Business After Hours
AmeriSuites Elmhurst (410 West Lake Street) will host the Annual Holiday Business After Hours on Thursday, December 12, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Chamber Anniversaries
The following four members are celebrating Chamber Anniversaries in December:
20 Years—Phillip’s Flowers & Gifts (526 Spring Road);
10 Years—Elmhurst Art Museum (150 Cottage Hill) and Episcopal Church of Our Savior (116 East Church Street); and
5 Years—United Way of Elmhurst (100 South York Street, Room 224).
New Members
The following three businesses joined in mid-November:
Hyatt Regency Oak Brook (1909 Spring Road), hotel and restaurant, Joe Shostak and John Merrill, 472-6077;
Redeemed Enterprises (237 Lind, Hillside 60162), Avon products/Kaeser & Blair, Inc./Tupperware, Ada Mallett, 479-2866; and
Uncle George’s Restaurant (621 East St. Charles Road, Villa Park 60181), pancake restaurant, George Danegelis, 941-7262.
Newsmakers
The Spring Road Business Association recently installed the following officers for 2003: President—Todd Benson, Owner/Operator of Casto Communications (391 River Glen) and the Elmhurst Coupon Magazine; Secretary—Nancy Brook, Vice President of Community Bank of Elmhurst (330 West Butterfield Road); and Treasurer—Ed Adrychowski, Co-Owner/Co-Operator of Great American Exteriors (478 Spring Road).
Dale Budny, Dale Foster and Don Meyer of Vallette Pharmacy (101 West Vallette Street) are among the Pharmacist of the Year Award winners as named by Drug Topics magazine.
Elmhurst Mailbox Center (105 East Vallette Street) is now accepting Styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap for recycling.
Usinger’s of Roselle (247 East Irving Park Road, Roselle) has expanded its gift basket and retail store selection to include a full array of European gourmet products and holiday trinkets. For more information, visit the website at www.usingersroselle.com.
Special Events
The Chamber, Spring Road Business Association and York/Vallette Business Association will sponsor Sleigh Rides along the Illinois Prairie Path on Saturday, December 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Sleigh Rides will run from the Gazebo at Spring Road and The Depot at York/Vallette.
The Doings Newspapers (440 East Ogden Avenue, Hinsdale) and Gift of Hope Organ and Donor Tissue Network (660 Industrial Drive) have embarked on a year-long campaign to increase awareness of the need for donors. Newspapers stories are featured on the Gift of Hope website at www.giftofhope.org.
Pet Celebrations, Inc. (1812 Taft Avenue, Berkeley) is offering free pet pictures with Santa on Saturday, December 14, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 15, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
“State of the City” Mayoral Address
Elmhurst Mayor Thomas D. Marcucci will deliver his annual “State of the City” Address at the Chamber’s Membership Breakfast host by Community Bank of Elmhurst (330 West Butterfield Road) on Thursday, January 16, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Co-sponsored by the Elmhurst Economic Development Corporation (209 North York Street), the event will be videotaped by “Elmhurst Our Kind of Town” for rebroadcast in February on Channel 6 of AT&T Broadband (688 Industrial Drive). Seating is limited to 150 and reservations are required.