First Fridays Park Ridge is this Friday! March 2nd from 6:00pm - 8:00pm will be a great opportunity for you to participate in RETAIL MADNESS in Park Ridge. The Park Ridge Chamber Retail Committee in conjunction with participating merchants have planned a fun evening for shoppers and diners. Simply check in at the participating First Fridays locations on FourSquare, Facebook or in person and earn exciting incentives from the participating businesses.
Also, check out the new Pop Up Market at 116 Main Street open on Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3! So far, more than a dozen businesses have signed up so it’s ON! If you’d like to sign up to have a table for one or both days, contact Nina Taluc, Kidwinks.com, nina@ Nina.Taluc@gmail.com. Only $20 for Chamber members!
Add to our contact list Now that we’re no longer snail mailing out the newsletter, we can add everyone in your company to our distribution list for the newsletter. Send us names and emails and we’ll add their names. We’re finishing up the March newsletter. We can still take ads and inserts.
Community Guide We’re working on the Park Ridge Chamber Business Directory & Community Guide. Please pay your 2012 dues if you haven’t done so yet. Only paid members will appear in the guide.
There will be a photo contest for the picture on the front cover! Here is the press release I’m sending out to the media today:
Park Ridge Photo Contest!
Photographers, have you taken a picture that you think captures why Park Ridge is a wonderful place to live and work? Enter it in the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce Photo Contest 2012 and your photo could be the one that appears on the front cover of the Park Ridge Community Guide & Business Directory, sent to every household in Park Ridge on May 31!
Submit your photo as a jpg (300 dpi) to Gail.Haller@ParkRidgeChamber.org by Monday at 4:00 p.m., April 16, 2012, in order to be considered. Include your name, address, phone number and email and a caption identifying where in Park Ridge the photo was taken.
All photos submitted for this contest become property of Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce. You may submit more than one photo. To be considered, each photo must include your name, street address, phone and email, a caption identifying where in Park Ridge the photo was taken, and include a signed, dated statement reading "I hereby give the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce permission to use the attached photo in its marketing materials."
Thank you Amy Sullivan, CPA! Thank you to Amy Sullivan, CPA, of Sullivan and Johnson, for telling the Women in Business breakfast networking group about tax tips for your business. It was extremely informative.
Also, thank you to Ralph Palmisano, owner of Cream of the Crepe, for the fabulous breakfast crepes! They were a big hit, as usual.
Thank you to those who donated prizes for the raffle and those who bought raffle tickets:
1. Beadphoria Earrings designed, handcrafted, and donated by Suzann Wilson, Beadphoria, were won by Martha Berns, Dempsey Design
2. Express Auto Center Oil Change donated by Marko Ratic was won by Pat Rubino, Rubino Dentistry
3. Chamber $20 gift certificate was won by Women in Business Co-Chair, Jay Crowley, Keller Williams Realty
4. Park Ridge Taxi Gift Certificate donated by Dean Dinev was won by Suzann Wilson, Beadphoria
5. TriPilates Free Group Mat Pilates Class donated by Debbie Harris was won by Martha Berns, Dempsey Design
6. TechStuff PC and Video Gift Certificate donated by Jorge Garduno was won by Jay Crowley, Keller Williams Realty
7. Linda Russo, hairstylist, 20% off salon services was won by Susan Scatchell, A-Abiding Care
8. Viking Driving School $50 gift certificate was won by Matt Coyne, EJ Coyne Insurance
SCORE Consulting
We’ve booked the 18 appointments for SBA’s SCORE free consulting through April – so we can start booking for May. Everyone who has met with the counselors have said wonderful things about them so don’t feel intimidated – they’ll discuss any aspect of your business without judgment. All they want to do is help, counsel, and guide but you have to ask for it. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays right now until we get SCORE convinced that Park Ridge has a need. I’d love to have them in weekly with standard hours that you could book through their website. Check it out: http://www.scorechicago.org/
SCORE Chicago provides free business counseling, management consulting, and low cost workshops. We advise on how to get a business loan and offer other resources like templates for a business plan. SCORE counselors can help the entrepreneur start a business or a small business owner grow and prosper. The organization has more than 25 locations in the Chicago area. We also counsel by email nationwide.
SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business - is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business in the US. We are also known as the SCORE Association.
Cubs vs. Cardinals The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals are coming to town on April 24, 2012! First Pitch: 7:05 PM
Section 216 and 218 between the On-Deck Circle and over the Cubs Dug Out. (not the cheap nose-bleed section!)
We’ve sold 40 of the 100 tickets already so if you’re interested, please come in and give us your check as we are not accepting credit cards for this.
Cost: $18 per ticket
Warning: Rick Pucci only purchased 100 tickets - first come first serve.
Parking at DeVry for this special engagement is very reasonable and comes with a bus ride to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field's Front door and back after the game.
Send $ or drop checks off to Park Ridge Chamber, 720 Garden – cash or checks only – no credit cards.
Mark Your Calendar for these Events!
Mark your calendar!
February 28, Tuesday, 8:30am -10:00am Board of Directors Meeting
February 28, Tuesday, 6:00pm – 7:30pm Chamber Retail Roundtable Meeting, 720 Garden St. - If you have a shop in Park Ridge then don’t miss out on the Chamber’s Retail Roundtable! It’s a new group formed to allow retailers the opportunity to discuss issues of interest to them.
March 1, Thursday, 10:00am-11:30am Entrepreneurial Knowledge Group (EKG) Meeting , Regus, 350 S. Northwest Highway Ste. 300
March 1, Thursday, 11:00am – 12:00pm Health Care Forum Program, “New Medicaid Rules” Park Ridge Senior Center, 100 S. Western Ave. Anthony B. Ferraro Elder Law Attorney Learn how the new rules will affect you and your loved ones. You don’t want to lose everything in the aging process.
March 2, Friday, 5:00pm-8:00pm First Fridays Retail Madness at Participating Merchants AND Pop Up Market at 116 Main Street
March 6, Tuesday, 9:00 -12:00 Park Ridge Chamber SCORE Counseling
March 8, Thursday, 8:45am -10:15am Tech Forum
March 9, Friday, 8:45am-9:45am PREN 1 Park Ridge Executive Network
March 2, Friday, 10:00am -11:00am Membership Meeting 720 Garden Street
March 14, Wednesday, 11:30am -1:30pm Monthly Networking Luncheon at the Park Ridge Country Club. Senator Dan Kotowski’s topic: ‘Fixing State Government –Ending “Business as Usual”’ $25 members and $30 walk ins and prospective members.
March 16, Friday, 9:30am – 10:30am PREN 3 Park Ridge Executive Network canceled.
March 16, Friday, 11:30am-1:30pm Fashion Show and Luncheon to benefit Park Ridge Community Fund. Featuring Spring Fashions Presented by Chico's and Kustom Kribs Baby Boutique. Hosted by The Summit of Uptown, 10 N. Summit, $20 includes fashion show and lunch. Seating is limited please RSVP by 3/12.
March 19, Monday, Deadline to receive inserts for April Newsletter
March 15, Thursday, 8:30am-9:30am Newsletter Meeting
March 20, Tuesday 9:00am -10:00am PREN 2 Park Ridge Executive Network
March 20, Tuesday, 9:00am -12:00pm Park Ridge Chamber SCORE Counseling
March 21, Wednesday, 9:00am -10:00am Executive Board Meeting
March 21, Wednesday, 4:00pm-7:00pm Regional Business Expo & Restaurant Showcase. Meadows Club, 2950 W Golf Rd, Rolling Meadows, 60008. Admission to the event is free.
March 22, Thursday, 5:30pm -8:30pm Business After Hours Park Ridge Edison Park Bowling Challenge Edison Park Inn, 6715 N. Olmsted.
March 27, Tuesday, 8:30am-10:00am Board of Directors Meeting
March 27, Tuesday, 6:00pm-7:30pm Chamber Retail Roundtable Meeting, 720 Garden St. - If you have a shop in Park Ridge then don’t miss out on the Chamber’s Retail Roundtable! It’s a new group formed to allow retailers the opportunity to discuss issues of interest to them.
March 28, 9:00am -10:30am Health Care Forum
March 29, 5:00pm Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting at Park Ridge Financial. Come celebrate with board member Rick Pucci as the mayor cuts the ribbon on Rick’s new offices at 36 Main Street! Refreshments. RSVP’s appreciated.
March 30, Friday, 8:30am -9:45am Women in Business Networking Breakfast Fight Like a Girl presentation by Michelle DeLaRosa, owner of MBD Martial Arts. Members $10 and $15 prospective members and walk ins.
Contact me: Gail Haller
Executive Director
Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce
720 Garden Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068
phone: 847.825.3121
fax: 847.825.3122
facebook.com/ShopParkRidgeIL
www.parkridgechamber.org
Thank you to our Platinum members
1. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and
Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital: 847.723.2210
2. All on the Road Catering & Bakery: 847.518.8958
3. AthletiCo Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy: 847-292-4710
4. Blufish Sushi Bistro: 847.720.4479
5. Comfort Inn O'Hare/Des Plaines: 847.635.1300
6. D'Agostino's Pizza & Pub: 847.518.8700
7. E.J. Coyne & Company Inc: 847.692.9077
8. Express Auto Center: 847.813.9469
9. Home Comfort Heating & Cooling: 847.824.4336
10. Houlihan's Restaurant: 847.692.6205
11. Jason's Deli: 847.823.0210
12. K.G.M. Plumbing, Inc.: 847.583.8988
13. LIN-MAR Motors: 847.965.4200
14. Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, Hilary Sopata: www.marykay.com/hilary
15. North South Masonry & Tuckpointing: 847.384.0917
16. Pangaea Tiling & Decorative Painting: 847.899.3539
17. Paul Davis Emergency Services: 847.692.5000
18. Periodontics of Niles: 847.685.6686
19. Responsive Management Solutions: 847.804.8800
20. Resurrection Health Care: 847.813.3210
21. Ross E. Rubino, D.D.S.P.C. & Associates: 847.825.1002
22. The Exercise Coach: 847.823.0035
23. Transition Brokers RE: 312.399.2490
24. Village Bank & Trust: 847-870-6007
25. Why Not Complete Home Improvement: 847-297-0101
26. You can be here!
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