Community News
Updates, announcements, and insights from the Chamber and local business community.
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.
“Networking on the 9s” Photo Page
Members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Villa Park Chamber of Commerce hit the links for “Networking on the 9s,” ECCI’s 71st Annual Golf Outing, held at Sugar Creek Golf Course in Villa Park on September 18.
President’s Message for September 2019
In celebration of Chamber of Commerce Week in Illinois, our Chamber will sponsor a month of networking and fundraising events, offer a new member recruitment incentive and hold a special sale on our Elmhurst-Opoly board game.
September Celebrations Includes Chamber Week
In celebration of Chamber of Commerce Week in Illinois, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry will sponsor a month of networking and fundraising events, offer a new member recruitment incentive and hold a special sale on our Elmhurst-Opoly board game.
York INCubator Program Seeks Business Mentors
York Community High School’s new Business INCubator Program is recruiting an additional 10 to 15 volunteers with business-oriented skills and expertise to serve roles as experts, mentors, coaches and Board advisors for a select group of students seeking an authentic entrepreneurial education while building a business during this year-long course.
DuPage CVB Launches New Website
The DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau on August 7, after months in development, launched its new website to provide the best tools and resources to visitors, as well as stakeholders, members, resident and civic leaders.
29th Annual New Teachers Luncheon Photo Page
Members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry treat 47 new teachers to lunch at our Chamber’s 29th Annual New Teachers Luncheon held at The Diplomat West Banquet Halls on August 6.
Sen. Cullerton Job Fair Returns to Odeum
With Gift-In-Kind sponsorship from the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-23rd District) will host his annual Job Fair at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park on Wednesday, August 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
President’s Message for August for 2019
Even before July 1—when the State of Illinois doubled its motor fuel tax from 19 cents to 38 cents per gallon to help fund $45 billion in transportation infrastructure projects—Elmhurst residents and business were already curb deep in road construction projects.
