News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Please excuse the length of this email as we have a good amount of information to share before taking a break on updates until next Monday. No worries, those locked in on the weekly job report every Thursday will get their fix today. See below for...

Chamber Members: Some good news today for those stock market watchers – the Dow Jones hit 30,000 for the first time on news that President Trump has instructed aids to begin transition work. It is almost unbelievable that it has traveled this high in a pandemic year...

Chamber Members: Happy Thanksgiving week to all! It is a short week, so we’ll probably share a good amount of information up front as we’ll not have an update out on Thursday or Friday (and see how Wednesday goes). *Daily Coronavirus update brought to you by Silver...

Chamber Members: Last day of the week and the start of the statewide Tier 3 mitigations. Today we share information on vaccine movement and COVID-19 tests, some information on Small Business Saturday, and more useful information in the next weeks in terms of seminars....

Chamber Members: The usual job report is covered below on both the federal and state level.  You’ll see some other announcements and reports related to COVID issues as well. One more reminder that tomorrow begins the Tier 3 mitigation measures for all state regions....

Chamber Members: This Friday begins the start of Tier 3 mitigations. The information is condensed as a reminder vs. what was shared yesterday, but the full details are attached to this message as a pdf. A quick note to the fact that the rollback does NOT include...

Chamber Members: Today marks one year from the first traced COVID case in China depending on who/what you believe. Not sure if a happy birthday is in order! A new announcement today from Governor Pritzker on additional capacity rollbacks highlights our daily update....

Chamber Members: Today is the last day to apply for the Will County Small Business Assistance Grant. Make sure to get your application in before the page closes. You will find a good amount of COVID related news below from shutdowns to evictions, from aid to survey...

Chamber Members: The weekend is here already and believe it or not it’s Friday the 13th! COVID is impacting us on all sides and the stay at home advisories increase, pointing toward a possible revert to the conditions we faced back at the start of this pandemic. As a...

Chamber Members: The full update is back in your inbox today with the weekly anticipated report on employment numbers. A lot of warnings and suggestions coming from the Governor and IDPH over the last two days have focused on the possibility of a statewide shutdown....