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SAA Annual Program

Annual events and benefits of membership in the SAA: SAA Annual Program pdf

Events Email

Get notified of Albany and Berkeley events on Solano Avenue. Please add yourself to our "Events" email group. Please follow this link:

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on Solano Avenue

Are you interested in opening or moving a business to Solano Avenue? We offer a list of vacancies and approximate rents on the Avenue. Please call or email us for more information. Solano Avenue is a wonderful place to have a business.

Do you know about our E News Letter for SAA Members?

Twice a month the SAA produces an "E News Letter" putting people in touch with what is happening on Solano Avenue. We keep you posted on who is coming and going, current events, crime alerts, and much more. This electronic method is a great way of keeping track of the Avenue while being environmentally conscious. (We only send out a physical newsletter annually.)

Please have your email address added to our E News Letter subscription list by sending us an email: - Solano Avenue Merchants only.

About SAA and Membership:

  • How and why to join - with the "Applications" button (Start)
  • Current Board of Directors and Structure (Middle)
  • Legacy Directors - Monumental Contributors (Fin)

    • Our Mission: The Solano Avenue Association is dedicated to promoting and improving the Solano Avenue business district and to building community spirit and identity through events, marketing, and aesthetic enhancement. Founded in 1974, we are a non-profit organization comprised of professionals, restaurateurs, retailers, organizations, and individuals located within one block of Solano Avenue in Albany or Berkeley, and San Pablo Avenue in Albany.

Application for membership in the Solano Avenue Association Click this button for a PDF registration form!

Membership Benefits

Get a membership - get a BARGAIN!

The association dues are a bargain, on average just $148.00. What does $148 get you these days?
A "one time" business-card-size advertisement in a local newspaper?

Just to be included in the SAA directory, which is strategically distributed - and delivered by-hand to everyone within one block of Solano is a bargain! Not to mention getting a free booth at the Solano Avenue Stroll which serves as host to 250,000 locals and out-of-towners every second Sunday in September. No other form of advertising can guarantee to bring this many people to your doorstep.

Your SAA membership, and investment into the Solano Avenue Stroll also gives you the satisfaction of knowing that you have made it possible for many community organizations (most of which are non-profit) to be a part of the Solano Avenue Stroll. Most of these organizations rely on the Stroll for fundraising and the unique promotional opportunity that the Solano Avenue Stroll represents.

Solano Avenue Association Board of Directors

The Solano Avenue Association is composed of approximately 250 members, 15 board of directors
who are volunteers,and one paid consultant, the Executive Director.

The Executive Director is also the Event Producer/Manager. Additional staff and volunteers are under the direction of the Executive Director.

The Solano Avenue Association Board of Directors meets on the second and fourth Tuesday morning(s) of the month. Near event dates, we meet weekly. We typically meet at the Mechanics Bank - Albany Branch; they are kind enough to host us. 801 San Pablo Avenue at Washington, 8:15 am. You can request an agenda by email, or contact us for copies of meeting minutes, or if you would like an email forwarded to the current Board of Directors. We are always looking for people willing to participate.

SAA Executive Board 2013/2014

President - John Cowee, Architectural Concepts
Vice President Jason Bellevue, RAF Investment Services, Inc.
Secretary - Jan Snidow, The Mane Alley [Salon]
Treasurer - Jason Alabanza, Mechanics Bank - Albany

SAA Board of Directors 2013/2014

Audi Constance, CFP Financial Solutions
Jason Haight, North Berkeley Resident and Solano Avenue Consumer
Richard Hong, California Bank and Trust
David Krebs, Whole Health Apothecary
Debbie Perkins-Kalama, KNA Copy Centre
Memo Robles, Casa Oaxaca

Staff

Allen Cain, Executive Director and Events Manager

2012 SAA Board of Directors

Right to left: Jason Alabanza; Sang Rowand; Audi Constance; Tom Taylor; Debbie Perkins-Kalama; Jason Bellevue (Back); David Krebs; Harry Pruyn (back); Richard Hong; Jan Snidow, and Allen Cain in front. Image by Raya Dalrymple I Scream/Berkeley (only a fragment of our total Board)

Our Board of Directors roster from past years:

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Our annual/printed newsletter to the membership

2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008

Legacy Directors

Thank you to the following people who have made a monumental contribution to the Solano Avenue Association. (Please see also the "Brief History of the Solano Avenue Stroll").

Carl Brodsky (TileShop); Dolly Walker (Walker’s Pie Shop); Emmett Eiland (Oriental Rug Dealer); Ira Klein (Iris); Kathy Lee (Lee Graphics); Lee Brown (Northern CA Savings / where Mechanics (1801) is); Lisa Burnham (Thousand Oaks Merchant Association); Robert Cheasty (Cheasty and Cheasty); Rosemary Burns (Northumbrian Antiques,); Sue Johnson (Sue Johnson Lamps)

(4/19/12: This list is a “work in progress”. Any suggestions you have to complete it and or make it more accurate would be welcomed. Please also see our "Program Credits" page.)

Got a Website?

Make sure we have your email and web address for a free web link on the SAA site to your website.
How about linking your website to SAA, too? Just copy and paste this into your webpage: <a href="http://archive.solanoavenueassn.org">www.solanoavenueassn.org</a>