While the City of Elmhurst’s roots date back to the 1830s, it was back in 1918 that a group of some 60 prominent businesspeople gathered in H.O. Stevens’ home to establish the Elmhurst Boosters’ Club that developed into our Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry of today.
Elmhurst’s Memorial Day began the same year (1918) that as our Centennial-celebrating Chamber and will conduct its 100th Anniversary march on Monday, May 28, stepping off from the intersection of York and Third streets in downtown Elmhurst at 9:30 a.m.
President Donald Trump on March 28 nominated Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter (R-54th District) of downstate Lebanon to serve as our United States Ambassador to the African Republic of Kenya, where he has done charity work since 1984.
So, did you lose three to fourth months of earnings in the recent United States stock market drop and then gain most of it back days later?
WOW!!! Now that’s how you kick off a Centennial Celebration year!!! Thanks to the “sellout” crowd of members and guest who celebrated our Chamber’s 99th Annual Award Gala and 100th Birthday Bash at The Drake Oak Brook Hotel on January 26. And mark your 2019 calendar so as not to miss our 100th Annual Awards Gala on January 25.
Happy Birthday to us!!! We ring in a New Year that marks our Chamber’s 100th Anniversary—a Centennial Celebration for which planning began three years ago