Elmhurst’s Memorial Day began the same year (1918) that as our Centennial-celebrating Chamber and will conduct its 100th Anniversary march on Monday, May 28, stepping off from the intersection of York and Third streets in downtown Elmhurst at 9:30 a.m.
President Donald Trump on March 28 nominated Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter (R-54th District) of downstate Lebanon to serve as our United States Ambassador to the African Republic of Kenya, where he has done charity work since 1984.
So, did you lose three to fourth months of earnings in the recent United States stock market drop and then gain most of it back days later?
WOW!!! Now that’s how you kick off a Centennial Celebration year!!! Thanks to the “sellout” crowd of members and guest who celebrated our Chamber’s 99th Annual Award Gala and 100th Birthday Bash at The Drake Oak Brook Hotel on January 26. And mark your 2019 calendar so as not to miss our 100th Annual Awards Gala on January 25.
Happy Birthday to us!!! We ring in a New Year that marks our Chamber’s 100th Anniversary—a Centennial Celebration for which planning began three years ago
New for the Yuletide, the City of Elmhurst’s Explore Elmhurst Express Trolley program will feature a Holly Trolley on December 9 and 16 as an added enticement for our residents to continue to shop and dine local during this holiday season.
The United States Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Governmental Affairs Conference made its return swing through the Midwest at Loews Chicago from October 25-27, attracting chamber representatives from across the country, including yours truly.
Following a nine-month “silent” phase initiated last January, our one-of-a-kind $250,000 Centennial Celebration Capital Campaign is at 61 percent of goal and growing thanks to $3,450 in gifts as part of September’s Chamber of Commerce Month activities.
In celebration of Chamber of Commerce Week across Illinois in September, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry will sponsor a month of networking, educational and special events, stage our annual new member recruitment campaign and kickoff the public phase of our Centennial Celebration Capital Campaign.
As part of a complete rebranding campaign leading into the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Centennial Celebration in 2018, the newly redesigned and re-platformed version of our website went live this morning.
I delayed sending my monthly President’s Message (for five days now) in hopes that I could report good news on the Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly and Republican Governor Bruce Rauner reaching a fiscally-sound comprise on the state’s first budget in three years, but…
