News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Federal aid is on the way … just not yet, according to President Trump. A lot of action is going on regionally regarding the actions of the Governor and the restaurant industry. Today, we’ll try to recap a majority of what is transpiring. Also, a last...

Chamber Members: The countdown continues as we’re now one week away from the election and a quick reminder that we’re 45 days from government shutdown, remember that continuation? Hopefully, whatever the outcomes may be, we would like to see a deal stricken on federal...

Chamber Members: It is the start of a new week, the fourth day under round 2 of our further mitigation measures, and eight days away from the election. If you haven’t seen enough campaign commercials yet, the Bears game tonight is supposed to be filled with them. Read...

Chamber Members: Today begins the second round of additional mitigations here in our region. Please support all of our members that are impacted by this mandate. In fact, support all of your fellow members through these times as everyone needs all the support...

Chamber Members: Today’s update will cover the usual Thursday job report and what has become an almost daily federal aid update. In addition, we’ll talk about holiday spending and home sales. Finally, you will find attached to this message two pdf’s.  One is a...

Chamber Members: It may seem extremely repetitive, but we can’t stress enough about the opportunities that exist to get grants funds either through the DCEO Business Interruption Grant and/or the Will County Small Business Assistance Grant. See below for details....

Chamber Members: Today, Governor Pritzker announced that our region will be going back to further mitigation efforts starting this Friday. This will be an identical situation as to what occurred back at the end of August and into September. You can read below for...

Chamber Members: Here we are 15 days away from the November 3rd elections. Did anyone expect the current state of events to be anywhere near what they are today? COVID cases are rising again and so are concerns to go along with such as the economy, employment, and...

Chamber Members: Happy Friday! A lot of news to share today before we break for the weekend. Good news comes from the County in that they’re opening round two of their grant program. We catch up today on the employment numbers released yesterday and unfortunately must...

Chamber Members: We’re here on Thursday so that usually means employment reports, but we’re going to hold that off for another day. Today we have some info on additional federal aid legislation, a new grant opportunity, and travel forecasts. In addition, an apology...