Coordinates an event that promotes the city and the people of Bakersfield. A banquet and awards presentation focused on the positive attributes of Bakersfield's businesses, organizations and citizens. Meets monthly for approximately nine months a year on the second Tuesday of each month.

Provides a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and federal government issues, works to create a favorable business climate, reviews city, county, state and federal legislation for Board positions. Meets every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. and once a month for a mid-week lunch.

Learn to manage employee performance, discipline & termination.

Enjoy a light breakfast while attorneys Jerry Pearson and Jefferson Eberhardt, both of Young Wooldridge, LLP, cover a number of employee-performance-related topics.
You will learn:
     Legal methods of managing employee performance.
     How to productively correct problem behaviors in the workplace.
     Proper discipline and termination documentation.
     Avoiding wrongful termination claims and litigation.


Series Sponsor: Young Wooldridge LLP

Provides a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and federal government issues, works to create a favorable business climate, reviews city, county, state and federal legislation for Board positions. Meets every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. and once a month for a mid-week lunch.

Public relations for the Chamber, welcoming new businesses to the community at groundbreaking, ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremonies. Organizes and facilitates events where Chamber members network in a social atmosphere that also provides a forum for member businesses to showcase their locations, products and services. Meets the fourth Tuesday of each month.

More information to follow.

Created through a partnership with the Chamber's Bakersfield Young Professionals and Kern Community Foundation, Philanthropy on Tap is a free monthly series that gives nonprofits a platform to share their services, needs and volunteer opportunities. Attendees will receive complimentary wine, beer and appetizers.

Provides a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and federal government issues, works to create a favorable business climate, reviews city, county, state and federal legislation for Board positions. Meets every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. and once a month for a mid-week lunch.

Coordinates an event that promotes the city and the people of Bakersfield. A banquet and awards presentation focused on the positive attributes of Bakersfield's businesses, organizations and citizens. Meets monthly for approximately nine months a year on the second Tuesday of each month.

Provides a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and federal government issues, works to create a favorable business climate, reviews city, county, state and federal legislation for Board positions. Meets every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. and once a month for a mid-week lunch.

Held in the Wall Street Alley in downtown Bakersfield, this annual event brings together entertainment, great atmosphere and connections for young professionals.

Bakersfield Young Professionals will shut down the Wall Street Alley in the heart of downtown for the third annual BYP Street Party. Rock out to live music from the Therese Muller Band and DJ Mike Broida. There will also be local food truck vendors, a craft beer garden, cocktails, games and more. Access the party by entering through The Park at The Mark, 1623 19th Street.

The BYP Street Party is presented by Kern Federal Credit Union. Other sponsors include Advance Beverage Company, TBC Media, W.A. Thompson, LeBeau-Thelen LLP, Daniells Phillips Vaughan & Bock, The Mark Restaurant and Pepsi Beverages Company.

Tickets are $30 in advance, $35.00 at the door. Purchase your tickets at eventbrite.com. For more information, visit bakersfieldchamber.org.

Provides a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and federal government issues, works to create a favorable business climate, reviews city, county, state and federal legislation for Board positions. Meets every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. and once a month for a mid-week lunch.