Community News
Updates, announcements, and insights from the Chamber and local business community.
State of DuPage County Photo Page
Members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and nine other chambers of commerce serving DuPage County attend the Annual State of the County Luncheon and Expo at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Downers Grove on January 8.
Elmhurst Mayor to Deliver Annual “State of Our City” Address
Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley will deliver the “State of Our City” Mayoral Address at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Membership Breakfast hosted by Community Bank of Elmhurst, 330 West Butterfield Road, on Thursday, January 16, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Multi-Chamber Luncheon to Highlight State of DuPage
DuPage County Board Chair Dan Cronin of Elmhurst will deliver the his Annual State of DuPage County Address during a Multi-Chamber Luncheon and Expo at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Chicago-Downers Grove, 2111 Butterfield Road, on Wednesday, January 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
ECCI to Celebrate 101st Annual Awards Gala
Some 150 members and guests will gather together to celebrate the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 101st Annual Awards Gala in the main floor ballroom at The Drake Oak Brook Hotel, 2301 York Road, Oak Brook, on Friday, January 31, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Holiday Business After Hours Photo Page
Some 125 members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and guests party at the Annual Holiday Business After Hours hosted by Community Bank of Elmhurst on December 12.
Workshop Covers “Creating Brands That Stand”
Jim Paglia, President and CEO of Creating Brand That Stands/In’s & Out’s LLC, presented a half-day workshop, titled “Creating Brands That Stand: Being Purpose-Driven, Empathetic and Disruptive,’ for a crowd of nearly 100 local businesspeople and Elmhurst College students and faculty in the Founders Lounge of the Frick Center at the College on November 8.
ECCI Board Welcomes New Directors
A recently-elected Nominating Committee slate of five candidates officially began three-year terms as members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors at the Board’s November 12 meeting at Community Bank of Elmhurst.
ECCI Board Elects Officers for 2020
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors elected two officers and approved one appointment for its six-member Executive Committee for 2020 at its regular monthly meeting held November 12 in the Hammersmith Community Room at Community Bank of Elmhurst.
Roesch Is TIME Dealer of the Year Nominee
Dan Roesch, President of Larry Roesch Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in Elmhurst, is among a select group of 49 automobile dealers across the country nominated for the 2020 TIME Dealer of the Year Award, which will be announced at the 103rd Annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas on February 15, 2020.
Pechanio Awarded Elmhurst College Founders Medal
Ralph P. Pechanio, Treasurer for the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Board of Directors, received an Elmhurst College Founders Medal on October 25 in recognition of his 15 years of financial support for our Chamber’s student intership partnership with the College, including his endowment of a student internship fund named in his honor.
“IMPROVe Your Business Skills” Photo Page
Some 400 chamber of commerce members from Elmhurst and the western suburbs participate in the “Improve Your Business Skills” Multi-Chamber Luncheon and Expo at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn on October 24.
President’s Message for October 2019
October kicks off the Fourth Quarter of 2019 with plenty on our Chamber calendar, including a Multi-Chamber Luncheon, Professional Speakers Series presentations by Itasca Bank & Trust and New York Life Insurance Company, and monthly Business After Hours and Membership Breakfast networking events.