Along with more than fellow 20 Illinois chamber of commerce executives (and members of their staff), I participated in the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) Annual Convention at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis from July 26-29—our first in-person gathering since 2019 in Long Beach in southern California prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce announced the findings of its 2022 Chicago Small Business Outlook Survey at the Chicago Urban League on July17.
The City of Elmhurst has hired Heather Bereckis as its new Business Development Manager, to assume her position on July 27.
For more than two decades, ECCI has participated as an active and integral member of the West Suburban Chamber of Commerce Executives (WSCCE) peer group serving DuPage County and several neighboring counties.
The ECCI Centennial Celebration NFP’s Capital Campaign officially surpassed its Civic Hall of Fame public memorial fundraising goal of $50,000 in June, thanks to a generous five-figure donation from the 2020 HOF Inductee couple of Scott and Charity Ahlgrim, formerly of Ahlgrim Funeral Home in Elmhurst.
Elmhurst resident Angela Villegas of Lakeside Bank was sworn in as a member of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Board of Directors during the Board’s June 14 meeting in the second-floor Hammersmith Community Room at Community Bank of Elmhurst.