Elmhurst Chamber News & Notes
Business After Hours
Patrick T. Sheehan & Associates, Attorneys at Law (314 North York Street) and CHOW (116 W. Park Avenue) will co-host the Chamber’s Business After Hours at Patrick T. Sheehan’s on Tuesday, March 15, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Chamber Anniversaries
The following seven businesses and not-for-profits are celebrating Chamber Anniversaries in February:
20 Years—Special Events Rental, Ltd. (1105 West Cypress Drive, Arlington Heights);
10 Years—Walgreens (160 Robert Palmer Drive) and Villa Park Trust & Savings Bank (10 South Villa Avenue, Villa Park); and
5 Years—Elmhurst College Bluejay Backers (190 Prospect Avenue), Harris Bank Oakbrook Terrace (17W695 Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace), Inland Commercial Property (2901 Butterfield Road, Oak Brook) and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Chicago Elmhurst (410 West Lake Street).
Executive Briefing
The bi-monthly Executive Briefing for new members in the Chamber’s conference room on Wednesday, March 16, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Industrial Business Development Lunch
The Chamber and the City of Elmhurst’s Economic Development Office (209 North York Street), with funding support from the DuPage Count Economic Development Department and Vital Signs USA (469 Spring Road), will co-host an invitation-only Industrial Business Development Lunch on financing and assistance programs offered by the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DECO) at OEC Business Interiors (900 North Church Road) on Thursday, March 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. DCEO Deputy Director Dennis Vicchiarelli is the featured speaker. RSVP to the Chamber by March 4.
Membership Breakfast
White Pines Golf Club (500 West Jefferson Avenue, Bensenville) will host the Chamber Membership Breakfast on Wednesday, March 9, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
New Members
The following six businesses and not-for-profits joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
A&O Limousine (17W705F Butterfield Road, Oakbrook Terrace 60181), limousine services, Jon Simon, 800-654-1442;
ADT Security Services, Inc. (111 Windsor Drive, Oak Brook 60523), security, Henry Osmanski, 218-5491;
Blue Collar Computing (118 South York Street, Suite 212), computer service and sales, Arthur Dodd, 563-0151;
Elmhurst Outpatient Surgery Center LLC (1200 South York Street), healthcare services, Wes Becton, 758-8800;
Elmhurst Youth Baseball (205 East Butterfield Road, #247), not-for-profit baseball league, Kevin Ahern, 279-7359; and
GCG Financial (2211 South York Road, Suite 310, Oak Brook 60523), life, health and disability insurance, Laura Pesek, (847) 457-3156.
In addition, compUcoach (437 Webster Avenue), a computer services company, has reactivated its membership. The contact is Jennifer Illingworth. The phone number is 516-1207.
Newsmakers
The City of Elmhurst (209 North York Street), through the Elmhurst Youth Commission and Character Counts in Elmhurst (169 East Butterfield Road), is expanding its ninth annual Service Awards Program to include adults as well as youths. Nominations are due by March 18. For more info, call 530-3010 or visit either “What’s Hot” at www.elmhurst.org or “Coming Events/Activities” at www.charactercountsinelmhurst.org.
Kopper Kitchen (601 West St. Charles Road) will donate 20 percent of a breakfast, lunch or dinner bill to Visitation School during March and April at the patron’s request.
Create-a Mosaic (108 West Second Street) will be open Wednesdays through Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and closed Monday and Tuesday, effective February 13.
Special Events
The Potawatomi Trails District of Three Fire Councils, Boy Scouts of America (415 North 2nd Street, St. Charles) will host Irish Night for Scouting at McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub (122 South York Street) on Wednesday, February 23, at 6:30 p.m. Call JoAnn Vanni at 290-7523 for more info.
Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) will host its 38th Annual Jazz Festival in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel from Friday through Sunday, February 25-27, with daily sessions at 12:00 noon and 7:30 p.m. For more info, call 617-5534 or visit www.ecjazzfest.org.
Ensembles from the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra will visit each of Elmhurst’s elementary and middle schools on February 25 and 28, and March 1 and 3, leading into the free “Beethoven Lives in Elmhurst!” Youth Concert at York Community High School (355 West St. Charles Road) on Sunday, March 6, at 3:00 p.m. For more info, call 941-0202 or visit www.elmhurstsymphony.org.
The Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation (P.O. Box 291), in partnership with the City of Elmhurst and Elmhurst City Centre (2 City Centre), will sponsor the third annual Cool Kiddie Cars with a Cooool Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang theme. A limited supply of cars can be sponsored at a cost of $1,500.00 prior to March 1 and $1,900.00 thereafter. Call City Centre at 993-1600 or visit www.coolkiddiecars.com for more info.
Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre Troupe (203 Maple Avenue), with sponsorship from Chicago Records Management (10545 Waveland Avenue, Franklin Park) will present “The Fantastiks” at the Masonic Temple on Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 27, at 2:00 p.m. Ticket costs are $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors and students with ID. For tickets, call Trudi at (708) 447-3514 or e-mail greenmantheatre@sbcglobal.net.
The Elmhurst Lions Club will host its 19th Annual Pizza Party, featuring pizza from Roberto’s Ristorante & Pizzeria (483 Spring Road) at Sandburg Middle School (345 East St. Charles Road) on Saturday, March 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. A donation of $7.00 per person is requested, with children six and under free.
“State of the City” Mayoral Address
The Annual “State of the City” Mayoral Address, featuring Elmhurst Mayor Thomas D. Marcucci, co-sponsored by the Chamber and Community Bank of Elmhurst (330 West Butterfield Road), will air on “Elmhurst Our Kind of Town” on Channel 6 of Comcast throughout February on Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 8:00 p.m.