GCVCC
Cathedral City
Activity Report
July 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Presented by Brandon Marley
GCVCC STAFF
BRANDON MARLEY
President/CEO
DIANA SOTO
Senior Director of
Operations
JO BETH PRUDHOMME
Director of Business
Development
TINA RODRIGUEZ
Events Manager
TERRY CATES
Membership Experience
Coordinator
SYLVIA TENORIO
Administration
Coordinator
840
150+
15%
10,000+
GCVCC Members
Regional Events per
year
are Cathedral City Businesses
Marketing Impressions in the
last 60 days
To help small businesses survive the pandemic,
GCVCC extended all memberships at no cost
during the COVID 19 Pandemic. No business is
ever denied resources or educational
opportunities regardless of their membership
status.
CITY MARKETING
45 Total Weekly E-newsletters
10 City Walks
224 Unique Business Contacts
897
Cathedral City Shop Local
Website Update
Cathedral City’s events are consistently
represented on our weekly eblast to 6,500
email subscribers across the Greater
Coachella Valley. The newsletter open rate
hovers at 45% which is considered
exceptional within Constant Contact.
Contacts resulting from business walks,
mixers, and attending other organizations
networking events and referrals.
City Walks are held once a month. GCV staff
are accompanied by Cathedral City board
members and ambassadors. All prespective
followup is conducted by GCV staff.
In January 2023, a comprehensive update
began of this intractive website. Staff is
working through the business license list
provided on January 6, 2023.. Businesses
currently listed have been verified for
authenticity, location, services provided, and
hours of operation.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3 MIXERS
14 CHAMBER 101/AMBASSADOR
EVENTS
35 IN-PERSON MEETINGS
5 COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Mary Pickford - July 20, 2022.
Drop By Office/AMP Lounge - Dec. 15, 2022
Williams Homes Ribbon Cutting and Mixer -
May 18, 2023
Monthly Chamber Board Meetings
Ambassador Appreciation at Sol Y Sombra
held Dec 1st (20 attendees)
Chamber 101's held at Drop By Office
December 2nd (10 attendees) &
Jan 6th (12 attendees)
and many more
Palm Springs Pride Parade Booth
Hot Air Balloon Event Booth
LGBT Days - Bed Race participants
Mayan International Cultural Event (up-
coming)
Cathedral City State of the City
Appointments and meetings generated as a
result of the unique business contacts
resulting in next level engagements.
STATE OF THE CITY
The Cathedral City State of the City was a sold out event that saw over 300 attendees receive updates on the work the City of Cathedral City is doing throughout the community. The event was held at DoubleTree by Hilton Golf Resort on May 16, 2023.
It also saw a packed expo hall to kick off the event with over a dozen local vendors for attendees to have the opportunity to learn about. Attendees also had the opportunity to celebrate local businesses, residents and workers during the awards celebration.
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
MEET OUR CATHEDRAL CITY CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephen Burchard, Board Chair
Scott Robinson, Regional GCVCC Board, Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City Shelley Kaplan, Strategic Consulting
Bob Baltes, Baltes & Associates CPA
Adam Ramirez - LIT Properties
James Lindquist, DAP Health
Peter Bedard, Convergence Healing
Rich Altman, Runway & CCBC Resort
Sandy Jimenez, Entravision
Joe Frazier, Frazier Pest Control
THANK YOU
DIANA SOTO
Senior Director of
Operations
BRANDON MARLEY
President/CEO
[email protected]
[email protected] | gcvcc.org | 760-347-0676
JO BETH PRUDHOMME
Director of Business
Development