If you haven’t paid your dues yet, please do so! They are due by January 1 of each year so by March 1, those who haven’t paid are technically no longer members in good standing according to the Chamber by-laws. But you can be reinstated by paying your dues.
Only Chamber members will appear in the Community guide and business directory and we have about 17,000 copies printed and delivered to every house in Park Ridge. All members appear twice in the directory – by category and alphabetical. Jenna Gales from Pioneer Press is selling ads for the community guide and there is a discount if you commit by St Patricks Day!
The weather didn’t cooperate on Friday for the First Friday Retail Madness so it . But let me know how many you had. Right now Hill’s Hallmark is winning the trophy so if you participated and didn’t send in your count yet, let me know!
The board of directors met last week and approved of the following 11 members:
Anthony Valentino Salon & Day Spa
Baird & Warner
Balance Healing Center
Di Monte & Lizak LLC
Hahn Agency Inc.
Intouch Home Care Services - Lutheran Social Services of IL
Norwood Seniors Network
Park Ridge Farmers Market
Schroeder Insurance Agency
Tribune Products Company
There is a Regional Business Expo and Restaurant Showcase at the Meadows Club, 2950 Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows with 11 Chambers participating on Wednesday, March 21 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Let me know if you’d like to be an exhibitor – the form is an insert in the March newsletter. Right now Park Ridge has no exhibitors.
Free to attend – just need a business card to get in!
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.
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 (specs listed below) 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."
Photo specs:
• Highest resolution possible (Minimum 300dpi)
• Preferably raw photos straight from the camera
• Portrait orientation. Landscape oriented photos will have to be cropped drastically.
• Color
• If possible, when considering subject matter, take into account that the title will be placed in the upper portion of the photo
We are now booking appointments for SCORE counseling for May 1 and 15 at 9, 10, 11 a.m.
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/
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 (We’ve sold 60 and have just 40 remaining tickets!)
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!
March 8, Thursday, 8:45am -10:15am Tech Forum
March 9, Friday, 8:45am-9:45am PREN 1 Park Ridge Executive Network
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 15, Thursday, 8:30am-9:30am Newsletter Meeting
March 16, Friday, 9:30am – 10:30am PREN 3 Park Ridge Executive Network canceled until further notice.
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 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.
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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