COLTON COURIER Weekly
October 23, 2025
Vol 153, NO. 45
Colton Chamber Mixer Activates Downtown Paseo, Highlights Untapped Potential of $600K State-Funded Space
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PHOTO DAPHNE MARQUEZ Community members gather around a booth to discuss topics surrounding what they do.
By Daphne Marquez
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olton Chamber of Commerce’s latest business mixer in Colton’s downtown Paseo offered a space for local businesses and community members to build relationships and partnerships. Colton Recreation Coordinator, Razili Ramirez, said, “Getting these businesses out there, establishing who they are is the
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PHOTO IECN (From left): IECN Co-Publisher Denise Berver, Daphne Marquez, Soledad Morden, Ed Morden, and Co-Publisher Manny Sandoval.
goal. There are tons of local businesses, businesses within Colton that are coming out, and we just want them to mix and mingle and meet each other and establish relationships in the business community.” The Downtown Paseo was a project that had been in the works in recent years, with support from California State Senator Eloise Gomez-Reyes, Colton had garnered a $600,000 grant from the California Resources Agency in 2018, and the Paseo
had its ribbon cutting on July 26, 2023. However, since the ribbon cutting, the Paseo has had few events hosted there, Ramirez said “We’re doing small programming out of there and seeing how the community responds to it. So I think having some booths out tonight, and just having people come in and be able to ask questions, yeah, I think it's been productive.” Business, cont. next pg.
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PHOTO DENISE BERVER Girl Scouts Contestants leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
Little Miss Colton contestant Iris.
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PHOTO DENISE BERVER Reigning Teen Miss Colton Queen and Princesses.
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