Advertise with the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce! The Chamber Connection Newsletter is distributed the last week of each month (Example: April’s newsletter will be distributed the week of March 25th). Ad Sizes & Ad Rates: Business Card (3.5”w x 2”h) $25.00 1/4 Page (3.5”w x 5”h) $50.00 1/2 Page (7.5” x 5”h) $100.00 Full Page (7.5”w x 10”h) $200.00 Artwork must be received by the 15th of the month. If the ad is not received by this date, it is not guaranteed to make that newsletter. If it is a recurring ad, the previous ad will stay in it’s place . Advertisers have the option of changing their ad monthly as long as new ad copy is received by the deadline. All ads must be submitted in JPEG or PDF format. Ads will be full…
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With peak heating season upon us, Ameren Illinois is offering an important reminder when it comes to natural gas safety both at home and in the workplace. We rely on natural gas to cook our food, heat our water, heat our homes and businesses and dry our clothes. Ameren Illinois delivers that safe and reliable natural gas to 816,000 residential and business customers via 18,300 miles of transmission/distribution pipeline. The company is investing in the natural gas system (e.g. replacing vintage steel pipes) across its 43,700 square-mile service territory but for a wide variety of reasons, gas leaks can occur. The most common causes, include: old brass stove connectors, piping connections and inadvertent contact with natural gas pipelines during outdoor excavating projects. If you ever catch the rotten egg smell at home, at work or…
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400 community members joined the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce Thursday night for their Annual Dinner and Silent Auction, presented by Breakthru Beverage, at the St. Clair County Event Center where the Chamber awarded five area leaders in the community. IMPACT Strategies and Grimm & Gorly Florist were awarded Business Excellence awards. Susan Wobbe (St. Clair County Office on Aging), Amy Richter (Hospice of Southern Illinois), and Kurt Schroeder (Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.) were awarded individual awards. Susan Wobbe, recipient of the Ambassador of the Year award, served as Chair of the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee in 2018. She coordinated all the Ambassador luncheons and has volunteered for various Chamber events throughout the year including the Chili Cook-off. Wobbe has also been a seller for the Chamber’s Total Resource Campaign the…
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Most of you have already reserved your seat for our upcoming Annual Dinner, sponsored by BreakThru Beverage on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Clair County Event Center as a must not miss event. If you have not, it’s not too late, we have just a few seat remaining, please call the Chamber office by noon Wednesday, January 23, 2019. We will not be able to take any reservations after that as we have to place the order for all of our chairs & tables. As has become a popular tradition, we again have a silent auction with the dinner. Your generous donations are the reason it is a huge success and your company name will be listed along with the item donated in our evening’s program. This year we will have…
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As the new year gets rolling, be sure to mark your calendars with some of the Chamber’s biggest events! 1/31 Annual Dinner & Silent Auction 3/14 69th Annual Enlisted Dinner 3/16 Lucky Leprechaun 5k & St. Patrick’s Day Parade 5/10 Leadership Belleville Graduation Day 5/13 Otto Golf Classic at St. Clair Country Club 6/19 EmpowHER Women’s Conference 10/11 35th Annual Belleville Chili Cook-off 10/12 35th Annual Belleville Chili Cook-off 10/12 5K Chili Chase & Kids Pepper Dash 11/2 Art & Wine Walk
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