The State of Illinois’ new Paid Leave for All Workers Act is among a half-dozen, pro-employee labor laws passed in 2023 and in effect for 2024, along with amendments made to five existing labor laws, it was reported during the Illinois Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Chamber Day at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield on April 10.

The City of Elmhurst’s Public Arts Commission and Elmhurst City Centre will partnered again to bring you Umbrella Sky Elmhurst in 2024 at the same three downtown Elmhurst locations–only the sixth city across the United States to host the colorful displays.

Long-time Elmhurst charity organizer Dan Gibbons will be honored as the 2023 inductee into the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) Civic Hall of Fame at the Chamber’s 105th Annual Awards Gala in the Presidential Room at Elm West Banquets (681 West North Avenue) on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Alan Energy Services Air Conditioning and Heating Company will receive the A.J. “Toche” Terrones Business of the Year Award for 2023 at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 105th Annual Awards Gala held in the Presidential Room at Elm West Banquets, 681 West Avenue, on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Colin Dalough, Manager of Community and Government Relations at Endeavor Health, will receive the 2023 Chairman’s Award at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 105th Annual Awards Gala in the Presidential Room at Elm West Banquets, 681 West Avenue, on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Elmhurst real estate agent Eva Sanchez will be honored as the first repeat Ambassador of the Year at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 105th Annual Awards Gala in the Presidential Room at Elm West Banquets, 681 West North Avenue, on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m.

More than 120 Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry members and their guests will gather together to celebrate the Chamber’s 105th Annual Awards Gala in the Presidential Room at Elm West Banquets, 681 West North Avenue, on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Good morning and thanks to all of you for being a part of our Chamber’s Annual “State of Our City” Mayoral Address Membership Breakfast.  I also want to give a special “Thank You” to our friends here at Community Bank of Elmhurst who have partnered with us for a quarter century to provide the Hammersmith Community Room as the venue and, as importantly, pick of the check for our breakfast buffet.

Free enterprise was the star at the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Annual “State of American Business” Address on January 11, featuring presentations by U.S. Chamber President and CEO Suzanne P. Clark and other business leaders.

The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors elected two officers and approved one appointment for its six-member Executive Committee for 2024 at its regular monthly meeting held in the Hammersmith Community Room at Community Bank of Elmhurst on November 14.

A recently-elected Nominating Committee slate of four candidates officially began three-year terms as members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors at the Board’s November 14 meeting at Community Bank of Elmhurst (330 West Butterfield Road).

Veterans Day is traditionally a special occasion in Elmhurst as the community gathers in numerous ways to “Always Remember” those who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces and this November 11 portends to be an even more memorable day.