Business to Business

Jennie Castaneda from Corcoran Hardware joined the Corcoran Rotary Club for Lunch Thursday as the latest Business to Business participant.
She outlined the history of the local store, which had been in place for many years on Whitley Ave. at the corner of Chittenden Ave. The store has been at its present location on Chittenden Ave. for many years, replacing Bartlett Appliance.
Castaneda explained that the store principally provides plumbing and paint supplies, but also carries a variety of household items, as well as appliances. Most recently, Corcoran Hardware has been carrying a new furniture line. The store also has a gift corner, with several decorator items and candles available. Spring gardening items and fertilizers can also be purchased at Corcoran Hardware.
Castaneda has been managing the store for many years and makes every attempt to stock items that are requested by customers.

Aristeo Alvarado, perhaps better known to many Corcoran residents as Junior was special guest of the Corcoran Rotary Club Thursday as a part of the organizations Business to Business program. Alvarado presented information regarding his coffee shop, Amore Caffee.

Located in the heart of downtown–in the downstairs portion of the Occidental Hotel in the 900 block of Whitley Ave.–Amore offers a wide range of hand-brewed coffees happily

Surindar Pal was the recent guest of the Corcoran Rotary Club speaking about his Subway Sandwich store in Corcoran in the club’s Business to Business segment.
Driving from Fresno every morning to get coffee and breakfast items prepared, Paul, as he’s known to co-workers and local residents, has the shop open by 7 a.m. On the menu are a variety of omelet sandwiches, cinnamon rolls, plenty of coffee, milk and juices. A variety of healthy choices are available, noted Paul. The same goes for lunch.

Serving up pizzas since 1998, Troy Van Velson was a special guest speaker at the Corcoran Rotary Club meeting last week. In the Business to Business segment of the meeting. Rotarians got to learn a little more about Van Velson and his business.
As a very young man, Troy managed the Big Yellow House restaurant in Santa Barbara, where he was a college student. He graduated from Yosemite High School in Oakhurst, where he excelled as a member of the tennis team.

A staple in the downtown area since 1987, Richard’s Chevrolet was in the spotlight at a recent Rotary Club meeting in Rotary’s Business to Business segment. Owner Richard Garcia and his son Todd attended the meeting and spoke about the local company.
Richard noted that he started the business small, but now employs 21 people. The company volume is approximately $800,00 per month, which translates into plenty of sales tax revenue for the City of Corcoran each year.