ATHENA Award Recipient Announcement

Joliet, IL. – August 18, 2021 The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry and The Council for Working Women are excited to announce Ruth Colby as the 2021 recipient of The ATHENA Award. Ruth becomes the 34th Award recipient, and will be honored at a luncheon...

Government Affairs Roundup for 8/20/2021

Government Affairs Roundup “Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates” Chamber members: The application for the $250 million State of Illinois Back to Business (B2B) Grant Program is now open! B2B offers small businesses access to funds that...

Government Affairs Roundup for 8/18/2021

Government Affairs Roundup “Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates” Chamber members: The application for the $250 million State of Illinois Back to Business (B2B) Grant Program is now open! B2B offers small businesses access to funds that...

Government Affairs Roundup for 8/16/2021

Government Affairs Roundup “Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates” Chamber members: Census numbers are out and Speaker Pelosi is juggling how and when votes are going to play out on infrastructure and the budget as the debt ceiling...

Government Affairs Roundup for 8/13/2021

Government Affairs Roundup “Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates” Chamber members: Friday the 13th edition here today for you brings back some Coronavirus news as it is unavoidable (once again, unfortunately). A number of people have...