MAY IS ELMHURST CHAMBER’S MONTH TO PROMOTE
REAL ESTATE, BUILDING AND HOME IMPROVEMENT

ELMHURST, Ill., April 27, 2004 – As part of a new program of monthly member promotions, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is encouraging residents, businesspeople, visitors and tourists to patronize our 100-plus member businesses in the categories of Real Estate, Building and Construction, and Home Improvement, Remodeling and Repair.

“The residents of Elmhurst are blessed to live in a city with a vibrant market for real estate, building and construction, and home improvement, remodeling and repair,” said John R. Quigley, President of the Elmhurst Chamber.  “Those who own a home, building or property have seen their investment appreciate in value year after year.”

Real Estate covers Apartment Rentals, Cleaning Services, Home Inspection Services, Mortgage Bankers & Brokers, Moving & Storage Services, Office Rentals, Property Tax Consulting, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Consulting, Real Estate Developers, Real Estate Managers, Real Estate Services and Retirement Communities.

Building and Construction involves Architects, Blueprint Services, Building Inspectors, Commercial & Residential Contractors, Construction Equipment & Supplies, Construction Financing, Electrical Contractors and Home Builders & Remodelers.

Home Improvement, Remodeling and Repair covers Building & Construction, Cabinetry & Woodworking, Carpeting, Flooring & Furniture, Construction Financing, Garage Door Service, Hardware, Heating & Air-Conditioning, Interior Design & Decorating, Landscaping, Painting & Wallpapering, Plumbing, Sewer, Sprinkler & Waterproofing, Power Washing, Roofing, and Siding, Doors & Windows.

Visit www.elmhurstchamber.org for a complete list of members in the Real Estate, Building and Construction, and Home Improvement, Remodeling and Repair.

REAL ESTATE
Real Estate Agents include Century 21 GMS (627 North York Street), Coldwell Banker Residential Broker (190 North York Street), Frank’s Real Estate (112 South York Street), L.W. Reedy Real Estate (101 North York Street), The Mills Team at Prudential Prairie Path (500 Spring Road), Prudential Prairie Path, Realtors (500 Spring Road), Dare Messina of RE/MAX East-West (191 South Route 83), Dennis Sluga of RE/MAX East-West (191 South Route 83), Ted Soltys Sr. of RE/MAX East-West (191 South Route 83), Sally Cruger of Schiller Real Estate (540 South York Street), Schiller Real Estate (540 South York Street), Jill Bennis of Schiller Real Estate (540 South York Street), Thomas O. Myers Real Estate (385 North York Street) and James Zakos (533 South York Street).

Kelleher Certified Appraisal Services (250 East Vallette Street) and Kordik & Associates (276 North Addison Avenue) are Real Estate Appraisers, Catalano Mortgage Group does Real Estate Consulting, Continental Funding Reverse Mortgage (2241 West Eastwood Avenue, Chicago), DiCianni Realty (100 South York Street, Suite 204) and World Title Guaranty (880 North York Street, Third Floor) provide Real Estate Services.

Real Estate Developers include K&R Land Development Co. (591 South York Street), Korman/Lederer & Associates (3100 West Dundee, Suite 116, Northbrook), Lawton Realty Group (2100 Clearwater Drive, #101, Oak Brook), Morningside Group (223 West Erie, Third Floor, Chicago) and James Zakos.

Inland Commercial Property Management (2901 Butterfield Road, Oak Brook), JRB Properties (340 West Butterfield Road, 4B), Korman/Lederer and Schiller Real Estate are Real Estate Managers.

Mortgage Bankers & Brokers include Basic Mortgage Corp. (136 West Vallette Street, Unit 10), Catalano Mortgage Group of First Home Mortgage (112 South York Street), City Suburban Mortgage (917 South York Street), George Olson Group of US Bank Home Mortgage (536 South York Street), ICAP Realty Advisors (100 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2300, Chicago), KM Funding (1333 North Kingsbury Street, Suite 200, Chicago), National City Mortgage (396 Berkley), Results One Financial (945 North Oaklawn Avenue), Daniel Antioho of Smith Barney-Citigroup (One Tower Lane, Suite 2200, Oakbrook Terrace) and Wells Fargo Reverse Mortgage Division (2115 Butterfield Road, Suite 204, Oak Brook).

Property Tax Reduction (6262 Kingery Road, Suite 210, Willowbrook) does Property Tax Consulting, BMW Building Inspections (808 Geneva) and Cottage Hill Inspections (411 Cottage Hill Avenue) provide Home Inspection Service and Helping Hands Cleaning Services (481 Alexander Boulevard) is a Cleaning Service.
Moving & Storage Service is available from All Chicagoland Moving & Storage (730 North York Street), Federal/Whalen Moving & Storage (2341 Ernie Krueger Circle, #B, Waukegan), Hassett Moving & Storage (877 South Route 83) and Storage Mart (5979 Butterfield Road, Hillside).

Prairie Centre (140 Harvey Avenue, Wood Dale) and “R” Building (118 South York Street) manage Office Rentals, while Apartment Rentals are available at Elm Creek Apartments (One Elm Creek Drive).

Retirement Communities include Concord Place & Assisted Living Community (401 West Lake Street, Northlake), Lexington Square of Elmhurst (400 West Butterfield Road), Liberty Village (415 North York Street) and Senior Home Sharing (315 West St. Charles Road, Lombard).

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Commercial & Residential Contractors include Brown Building Company (109 Adell Place), Cantore Construction Company (925 South Route 83), Cutters Landscaping (246 East Second Street), DeMichele Builders (17W275 Rodeck Lane, Bensenville), King Construction Co. (140 West St. Charles Road, Villa Park), M.E. Olson Construction Co. (601 South Route 83), R.G. Construction Services (936 North Larch Avenue) and T.E. McKenna (533 South Division).

Among the Home Builders & Remodelers are Knighton Construction Co. (591 South York Street), Northland Homes (261 North York Street, Suite 202), Sierra Builders (202 North York Street) and T.E. McKenna.

C&R Enterprises (270 West St. Charles Road) is an Electrical Contractor.

Lucchese & Associates Architects (512 West Van Buren) and West Studio Ltd./
Architects & Construction Managers (257 North West Avenue, Suite 201) are Architects, while Metro Blue Print (457 North York Street) and Tree Towns Repro Service (542 Spring Road) provide Blueprint Services.

Kieft Brothers, (837 South Riverside Drive), Maggio Rent-A-Fence/Maggio Rent-A-Potty (66 West Lake Street, Northlake) and Patten Industries (635 West Lake Street) provide Construction Equipment & Supplies.

Construction Financing is available from Catalano Home Mortgage, while BMW Building Inspections and Cottage Hill Inspections are Home Inspectors.

HOME IMPROVEMENT, REDMODELING AND REPAIR
All Suburban Remodelers (1107 South Mannheim Road, Suite 304, Westchester), Faux Design Studio (665 North Walnut), Meeder Industries (120 North York Street, Suite 202) and Regency Garages (450 North York Street) handle Building & Construction, while Catalano Mortgage Group does Construction Financing.

Landscaping is available from Cutters Landscaping, Erwin Steinhebel & Sons (967 Swain), J.P.’s Landscaping (838 Hillcrest), Jane Dilworth & Associates Landscape (2119 Warren Avenue, Downers Grove), Night Light (130 Eisenhower Lane South, Lombard) and Steve May Landscaping (17W445 Morningside, Oakbrook Terrace).

Alan Heating Air Conditioning (510 Spring Road), (551 South Route 83) and Visser Heating & Air Conditioning (124 West Park Avenue) handle Heating & Air-Conditioning, while Everdry Waterproofing (2439 Curtis Street, Downers Grove) and Jim Dhamer Plumbing & Sewer (644 Mitchell Avenue) provide Plumbing, Sewer, Sprinkler & Waterproofing.

Blinds by Michael Angelo (129 North Addison Avenue), Budget Blinds of Elmhurst (19W520 County Line Road, Lombard) and Total Window Treatments (544 Spring Road) provide Interior Design & Decorating, while Painting & Wallpapering is handled at J.B. Painting (471 Highland Avenue), J.C. Licht Compay (320 Fullerton Avenue, Suite 200), Manion Decorating (393 Highland Avenue), Philip Sassano Design (104 Wes Second Street) and Prestige Decorating (283 North Clinton).

Carpeting, Flooring & Furniture are available from Floor Coverings International (825 East Roosevelt Road, Suite 178, Lombard), Jepson Floor Sanding (419 Elm Avenue), Montalbano Furniture Restoration Factory (3000 St. Charles Road, Bellwood) and V&J Tile Co. (498 Fair), while Smitty’s Kitchen & Baths (105 North Maple Street) and Stephen Harrison Cabinetry(105 East First Street) do Cabinetry & Woodworking.

All Suburban Remodelers, Feze Roofing (111 Maple Avenue) and Paramount Roofing Co. (357 West First Street) do Roofing, while B&F Power Wash (728 Fairfield Avenue) does Power Washing.

Sidings, Doors & Windows are available from Budget Blinds of Elmhurst, Champion Window & Siding (717 Industrial Drive), Great American Exteriors (478 Spring Road), House of Glass (424 North York Street), Integrity Windows & Doors (679 West North Avenue), Meeder Industries, Siding-1 Windows-1 (3066 North Clybourn, Chicago) and Smitty’s Windows & Doors.

Garage Door Service is available from Elmhurst Garage Door Service (P.O. Box 542), while Ace Hardware-Elmhurst (145 East First Street) and Mel’s Ace Hardware (1028 South York Street) provide all kinds of Hardware.

Established in 1918, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together to promote the civic and commercial progress of the community.

The Chamber also serves the needs of it members through services, programs and events that provide opportunities for networking and referral, business education, development and promotion, governmental representation and community involvement.
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