News & Announcements

Chamber Members: It’s Thursday, so today we share the latest on the employment front. Also, we’ll check in on what is happening on federal aid and another deadline extension. *Daily Coronavirus update brought to you by Silver Cross Hospital Weekly Jobless Claims The...

Chamber Members: We hope you are enjoying such a nice day! Today’s update touches on the possible government shutdown, utility moratorium, and voting. Also we want to continue to push the reminders about the funding programs that are out there, with some coming to a...

Chamber Members: Welcome to the first day of FALL, believe it or not. A new season brings change and we’ve certainly seen no shortage of change over the last six months. With that said, the first topic to hit on today is not a change at all from what we’ve advocated...

Chamber Members: As we start a new week, hopefully you’ve seen enough reminders about the existing aid that is out there for your businesses. If for some reason not, we’ll start off today by quickly listing three opportunities currently open. Make sure you check them...

Chamber Members: Big news today! We were all able to lower the positivity rate for Region 7 and we are now back officially to Phase 4 here in our area. This means the return to indoor activities in bars, restaurant, banquet halls, etc. and gatherings can go back to 50...

Chamber Members: A lot of information to share today and even more on deck for tomorrow. The Business Interruption Grants were supposed to open today for applications, but at the time of this writing the link was not live yet.  Hopefully tomorrow that will change. ...

Chamber Members: We’ll hopefully have a little more information to share on yesterday’s big announcement when the second round of the Business Interruption Grant opens tomorrow. Until then, today’s update has some general information on the economy, workforce funds,...

Chamber Members: Governor Pritzker today made an announcement of Business Interruption Grant round #2 and state government cuts on the horizon. The return to work in Washington D.C. has not come quietly, as both sides seems to be digging in on how to handle the...

Chamber Members: Today begins a new week. The House is back in session as we still hold out hope that some type of an agreement can be reached for a federal aid package. Also, new clarifications were released at the end of last week on Family First Coronavirus...

Chamber Members: For a short week, this one really felt like 10 days long. A lot of moving parts this week locally on COVID numbers related to our Region. As of now, we continue to follow the same measures until further notice. A piece of good news to share on this...