Bredemarket is NOT Candy Street Market

In late 2022 I wrote a Bredemarket blog post entitled “Candy Street Market is coming.” It covered a business on Holt Boulevard in Ontario, California.

I referred to this post a couple of other times, making clear that Bredemarket was NOT Candy Street Market.

Well, at least I thought I did.

Until Bredemarket recently received an email from a janitorial company that included the following:

Hello Candy Street Market,

We’ll be around your area this week.

Happy to drop by and give you a simple cleaning quote should you need it. Does that work?

I didn’t respond.

If the janitorial company stops by Candy Street Market anyway, they’re in for a rude surprise.

Candy Street Market closed a long time ago.

CHECK YOUR MAILING LISTS.

Did I Forget to Mention That I Don’t Live in New York City?

For a moment I’m going to veer away from finger, face, iris, voice, and DNA and veer toward geolocation.

I don’t live in New York City.

Technically I don’t live in the Mojave Desert either.

But Ontario, California is closer, both in geography and in climate, to the High Desert than to the Eastern Seaboard.

I guess California knows how to party by walking around with self promotion signs.

Biometric product marketing expert.

And if my biometric product marketing expertise can help your firm, let’s talk.

Taxes and Tacos

(From Roxanna Gracia in the office of Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez.)

Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez is pleased to invite you to Taxes & Tacos, hosted in collaboration with Golden State Opportunity.

Saturday, February 28
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Mt. Zion Church of Ontario
224 W. California St.
Ontario, CA 91762

This event will offer free tax assistance*, access to community resources, and free tacos while supplies last. We would greatly appreciate your support in sharing this event with your network or community members who may benefit. The event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support of our region. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

*Tax assistance is available for individuals and families with an annual income of $69,000 or less. Appointments are encouraged, though walk-ins will be accepted as space allows. To secure an appointment, please click here.

Mountain Avenue Rite Aid is Closing in Five Days

Update to my July 2 Bredemarket blog post.

As of July 21, the Rite Aid at 4th and Mountain in Ontario, California IS closing. In the next five days.

No Thrifty Ice Cream here.

And while the Thrifty Ice Cream counter at this store is empty, at least the Thrifty company survives.

No pharmacy pick up either.

More pictures below. Avoid if store closings depress you.

Aisles mostly bare, some store fixtures disassembled.
And they’re for sale.

Infrastructure!

Ontario’s Measure Q sales tax increase is funding infrastructure.

““This is a big measure for us,” he continues. “It’s going to bring in anywhere between 65 and 95 million a year in extra funding for our community.” The majority of that is going to be used for capital improvement projects like infrastructure, and so we’re really trying to make sure that our strategy for Measure Q means being transparent in where residents can see the money in their community.””

I’m Shaky

Ever since I started working from home in March 2020 (while I was still at IDEMIA), I’ve gotten used to having work-related brainstorms at 3:30 am.

So it’s Sunday at 3:30 am and I had a brilliant idea for a Wednesday Bredemarket post.

While drafting that post on my phone, I discovered an UTM-related issue in Friday’s Bredemarket post.

I couldn’t fix it on my phone, so I got up to go to the computer.

Then the house shook and a nearby car alarm went off.

Earthquake preliminary reading, Ontario, California, Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:51 am PDT.

We’ve had a lot of earthquakes in the 3-4 range lately.

As long as they stay small, I’m fine.

Now back to my brilliant idea…