Calendar
This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.
Campo di Bocce is a family owned Italian restaurant and United States Bocce Federation Affiliated Bocce Club located in Fremont and Los Gatos. The first and premiere bocce and dining entertainment facility of its kind, Campo di Bocce is the brain child of Bocce Aficionado, Tom Albanese. In his quest to create a place for food, friends, fun and of course bocce, Tom, has created the ideal location for any family gathering, corporate outing, rehearsal dinner, wedding or simply a venue to enjoy a glass of wine after a long work week. Truly the ultimate experience in dining and recreation, Campo di Bocce offers World Class State-of-the-Art bocce courts, traditional Italian cuisine, a superb wine list and a friendly atmosphere of casual elegance.
With stores throughout California, American Cancer Society Discovery Shops help support the fight against cancer through the sale of high quality, gently used, donated merchandise. For over 40 years, the Society has owned and operated these specialty resale stores, featuring items such as clothing, accessories, jewelry, furniture, artwork, antiques, collectibles, and other household items. Shop, donate, or volunteer at your Discovery Shop. Together, we are saving lives.
Join us to celebrate their new location!
Startup Grind Fremont – Ritika Puri – Storyhackers
Co-founded by Justin Strauss and Ritika Puri, Storyhackers is a content studio, media brand, and education company hybrid. With geo-dispersed team of 24 consultants in the U.S., U.K., and APAC, We’re best known for writing engaging copy, making complex topics fun to read about, and helping our customers make functional, conversion-optimized content. Storyhackers help various companies to increase qualified leads, improve the efficiency of their sales funnels, and boost conversion rates.
Ritika Puri is a writer turned sociologist turned somewhat-data scientist turned marketer turned storyteller. She has taught workshops and mentored for Galvanize, Lean Startup Company, Hult International Business School, 500 Startups, and Femgineer. Prior to starting Storyhackers, Ritika built strategic partnerships and business intelligence frameworks for Investopedia.com, and she co-founded a preventative health clinic in New Delhi, India. Along with co-founder, creative partner, (and husband) Justin Strauss, she is passionate about building multi-million dollar profit streams from $0 while creating a business culture of kindness for her fellow humans.
Startup Grind Fremont holds monthly meetings for startups, entrepreneurs, and VCs to share experiences, learn from each other, and create a “culture of innovation.” The monthly chapter meetings include time for networking and a fireside chat with a local CEO.
Date: March 1, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Electronics For Imaging (EFI)
Address: 6700 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
Attend a meeting to talk about linkage fees on March 6.
The City of Fremont retained Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) to conduct a nexus study to determine whether an affordable housing impact fee on non-residential development is justifiable as a way to increase resources for affordable housing.
A copy of the KMA Report is available at: fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/32337
The City will be facilitating a meeting on March 6, 2017, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. to provide an overview of KMA’s nexus analysis including findings and recommendations. In addition, you will have an opportunity to provide the City and KMA with your feedback and comments.
Please find details regarding the upcoming meeting below:
Monday, March 6, 2017
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
City of Fremont Development Services Center
Niles Conference Room
39550 Liberty Street
Fremont, CA 94538
If you have any questions, please feel free to email May Lee at [email protected] or call her at (510) 494-4506.
Assemblymember Bill Quirk Honors Women of the Year
Susan Ojeda-Cobos has been named the Business Honoree for the 2017 Annual Women of the Year Awards by Assemblymember Bill Quirk.
Susan will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday, March 11 in the Chabot College Event Center, 25555 Hesperian Blvd.
Others to be recognized:
- Sue Chan, social justice honoree
- Helen Kennedy, education honoree
- Jo A. Loss, lifetime achievement honoree.
- Woman of the Year honoree is Monia Shaiq.
Coffee and dessert will be served. RSVP by calling (510) 583-8818 or to [email protected].
It’s nearly time for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual Spaghetti Feed!
Join us from 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, for an evening of food and fun. The festivities will be held in Holland Hall at the church site, 38801 Blacow Rd., Fremont.
FOOD: Four kinds of pasta are on the menu, in addition to Caesar salad, garlic bread, and dessert that includes, of course, tiramisu.
Beer and wine will also be served, for an extra charge.
FUN: The evening’s entertainment includes a silent auction, an ongoing raffle with prizes every 15 minutes, a special kids’ zone, and proceeds benefit HTLC’s ongoing community outreach and service programs, such as George Mark House.
TICKETS:
- Prices are $15 per adult,
- $10 per child under 12,
- and kids under 3 eat free.
- Family tickets (two adults and two or more children) are $45.