. Although I had heard the story before, the lesson stuck with me more this time than ever. I heard a tale of something so impactful for a community, devastating so much of their town and making a third of their population homeless. Although many could have left and started over anew anywhere but there, they chose to stay and rebuild. There was quite the debate on what started the fire, but in the end, it didn't matter. What mattered was the people didn't JUST rebuild, they reimagined the city for what it could be and springboarded their town into bigger potential than it was previously living up to, growing it into more than it was before the fire. It really made me think of our current situation and how impacted we all are from this pandemic. BUT, we have some choices. We can let this steamroll us and become part of the ashes of what once was, or we can choose to be more than we ever were and persevere greater, stronger, more united and push ourselves out of the abyss and into the light. I look forward to watching businesses rise and continue to pivot into bright versions of what they may not have imagined for themselves otherwise. And in a small nod to another great town, I hope to "Chicago" our way into the future and build Santee into all it can be. Kristen Dare, CEO

How cute are these succulent pumpkins that Christine's Floral Designs is selling?! They are the perfect addition your table is missing! They are $45 and they will be available for purchase at the Ladies at the Lakes event coming up at the Santee Lakes on October ... 17th along with other custom designs. You are welcome to order up until then as well by call/text 619.569.4717 or email [email protected]

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