Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach has been named \u201cSmall Business of the Year\u201d for 2015 in the 78th Assembly District, which runs along the coast from Imperial Beach to Solana Beach and reaches inland along Interstate 8 and into Downtown. Speaker Atkins will honor Belly Up June 10 in Sacramento and early two-dozen other district businesses will also be honored at a local reception later in the month. Of those, five are located in Downtown, including Caf\u00e9 222 in the Gaslamp Quarter, Caffe Italia in Little Italy, Croce\u2019s Park West in Bankers Hill, and MooTime Creamery in Coronado. \u201cI appreciate the hard work of the tens of thousands of home-grown business owners in my district and look forward to celebrating their accomplishments. I will continue not only to advocate on their behalf, but also to encourage all San Diegans to support them,\u201d Speaker Atkins said. For more info visit asmdc.org\/parlante<\/a>.<\/p>\n In honor of National Cancer Survivor\u2019s Day on June 7, car2go has teamed with LIVESTRONG Foundation for a social media campaign to help raise awareness and funds for cancer prevention programs. Each time an active car2go member tweets using the hashtag #DRIVETHEFIGHT car2go will donate $1 per mile driven through June 7. @car2go and @livestrong handles can also be included in the tweets. LIVESTRONG and car2go have had a five-year relationship and this social media initiative is just one way the two organizations have worked to raise awareness and needed funds to help those affected by all stages of cancer, and support the nearly 32.5 million cancer survivors worldwide. \u201cWith great advances in cancer treatment options and medicines, more and more people are surviving the disease, thus increasing the need for post-treatment care,\u201d said Chandini Portteus, LIVESTRONG Foundation president and CEO. \u201cCancer may leave your body, but it will forever remain in your life. We at the Foundation remain endlessly committed to meeting those needs and are thankful to have partners like car2go that understand what it means to be a survivor today.\u201d With over 400,000 registered members in North America, including San Diego, car2go is the largest and fastest-growing carsharing program in the world. \u201cEvery day of a person\u2019s life is precious \u2014 and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve teamed up with LIVESTRONG to not only celebrate the strength and courage of the survivors we all may know, but to see how we can support those who are still fighting cancer every single day,\u201d said Paul DeLong, president and CEO of car2go North America. \u201cCarsharing naturally encourages people to contribute to a greater good \u2014 from an economic to environmental and social perspective, and with this new initiative, in partnership with LIVESTRONG, our members and their communities, we know that car2go can make a difference.\u201d For more information, visit car2go.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Touted as the \u201clongest running annual wine competition and tasting event in San Diego County,\u201d the 32nd Wine & Roses Charity Wine Tasting will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 7. The event, which lasts until 6 p.m., encourages wine lovers from all over the county to come taste and bid on some of the best wines in the world, all while raising money for Camp Oliver, a youth summer camp in Descanso. Organizers encourage participants to do more than taste and actually learn how to judge the quality of each wine tried using three simple steps: 1. How does it look? Note the color and clarity, as this hints at its complexity. 2. Take a whiff. Let the wine oxygenate by aerating or decanting (if possible) and swirling it around your wine glass. 3. Trust your taste. Look for any \u201csweetness\u201d or \u201cdryness\u201d to the wine. Seasoned tasters may pick up pepper, chocolate, tobacco, wild berries or charred oak. You are encouraged to compare it to the first thing you think of. The Wine and Roses event is open to the public and tickets begin at $100, with VIP at $150 and $275, and $2,200 for a table. 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32ND ANNUAL WINE & ROSES<\/strong><\/h3>\n