Free ads for Leland Speech and Debate Team donors

Jan 012012

If your child is part of the Leland Speech and Debate Team, the Bret Harte Team, or if you just want to donate to the team, we would like to reward your contribution to the team by running your business ad for free for one year.  Send the name of the team member who inspired your contribution and your ad to donate@lelandsd.com, and we will email you confirmation and start running your ad as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, feel free to email donate@lelandsd.org and we will do our best to respond to your concerns.

 

In addition, if you are organizing a different fundraising event and would like to partner with us to create a similar reward program, email support@almadenbusiness.com and we would love to help you out.

For more information on sponsoring ads on AlmadenBusiness.com, click here.

Every $1 Online for $6 Local

Dec 122011

Paid Search Drives $6 In Local Sales For Every $1 In Online Sales by Greg Sterling This excerpt comes from searchengineland.com, it discussed a new study what the real impact of paid search is offline. Six-to-One Impact in Offline Stores Based on two years of research conducted by retail marketing firm RevTrax, the study discovered that “for every $1 of e-commerce revenue generated from paid [Read More...]

Almaden Valley South house burned down

Aug 222011

You may have heard firetruck siren many times, however this is the first time I have seen how fire fighters put out a real fire.  Almaden Valley, Grandwood Way, South San Jose today a house is burned down.  Flames way up in the air and everything.  About 3:45 – 4:00PM today (Monday August 22, 2011). No one home, two dogs both eventually got out. The [Read More...]

Leland High School T-Mobile Tower Meeting

Apr 062011

People haven’t heard of this because everybody within 500 ft. of the tower site must be notified, and since the cellphone tower is at Leland, even though Leland and Bret Harte have 3000 students,  the closest houses are 200+ ft. away. Only a few close by residents were notified, most of the parents of the 3000 students are not notified. The purpose of this article [Read More...]

Almaden Lake Park

Aug 012010

Almaden Lake Closed to all Water Activity Due to Algae Bloom According to the City of San Jose website on July 26, 2010: Almaden Lake is now closed to all water activity due to blue-green algae bloom; the Lake will remain closed until the bloom dissipates. The algae, identified as Cyanobacteria, can be harmful to humans, especially small children. The bloom can occur in fresh [Read More...]

Fitness Hub!

Jul 172010

The following three establishments are all located in the plaza at the corner of Almaden Expressway and Via Valiente (same as PW supermarket): Almaden Yoga one of the newer businesses in the neighborhood, open since February 2010 visit their website at : http://www.almadenyoga.com/ 6922-C Almaden Expressway San Jose, CA 95120 Phone: (408) 596-4243 America’s Best Karate http://almadenkarate.com/ 888-683-2378 6940 Almaden Expressway Optimum Results Fitness Studio [Read More...]

Pet Services

Jul 122010

I’ve been reading lots of rave review of this business! Greenman Pet Services San Jose, CA 95120 (408) 455-3292 www.greenmanpetservices.com Following are some excerpts from their website: Greenman Pet Services is a licensed and insured pet services company based in the Almaden Valley of San Jose. We are dedicated to the health, safety, and happiness of companion animals of all kinds. We love the joy [Read More...]

Soccer - Where to See the World Cup

Jul 112010

The following was published in the San Jose Mercury on June 9th: Michael North, co-owner of the Britannia Arms on Almaden Expressway, has the kind of problem every restaurateur dreams about. His establishment has a legal capacity of 220 patrons. Yet more than a month before Saturday’s World Cup clash between England and the United States, 200 people had called to reserve seats for the [Read More...]

Art Classes

Jul 112010

“Lord of the Light” Art Studio — otherwise known as “Mrs. Fujii’s” 5945 Almaden Expressway San Jose, CA 95120 (408) 997-3112 Run by Mimi Fujii and her husband Mike, this school has an outstanding reputation teaching both children and adults alike with a method that Mrs. Fujii has developed herself.  The atmosphere is calm, respectful, and non-competitive, prices and hours are reasonable, the location is [Read More...]

More on Education

Jul 092010

Almaden is a very family-oriented community.  Many people  move here precisely because the schools are considered to be the best in the San Jose Unified school district and education is a priority for many families.  Not surprisingly, businesses providing tutoring, test preparation, and various other supplemental classes and academic services have been springing up.   Here are some (and this list will be added to if [Read More...]

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