We are delighted to share with you that the new year has started on a good note—the deadline to apply for the CA Relief Grant has been extended until January 13, 2021 (12/30/20-01/13/21)! We have partnered with Senator Portantino and the SBDC Network to host a free webinar in multiple languages to provide you with answers and help you prepare to apply. The following link [email protected] has been created to help facilitate and submit any questions you may have by the end of today. Let us know if you have any questions about the webinar, see you all tomorrow!
Montrose Chamber of Commerce fundraising alongside Chipotle to raise money for local businesses. 
The California State Treasurers Office will be hosting a “California State Resources for Small Businesses” webinar on March 11 from 9am-10:15am via zoom
Speakers Include:
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (IBank)
California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) California Capital
Access Program (CalCAP)
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing
Authority’s (CAEATFA) Small Business Financing and Sales & Use Tax
Exclusion Programs
CalSavers Retirement Savings Program
Go-Biz’s California Office of the Small Business Advocate
Craft Beer Fest will resume in 2022. Tickets from Craft Beer Fest 2020 will be valid for Craft Beer Fest 2022.
Montrose Chamber of Commerce fundraising alongside our local Blaze Pizza inorder to raise money for local businesses.
It is with a heavy heart that we share that we have made the decision to discontinue moving forward with Oktoberfest this year. Ultimately, we didn’t feel it was in the best interest of the community’s safety to put on a mega event of 15,000-25,000 attendees + we were not going to be able to execute the event in the manner that the Health Department required us to do so while preserving the essence of Oktoberfest. We had hoped the mandates would continue to progress in a manner to allow us to continue on with the event but we are only a few weeks away and the future of the protocols required to do so do not look promising.
We will however be hosting a mixer in lieu of Oktoberfest towards the end of October, stay tuned for more updates on that to follow in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your support, we look forward to being back in full Montrose Oktoberfest force next year.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email [email protected].
-Mavil Aghadjanian
Executive Director
Montrose~Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce