What’s Important Now
The Top 5 Arvada Chamber news, resources, and events you need to know this week and month.
This Week
- 1. Limited Volunteer Opportunities Remain for the May 3rd "Day of Service"
- 2. May 9: Join us for the 73rd Annual Awards Luncheon
- 3. Sign up to be a 2024 Taste of Arvada Restaurant and Non-Food Vendor
- 4. The Arvada Chamber has Moved!
- 5. Explore SizeUp Arvada
- Pioneer Award: Mark McGoff
- Man of the Year: Keith Sorci
- Woman of the Year: Karen Miller
- Image Award: Heather Fiedler, Normalee Lee and Joel Folk
- Young Professional Leadership Award: Ashley Palacios and Stephanie Paul
- Rising Star Award: Terenn Tracy
The Arvada Chamber and Arvada Economic Development Association recently launched the free “SizeUp Arvada” data tool for businesses to access. SizeUp Arvada helps to level the business playing field by empowering Arvada entrepreneurs and small businesses with important data insights that typically only large corporations can afford to access. SizeUp Arvada can assist in providing answers to:
- Where should I start my business in Arvada?
- Who are my competitors and how do I perform compared to them?
- How can I find more customers?
- How do I identify the best places to locate and advertise my business?
April 2024
- 1. April 11: National Civics Bee
- 2. April 19: State of the City Address
- 3. May 3: Day of Service
- 4. May 9: 73rd Annual Awards Luncheon
- 5. New Colorado Laws 101
Thirteen local middle school students will compete in the National Civics Bee, a live quiz event to test their civics knowledge. The finalists will receive various prizes, including $500 cash for the first-place student, and the top three students will go to the state competition. Free to attend! arvadachamber.org/CivicsBee
On Friday morning, April 19, the Arvada Chamber and the City of Arvada will host the 2024 State of the City Address at Revive Church. In her inaugural address, “From Milestones to Horizons: Charting the Path Forward,” Arvada Mayor Lauren Simpson will celebrate accomplishments of the past year and preview the work to come in the future.
Join the Arvada Chamber community for the inaugural Day of Service! Sign up yourself and your team for one of 8 local organizations that need our helping hands! We will be serving the community from 12:00 – 3:00 pm and then coming together for a happy hour celebration. All volunteers will receive official Day of Service apparel. arvadachamber.org/DayofService
Join us at Arvada Center Event Spaces to celebrate leaders who make Arvada thrive! We will honor the Man and Woman of the Year, Pioneer Award, Image Awards, Young Professional Leadership Award and Rising Star Award. arvadachamber.org/AwardsLuncheon
The Arvada Chamber has assembled explainer posts for five new Colorado laws: FAMLI, Minimum Wage Increase, Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, Colorado SecureSavings, and the POWR Act. arvadachamber.org/Laws101