News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Tonight is the first Presidential debate. Many will be tuning in to hear what each of the candidates has to say. Don’t forget about the possible federal government shutdown as the Senate resumes consideration of the continuing resolution to extend...

Chamber Members: Happy Monday as we start the last week in September and move into October. Make sure you’ve got your applications in today for the Will County Small Business Assistance Grant as it closes out. They have plenty of funds remaining with a reported...

Chamber Members: Another end to another week. As we move into fall and the continuance of the pandemic, please make sure you are taking full advantage of grant programs available. We have listed three below and two of them have deadlines next week. More information is...

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,...