Yosemite Hwy120 COC Partners in Business Building Relationships Table of Contents Page 1 - 3: Fun Photos, Open House & Ribbon Cutting Page 4—6: Business of the Month;, Flea Market, Tuscany Travel Offer Page 7 – 9 : Chamber Mixer ,Paddle to the Sea, 49’er Festival News Page 10– 12 : Farm and Ranch Tour, Community Events, Concerts Page 13—15 49’er Donation, John Gray Monthly Page 16& 17: Chamber Copy / Fax Service , Car Show Page 18—20: Classified Ads, Chamber Board of Directors Yosemite Hwy120 Chamber of Commerce May 2014 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Share Your Favorite Photos By the Way! The Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber of Commerce is looking for your favorite photos. I'm sure everyone has some great photos of our community and surroundings. Maybe a funny moment at one of our wonderful events, a scenic shot of Yosemite, some of our incredible wildlife. They could be of something current or maybe a touch of history. We are looking to post different pictures every month on our web- site and newsletter. They need to be of high resolution. Email is the best way to send them, [email protected]. Disk or thumb drive is acceptable, but we cannot guarantee the return. For questions, call Kevin at 209-962-0429. Tom Hernandez’s grandson & nephew feeding horses at PML stables Taylor, Carly, Brandi , Ryan & Smokey at the Community Center Groveland Wildlife by Jim Hassay Yosemite Valley View May 2014 by Terri Metz Curious Marmot by Scott Gehrman Mount Hoffman-Lasting Adventures.com Memories for life
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Yosemite Hwy120 COC Partners in Business
Building Relationships
Table of Contents Page 1 - 3: Fun Photos, Open House & Ribbon Cutting Page 4—6: Business of the Month;, Flea Market, Tuscany Travel Offer Page 7 – 9 : Chamber Mixer ,Paddle to the Sea, 49’er Festival News Page 10– 12 : Farm and Ranch Tour, Community Events, Concerts Page 13—15 49’er Donation, John Gray Monthly Page 16& 17: Chamber Copy / Fax Service , Car Show Page 18—20: Classified Ads, Chamber Board of Directors
The Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber of Commerce is looking for your favorite photos. I'm sure everyone has some great photos of our community and surroundings. Maybe a funny moment at one of our wonderful events, a scenic shot of Yosemite, some of our incredible wildlife. They could be of something current or maybe a touch of history. We are looking to post different pictures every month on our web-site and newsletter. They need to be of high resolution. Email is the best way to send them, [email protected]. Disk or thumb drive is acceptable, but we cannot guarantee the return. For questions, call Kevin at 209-962-0429.
Tom Hernandez’s grandson & nephew
feeding horses at PML stables
Taylor, Carly, Brandi , Ryan &
Smokey at the Community Center
Groveland Wildlife by
Jim Hassay
Yosemite Valley View May 2014 by Terri Metz Curious Marmot by Scott Gehrman
Mount Hoffman-Lasting Adventures.com
Memories for life
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Have You Joined a YCC Committee?
Any member of YCC can serve on a Committee, you do not have to be on the YCC Board of Directors!
What interests you the most? Working on fun Events? Helping to grow YCC’s Membership ranks? Being a
liaison for local Business or with Yosemite? Marketing
Network Night Mixer RSVP Please RSVP to YCC by the Tuesday be-fore each event, so that our Host (s) know how many people to expect for snacks! . And please bring a Raffle Prize if you can, to help share in the fun!
May 3rd
, What an amazing day!
I must have been crazy scheduling four events, in-cluding three open houses and ribbon cuttings, into one day. A daunting task on any day, especially a beautiful Saturday. This should come to no one’s surprise….Our great community spirit came alive and made all a huge success!
The day started with the First Saturday Flea Market at Mary Laveroni Park. We had a great selection of vendors and the shoppers were non-stop until late in the day. Let’s thank Ron & Peggie Sharp for all their time and effort. Next month’s will be even bigger. The Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber of Commerce will have a table at the June event. If you would like to donate any saleable items, please call 962-0429.
Next stop was to Mountain Sage Coffee Shop. New owners Jess & Chelsea Garcia, along with 3yr old Melila and 1 month old Ban-yan, welcomed everyone for an open house and ribbon cutting. They had free refreshments and samples of their baked goods, including gluten free blueberry muffins and fresh organic quiche prepared by Chef Doug from the Hotel Charlotte with ingredients from Hopping Rab-bit Farm. They wish to thank the community, family and friends for such great support. Mountain Sage is located at 18653 Main St and open 7 days a week.
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Bring your Business Card to the next Network Night Mixer.
Winners are featured in Chamber bulletins, newslet-
ters, and emails.
The third stop of the day was Kevin & Randi’s Old Fashioned Meat Market. Owners Kevin Reynolds & Randi Jones opened in April and be-came an overnight success. They decided to have a BBQ during the open house, featuring grass feed beef sliders and tri-tip sandwiches. Randi’s mom and bother, Patricia Dinwiddie and Robert Forbes, came from Grass Valley to help with the event. Kevin’s mom, Joanne McKinney was there to support her son. Thanks to Samuel Estrada, the DJ, and Linell Marshall, the beauti-ful cake. A special thanks to employees Alicia & Amanda for all the hard work they have put in. Located at 18687 Main St. open Mon-Sat 7-5.
The final event of the day was actually four busi-nesses celebrating with a BBQ, Raffle and Rib-bon Cutting. Hundreds of people came out to support Bella Donna Full Service Salon, Down to Earth Nursery, Down to Earth Con-struction and Hessler Construction. Owners Andria Albanez, Ray Albanez & Ron Hessler want to thank everyone for making this day such an incredible success . Bella Donna is open by appointment at 962-6602. Down to Earth Nursery is open 7 days a week from 8-5(Saturday 8-4 and Sunday 10-2). They are located at 13050 Boitano Rd Groveland.
Photos courtesy Rudy Manzo, Digipix Photography
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Business of the Month April - May2014
Mother Lode Adventures
Experience The Magnificence of Yosemite! Enjoy an exhilarating
day of hiking among the pristine landscapes and majestic mountain
ranges! Celebrating its 150th anniversary, Yosemite is a “must see”
destination.
Exclusive “Masters of Wine” Tours! For the wine lover who wants to go be-
yond wine tastings, we offer our exclusive opportunity to meet winemakers
for private tastings and ‘behind the scenes’ tours. Tucked away in our beau-
tiful rolling Sierra foothills are an exceptional number of award-winning
wineries, crafting fine varietal California wines that people journey from
around the world to enjoy.
Enjoy “Hoof It” Tours! The Sierra is riddled with horseback riding trails,
many of them that follow the old Gold Rush miner’s paths. Take your
own journey with our guided horseback riding tours.
Gates open to Vendors at 7 AM – FREE Admission to Buyers
Space Cost: $10 for Chamber Members, $15 for non-members
For Information: Ron - 962-6316 or Tony - 962-0824
All are Welcome – Sell your treasures & have some fun!
YCC - 209-962-0429 www.groveland.org
The Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber of Commerce will be having a booth at the June 7 Flea Market. If you would like to donate any saleable items for this event, contact Kevin @ 962-0429. We are expecting our largest num-ber of vendors of the season, which means an endless amount of bargains and treasures to find. Ron and Tony will be on hand to help you and an-swer any question you may have. Remember, vendor parking is at the lower parking lot, let’s save the close spaces for your customers.
Watch this page for all the latest info on music, theme, prizes, ven-dors, chili, salsa, and anything else I may be forgetting at the mo-ment!
WE'VE GOT THE TROLLEY!!
The 2014 49’er Festival presents Historic Trolley Shuttle Service By James (Jim) Nagle
Take a step back in time and ride the Tuolumne County “Historic Trolley Bus” Hassle free parking for the day of the Festival September 20th. The Trolley will be shuttling festival goers from the Tenaya Elementary School, Yosemite Bank and Mountain Leisure Center parking lots to the Mary Laveroni Park. Starting at 7 AM until 5 PM. AND IT’S FREE. Ride the Shuttle for the nostalgia and ease of finding parking during the e day of the Festival.
Picture courtesy of TCTC
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Farms of Tuolumne County Seventh Annual Farm
& Ranch Tour – Experience Groveland Tour Information
Date: June 14th, 2014
Hours: 10 am - 4 pm
Tickets: $8.00
Day of Event: $10.00
The Seventh Annual Farms of Tuolumne County Farm and Ranch Tour – Experience Groveland will be held on Saturday,
June 14, 2014 from 10-4. All five host farm locations are in the beautiful Groveland – Gateway to Yosemite area: Deer
Creek Cherry Farm, Red Tail Ranch, Mountain Sage Nursery, Joanie Gisler’s Lazy G Bar Ranch, and Big Creek […]
The Seventh Annual Farms of Tuolumne County Farm and Ranch Tour – Experience Groveland will be held on Saturday, June 14,
2014 from 10-4.
All five host farm locations are in the beautiful Groveland – Gateway to Yosemite area: Deer Creek Cherry Farm, Red Tail Ranch,
Mountain Sage Nursery, Joanie Gisler’s Lazy G Bar Ranch, and Big Creek Meadow Ranch. There will be live music, plein air
painting, hay rides, exciting equine demonstrations and lots of other animals – llamas, rabbits, sheep, chickens and cows. Seminars
on water conservation and many more activities for all ages. In addition Priest Station Café, Red Tail Ranch and Hopping Rabbit
Organic Farm will offer free samples of local food. Indigeny Reserve will have free hard apple cider tasting; Inner Sanctum Cellars
and Yosemite Cellars will offer free wine tasting. Other FOTC members will be at the Tour Farms to sell their wares and offer sam-
ples.
At night Mountain Sage Nursery will host a family friendly concert with music by Hot Buttered Rum. Farm Tour ticket holders get
into the concert for half price ($10). Inner Sanctum Cellars will be on hand with wine tasting.
Farm Tour ticket price is $8 in advance; $10 the day of the event. Those under 18 years of age get in free.
NOTE: You will not be mailed your tickets. Instead, please go to the ticket table at your first Tour stop. Your name will be on a
“will call” list. If you wish, you may present your printed ticket purchase notification; however, it is not necessary.
The ticket price covers all activities except product that is for sale and the concert at Mountain Sage Nursery. As always, this is a
self guided event, in that you drive to each location. Brochure with map, as well as tickets available on this website. You can
download the brochure here: 2014 Tour PDF. Tickets are available also at the following locations: SONORA
Community Thrift Shop, 797 W. Stockton Road (209-532-5280)
University of Calif. Cooperative Extension, 52 N. Washington St. (209-533-5695)
Gold Country Honey Farm booth at Mountain People Organics Farmers Market, 10800 Airport Road, Columbia (Wed & Sat 12N-
6pm)
Sonora Certified Farmers Market beginning Saturday, May 17, 2014. GROVELAND AREA
Priest Station Café, Top of Old Priest Grade & Hwy 120, Big Oak Flat (209-962-1888)
Mountain Sage Nursery, 18653 Main St., Groveland (209-962-7455)
The Farm Tour raises funds for Farms of Tuolumne County’s Scholarship Program.
FOTC thanks its 2014 Tour Sponsors: Bob’s Greenley Pharmacy, Buck’s Construction, Golden State Cellular, Joanie Gisler’s
Lazy G Bar Ranch, Kalkowski Brush & Timber Management, Nature’s Whole Food Depot, Sierra Herbal Institute, Sierra Water-
shed Progressive, Oak Valley Community Bank, Yosemite Bank, Indigeny Reserve, and Priest Station Café.
This project is partially funded through a grant from the Sonora Area Foundation.
For more information please visit our website at tcfarms.org, e-mail
May 24 Groveland Library Memorial Day Week-end Book & Craft Sale with Giant Gift Basket
Raffle. Pick your prize Tickets 6 for $5.00. Proceeds benefit Groveland
Library Drawing on May 24th. Groveland Library
18990 Main St. 209-962-6144
Mountain Sage Music 2014 Series
May 17 Tuolumne River Trust Pad-dle to the Sea- Sarah Lee
Guthrie, Johnny Irions
May 31 Jelly Bread
Bootstrap Circus
June 14 Hot Buttered Rum
June 21
Sierra EcoSummit with Good Luck Thrift Store
Outfit, Tracorum
June 29 The Duhks
July 26
California Honeydrops
Aug 2 Birds of Chicago
Aug 16|
Brothers Comatose
Aug 23- Incendio
The Yosemite Park & Hwy 120 Informa-tion Center is open daily 9-3. We have park information as well as reservation
assistance, local din-ing and shopping,
current activities and even a gift shop.
Annual Memorial Day BBQ Sunday, May 26, 2014
Presented by Pine Mountain Lake, benefiting Tioga High School
5-10pm at the PML Equestrian Center BBQ Tri-Tip with all the fixin’s
Live Music/Wagon Rides/Trail Rides 50/50 Raffle/Silent Auction
Tickets available at Tioga High 962-4763
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Donation Opportunities – 2014 49’er Festival, Chili & Salsa Cook-Off The Yosemite Hwy120 Chamber of Commerce needs your help and support with the Groveland community’s biggest event of the year: the 49’er Festival & Chili Cook-Off. The event, scheduled for September 20, 2014, in Mary Laveroni Community Park, will begin with a pancake breakfast at 7am, followed by a fly-over at 8:30 and a Parade down Main Street at 9:00. Vendor booths for crafts, merchandise and food, as well as activities for all ages, will be set up in the park, plus the booths for the Chili & Salsa Cook-Off. The raffle, silent auction and live auction are always very popular events, and our live entertainment will be an additional draw. We are in need of event sponsors, as well as prize donations for the raffle and auction events. Would your business consider being a sponsor, or donating a prize for the raffle or auctions? A sponsorship of $100 or more would be most welcome. A donation of monetary, gift certificate, prod-uct or service, would be greatly appreciated. Sponsors receive advertising on a variety of flyers, bro-chures, advertisements, press releases, and by other means. All donations will be seen by thou-sands of people, and we try to list all donations on our website too, so this is a really great way to promote your business. Please indicate on the attached form your donation and return it with your donation (if appropriate) to the Yosemite Hwy120 Chamber of Commerce, P.O. box 1263, Groveland, CA 95321. If it’s a product or service, we will contact you to make arrangements to pick up your gift or to discuss details. Business Name:
_____________________________________________________________ Description of Donation: _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone: _____________________________________________________________ Business Address ____________________________________________________________ E-mail Address: ______________________________________________________________ Contact Name: _____________________________________________________________
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First I would like to apologize for not providing an article last month. I have no good excuse other than I just hit a wall when trying to finalize the draft. The problem that I always have is in deciding on the subject to cover. This is where the readers can be of help. Two items that I would like to begin with are both subjects suggested by readers. The first subject is broadband availability. Recently I attended a Broadband Summit at the Black Oak Hotel. There were many speakers there that talked on the subject and went over what is avail-able in our region. Not to anyone’s surprise was the fact that there simply is not enough coverage. Darrell Slocum, Marketing Director for the Central Sierra Connect, a grant funded organization work-ing through ATCA, is working to help improve broadband in our region. I asked him to provide me with some information that I could pass along to you in order to get us all more involved to help im-prove broadband availability in our region. Darrell stated that one way everyone can aid in this effort is to visit the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Broadband map to see what kind of coverage the State “says” you already have. The map may or may not be correct! Check it out by first running a speed test. Go to www.speedtest.net and follow the instructions. Do this for your residence and again for your busi-ness. Once you have your results available, please visit www.groadbandmap.ca.gov and click on the “interactive map” application. There, you can fill in the form with your address and move along the process. Please note that this map is riddled with errors. Why? It is primarily due to the larger internet providers overstating their coverage. Yes, these errors are detrimental to our region. The mechanism for correcting these errors is literally in your hands? It is essential that you communi-cate any broadband mapping errors via the CPUC mapping program. If a provider is shown for your home or business and they do not offer service, it is very important to click on the “send feedback” button and share the correct information. Do this as soon as possible. Encourage friends, neighbors, business associates and everyone you know to do the same. The importance of this ac-tion cannot be overstated. And best of all, this is something we can do that will positively impact our area. It’s within our control! By the way, running the speed test is fun. However, it can be deflating to learn how poorly your own internet access performs compared to the norm. The CPUC’s definition of broadband or “high speed” internet is 6 megabits per second (mbps) for download and 1.5 mbps for upload. Now, go see how you compare and become a part of the solution! If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact Darrell Slocum at [email protected] or (209) 770-5777. He is the expert. The second subject I was asked to address is to explain what type of emergency notification system Tuolumne County has? The short answer is a brand new system that is, in my opinion, one of the very best. It should be on line by June 1, 2014. It’s called “Everbridge System”. It was chosen for mass emergency notifica-tion because of its detailed interactive features. It would take an entire page to fully describe every-thing this system will do. To learn about this system, please go to http://everbridge.com. This web-site will provide you with all the information you need. I think you will be impressed. Once
From the desk of John L. Gray, Supervisor District 4
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launched, the system can be accessed on the Tuolumne County website page at www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov. This next topic is one that affects our county on a personal and economic level. You have probably read in other papers recently that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has denied the request to hold the annual Strawberry Music Festival at Camp Mather cit-ing water supply and safety concerns. The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to SFPUC requesting they reconsider. The answer was a polite, “No”. Everyone that has businesses along the 120 corridor understands what a benefit this event has always been to the economy and to Tuolumne County as a whole. The United States Forest Service also cited safety concerns originally when receiving the permit re-quest. To their credit, they have in fact reopened the campgrounds on the Highway 120 corridor and Evergreen Road. They looked at the opening as a priority for economic reasons as well as a benefit to the residents of the region. So, now that we seemed to have addressed the safety concerns that the SFPUC voiced in their de-nial, the other challenge was not having enough water available for domestic use for a crowd of over 7000 festival attendees. I know a little about the water supply at Camp Mather. I was going over some old family photographs and there was a picture of my father standing next to the water tank at Mather. He was leaning on his 1928 Chevy Convertible. I believe the year was 1930. Why I mention this is that it reminded me of how far we have come with technology. Not just the car but the red-wood tank with its metal strapping. The City and County of San Francisco, the SFPUC and the Hetch Hetchy systems have access to some of the best engineering minds and advanced technology in the world. Instead of a “NO”, maybe they could challenge their teams to find a solution to the water issue. It’s not much to ask a City and County that has garnered $$ Billions of Dollars$$ in revenue from the sale of water from the Tuolumne River. In the big scheme of things, the Strawberry Music Festival is obviously not im-portant to the City and County of San Francisco but it sure is to many people in our County. Just my opinion! ** As I began writing on this topic I was informed that the organizers of this event have entered into an agreement with Nevada County to hold the Strawberry Music Festival for 2014 at the Nevada County Fair Grounds from Sept.11th through Sept 16th.** The Board of Supervisors fear that once this event is lost, it may be gone forever! The impact of its potential loss would be greatly felt by the county and the Highway 120 businesses. As always, I look forward to your comments and suggestions, and please take time to look at the new Tuolumne County website at www.tuolumne.ca.gov. John L Gray, Fourth District Tuolumne County Supervisor (209) 533-5521 [email protected]
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Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber of Commerce
209-962-0429
11875 Ponderosa Ln St.A Groveland, Ca 95321
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Rim Fire Trail
Volunteers Needed!
Work will include basic sign installation and trail maintenance involving trail monitoring, re-
moving trash, brushing, tread repairs, rock work, and water control feature clearing. These
projects will include hard physical work, and volunteers may be exposed to steep, uneven
terrain with loose soil and rocks, hazardous overhead trees, poisonous insects, animals,
and plants, and hot weather. Volunteers should be in good physical shape and be pre-
pared to work in remote locations during 6-8 hour-long days.
Volunteers needs to be dressed for outdoor working activities including work or hiking boots,
have a backpack for lunch or snacks, a filled water bottle, insect repellent, sun protection, long
pants and a long sleeved shirt. Tools and safety gear such as hard hats, safety glasses, and
gloves will be provided. Parents or legal guardians must be available to sign volunteer agree-
ment for volunteers under age 18.
All volunteers must meet at the Groveland Ranger Station at 8:00 am on the day that they wish
to volunteer and will ride in Forest Service vehicles or car pool to the trailheads. Volunteers
will return to the Ranger Station by 4:30 pm. The Groveland Ranger Station is located at
24545 State Highway 120, just west of the community of Buck Meadows.
Please join us on the following dates: (trails are subject to change based on progress and
Earl Wright, Vice President Cathy Leetham, Treasurer
Groveland Pizza Factory Accounting Plus 18583 Main Street P.O. Box 805 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Phone: 962-7757 Phone: 962-6500 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Carole Smith, Secretary Peggy Mosley, Director
Carron Tax Associates Groveland Hotel 20093 Ridgecrest Way 18767 Main Street, PO Box 289 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Phone: 962-6119 Phone: 962-4000 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Rudy Manzo, Director Paul Pieretti, Director
Digipix Photography Lakeside Marketing 20511 Nob Hill Circle 18731 Main Street, POBox 606 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Groveland, Ca. 95321 Phone: 962-5219 Phone: 962-4143 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
James Nagle, Director Marc Fossum, Director
REALTOR®, Coldwell Banker MLP Shady Lady Parasols & Fans 20770 Big Foot Circle 13139 Clements Road Groveland, CA 95321 Groveland, CA 95321 Phone: 962-5252 ext 221 Phone: 962-7196 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Chamber Network Night Mixer 4
th Thursday of the month with exceptions in the 4
th Quarter
5:30 Thursday May 22nd at Big Creek Meadow Ranch with co-host Outer Aisle Foods
Chamber Board of Directors Meetings - All Members Welcome! Usually Noon on 2
nd Thursday of the Month with exceptions as needed (Note Below!)
11:30 Thursday June 12 at Pizza Factory
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Saturday May 31: Big Cash Giveaway & Summer Kick Off BBQ Sunday June 1: Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show
By the Way is published by the Yosemite Hwy120 COC 11875 Ponderosa Lane, Suite A Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1263 Groveland, CA 95321 Phone: (209) 962-0429 Email: [email protected] YosemiteHighway120ChamberofCom-merce.com Find Us On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/yosemitechamber
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