President’s Message: July 2013

Dear Members: On behalf of the staff of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry, I wish you all a happy and safe Fourth of July holiday week. Overdevelopment Bad, But What? Let’s begin with the premise that all of us are against overdevelopment.  Or—in the...
June Presidents Message

June Presidents Message

    Dear Members:   If you did not stay up until midnight on Friday to learn if Illinois’ 98th General Assembly passed legislation to reform the state’s under-funded public pension system—and numerous other major pieces of legislation—you earned at least one less...
May President’s Message

May President’s Message

  Dear Members:   One of the major battles being waged in Springfield during the 98th Illinois General Assembly is a Senate Democratic proposal (Senate Bill 2) to restructure the state’s economic development agency, a.k.a DCEO (Department of Commerce and Economic...

April’s President’s Message

Dear Members:   With the April 9 Consolidated Elections in sight, it’s time once again for citizens across DuPage County to exercise one of their greatest rights as Americans by casting votes for their candidates of choice at the municipal, township, public school,...
March Presidents Message

March Presidents Message

  Dear Members:   On behalf of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Marketing Committee of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry, I want to publicly thank the Elmhurst City Council for its most-recent vote of support for the Got It! in Elmhurst...
February’s President’s Message

February’s President’s Message

Dear Members:   On Tuesday (February 5), representatives of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and chambers across the state will travel to Springfield to participate in the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (IACCE)/Illinois Chamber...