This is a Member Spotlight article for the Ventura County Community Foundation.

On behalf of Ventura County Complete Count Committee, we need your help – this is your chance to be a Census Superhero! 

As a valued business leader, we are asking you to join us in The Final Count campaign for the 2020 Census. With the census ending on September 30th, we are in the final stretch to reach all who have not yet been counted. 

Help us spread theword and encourage your employees and patrons to participate in the 2020 census. 
Follow our final countdown efforts on Ventura County Counts social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can click here to download the Business Toolkit Guide where you can review your Census Superhero Checklist, and fill out your Final Count Pledge Form. Download Business Toolkit Resources to share here.

We appreciate your time, consideration, and leadership! For more information or questions email: alandis@vccf.org

We recently welcomed The Villas at Channel Islands as a new Chamber member! The Villas at Channel Islands were happy to share more details with us about their new property of apartment homes.

What products or services do you provide?
The Villas at Channel Islands is a community located in Oxnard consisting of contemporary apartment homes, and as of July, we have just opened and are now leasing. We are proud to provide amenities such as private balconies, a fitness center, and a courtyard with spa, to name a few. We are also conveniently located an easy distance to shopping, entertainment, and restaurants in Oxnard.

What is the company's mission or motto?
We invite everyone to "Live Outside the Lines at The Villas at Channel Islands."

What’s one thing the business is known for over its competitors?
Excellent customer service! We are happy to provide help in any way we can.

How can the Chamber / members / Oxnard community help the business?
​We are hopeful that the Chamber, the community, and fellow Chamber members can help to promote our property within the community to improve awareness of our beautiful new development.

Please add any additional details or information you want readers to know.
We are proud to offer military discounts.

Those interested in learning more can contact Rene Felix, Property Manager, by phone at 805-413-0660, or through email inquiries directed to info@thevillasatchannelislands.com.

Learn more at thevillasatchannelislands.com

Follow them on social:
The Villas at Channel Islands on Facebook
@villasatchannelislandsapts on Instagram

In recent years, many consumers have significantly increased their time spent streaming video, both on websites and through OTT (Over the Top Television). The management team at West Coast Media saw this as a great opportunity to enable its clients to target this upscale audience.
 
In short, West Coast Media offers guaranteed placement on premium websites at rates 20-25% lower than its competitors. In addition, many former cable television viewers have “cut the cord” and are now streaming video on popular broadcast and cable OTT Networks like ESPN, ABC, CNN, NBC, Fox News, etc. using providers such as Sling TV, Pluto TV, Tubi, Fubo TV and many others. West Coast Media enables its clients to reach these elusive and desirable viewers, again at rates 20-25% lower than the competition. 
 
West Coast Media's long-standing relationships in the streaming space have enabled it to pre-negotiate the lowest possible rates, while its competitors typically utilize three-to-four middlemen and rely on the costly programmatic buying process. By combining superior ad placement with the lowest possible rates, West Coast Media offers the best path to successful campaigns.
 
You’ll find many of West Coast Media's other digital solutions on its website - www.westcoastmedia.us -  and it provides excellent production capabilities that meet all budgetary and creative needs.
 
For more information or to schedule a meeting to discuss this opportunity, please contact Managing Director Bill Dietz, who is based here in Oxnard.  His contact information is below:
 
Bill Dietz, Managing Director
L.A. and Ventura County
805-575-8824
bill@westcoastmedia.us
www.westcoastmedia.us

We recently welcomed new Chamber member Kids & Families Together, a local nonprofit that has served the Ventura County community for 20 years through education, support, and counseling for kinship, adoption, foster, and birth families. Caitlin Barringer, Development Manager, shares more about their life-changing mission. 

What products or services do you provide?
We provide counseling, education and support for families that have come together through foster care, kinship (primarily grandparents raising grandchildren), and adoption. In addition, Kids & Families Together supports families that are in a reunification process when children have been removed by child welfare.

How and when did the organization get started?
Twenty years ago, Kids & Families Together founders, Faith Friedlander and a family friend, along with their husbands, had a vision of creating an organization that would support children and families as they traverse through the multiple stages of the child welfare system.          

What is the organization's mission or motto?
Kids & Families Together’s mission is to strengthen relationships and provide safe, supportive help and education that keeps families emotionally connected to one another.   

What’s one thing the organization is known for?
We offer a safe and supportive resource, education and counseling center. We are committed to respecting each individual and family who request our services and to providing the most comprehensive, trauma informed education and counseling to promote healthy families.       

Why are Oxnard and Ventura County attractive markets for your organization?
Since Kids & Families Together works in collaboration with the Ventura County child welfare agency, most of our programs and services take place in Ventura County. Through data we know that there are many children both removed and placed in greater Oxnard.  In addition, we know that there are many relatives raising relative children.

Are there any new events you can tell us about?
Stay tuned: This is our 20th Anniversary and we will be celebrating!         

How can the Chamber / members / Oxnard community help?
The Oxnard community and Chamber members can help by learning about our organization, partnering with us, volunteering, and donating both monetary and tangible goods. There are so many ways and opportunities for collaboration to make our community an even greater place!       
 
Learn more at www.kidsandfamilies.org

Follow them on social:        
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kidsandfamilies
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kandft
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWi1CwaDG165TQP_nPxgrw

We recently welcomed Battery Systems Inc. as a member of the Oxnard Chamber community. It is the single source solution for all of your battery needs. Whether it’s for your car, boat, RV, truck and more, Battery Systems provides great quality batteries at great prices.

Here are seven more things to know from Branch Manager Louie Montoya, including why you and/or your business should do business with them.

1. What products or services do you provide?
Batteries, Chargers, starters, alternators, cables

2. When did the business get started?
1955      

3. What is the company's mission?
At Battery Systems, our goal is to provide our customers with the best battery products available on the market, combined with the most efficient service in the industry, offered at the most competitive prices, in ever expanding markets. We realize that the customer’s needs and our ability to meet those needs are the determining factor in the success or failure of our business. We strive to treat each and every customer like we would like to be treated by our suppliers. To meet these objectives, we employ only people whose focus is on our goal and whose positive attitude and sense of teamwork gives our customers a reason to do business with us.       

4. What’s one thing the business is known for over its competitors?
Quality customer service and prices.       

5. Why did the business choose Oxnard as its location?
We are located across the United States, however Oxnard is one of the chosen cities because it gives us the chance to service any customer, but also provide the best quality batteries for those in the marine, automotive, and agricultural markets.             

6. Are there any new developments you can tell us about?
Our company has expanded across the United States so we are able to service any part of the United States.       

7. How can the Chamber / members / Oxnard community help the business?
Leading customers our way any time they need a battery whether that be to buy or test their current one in use. We do free battery testing.

​Learn more at: batterysystems.net