Berkeley Chamber of Commerce

Visit Berkeley and see why so many people find it one of the most fascinating communities to explore.

Known world-wide, especially now, an abundance of excellent dining, one-of-a-kind shopping, cultural venues, a renowned university and many other experiences await you.

The city of Berkeley rests in a natural amphitheater, sweeping down from the coastal hills to the shores of San Francisco Bay. You can see out to the far Pacific horizon, framed by the Golden Gate; you can see the distinct skyline of San Francisco; and the gentle peak of Marin County's Mt. Tamalpais.

Closer to home, the city's eastern boundary is crowned by Tilden Regional Park, part of a more than 40 mile long regional park system, and thousands of acres of watershed lands that open the spectacular ridges of the coast ranges to those that cherish the ample green belt.

Los Angeles and southern California deserts are 400 miles to the south, Lake Tahoe, gold country and the High Sierra is a three hour drive to the east. The Redwood empire and Napa and Sonoma wine county is less than an hour away to the north. Sacramento is only eighty miles east; and the charming Sacramento/San Joaquin river delta is just over the hills to the east. San Francisco is minutes west over the Bay Bridge.

Few places are as conveniently located for the business person. With two major interstate highways and a trans-continental rail line passing through the city limits, two major international airports close by, and three principal shipping ports to the Pacific Rim and beyond as neighbors, Berkeley's location is as desirable as it is accessible.

Berkeley - from Bohemian Telegraph Avenue to the Gourmet Ghetto on North Shattuck, Solano Avenue, College Avenue, International Marketplace at San Pablo and University Aves., Downtown Berkeley - it's everything you thought it would be, and recently, even more!

Stop by the Chamber office or view it online to see what we're working on for you!

Alpha Cleaning Services
Serky Tefera
P.O. Box 11577
Piedmont, CA 94611
510-485-8282
www.alpha-cleaningservices.com

Alpha Cleaning Services provides complete and reliable janitorial services to companies and businesses in the bay area. Alpha Cleaning is reasonable and competitive with our rates and we maintain qualified management. We use high quality materials with safe cleaning procedures. Employees are honest and dependable and we are fully licensed, insured and bonded! Our work is 100% guaranteed. Please visit our website: http://www.alpha-cleaningservices.com

Eco-Lawn
Rick Bonde
1260 Hopkins St. #1
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-705-1190
www.eco-lawn-care.com

Eco-Lawn is a new business, providing earth-friendly lawn and yard care services such as mowing, edging, trimming, composting, and mulching. By using quiet, minimally polluting electric equipment and sustainable, organic techniques we are able to maintain beautiful landscapes while reducing the substantial environmental impacts of traditional yard care.

U.S. Marine Corps Officer Selection Office
Capt. R.J. Lund, USMC
64 Shattuck Square, Suite F
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-705-2060
www.sfmarineofficer.com

The United States Marine Corps is one of the most elite military organizations in the world. The Marine Corps prides itself on its core values of honor, courage and commitment. Leadership, tradition, camaraderie and service to country are the building blocks of what make the Marine Corps a unique experience.

Berkeley East Bay Humane Society
Mim Carlson
2700 Ninth St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-845-7735
510-845-3633 - Hospital

www.berkeleyhumane.org

The Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society has served the community for over 80 years. We are a non-profit resource center for pets and people. Our shelter for abandoned animals, veterinary hospital, humane education, outreach, and training programs, provide comprehensive services that enable animals to find new homes and help guardians give their pets the care they need to have positive healthy lives together. We also teach the broader community to be more responsible and compassionate for all living beings.

NurtureSource Designs
2295 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, California 94702
510.868.1021 Office
www.nurturesourcedesigns.com
Eco-Green Technologies to Make Your Home "Green and Beautiful"

NurtureSource Designs was created to help homeowners prepare and present their homes for sale within the San Francisco Bay Area. Today eco-green technologies help to gain a marketing advantage when offering a home for sale. It also makes sense for creating a healthier home environment or to lower utility costs. We bring design services and product selection directly to the homeowner.

Drain 99 / Toto's Plumbing Services
Patrick Carson or Raul Hernandez
1509 Carleton St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
1-877-937-2469
patandcat20@hotmail.com

Drain 99 (Patrick Carson) Toto’s Plumbing (Raul Hernandez) is a complete plumbing service company that provides new plumbing systems installed for commercial to residential. We are a 24-hour emergency service that is available 7 days a week. We never charge overtime and we have flat rates on our residential service that are affordable and fair. We have all latest technology such as trenchless, video inspection and line locating.

Business-Savvy Bookkeeping, Inc.
Ann Valliant
5564 Marshall St.
Oakland, CA 94608
510-547-8521
www.business-savvy-books.com

Business-Savvy Bookkeeping, Inc. offers small businesses:

Bookkeeping – our specialty!

1. Bookkeeping set-up & clean-up
2. Off-site bookkeeping, preferably using Quickbooks Online
3. On-site bookkeeping in flatlands from downtown Oakland to El Cerrito

Employer set-up
Help hiring bookkeepers
Bookkeeper training & supervision

See www.AnnValliant.com for more examples!

Cody's Books, Inc.
2201 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com

Bringing writers & readers together since 1956, Cody’s Books is home in downtown Berkeley. You’ll find substantial & compelling selections of literature, politics, history, & science, and well-chosen kids’ and young adult books, along with travel, reference, languages, philosophy, religion, sociology, special orders, and a world-class author event series.

Café M
1799 Fourth Street, #F
(next to Fifth Street)
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-526-4229

Café M: Modern American Comfort Food in Berkeley’s wonderful Fourth Street neighborhood. Fresh, local ingredients. Outdoor seating. Great wine list. Featuring innovative and tasty dishes, from The Roasted Vegetable Tower to the Fresh Hawaiian Walu, served in a relaxed and comfortable setting.

Open for breakfast and lunch 7 days a week, 8:00 a.m. – 4 pm.
Open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday, 5 – 10 pm.

Consumer Ethics
Bradley Berman
1250 Addison, Suite 211-A
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-649-0495
www.hybridcars.com

Consumer Ethics, Inc. is a media company providing information to help Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, promote economic justice, and enhance quality of life. Consumer Ethics manages HybridCars.com, a consumer information auto website; ZipcodeVillage.com, an online platform to help local small businesses reach local customers; and EthicalShopping.com.

Hillside Club
Erma Wheatley
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley CA 94709
510-644-2967
www.hillsideclub.org

The Hillside Club is a community-based membership organization that supports culture and the arts. Most events are open to the public, including concerts, lectures, community forums, classes, dances, documentaries, theater, and art exhibits. The elegant arts-and-crafts style hall is also ideal for private party rentals, conferences, meetings, celebrations, exhibitions, formal and informal events.

Uzzitu Design
Laura De La Torre
1350 Sacramento St.
Berkeley, CA 94702
415-806-3380
www.uzzitu.com

UZZITU is a design studio based in Berkeley, CA. We are a multidisciplinary and collaborative work team of professional architects, engineers and designers that strive to create unique designs solutions, products and ideas where we can innovate the quality of living, could be simple and affordable for everybody and is sustainable and committed with the environment.

Our talents comprise a wide range of professional skills including: color consulting, material consulting, additions, residential, interior design, furniture design. We have a very strong commitment with our clients either with private clients or in collaboration with other studios. We follow a rigorous design process in order to achieve our goals as well as the clients goals and vision.

Listen For Life
Andy Anderson
1942 University Ave., Ste. 306 + 105
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-540-8136
www.oneworldwalk.org

Listen for Life is a global family of volunteers, musicians and music listeners, working together through outreach, education and media projects to restore music as a unifying force among all people. We recently opened OneWorldWalk, a cross-cultural community center in downtown Berkeley! We also have t.v./digital media production studios at our Berkeley Complex and our latest series. Please visit www.travelswithmusic.org

Bay Alarm Company
Rechelle Diamond / Mike Arnone
9836 Kitty Lane
Oakland, CA 94603
510-639-2674
www.bayalarm.com

Bay Alarm Company - the Premier Electronic Security Provider for Commercial and Residential Systems throughout California. Protecting California’s Businesses and Homes Since 1946 Bay Alarm Company has developed a distinct line of products and services designed to provide our customers with a full range of burglar alarm, access control, fire, video surveillance and online management solutions.

42, Inc.
Alex Hancock
2039 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 500
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-548-7948 ext. 152
www.42inc.com

Founded in 1992, 42 is a managed services provider (MSP), internet services provider (ISP) and information technology services company based in downtown Berkeley. From secure email and web hosting, to network support and IT consulting, we offer a complete range of IT solutions and services for your business.

Main Street Business Brokerage
Greg Ortega
2625 Alcatraz Blvd., #349
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-868-5369
www.msbusinessbrokerage.com

I specialize in the sale of small businesses in Berkeley and the neighboring communities. My services can provide you with the greatest probability of getting the best price and terms, help you structure the deal for maximum benefit, simplify a very complicated process and ensure that the deal gets closed successfully and confidentially.

Berkeley Historical Society
Nelly Coplan
1931 Center St.
Berkeley, CA 94701
510-848-0181
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc

Our mission is to celebrate the diversity of Berkeley people by keeping Berkeley's history a vital part of our lives. The Berkeley Historical Society (BHS) is a non-profit all-volunteer group serving as a primary resource for the collection and preservation of local history. The Society was established during the 1978 Berkeley Centennial Celebration.

Bay Area Pest Elimination/Building Services
Helmut Tutass
1 Spinnaker Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-717-3506
seawolf1@writeme.com

Environmentally conscious pest and mold management service company. Locally owned and operated. We use the Integrated Pest Management System. What this does is go right to the source of the pest problem and eliminate it. We use Ecologically friendly products, we use a minimum amount of product. We service Residential as well as Commercial properties. We are specialists in rodent and cockroach elimination in Commercial kitchens. As well as small fly issues in Bar's and Kitchens. We are your partner in your pest control needs. We also offer Deck, Fence, Walkways cleaning and sealing. Give us a call, we'll do you right.

State of California, Dept. of Rehabilitation
Theresa Fields
1936 University Ave.
Ste. 150
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-883-6005
www.dor.ca.gov

It is the mission of the California State Rehabilitation Council, in partnership with the California Department of Rehabilitation, to assure that all Californian's with disabilities are represented, informed and empowered; receive necessary, sufficient and timely individualized services; and that these services are excellent and lead to meaningful employment.

The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce supports our men and women in the armed forces and thanks them for their service to our great country!