Ep. 20 Carlsbad Village: The Heart & Soul of the City with Christine Davis
Learn more about the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce: . Recently, Christine Davis, the Executive Director of the Carlsbad Village Association, sat down to talk with Bret Schanzenbach on the Carlsbad People, Purpose, and Impact Podcast. Boasting fantastic...
Learn more about the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce: https://carlsbad.org/.
Recently, Christine Davis, the Executive Director of the Carlsbad Village Association, sat down to talk with Bret Schanzenbach on the Carlsbad People, Purpose, and Impact Podcast. Boasting fantastic shops, restaurants, services, and close proximity to the beach, the Village is a favorite for locals and tourists alike!
Christine Davis comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and she is passionate about small businesses. Not only has she worked as a journalist writing about businesses in the local paper, she has also been a business owner in the Village. Her heart for the Village and small businesses led to her involvement in the Village Association. In their conversation, she and Bret talk about what led her to the Village, the resiliency of small business owners during COVID, and the Village’s exciting upcoming events.
Interview Links
Discover more about the Carlsbad Village Association: https://www.carlsbad-village.com/.
Learn more about events in the Village here: https://www.carlsbad-village.com/events.
Contact Christine Davis here: chris@carlsbad-village.com.
Follow the Carlsbad Village Association on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlsbadvillage.
Connect with the Carlsbad Village Association on Facebook: https://facebook.com/carlsbadvillage.
Check out the Carlsbad Village Association on Instagram: https://instagram.com/carlsbadvillage.
Resources
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Christine A. Davis
Executive Directoe
Christine Davis comes from a long line of entrepreneurs dating back to the 1920’s when her grandparents emigrated from Italy to Chicago where they would come to own and operate an Italian delicatessen and market.
Nearly a century later, Ms. Davis hung her own brick-and-mortar shingle in the heart of downtown Carlsbad after owning three home-based businesses. Her father continually fostered her entrepreneurial spirit as she saw him successfully own several different businesses of his own from an early age until he retired in his 80’s. Even her husband of 20 years has been a small business owner for almost his entire career.
Ms. Davis has always had a heart for small business. That is why becoming the Executive Director of the Carlsbad Village Business Association in 2019 made such sense. She was the association’s part-time Program Manager from May of 2015 prior to that while also running her shoe store, Coolest Shoes in California, in Carlsbad Village.
“Being given the opportunity to support, promote, and lift up the several hundred small businesses in Carlsbad Village is a true honor,” Ms. Davis said. “I know what it means to hire your first employee, expand a product line, weather economic downturns, negotiate with landlords, all while selling, promoting, branding, and, of course, building exceptional customer relationships. Being a small business owner is not for the faint of heart and I am passionate about doing everything I can to help them be successful.”
Ms. Davis has won both the Entrepreneur of the Year Award through the Carlsbad … Read More
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