Saturday, August 19th is Lompoc Parks and Rec’s Annual Skateboard Competition is a community event and fun for all ages and holds a special place next to our heart this year!
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Lompoc Parks and Rec Annual Skateboard Competition is a community event and fun for all ages! We have been partnering with Lompoc Parks and Rec since 2000 on this competition featuring Best Run (skate jam format) and Best Trick in six different age groups. Registration starts at 10AM with competition to begin shortly afterwards by age group, youngest to oldest. Prizes will be awarded for first through third place in all categories and there will also be opportunities to win some great raffle prizes throughout the competition. Lompoc Foursquare Church will be joining the fun again as well!
We are so very thankful and grateful for everyone that makes this competition possible each year including the skateboarders and the spectators, Lompoc Parks & Rec staff, Lompoc Foursquare Church, Robby-our emcee, and our judges. Without all of these wonderful people this great event wouldn’t be possible.
So bring your skate, helmet and pads or perhaps your lawn chair and some sunscreen Saturday, August 20, and we’ll see you at College Park for some fun!
Celebrate Lompoc Flower Festival with Us!
The Lompoc Flower Festival this year is June 26th-June 30th but it traces its roots back to the 1950’s when an annual parade and two day rodeo was held during the summer in Lompoc. George Miller, a prominent citizen, began advocating to change the celebration from a rodeo (arguing they were common and rather mundane) to something more unique and aligned with what Lompoc had to offer. The Alpha Club Flower Show had been established in 1922 and it was decided to develop the Festival around this key event. Since those days the Lompoc Flower Festival has grown to a 5 day event with local entertainment on stage at Ryon Park, food booths run by community organizations and nonprofits, a parade on Saturday which includes floats and marching bands and of course the opportunity to visit and catch up with all your friends that you haven’t seen in the past year.
An important part of my summer activities, the Flower Festival has always been close to my heart and I have participated on many different levels through the years. I have performed on stage and worked at some of the beloved food booths but also taken my turn as an audience member and enjoyed food purchased to support our local nonprofits. It is also fun to stroll through the park, peruse the arts and crafts and visit with friends and the community.
Then there’s the parade. A parade that delighted me when I was much younger, I enjoyed with my children when they were little and I have also had the experience of being a part of. From walking in it when I was in high school (just a couple of years ago) to gluing flowers to a float, being part of the parade is a special experience. And it is a special experience I am humbled to be a part of again. The Flower Festival Association asked me to be the Grand Marshall for the parade this year and I gratefully accepted the honor.
So join me Saturday, June 29th, as I join the Lompoc Flower Festival Parade once again and celebrate Summertime Fun and Friends and the Lompoc Community! See you at the park!
https://www.lompocvalleyfestivals.com/flower-festival/parade
https://www.lompocvalleyfestivals.com/flower-festival/entertainment-schedule
Celebrate National Small Business Week With Us on Saturday May 11th!
We believe small businesses should be celebrated every week but there is an official National Small Business Week which was established in 1963. Over 50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation citing the importance of small businesses in job creation and building strong, viable communities.
Though many years have passed and many things have changed since the first National Small Business Week over 50 years ago, one thing that hasn’t changed is how important our local small businesses are. More than 50% of Americans own or work for a small business, every 2 of 3 jobs in the private sector is created by a small business and the success of small businesses is critical to growing the US economy. Also, on a local level, a healthy small business community contributes positively to the local economy, allowing money to circulate within the same community for an extended period of time. Local business owners tend to use the services of other local businesses and employees spend money where they work. This, coupled with the resulting tax dollars for infrastructure that then stay within the community, make for a stronger local economy and community.
Please join us this year and celebrate National Small Business Week on Saturday May 11th. We’ll have special sales that day and our prize wheel will be spinning!
Sources:
https://www.business.com/articles/small-business-week-2018/
https://www.sba.gov/node/1615232
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-m-kirby/small-businesses-can-make_b_13127000.html
Celebrate National Small Business Week With Us!
We believe small businesses should be celebrated every week but there is an official National Small Business Week which was established in 1963. Over 50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation citing the importance of small businesses in job creation and building strong, viable communities. This year the SBA National Small Business Week officially begins Sunday, April 29th but we are celebrating our local small businesses beginning Monday, April 30th through Sunday May 6th.
Though many years have passed and many things have changed since the first National Small Business Week over 50 years ago, one thing that hasn’t changed is how important our local small businesses are. More than 50% of Americans own or work for a small business, every 2 of 3 jobs in the private sector is created by a small business and the success of small businesses is critical to growing the US economy. Also, on a local level, a healthy small business community contributes positively to the local economy, allowing money to circulate within the same community for an extended period of time. Local business owners tend to use the services of other local businesses and employees spend money where they work. This, coupled with the resulting tax dollars for infrastructure that then stay within the community, make for a stronger local economy and community.
Please join us this year for National Small Business Week with our other local small businesses neighbors! Visit http://www.lompoc.com/small-business-week.html to find out more and click on our logo to see how we are celebrating!
Sources:
https://www.business.com/articles/small-business-week-2018/
https://www.sba.gov/node/1615232
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-m-kirby/small-businesses-can-make_b_13127000.html