P A R A M O U N T
PULSE BEAT February 2012
Serving the Community Since 1990
www.paramountchamber.com
The 2012 Paramount Chamber Directory Promotes – “Purchasing It In Paramount” Beginning this month volunteers from Paramount Girls Softball and the Paramount Pirates Football Association will begin door to door delivery of the Paramount Chamber 2012 Directory. The directory is published bi annually and contains business and residential listings, city and school contact information, as well as a list of public art pieces and their locations. “People love the directory and it’s one of the Chamber’s most requested items. The residential listings make it a neighborhood phone book, and the contact information for the various city departments and local schools make it a useful tool for businesses and residents,” said Chamber President Leonard Crespo. The theme of this year’s directory is “Purchase it in Paramount” as part of the campaign to raise awareness about the importance of shopping locally. According to City Manager Linda Benedetti-Leal, sales tax revenue is the single largest income source for nearly every city in California. It’s also
the most flexible. “Many government funds are restricted to specific uses, such as roads or transit. Sales tax revenue is unrestricted, and allows a city the greatest leeway in how they spend the money. It’s usually what pays for vital city services like law enforcement, parks, recreation programs and more. Law enforcement is usually the biggest part of any city’s budget, so sales tax revenue is directly linked to a community’s safety and quality of life.” That, she said, is why it’s so important to shop in Paramount. “There are nearly 900 commercial/ retail businesses in town that feature every consumer product you could ever need,” she explained. “When you shop locally, a portion of your sales tax stays in town to help pay for the services that make Paramount a safe and welcome place to live and work. You also help create local jobs and a stable community. Plus, it’s convenient and economical; it saves you time and gas. So remember to Purchase It ... In Paramount.”
The Paramount Chamber would like to thank the following advertisers for making the directory possible: AFLAC After School Unlimited Alert Cleaners Alondra Hot Wings Apollo Metal Spinning AppleCare Medical Group Avila Flooring Bianchi Theatres Café Corleone Cal Met Services CalifornIT Systems Support Carlton Forge Works Casa Adelita Casa Gamino Cerritos College Charles G. Hardy City of Paramount Cleantime Clinica Medica Hispana DeMaria Electric Domino’s Pizza Downey Plumbing & Heating Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care Eastern Meats & Deli Enrique’s Mexican Rest. E-Recycling Fenico Precision Castings
Paramount Chamber of Commerce
PULSE BEAT
15357 Paramount Boulevard, Paramount, CA 90723
Frize Corp. G. M. Properties Greg’s Collision Center Heath Machine Herald’s Garage Hunt Industrial Properties Ink Head Design & Print Kimberly’s Dance Studio La Amapola Lee & Associates Legendz Sporting Goods Lifegate Foursquare Church Lindsay Lumber Lion’s Club Logos II Lyons & Lyons Properties Madame Pompador Mariscos El Perihuete Marukan Vinegar Max Martinez, DDS Mid Cities FCU Millbrook Kitchens New Commandment Church Outside the Box Paramount Resource Recycling Paramount Collision Center Paramount Petroleum
Performance Heating Piggies Burgers Popular Community Bank Press Forge Quizno’s Rosecrans Funeral Home Rosewood Restaurant Rotary Club of Paramount S & S Footwear (Royal Image) SASSFA (Paramount) SCE Federal Credit Union SCE (Edison) SG Professional Svcs Smart Comp Industrial Risk Svc.
So. Cal. Immediate Med Ctr. St. Francis Medical State Farm/Luis Acosta Taco Luv The UPS Store Tony’s Towing Total Western Vernon Security Vicky Professional Svc. Ward Industrial Prop. Weber Metals WH Plumbing ZLS Beauty Salon
Help wanted............................. 9 Mayors Corner.......................... 3 Members Only...........................14 New Members...........................11
On Patrol...................................... 4 PEP.................................................7 Service Clubs.................................13
What’s inside Ask The Expert..........................10 Business Card Directory.............12-13 Business Corner.........................11 Cityscape..................................15