La Habra : City Loans Chamber of Commerce $15,000
The Chamber of Commerce has borrowed $15,000 from the city so that it can stay in business.
City Council members last week unanimously voted to make the loan, which is to be repaid in six months. In addition, City Manager Lee Risner agreed to help the chamber’s financial officers put together a balanced budget.
Chamber representatives were not available for comment Monday. But city officials said the nonprofit organization had not made much money on the past year’s fund-raisers and was pinched by a decline in membership.
Services offered by the chamber include answering questions from the public about the city’s businesses and organizations, as well as promoting La Habra as a place in which to live and work.
“I’d hate to see the Chamber of Commerce go down the tubes, because it’s there for a purpose,” Councilman James Flora said, “to help the businesses in the community.”
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