Venice Oceanarium

More than 25 years ago, Chamber member Tim Rudnick had an idea that sounded more than a little impractical. He wanted to build a museum without walls – an organization that could host events whenever and wherever it needed to go. Educating the public and...

Venice Family Clinic

The Venice Family Clinic has served for over fifty years as a community health center in the Venice region. The clinic was started by Philip Rossman, MD and Mayer B. Davidson, MD in 1970. In the old days, care was provided through a borrowed dental storefront in...

Friends of the Venice Library

Former United States President John F. Kennedy once wrote: “If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.” This is just as true in...

Venice Coin Toss

View post on imgur.com Did you know the birth of Venice was the result of a coin toss gone awry?  We owe it all to a land developer who was a transplant from New Jersey and had a unique vision for a city by the sea. January 1904, Los Angeles: Abbot Kinney, land...

Beach Clean-Up

At the Venice Chamber of Commerce, our Chamber in Action Committee takes a day at the beach seriously! Earlier this year, we joined forces with Future Cleaning, professional cleaning company and VCC member, to do a cleanup day at the Venice Pier. Future Cleaning...