On Friday, August 22nd the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 52nd Annual New Teacher Luncheon at Garfield Middle School. The lunch is sponored by The Ohio Educational Credit Union, and welcomes all the new teachers at both our public and parochial schools to Lakewood...

When the Chamber of Commerce moved to their new building at 16017 Detroit Avenue, one great advantage was the opportunity to market Chamber businesses more effectively to the community...

2008 marks the 21st year that the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce has recognized a member of the community for their outstanding business leadership and civic involvement. Over those 21 years, a veritable Who’s Who of Lakewood business men and women have been honored for their contribution to the community. The Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that the 2008 recipient of Lakewood’s Business Person of the Year is Mr. Jim O'Bryan...

The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce Hospice of the Western Reserve as its 2008 Outstanding New Member. Hospice joined the Chamber of Commerce in 2005 and has consistently been supportive to the Chamber and the community. According to Kathy Berkshire, CEO & President of the Lakewood Chamber, "Hospice and its employees contribute their time, talent and effort to make Lakewood a better place to live, work and do business..."

First Federal of Lakewood, a community bank founded in 1935, received the Community Service Leadership Award at the 12th annual Business Leadership Awards, sponsored by The Rotary Club of Cleveland and the Cleveland State University Nance College of Business Administration. Gary Fix, First Federal president, CEO and managing officer, accepted the award at a May 15, 2008 reception in Cleveland...

You can stop wondering what is going to happen with one of the empty storefronts on the eastern portion of Madison Avenue. Innovative Auto Tech has opened for business in the former Donnelly Furnace & Heating building at 13415 Madison Avenue. Innovative Auto Tech (IAT) is a new automobile customs company. Their services include anything and everything to detail and customize your car, including car audio and video, alarms, remote starting, under-car lighting, and complete detailing. If you are looking to "pimp your ride", this is the place for you...

Traveling with the family is not easy! There's planning, packing, stressing over which liquids are allowed on board, in the luggage, or on your person; getting to the airport, checking luggage and ultimately going through security. And all this with time constraints. We decided to make it a fun event and got ExpressJet Airlines to organize it for our Playdate on May 13th, 2008...

With 185 miles of sidewalks within 5.5 square miles, many consider Lakewood to be Ohio’s most walkable city. At Main Street Lakewood, we make a point to promote Lakewood’s walkability in all of our activities, ranging from the Detroit Avenue Streetscape Design to events like Walk+Roll™ Lakewood, scheduled for July 19th. Why? Because walking is not only good for our physical health, it is good for our economic health...

Saturday, May 3 marks a significant day in eco-conscious shopping as GreenSmartGifts, an earth-friendly shop, will open in Lakewood. Located at 14534 Detroit Avenue, directly across from Lakewood Hospital, the shop will promote “living green and giving green”...

As Observer readers know, Main Street Lakewood is a volunteer-based organization. From streetscape design to events like Light Up Lakewood, Band2Gether and Walk+Roll Lakewood, to working with City Hall to encourage investment in our downtown, resident volunteers make it all happen. On Thursday, April 19, four students from Lakewood High School’s freshman class came by to help collate material for Main Street Lakewood’s first-ever merchant membership drive...

The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and the Lakewood City Schools Community Education and Recreation Department announce the addition of antique identification to this year’s Home Show!

The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is always a busy place and the past year truly reflected our mission to promote Lakewood businesses in a positive light to the community...

Pet Pastries has joined the Lakewood community and has kicked off this month with new and exciting gourmet pet pastries...

Lakewood CertifiChecks are the perfect gift for teachers, coaches, employees, friends and family. Don't forget to put Lakewood CertifiCheck gift certificates on your holiday shopping list!...

The Grand Prize winner for Lakewood Shops Main Street was Garfield Middle School 6th grade student, Mitchell Gregg...

First Federal of Lakewood, sponsor of the 15th annual Classic at Mastick 5K Run, has awarded Classic at Mastick Scholarships to local high school senior runners, based on nominations from high school cross country coaches..

Diane Helbig, Founder and President of Seize This Day Coaching, has joined the team of Top Sales Experts at the behest of its creator Jonathan Farrington. Top Sales Experts is a team of some of the world's best and brightest in the sales coaching and training arena.

“This is indeed a huge honor...

Main Street Lakewood, in collaboration with Lakewood Hospital, welcomes all residents and guests to kick off the holiday season by shopping the old-fashioned way...

Lakewood is a prime community in Northeast Ohio for people making creative arrangements, moral commitments and smart purchases to preserve and strengthen the city’s economy through buy local initiatives.

Spend it here. Keep it Here.

Who says fun and politics don't mix? The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business After Hours at the Winking Lizard, 14018 Detroit Avenue, on Wednesday, September 26th from 5:30 -8:00 p.m.

All Lakewood merchants are encouraged to start considering how they would like to participate during Light Up Lakewood activities, Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Main Street Lakewood and LakewoodAlive are collaborating to encourage residents and visitors to shop and play throughout Lakewood throughout the weekend.

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Education is very important in our community and it is a long standing tradition that local businesses invite all new teachers and administrators in Lakewood to a banquet in their honor. This year the the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce invited 35 new public and parochial teachers to the 51st Annual New Teacher Luncheon.