State of the Village

It's more of the same; huge attendance! 90+ business owners attended the first ever State of the Village meeting hosted by the Gurnee Chamber. Police Chief Bob Jones, Fire Chief Fred Friedl, Village Administrator Jim Hayner, and Mayor Kovarik were some of the featured speakers. The message of open communication and proactive department management was the theme. With the budget challenges presented by a sagging economy, each department head has been hard at work to cut cost, but also to improve services.
The Mayor encouraged businesses to join the Gurnee Chamber to get involved in the process. The chamber offers an excellent sounding board for ideas from businesses to be delivered to the Village leadership.
Congrats to all those involved, for another successful event!

Lunch & Learn a HUGE success!

Wow, 61 attendees at our first Lunch & Learn. Brandon Johnson, life skills coach and motivational speaker provided the "entree" for today's event. With membership at a strong 80 members, having 61 attendees is a spectacular turnout. For those in attendance, it goes without saying that this was a benefit that a member could be happy to have received. If you somehow weren't motivated, then you probably weren't paying attention! If nothing else, you had an opportunity to pass your card out to 60 other people to promote your business.
Tune in next week for our monthly membership meeting, State of the Village. Details can be found here.

Chicago Tribune article

We continue to move forward and are making a huge impact on the business community. The State of the Village event on Sept. 23rd 8am at Keylime Cove should be another well attended event. Village Hall sent out invites to the business community, and reservations are already flooding in. Hope to see you there! www.gurneechamber.com