The Chamber’s Annual Meeting was the perfect way to wrap up 2023! A big congrats to new Chamber Board members, Rebecca Boyer of Kaskaskia Engineering Group and Mary Dahm-Schell of The EDGE. The Chamber will be lead in 2024 by Ryan Boike, Superintendent of Belleville District #118, as our incoming Chairperson and we welcome Ericka Logan of Logan & Logan LLC Management & Accounting Services to our Executive Committee. We appreciate Mayor Patty Gregory and State Rep. Jay Hoffman for attending and giving updates. Thank you to St. Paul United Church of Christ – Belleville, Illinois, for hosting us in your beautiful Heritage Hall!
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This year the nominating committee will be recommending several individuals to fill the board terms which are expiring on 12/31/2023. The next board term will run from 1/2024 – 12/2026. Below you will find Board responsibilities, expectations, and an application for a seat on the Board of Directors. If you are interested in submitting your name for nomination, please fill out the board application, along with your resume and email it back to: hr@bellevillechamber.org. All submissions will be kept confidential. Submissions must be received by Friday, November 24, 2023. Once all submissions are received the nominating committee will review these applications and make a recommendation to the general membership for a vote on the Slate of officers that will take place at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting on December 19, 2023. Board Meetings are held…
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Application NOW OPEN!!! If you delay your application you will miss out on this opportunity to be a part of the 24th Leadership Belleville Class. What is Leadership Belleville? Leadership Belleville is a unique training program offered to community members and chamber members, coordinated through the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce. The goals of the program are to… Each Leadership Belleville class is composed of up to 25 professionals who demonstrate the highest leadership qualities. These classmates create a valuable network of resources – paying dividends to both alumni and their business sponsors. Below you will find a link to the Leadership Belleville page and the Application to be a part of this unique opportunity. Now more than ever do we all need to refresh and recharge our Leadership skills and learn from others in…
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It has become a popular tradition at our Annual Dinner to host a silent auction. This year we will be hosting our auction online! The auction is now LIVE and will be available to all of our Chamber members whether you are attending our dinner on January 26 or not. To register for online bidding and to take part in the auction, click here. If you have bid before, you just need to sign in with your previous user name and password. Even if you plan on attending the dinner you must sign up and register online to bid on the items. The auction will close after the dinner on Friday, January 27 at 10:00am. All winners will be notified at that time and will have to schedule a time to pick their items up from…
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WASHINGTON – Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the Agency will waive the interest rate for the first year on new disaster loans and extend the initial payment deferment period automatically to 12 months. “We must ensure that communities struck by disaster have the help they need to recover in the wake of natural disasters, and the Biden-Harris Administration is 100 percent focused on finding more ways to assist,” said Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “Our zero-interest disaster loan and payment deferral solutions add new tools to our toolbox to help small business owners gain flexibility as they work to invest, reopen, and get back to business. Disaster-impacted residents in Florida, Puerto Rico, and others…
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