Celebrate with Lights winners announced!

Ocean Beach Celebrates with Lights this Holiday Season

Lighting up the neighborhood this year, members of the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association are participating in a new kind of holiday decorating contest.  Celebrate with Lights is a way to group business owners together in order to participate in the light based holiday decorating contest.  And if you haven’t had a chance to take a drive through Ocean Beach at night to see the lights yet, you certainly should!  Carol Ladiges, owner of Lighthouse Ice Cream, came to the Promotion Committee with the idea.  “What better way for people to enjoy our community and shops during the holidays? It’s always so fun to turn a corner and find yourself on a street filled with lights – why couldn’t our businesses do that too?” 

The businesses were all approached by the Promotion Committee and in each of the nine business sections, a business owner stepped up to volunteer to rally their neighbors. “It’s been a very successful contest for the first year, with half of the sections getting 50% or more of their neighbors to participate” says Tevia Schriebman (Promotion Chair, Wizard of Paws owner).  Congratulations to the businesses in the winning section: # 9 for all of their participation and hard work, and a special thanks to Matt Kalla and Reka Katona (Matt Kalla Insurance Agency), the Section 9 Leaders, for motivating your neighbors. Section nine includes businesses in the Catalina / Voltaire / Chatsworth business district and includes the following businesses: The Reunion, Zed Electric, To the Point, CJ’s Bakery, Whyte’s Antique Furniture, Matt Kalla Insurance, Cabrillo Pet Hospital, Coastal Sage Botany, Hostelling International Point Loma, Embassay Dry Cleaners, Coconut Peet’s Surfboard Repair, Sunshine Liquor, VCA Peninsula Animal Hospital, Preferred by Pets, Stump’s, The Venetian, European Cake Gallery, Paper Moon Music, Karen’s Consignments, Alexander’s Upholstery, Pelletier Co., B Wood Insurance, Flowers of Pt. Loma, Pacific View Realty.  A special nod to the following businesses that went above and beyond: The Inn at Sunset Cliffs and Details SalonSpa.