President's Message

Hello Kern River Valley,

Fall has officially arrived, but it still feels like the summer heat is with us a little bit longer. I am ready for the cooler weather and the changing of the seasons myself.

October is a busy month for your chamber, at next week’s general membership meeting we will be honoring our Business and Organization of the Year for 2024. The nominations from the public are in and they have spoken, this year’s honorees will be Whitewater Voyages and the Kern Valley Art Association; please come out to the meeting and share your time with us as we honor those worthy of this recognition. We will honor them for what they do and how they do it to for the wellbeing of the Kern River Valley.

On October 17th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm Ms. Karrie Bunting will be hosting a Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce Workshop at the senior center in Lake Isabella. The event is “The Greatest Challenges Facing Kern Valley Businesses Today, A Round Table Discussion”. Your chamber will be hosting a number of business-oriented events beginning this month carrying through 2025. Please watch our Facebook postings for additional information on these fantastic and beneficial gatherings as we attempt to do are part in assisting our valley businesses with the continued challenges we face.

Your chamber is busy working on our annual Christmas Parade which will take place the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Our Grand Marshall for this year’s Christmas Parade will be our Congressman Mr. Vince Fong, please join us for the annual event. If you have a team, organization or just want to have a float in the parade please contact Liz at the Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce and sign up as we would love to have as many floats as possible for this annual family event.

Also, in the month of November your chamber will be accepting nominations for our annual Man and Woman of the Year Awards. This honor is for those individuals who continue to go above and beyond the call for the benefit of our valley. This is an award which is not taken lightly, we feel it is an amazing recognition to those who represent who we are in the Kern River Valley. If you have an individual who you feel is deserving of this award please write a small statement of why and what they have done to obtain this recognition and get it to Liz in the Chamber of Commerce office before November 15, 2024.

I am sorry for being a couple of days late with the president’s message, it’s been a rough couple of weeks for all of us. I just want to let Robbie Miller and Ms. Jennifer know they are in my thoughts and prayers and they deal with losing one of their personal dogs. Dallas Bartholomew Miller, you were one heck of good boy.

Everyone, please stay safe / stay positive and remember we live in one of the greatest small towns there is.

Fred Clark,

President

Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Chamber Updates & Notices

October 9th

2024 Business and Organization of the Year Awards!

Meetings are open to the public. Pre-Orders help the Chamber and Venue Plan and are $15 dollars/plate. The menu for the meeting is a lasagna plate with a salad & roll; tea, coffee, & water included. To pre-order a meal and RSVP, please use the payment link below. Or, if not dining, please RSVP to the chamber at office@kernrivervalley.com.

October 17th

 New Chamber Workshops Series!

October workshop facilitated by:

Click on the image above to learn more about the workshop series, or to pay for attending the workshop if you're a not a chamber member.

Members, RSVP to office@kernrivervalley.com

 "An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength,"

Leonardo Da Vinci

Nominations are Open!

2025 Man and Woman of the Year

(Submit Nominations by email to office@kernrivervalley.com, or by mail at address below, or click on the image to submit online.)

Coming in November

The Borel fire demonstrated that the Kern River Valley unites in support of those in need. Therefore, theme for this year's Christmas parade is "KRV Strong."

Please visit the parade website for additional information, parade rules, and entry forms.

No registrations will be accepted after November 22nd

For More Information About the Parade and other Holiday Happenings in the KRV (Including a KRV Business Decor Contest, the third annual Christmas Cookie Contest, the Santa-to-a-Senior giving tree, Christmas in Kernville, and more, please follow the link below!

The 2024 Isabella Lake Fishing Derby was fantastic!

But the 2025 derby is already shaping up to be an even bigger event. Larger prize pool. Exciting prizes.

There is great news brewing that we can't quite share... For the latest, visit the derby Facebook page or derby website at the links below

In order to ensure that the angling public has an enjoyable experience during the fishing season and around derby time, your chamber volunteers raise thousands of trout locally to significantly supplement the annual DCFW planting.

The penned fish are fed three times per day, rain, or snow, or shine, for five months or longer by a team of over 20 volunteers!

There are four feeding times still open for volunteers.

For more information, please send your name and email and phone number to office@kernrivervalley.com so that the volunteer in charge, Fred Roach, can reach out to you.

Go the Member News page for the latest submissions from some of our chamber members. To submit news, please send an email to office@kernrivervalley.com

Did You Know? - Legislation

Information for Our Business Community

From an article, "Newsom Signs Bill Offering Enhanced Trespass Protections for Property Owners" by the California Apartment Association:

"Under current law (Penal Code Section 602), property owners who have problems with trespassers can submit a no trespass letter, commonly referred to as a 602 letter, to local law enforcement. These letters, once filed, remain in effect for 30 days, giving law enforcement the mandate to remove trespassers from the designated property."

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 But did you know that effective January 1, 2024, property owners can extend their 602 Letters, also referred to as No Trespass Authorization letters, for a full year and up to three years for permanently closed properties. Without authorization allowing action by law enforcement, and their subsequent removal from the property, after 30 days the trespassers are considered to have established tenancy, whether they have a lease or not. In turn, the eviction of tenants is handled as a civil matter through the court system.

Some counties, such as Placer County,

has an established program for citizens to file 602 Letters.

The City of Bakersfield does not describe a detailed program, but does have a downloadable No Trespass Form Letter that can be filed with the Bakersfield Police Department.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office maintains a Business Registry Program to let responding officers know who to contact in the event of a situation involving your business.

 While not a 602 Letter, registering your business can be a great aid to law enforcement. Not registered? Do so here now! Businesses must update their registration annually.

Getting to Know Our Members

KRV Chamber Business Members are listed in our online member directory. Here are the members listed in the Computer, Internet, & Cable Category:

Lake Linx

Mediacom

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Shop Local, and Shop Often!

*Volunteers putting up the flag display on Labor Day 9-04-2024. Teams included Fred Roach and his team of Jr. Chamber of Commerce members and other youth, youth and staff from Camp Erwin Owens, Ms. Karrie Bunting and family, Kat Barnum, and Trudie Mahoney. Thanks to all!

The Flags Along the Boulevard program is a volunteer-led effort that places over 400 American flags along Lake Isabella's main throughfare on seven special commemorative days including: President's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, and Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

The next flags display will be on Veteran's Day

Monday, 11/11/2024

Volunteer to place and remove the flags on any one of the eight dates that the flags are on display. Sponsor the flags program with a one-time or annual donation of $25 dollars - contributions to the program keep it going by replacing weather-damaged flags. For more information please press the buttons below or contact the chamber at (760) 379-5236 or Office@kernrivervalley.com

Thank You to Our Lake Lines Sponsors

(Click on Logos to Visit Sponsor Pages. Must be a KRVCC Member to Sponsor)