ELMHURST, Ill., December 20, 2017 – Ralph Pechanio of Elmhurst will receive the 2017 Chairman’s Award at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 99th Annual Awards Gala and 100th Birthday Bash at The Drake Oak Brook Hotel in Oak Brook on Friday, January 26, from 5 to 9 p.m.

ELMHURST, Ill., December 20, 2017 – Nancy Peterson of Elmhurst will be honored as 2017 Ambassador of the Year at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 99th Annual Awards Gala and 100th Birthday Bash at The Drake Oak Brook Hotel in Oak Brook on Friday, January 26, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Chicago-based New Home Star, the largest private seller of new homes in America has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2018.

Joe Tota, Owner of Red Arrow Tap Room, Elmhurst, shares craft beer and food pairings with ABC7 News anchor Judy Hsu.

The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors elected three officers and approved one appointment for its six-member Executive Committee for 2018 at its regular monthly meeting held November 21 in the Hammersmith Community Room at Community Bank of Elmhurst.

A Nominating Committee slate of six candidates were officially elected to three-year terms as members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors at the Board’s November 21 meeting at Community Bank of Elmhurst.

The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board of Directors approved the appointment of outgoing Director Julie Miller as Chair of the Centennial Celebration Committee at its regular monthly meeting held November 21 in the Hammersmith Community Room at Community Bank of Elmhurst.

TransNational Payments, a leading electronic payments processor, has been named a 2017 Top Workplace by The Chicago Tribune

Holiday shoppers alienated with the bedlam of Black Friday should support Small Business Saturday (launched by American Express) by shopping locally on November 25.