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Bruno’s Bar & Grill — May 18
e sure to put May 18 on your calendar for a great joint event at Bruno’s Bar & Grill in Scotts Valley. The event, which starts at 5:30, is co-hosted by the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Chambers of Commerce and Think Local First Santa Cruz County. It will combine a ribbon cutting celebrating the renovations at Bruno’s with a business showcase, especially for businesses who don’t have a traditional brick and mortar location. Appetizers will be served and there will be a no-host bar. Bruno’s Bar and Grill co-owner, Joanne Guzman, notes, “Our team has worked so hard on all the improvements downstairs and up. It’s great to be able to share our vision with the people who have been our cheerleaders day after day.” Improvements have included revamping the award-winning main restaurant and bar downstairs. More recently, Joanne and her partner/husband, Rogelio,
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have guided a serious make-over upstairs including the Jim lounge (voted best place to watch sports by Santa Cruz Sentinel), leading out to the ever-sopopular Cloud 9 Deck. Bruno’s is both a great place to eat but to also bring family and friends for pool, foosball, and shuffleboard. Tam Communications’ co-owner Susan O’Connor Fraser commented “I’ve always been envious of businesses that can host Photo Credit: Paul Regen ribbon cutting events because it gives them a way to showcase location, a way to do the same and in an many awesome virtual businesses in our collective communities, and this is a great their presence and commitment to the awesome venue like Bruno’s. Win-win!” Scotts Valley Chamber Executive way to honor their work and involvement community. An event like this gives companies like ours, who don’t have a physical Director Danny Reber adds, “We have so in the vibrancy of our community.”
New Member Spotlight: Spierings Communications
pierings Communications was born in 2017 when Martin Spierings left the position of Director of Marketing for Smith Micro Software an animation software company which was based in downtown Santa Cruz. He applies his generalist digital marketing skills to helping small to medium companies with their online presence. He fulfills a need among local businesses in particular, who don’t have the budget for full-time marketing personnel, to strategize, set-up and execute their digital marketing needs. Spierings Communications provides a varied suite of digital marketing services including website set-up and training, copywriting, social media management, e-commerce, and email marketing.
“Martin’s creative insight, humor and professionalism helped us launch our business profile on all of the relevant social media platforms. I would highly recommend him to other business owners,” said Mandy Draper of Community Real Estate Scotts Valley, a Chamber member. He also helped Steve Simonovich, a Scotts Valley resident and owner of Santa Cruz Pasta Factory, launch an ecommerce website during the pandemic and continues to manage the online side of the business. Spierings lives in Scotts Valley with his wife and two children. From his Erba Lane office, he enjoys meeting with other Scotts Valley businesses to help them grow and thrive.
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