﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.santacruzchamber.org</link><description>News related to Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Business After Hours: Bargetto Winery  4/28/2026 5:00 PM - 4/28/2026 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p class="isSelectedEnd"&gt;&lt;a data-bind="attr: { href: Event.RegistrationURL }" href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Business-After-Hours-Barghetto-Tasting-Room-6559/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True" id="btnWCCustomRegButton1"&gt;&lt;img class="wc-customeventregisterbutton" data-bind="attr:{src: CustomRegistrationButtonImageURL}" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="isSelectedEnd" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://bargetto.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4707" style="width: 133px; height: 147px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="136" data-start="0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;Join the Santa Cruz Area Chamber for a relaxing and enjoyable evening at our next Business After Hours event, hosted at Bargetto Winery!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="183" data-start="138"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="159" data-start="138"&gt;Tuesday, April 28&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br data-end="162" data-start="159" /&gt;
&lt;strong data-end="183" data-start="162"&gt;5:00 PM &amp;ndash; 7:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="384" data-start="185"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;Connect with fellow professionals, grow your network, and unwind in a beautiful setting. Your registration includes one complimentary glass of wine, with additional selections available for purchase.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="547" data-start="386"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re also excited to feature local vendors, including &lt;a href="https://pkpicks.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PKPX Picks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.cheeseshop831.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorrTo2zvoda8P6XpiOtxVRPpPJmQJF2uN4GpjgiOEmqWLgu5ymm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheese Shop 831&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Be sure to stop by, explore their offerings, and enjoy some delicious bites!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="663" data-start="549"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;Whether you&amp;#39;re looking to make new connections or catch up with familiar faces, this is the perfect midweek break.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="701" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="" data-start="665"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;We look forward to seeing you there!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://pkpicks.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="150" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=13332" width="117" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://pkpicks.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="152" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=13334" width="127" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cheeseshop831.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorrTo2zvoda8P6XpiOtxVRPpPJmQJF2uN4GpjgiOEmqWLgu5ymm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="136" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=13335" width="201" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=6559</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:19:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Luncheon with Special Presentation by Santa Cruz County's New County Executive Officer, Nicole Coburn 5/6/2026 11:00 AM - 5/6/2026 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-bind="attr: { href: Event.RegistrationURL }" href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Luncheon-with-Special-Presentation-by-Santa-Cruz-Countys-New-County-Executive-Officer-Nicole-Coburn-6534/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True" id="btnWCCustomRegButton1"&gt;&lt;img class="wc-customeventregisterbutton" data-bind="attr:{src: CustomRegistrationButtonImageURL}" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="168" data-start="61"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="168" data-start="61"&gt;Join Us for a Special Presentation with Santa Cruz County&amp;rsquo;s New County Executive Officer, Nicole Coburn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="334" data-start="170"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;The Santa Cruz Area Chamber invites you to an important lunch event featuring &lt;strong data-end="265" data-start="248"&gt;Nicole Coburn&lt;/strong&gt;, newly appointed &lt;strong data-end="333" data-start="283"&gt;County Executive Officer for Santa Cruz County&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="426" data-start="336"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;Nicole will provide essential updates that local businesses won&amp;rsquo;t want to miss, including:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;p data-end="467" data-start="430"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;The latest on county budget impacts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p data-end="523" data-start="470"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;Funding opportunities available to local businesses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p data-end="574" data-start="526"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;Guidance on how to do business with the County&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p data-end="998" data-start="903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;Join us for lunch provided by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://chunkssandwiches.com/"&gt;Chunk&amp;#39;s Sandwiches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, learning, and connection with fellow community members and business leaders.&amp;nbsp;This timely and informative session is designed to support and strengthen our business community. We encourage all local businesses to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="1038" data-start="1000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;We look forward to seeing you there!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000"&gt;BEFORE REGISTERING, PLEASE READ!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;To register, please follow the instructions below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Click on the red &amp;ldquo;Register&amp;rdquo; button at the top of this page.&lt;br /&gt;
- THEN Click the blue &amp;ldquo;Login&amp;rdquo; button in the upper right corner on the next screen. After you enter your username and password, click login, then proceed with the registration form.&lt;br /&gt;
- If you do not have your login or password information feel free to use the &amp;ldquo;Forgot Password&amp;rdquo; feature to retrieve your password via the email you have on file with the Chamber.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;If you still have technical issues please feel free to call (831) 457-3713 or email &lt;a href="administration@santacruzchamber.org"&gt;administration@santacruzchamber.org&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;Thank You to Our Sponsors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://chunkssandwiches.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=12239" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gold Sponsor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="132" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=13307" width="279" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interested in Getting Involved and Supporting the Chamber - Consider our &lt;a href="https://www.santacruzchamber.org/uploads/5/5/5/1/55516451/_digital_2026_membership_packet_.pdf"&gt;Multi-Event Sponsorship Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=6534</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:14:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2026 Primary Election Candidates Forum 5/14/2026 6:00 PM - 5/14/2026 8:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p data-end="422" data-start="189" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=13331" style="width: 640px; height: 800px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us on &lt;strong&gt;May 14th from 6:00&amp;ndash;8:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;at Kaiser Permanente Arena&lt;/strong&gt; for a community candidate forum featuring those running for Santa Cruz Mayor, City Council Districts 4 and 6, and &amp;nbsp;Supervisorial Districts 3 and 4. This is a valuable opportunity to hear directly from those seeking to represent our community and learn where they stand on issues that impact local businesses and economic vitality. This free event is open to the public, and &lt;strong&gt;no registration is required&lt;/strong&gt; - just come as you are and be part of the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=6563</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business After Hours: West Coast Community Bank 5/21/2026 5:00 PM - 5/21/2026 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-bind="attr: { href: Event.RegistrationURL }" href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Business-After-Hours-West-Coast-Community-Bank-6540/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True" id="btnWCCustomRegButton1" style="outline-color: rgb(4, 159, 226); text-decoration: none; color: rgb(4, 159, 226); transition: 200ms linear; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img class="wc-customeventregisterbutton" data-bind="attr:{src: CustomRegistrationButtonImageURL}" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" style="border: 0px; outline-color: rgb(4, 159, 226); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=12256" style="width: 500px; height: 281px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="712" data-start="390"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Join us for a Santa Cruz Chamber &lt;strong data-end="57" data-start="33"&gt;Business After Hours&lt;/strong&gt; networking event on &lt;strong data-end="113" data-start="78"&gt;May 21, 2026, from 5:00&amp;ndash;7:00 pm&lt;/strong&gt;. This evening brings together local professionals who are committed to building lasting relationships, strengthening our business community, and supporting economic vitality and community well-being. Connect with fellow community champions, enjoy refreshments, and engage in meaningful conversations that help foster sustainable growth and long-term prosperity. &lt;strong data-end="507" data-is-last-node="" data-start="476"&gt;Register to save your spot!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000"&gt;BEFORE REGISTERING, PLEASE READ!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;To register, please follow the instructions below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Click on the red &amp;ldquo;Register&amp;rdquo; button at the top of this page.&lt;br /&gt;
- THEN Click the blue &amp;ldquo;Login&amp;rdquo; button in the upper right corner on the next screen. After you enter your username and password, click login, then proceed with the registration form.&lt;br /&gt;
- If you do not have your login or password information feel free to use the &amp;ldquo;Forgot Password&amp;rdquo; feature to retrieve your password via the email you have on file with the Chamber.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;If you still have technical issues please feel free to call (831) 457-3713 or email &lt;a href="administration@santacruzchamber.org"&gt;administration@santacruzchamber.org&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=6540</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:59:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>