Bishop Chamber of Commerce
The Bishop Chamber of Commerce is busy planning several fun & festive Christmas events and they’d like to remind local businesses that now is the time to sign up to participate.
The parade is set for Saturday, December 4th, beginning at 4:30pm and this year’s theme is “White Christmas.” Immediately following the parade, will be the Tree Lighting Ceremony in the front of Bishop City Park. Parade entry forms are now available and due by November 26th.
On Saturday, December 11th, Railroad Express will return to Laws Museum. From 10am until 3pm, families will enjoy holiday crafts & activities, train rides, Smokey Bear, Santa Claus, wagon rides and refreshments. Tickets are $15 for those over 12 years old; $10 for ages 3 through 12; and free for kids under 3.
The chamber is also organizing the ever-popular “Shop Local Holiday Raffle.” Participating merchants will have raffle boxes and entry forms; shoppers can enter once at each location 12/3 through 12/17; winners will be announced on Monday, December 20th. Prizes will include gift certificates from participating merchants and grand prize is a $500 local shopping spree. This raffle replaces the map stamping raffle that was done in previous years and is open to any business in the Bishop area.
“We want to encourage people to shop in all of our local stores this holiday season and we hope this raffle program will be a great incentive,” explains April Leeson, Chamber Event Coordinator.
For more information, stop by the Bishop Chamber, 690 N. Main Street or call 760-873-8405.
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The Powers that have been Managing Bishop California over the last 50 years are responsible for its Downfall.
look around . WAKE UP PEOPLE.
I Warned you and i FOUGHT , Bu you feebs never listened.
OMG an unheard prophet . Will delusions never cease!
Moved Out of BISHOP over 5 years ago . The Only people who are comfortable living there now are The City Council , The Police and the Sheriffs.
Watch the Movie COPLAND .
Completely Corrupt. ENJOY.
Wait, you don’t live here? Oh thank God!
Would love to shop and support locally if there were actually stores to shop for my family in. How did our city deteriorate to this level? Bishop used to have a main street lined with a variety of wonderful stores that met the needs of this community and enticed those traveling through to stop and shop. It appears Bishop has done everything possible to eliminate a tourist based economy especially after 9pm when those traveling actually get here. We have stopped “leaving the lights on”
Who killed the City of Bishop ?
The internet.
I agree that Main St looks pretty sad in stretches. But I find it easy to shop for special gifts here. Spellbinder books and Nuts and Twigs and others have a nice variety of items made by local artists, in addition to their own merch. Eastside sports has everything from stocking stuffers to major items. A block off Main Street on Willow, Inyo Council for the arts has wall art, jewelry, ceramics, weaving, and right down the street is Independent project Press. Anne Marie’s has something for everyone on my list too.
Dwaynes pharmacy, Blue Lupine, Sierra cottons and wools …. and speaking of Laws Museum, their gift shop is definitely worth the four mile drive up highway six. For that matter, hardware stores and grocery stores are great places to find gifts. For very cool and sturdy toys for kids, Dwaynes and Vons and probably others have made great options available.
I’ve already done my holiday shopping locally, but I wish the chamber would drop the “shop local “ nonsense and use better grammar.
In Stretches , Haa Haa Haa ,Is the Old Joseph,s Market still sitting there with LOCKED DOORS full of ROTTING FOOD ?
INYOFACE
Why on Earth do you keep living here ?
As it happens The old Joseph’s market in Bishop is clean and modernized and being stocked at this moment with food items from this Century
The Instagrammers and tick-tokers killed main street. Also, there is a short documentary you should watch that explains a bit more…. Search youtube for “Video Killed The Radio Star” and you will have your answer.
I don’t necessarily agree with you because we have an older community here the internet buying is not as extreme. And I think most people in this community would prefer to go to the store and pick out what they want except for maybe specialty items they would order online. Let’s not forget our economy is dependent upon tourism. Instead of catering to this money market the city has done everything to keep them moving straight on through
Yep. It is always so shocking to me that with only a couple exceptions, Bishop retail has always closed down promptly at 5 p.m. Even in summer when the visitors are often still out enjoying nature and haven’t returned to town yet. Several years ago City of Bishop and Chamber of Commerce had a study done and one of the things it showed was that the majority of shopping takes place after 6 p.m. I don’t think anyone changed their hours. Even locals with a 9-5 have to rush around on their lunch hour if they want to shop local. Check out Bishop Main Street on a summer evening and see how many people are out and about walking town from 6 to 8 p.m. and count how many non-food based businesses are open. Then do the same in Lone Pine. The difference is shocking.
Merry Cortez
I wish I could shop locally too,but who in the **** wants to pay twice the price,sometimes more than that,than what you can get the very same item either on the internet or a 2 hour drive to Ridgecrest ?
Groceries in Lone Pine,not only seems prices go up on a daily basis,but the selection and bare shelves have become a problem too.
It’s obvious the quick-stops cater to the out of town visitors,where they have no choice but to pay $4.29 for a can of Dog food if they run out,or $4.19 for a bottle of Mountain Dew.
And then they preach to”shop locally”..to support local business’..
When a single person finds themselves spending $483.00 a month on groceries by shopping “locally”,then taking that south drive to Ridgecrest the following month and spending $263.00 for more or less the same thing,with a better selection,the answer to what most locals do is obvious.
Lower the prices and keep the shelves stocked,I’ll be glad to drive 3 blocks to get my monthly food and supplies.