November 2022 Chambergram

November 2022

CHAMBERGRAM
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Pasadena Chamber To Host Annual Gala on December 8th!

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Who will it be?

Citizen of the Year Gala: It’s a Wonderful Life Place Your Nominations

Join us at our Annual Gala on Join us for our Annual Gala: It’s a Nominate a deserving business or
December 8th to find out who will be Wonderful to help celebrate the organization for Business, Industry, and
named 2022 Citizen of the Year! amazing 2022 we had! Non-Profit of the Year!

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Uncomplicated Banking. 3 - From the Chairman of the Board
4 - Welcome New Members
Celebrating 60 years of service 5 - Diamond Partner Spotlight
to the communities of Southeast 6 - Platinum Partners
Harris County 7 - Platinum Partner Spotlight
8 - Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Ad
HCAhoustonhealthcare.com/southeast 9 - Business Honor Roll
10 - Getting Connected
11 - Annual Gala: It’s a Wonderful Life!
12 - Taste of the Town Winners
14 - Membership Celebrations
15 - Non-Profit Network Tool
16 - Industry Spotlight - Real Estate
17 - Texas Invitational: Volunteer Opportunities
18 - 2023 Sponsorship Toolkit
19 - Meet the 2023 IMPACT Pasadena Cohort
20 - Your Chamber in Motion
21 - Kaneka Ad
22 - Beautification Awards
23 - Contact the Pasadena Chamber

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From The
Chairman of the Board

Dr. Allatia Harris

San Jacinto College

We live in an amazing city with amazing boxes and load vehicles. And, of course, this was
the work of the Chamber staff members who
people who do some pretty amazing things. always bring their talent and work their magic to
Our Pasadena Chamber members have an make events successful in every way.
overwhelming spirit of community. Our members
have a joy for living, a drive to make things When the sun is shining against a blue sky,
happen, and a commitment to bringing people temperature is moderate, and humidity is low,
together for good. These are the people I have we call it “chamber of commerce weather.” It
the pleasure to serve with on the Board of the is the kind of weather that draws people in and
Pasadena Chamber. These are the people who makes them want to move to a place or open
lead committees that really make things happen. a new business there. In Pasadena, we have
These are people who come alive when they are chamber of commerce weather this time of
pouring their energy and hard work into an event year, but more importantly, we have chamber
that makes our city better. of commerce people all year, every day, smiling,
rolling up their sleeves, working together, making
I saw many of you at the Pasadena Chamber’s good things happen and creating a climate and
Taste of the Town recently. What an event! Our culture that is inclusive and just plain good for
restaurants and culinary providers certainly business. Thank you, all of you, for all you do for
showed up and showed out. The food was Pasadena and for all of us who live, work, play,
delicious, and the friendly competition among and do business here.
restaurants inspired impressive presentation at
each booth. I literally ate my way through the Best,
Pasadena Convention Center. It was fun to see
friends and sample what our restaurants have to Allatia Harris
offer. The auction was great fundraiser. Chamber
members purchased auction items that will have 2022 Chairman of the Board
them skydiving, cheering at games, decorating San Jacinto College
their homes this Christmas, traveling, and more.
Music, displays, talented young dancers, and
a whole lot of smiling volunteers made this
year’s Taste another memorable event for the
Chamber. This was the culmination of the work
of many committee members who made calls,
asked for favors, and rolled up their sleeves
and made things happen. This was the work
of individuals who gave an evening to help in
the parking lot, greet guests at the doors, move

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New

Members!
Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce NOT A MEMBER YET?

4334 Fairmont Pkwy. Become a chamber member
Pasadena, TX 77504 today! As a member you’ll have
access to our marketing benefits,
Executive Board
exciting events & more!
Dr. Allatia Harris - Chairman,
San Jacinto College Join the Pasadena Chamber

Alix Fox - Past Chair, Qualified Properties Gold Member:
Josh Campos, Frost Bank
Texas Technical Trade School
Kicker Cardenas, Kicker Insures Me Agency Elvia Martinez
Milea Cosby, Pinnacle (817) 405-3543

Ryan Taylor, T & T Construction TexasTechTrade.com
Melinda Torrison – Meador Staffing Services
Silver Member:
Ruben Villareal, Alleluya Broadcasting
Suvida Healthcare
Board of Directors Julian Toledo
(346) 639-3452

SuvidaHealthcare.com
Chris Bezdek, CommunityBank of Texas
LeAnne Bolton, Texas Roadhouse Bronze Members:

Nick Caveness, CT Church Pasadena Calvin’s Transport, LLC Modis StallionRents
Whitney Davis, Empower Financial Group Calvin Reed Lee Betancourt Jeremy Halling
Steven Foster, FACHE, CHI St. Lukes Health - (346) 450-3717 (979) 236-8257 (832) 851-8871
stallionrentscom
Patients Medical Center Calvinstransport.com Modis.com
Stacy Gillaspey, Communities In Schools

Cheri Hutcherson, Ameraflex
Dr. Tommy Hysler, Health & Safety Council
Olivia Rivers, The Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Danny Schnautz, Clark Freight Lines
Salvador Serrano, Serrano Insurance Agency

Everett Smith, Kaneka North America
Lindsay Swanagan, HCA Houston
Healthcare Southeast

Linda Wischnewsky, Bayway Auto Group

Ex-Officio Directors

Nelson Espitia, Harris Co. Precinct 2
Pedro Garcia, Port of Houston Authority
Dr. Sandra Hughes, Texas Chiropractic College

Troy McCarley, PISD

Advisory Directors

Margie Pena, BakerRipley
Dennis Winkler, Winkler Public Relations

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Diamond Partners

Diamond Partner Spotlight

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Located 12 miles east of Houston, Texas, the Pasadena Plastics Complex has been in operation since 1949. The
facility sits on approximately 650 acres of property alongside the Houston Ship Channel and produces a wide variety
of high-quality polyethylene resins.

“We believe in working safely or not at all. That’s why safety is our top
priority at all our facilities. We create products and services that make life
better for people around the world — both today and tomorrow. We strive
to manufacture, handle, transport and dispose of chemical products 100
percent safely. The Pasadena Plastics Complex has received Texas Chemical
Council awards recognizing performance excellence for community
awareness, emergency response, security, pollution prevention and safe
operations.”

Learn more about them by CLICKING HERE

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Platinum Partners

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Platinum Partner Spotlight

Holiday Events From Our Platinum Partners: (Click picture for more information)



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Thank you to the following businesses
for renewing their membership and
continuing their investment in Pasadena!

The businesses below have been
members with the Pasadena Chamber

from 10 to 65 years!

Let’s support these businesses as
much as possible!

60+ Years 11 - 20 years

Pasadena Sporting Goods Access Service Team
Angel Animal Hospital
26 - 50 years Casa Ole’ - Deer Park
Clean Coast Supply Inc
City of Pasadena
Ditta Meat Co Gayesco-WIKA USA
IronEdge Group LTD
Pasadena Interfaith Manor Zachry Holdings Incorporated
Pasadena Strawberry Festival
5 - 10 years
Southeast Dermatology PA
The Rose H+M Industrial EPC
Kicker Insures Me Agency
The Salvation Army
Salata
21 - 25 years The Serrano Insurance Agency

B&G Pasadena Wholesale
PCI Nitrogen LLC

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getting

Connected

Everyone wants to make valuable connections, and the Pasadena Chamber offers you a variety of opportunities to

meet with other like-minded business professionals in our community. Networking in business is one of the best resources
for career development and professional success. A good network can provide job leads, possibilities for advancement
and opportunities for personal improvement. Thank you to those of you who were able to attend some of our recent
ribbon cuttings, committee meetings and Taste of the Town. We know some great new connections were made!
Check out some of the pictures below from these events and head over to our Facebook page for all of our pictures
and posts!

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2022 People’s Choice Winner: Nothing Bundt Cakes

33rd Annual Taste of the Town Winners

On November 3rd, we hosted our 33rd Annual Taste of the Town: Deep in the Heart of Texas, and had a wonderful
event full of food, fun and fundraising!
We’d like to extend a special thank you to all of our sponsors, participating restaurants and vendors, auction buyers,
volunteer groups and steering committee, led by Dory Cayten, who made it happen. We simply couldn’t have had this
event without the help and support of all of these extraordinary people, businesses and organizations!
Help us congratulate our 2022 Taste of the Town Winners:
2022 People’s Choice Award: Nothing Bundt Cakes Pasadena (pictured above)

Best American: Gilley’s Food & Beverage Best Sandwhich: Chicken Salad Chick

Best BBQ: HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Best Italian: Bubba’s 33

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Best Latin: Gordo Nino’s Best Specialty: Pipeline Grill

Best Beverage: Olive’s Coffee Garden Best Decorated: HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

Best Dessert: Nothing Bundt Cakes Best PISD Culinary Department: Sam Rayburn HS

We Love Pasadena ISD

Taste of the Town is the Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce’s largest fundraiser of the year. The live
auction is a part of the event that we typically raise
the most funding for to help us suceed at our mission
to promote economic development and community
growth to ensure the prosperity of Pasadena’s businesses
and citizens. We are very proud this year to have
partnered with the Pasadena ISD FFA program to help

them raise $19,000 for their students!

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MembeMr eCmelbeebrraCteiolenbs rations

Ribbon Cutting - HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast New Cardiovascular Care Unit
10 Year Anniversary Celebration & Open House - Texas First Bank

Ribbon Cutting - Sarah’s House

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The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit Network Committee is SO excited to launch the

Non-Profit Network Tool, available through our website! This tool is designed to serve our community

through connecting our city’s non-profit needs with available local resources.

Vision: Our vision is to make this tool assessable to Pasadena’s businesses and non-profits to help bridge
any existing resource gaps with a platform purposed to provide a voice for those needs here in Pasadena.

I Am A Non-Profit Organization With A Need: If CLICK HERE to Subscribe
you currently have an organizational need, feel
free to utilize this tool to help spread awareness
and network among your neighboring
Pasadena organizations. Here, you can post
a need through your member portal, partner
with other organizations to meet a need, and
browse the listed community resources and
organizations that are at your disposal.

The Non-Profit Network is great for making a
difference and getting connected in your
community!

I Want To Fill A Need: If you desire to fulfill
the needs of one, or more, of our non-profit
organizations, make sure to subscribe to this
tool to ensure you receive the latest updates on
recent postings so you never miss an opportunity
for local engagement!

Should you have any questions, or need help
accessing this tool, please reach out to Kyndra
Ashcraft at 281-487-7871 or
[email protected]

CLICK HERE to access the Non-Profit Network Tool Now

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Industry Spotlight

The Pasadena Chamber Celebrates Its Members While Supporting Local Businesses!
As a part of the ongoing efforts to support local businesses, the Pasadena Loves Local committee is
going to be “lovin on our locals” each month in the Chambergram! This month, we are showing some
love to our local Real Estate Companies! Next time the need arises, we ask you to consider one of
these companies first.

Berenice Hernandez RE/MAX 5 Star Realty Brotherton Properties
4802 E Sam Houston Pkwy S #150 PO Box 580234
Pasadena, TX 77505
832-314-9135 Houston, TX 77258
Remax.com 281-384-1586

EBR Realty Group - KW Commercial Great American Title Company
4008 Vista Rd Ste C104 5968 Fairmont Pkwy Ste K
Pasadena, TX 77504 Pasadena, TX 77505
713-459-2222 281-938-1320
kwcommercial.com greatamtitleco.com

John O. Harris Interest LP RISE Texas Real Estate
4111 Fairmont Pkwy Ste 112 4222 Vista Rd.

Pasadena, TX 77504 Pasadena, TX 77504
281-487-6760 281-998-4663
risetexas.com
Qualified Properties
4222 Vista Rd. Strawberry Business Park
3130 Strawberry Rd.
Pasadena, TX 77504 Pasadena, TX 77504
713-947-8023 713-220-4172

qualifiedproperties.com Texas CRES LLC
11007 Northpointe BlvdHouston, TX 77023
The Maggie and Maggie Realty Group
711 Milby St. Ste 100 713-473-7200
Houston, TX 77023 texascres.com
713-898-8547

thefamilyofrealestate.com

United Real Estate Houston
3131 Briarpark Dr Ste 125
Houston, TX 77042
832-731-3203

unitedrealestatehouston.com

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Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Event CLICK HERE
to view
Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness.
Spreading knowledge and awareness is a critical factor
in the fight against this heinous crime. We invite you to
join us in our campaign to combat Human Trafficking
by educating as many people as possible on this crime
happening all around us. In 2020, Texas ranked second
in the nation for reported human trafficking cases. You
may register for this FREE event by clicking here. This
event is NOT limited to BAHEP members only. The goal
is to educate as many people as possible on this crime
and how we can work together to put a stop to it.

Pasadena Animal Shelter’s Pets & Pumpkins!

The Pasadena Animals Shelter’s Pets & Pumpkins event is
coming up on October 29th, from 11am - 4pm and they
are currently in need of trunk or treat participants.

Ways to Help: Decorate a vehicle for Trunk or Treat, Be
a vendor in the market, Participate in the pet or child
costume contest, Donate a door prize or a bag of
candy, Adopt an animal during the event, Come enjoy
a day of fun for the whole family (including fur babies!)

For more information, please contact Ariela at 281-991-
0602 or [email protected]

Volunteers Needed!
There are many volunteer opportunities for those who
are willing and able to serve our great community:

Monster Mash (City of Pasadena)
• October 29th at PAL Gym
• 50 Volunteers Needed
• CLICK HERE to Volunteer

Taste of the Town (Pasadena Chamber)
• November 3rd at Pasadena Convention Center
• 100 Volunteers Needed
• CLICK HERE to learn more

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The Purpose of the Pasadena Chamber is to ADVOCATE & CONNECT our
community through SERVING & EDUCATING our members

Contact YOUR Chamber Staff

Cristina Womack Erin Webb Jamie Huffar

President/ CEO Vice President Director of Finance & Operations

Christian Rocha Alyssa Ramirez Kyndra Ashcraft Taylor Turnpaugh

Membership Coordinator Events & Programs Coordinator Administrative Asst. Intern

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