Spring is here and it’s time to have some fun! The City of San Jose is currently accepting enrollment in our Spring Classes for 2008. We are offering the following: Pre-school Drawing, Cartoon Drawing, Elementary Drawing, Ballet/Tap, Beginning Belly Dance, Jazz/Hip Hop, Tiny Tots Ballet, Mental Math, Soccer, Karate, Little Ningas, and Willow Glen Childrens Theatre.

Classes begin April 7, 2008. For more information please call Jeff Ford at Willows Senior Center at 408-448-6400 or Hoover 408-292-5871.  Sponsored by the City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services - Willows Senior Center.

Here is your chance to promote your business by advertising in the new Willow Glen business directory. Last year all space was quickly filled by our members. Here are some of the exciting details.

30,000 directories will be distributed this spring to Willow Glen residents and businesses.
Your business will be provided with an inventory to give to your customers.
4-color cover and 4-color inside
This year we are expanding the directory to include downtown Willow Glen events.
The directory has a long retention value
Advertising space is limited – so act quickly for priority placement. An advertising agreement with specific details is attached.

Willow Glen Business Association members will receive a free listing which includes your business name, address, phone number and website – categorized by business type—as well as priority for ad placement.

Ad deadline – signed agreement, payment and ad is due by 3/14/08.

For additional information or questions, please contact Norma Ruiz, Willow Glen Business Association, (408) 286-2100 or email to norma@downtownwillowglen.org.

• File: 2008 Bus Dir Ad Agreement.pdf

Willow Glen Books is happy to announce its new Daytime Book Club! Held the fourth Thursday of every month at 1pm, the group will be examining the same literary selections as the monthly Women's Book Club (held on the fourth Monday of every month at 7pm).

All book lovers are welcome to join the Daytime Book Club! Just drop in and participate. To check out what's next on the reading list, please view Downtown Willow Glen's event calendar.

Each year, across the nation, one event brings together entire communities to take part in the fight against cancer. The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life is a time and place where people come to celebrate those who have survived cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against a disease that touches too many lives.

Won’t you join us this year and be a part of the Relay? Your involvement will help the American Cancer Society work toward its mission of eliminating cancer as a major health issue and will support much-needed services in your community. Thanks in part to the donations from Relay For Life and other events, the Society is saving lives, helping those touched by cancer, and empowering people to fight this disease all over the world.

To sign up to participate in the Relay, please click here. For information on the Willow Glen Relay for Life Community Kick Off, please click here. If you would...more

For the month of February, Spa R&R in Downtown Willow Glen is pleased to offer a 15% discount on all spa services on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 10am-5pm only. This offer does not include spa packages and gift certificates.

For more information, or to make an appointment, please phone Spa R&R at 408-297-4899.

Happy New Year everyone! We have a new year and a new schedule for Willow Glen Business Association (WGBA) meetings in 2008. All parties interested in the affairs, culture, and vitality of Downtown Willow Glen are welcome to join us for these meetings.

Membership and Board Meetings:

Our membership and board meetings are open to the general community.They are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 8AM to 10AM at the US Bank, 1099 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. At 9am (time certain) to 9:20am the meeting is an open forum for business and community members to share ideas and concerns. Issues will be referred to the appropriate committee. Meeting reminders, along with the agenda, are distributed prior to the meeting to members and interested parties. If you would like to be put on this distribution list, please send a
request to norma@downtownwillowglen.org.

Following is the 2008 meeting schedule:

• January 8
• February 12
• March 11
• April 8
• May 13
• June 10
• July 8
• August 12
• September 9
• October 14
• November 11
• December 9