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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On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 the Chamber membership elected Mary Lamie to serve as the Chairperson of the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Mary Lamie is the Executive Vice President of Multi Modal Enterprises for Bi-State Development. In her role, she oversees a number of business enterprises of Bi-State Development, including the Gateway Arch and Riverboats, the St. Louis Downtown Airport, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway. Her responsibilities of the Freightway include developing public-private partnerships to optimize the region’s freight transportation network and for creating the foundation for planning, marketing and advocacy of the bi-state region as a national freight hub. These efforts have resulted in national recognition by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a leader in setting multimodal transportation priorities and as a model for regionalism for both this…
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Our search for a Marketing and Communications Manager is finally over! Please welcome Sarah Hillebrand as the Chamber’s newest team member. Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and fresh ideas to her new position. She comes to us after working at Standard Rule Promotions in Belleville since 2007. When she’s not here in the office, she’s hanging out with her husband at their home in O’Fallon and is mom to two teenagers. We are excited to have Sarah come on board. Please introduce yourselves at the next Chamber event! You may contact Sarah at marketing@bellevillechamber.org or call her at the Chamber office 618-233-2015.
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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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A Message from the SBA…. WASHINGTON – Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) areavailable to businesses and residents in Illinois following the announcement of a Presidential disasterdeclaration due to a severe storm and flooding that occurred July 25-28, 2022. “SBA’s mission-driven team stands ready to help Illinois small businesses and residents impacted bythis disaster in every way possible under President Biden’s disaster declaration for certain affectedareas,“ said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “We’re committed to providing federaldisaster loans swiftly and efficiently, with a customer-centric approach to help businesses andcommunities recover and rebuild.” The disaster declaration covers St. Clair County in Illinois, which is eligible for both Physical andEconomic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofitorganizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for…
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