MEMBER NEWSLETTER
April 22, 2021
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Greetings!
The Chamber is very excited to announce that Wednesday, April 28th will be our Glen Ellyn Community Virtual Awards Program, just like the Oscars, we will have Watch Parties throughout Glen Ellyn! We are finishing up a great restaurant promotion, The Mac N' Cheese Cook Off and busy planning the Glen Ellyn Golf Outing May 17th, Please register to golf! This will be a fun day on the course and a good way to network.
We are starting slowly to get back to normal. Our French Market will open May 2 and are in search of additional vendors (special Chamber rates). The 4th of July Committee is seeking Business Parade entries. And I wanted to share we are in the planning stages and hopeful for a Taste of Glen Ellyn & Carnival this August! And so many more events listed below, both educational and networking.
However, I am always trying to tell members that The Chamber is MUCH more than just events. Please take time to ensure you are utilizing all your Chamber benefits. Thank you for your membership in supporting our mission for a prosperous Glen Ellyn.
Best,
Dawn Smith
Executive Director
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New Chamber In Person Office Hours
Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm
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Get your Business Involved
- The Glen Ellyn Mac N' Cheese Cook Off Ends Sunday April 25
- Multi-Chamber Virtual Progressive Networking - April 27
- Watch Parties for Community Awards Ceremony 2020 "Best Of" Glen Ellyn
- Meet the newest business at the Westside Children's Therapy Ribbon Cutting
- Glen Ellyn French Market is in the process of organizing vendors for the summer. Reserve your space today.
- Glen Ellyn Chamber May Virtual Monthly Meeting Frida Kahlo: Timeless Exhibition & Glen Ellyn, The Year of Frida
- Prepare Your Business for the Frida Kahlo Exhibit
- Golf and Sponsor a hole at the Annual Glen Ellyn Community Golf Outing
- Two Boston Glen Ellyn First 50 receive a goodie bag
- Date is set for our Glen Ellyn Shred Day. Collect your files to be shredded.
- Claim a space for your business to be on the GlenEllynOpoly Board Game
- Fourth of July Parade Entry
- Register your Employees for a Virtual State Required Training
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Glen Ellyn Mac N’ Cheese Cook Off
Sunday, April 18 – Sunday, April 25
The 1st Glen Ellyn Mac n' Cheese Cook Off ending Sunday, April 25. Response has been great.
This community is voting for their favorite Mac N' Cheese. So nice to see such a large response of community interaction. The winning restaurant will be announced the following week.
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Virtual Multi-Chamber
Progressive Networking
Join us for this progressive networking event where each guest will randomly move through 3 breakout rooms and network with up to 7 other business professionals in each room. This is a great way to meet a lot of people while and get to know them beyond just an introduction.
This is a multi-chamber event and space is limited to register today!
Tuesday, April 27
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
$10 Chamber Member $15 Non-Member
Zoom Platform
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Glen Ellyn Community Awards
Virtual Celebration
Wednesday, April 28
7:00 P.M.
Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 28th at 7:00pm from a WATCH PARTY at one of the Glen Ellyn restaurants or in your own home!
Watch your Principals and Superintendents award the teacher of the year. Listen to the reasoning of why the Chief of Police and Fire award our heroes Policeman or Firefighter of the Year. Learn more how the recipient awarded from the Library, Park District and Village have made Glen Ellyn prosper.
Be the first the find out, from your votes, which business from the many deserving nominees won for the Non-Profit of the Year, Retail Business of the Year, Restaurant of the Year and Service Industry of the Year!
Hear the amazing stories of accomplishment from our Senior & Youth of the Year, and be surprised for our announcement for Glen Ellyn's new HOMETOWN HERO Award and the coveted CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD.
It is like the Glen Ellyn Oscars!
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AWARDS WATCH PARTIES AT GLEN ELLYN RESTAURANTS
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE
If you would like to host a Watch Party, contact us as soon as possible
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Nobel House
419a N Main Street Glen Ellyn
(630) 547-2180
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Reserve 22
485 Winchell Way Glen Ellyn
(630) 469-5550
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Made in Italy Trattoria
476 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn
(630) 469-4146
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Marinella's Ristorante Italiano
548 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn
(630) 469-7277
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Maize + Mash
430 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn
(630) 547-2540
Private party one available 20 -24 guests
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North Side Sports Bar
499 Pennsylvania Ave. Glen Ellyn
(630) 469-4602
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Santa Fe Restaurant
426 N Main Street, Glen Ellyn
(630) 790-3311
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Meet the newest business and join us at the Westside Children's Therapy Ribbon Cutting
Westside Children’s Therapy is a family-owned ABA and pediatric therapy provider in Illinois. Throughout the pandemic, Westside found ways to bring jobs to Glen Ellyn and give children the services they need in such a trying time. Now, we are celebrating some of those achievements with the community!
Friday, April 30
Noon Ribbon Cutting
910 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn
In the Baker Hill Complex
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Glen Ellyn French Market is in the process of organizing vendors for the summer. Does your business want to get involved?
The Glen Ellyn French Market is coming this summer Sundays, May - October. Bensidoun USA is in the process of organizing vendors for the summer. Glen Ellyn businesses are encouraged to participate in the 2021 french market located at 546 Duane Street (Main St. Metra Lot).
NEW: Chamber members that sign up full time get a 10% discount on the season rate. Also, local businesses can come out individually up to 3x a year, no more than 1x a month to promote their business (no selling) and if they want to come out and sell a product at the market their first event would be at a 50% discount of our published rates.
We are seeking out a coffee/breakfast vender!
In all cases an application must be completed. Here is a link to the application.
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Glen Ellyn Chamber May Virtual Monthly Meeting
Frida Kahlo: Timeless Exhibition & Glen Ellyn, The Year of Frida
Tuesday, May 11 - Noon ZOOM Presentation, free
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Glen Ellyn is fortunate and excited to have the The Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage to host one of the largest private collections of original artwork by Frida Kahlo. The exhibition is the most comprehensive presentation of Kahlo’s work displayed in the Chicago area in over 40 years.
Join us Tuesday May, 11th as Diana Martinez gives an overview of this comprehensive presentation of the life and works of the artist Frida Kahlo which will feature 26 original pieces as well as an immersive historical exhibit that provides a framework of the life, circumstances and events that led to Kahlo becoming one of the most important painters of the 20th century and of our time.
Diana Martinez will provide an overview about the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Timeless at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art.
Dawn Smith, Executive Director of the Glen Ellyn Chamber, will talk about how Glen Ellyn Businesses are being involved and with the collaboration with the Village are being marketed to bring tourism into Glen Ellyn.
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Diana Martinez: Director, McAninch Arts Center; Executive Director, Frida Kahlo: Timeless |
Diana Martinez, Director at Glen Ellyn’s McAninch Arts Center (MAC) is passionate about the arts, the community and how the two can work together to impact economic development, break down barriers, and foster dialogs that make for richer communities.
Tuesday, May 11 - Noon
ZOOM Presentation / FREE
A zoom link will be included in confirmation email
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Is your Business ready for the Frida Kahlo Exhibit?
Frida Kahlo-Timeless, bringing with it thousands of visitors potentially to your business. The Chamber and Village are busy preparing signage, marketing, an on-site community info booth, Uber/Lyft Metra stops, activities and décor promoting Frida Kahlo Timeless to bring tourism into Glen Ellyn.
What can your business do? Create a Frida Experience, showcase Frida merchandise in your storefront, create a chef inspired Mexican dish or drink, decorate the storefront in colorful flowers and Mexican art. Be creative and EMAIL us so we can incorporate you in the marketing to let visitors join you in the celebration. There are several timelines in our marketing. The sooner you submit, the more marketing you will be included in. Next Deadline is April 30, 2021.
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Please join us for the Annual Glen Ellyn Community Golf Outing for golf, fun and friends with plenty of games and prizes.
Your package will include a scramble format 18 Hole Golf Tournament with cart, Chicks 'n Salsa box lunch, beer on the course, dinner ticket, a silent auction, drink ticket and prizes.
Enjoy a Two Hound Red beer or a John Daly on the course while enjoying a variety of games: Foursome Relay, Straightest to the Line, Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Village Cup, and Hole in One contests where you can win $10,000 cash, a roundtrip airfare and more!
Schedule for the day:
11:30 A.M. Registration
12:30 P.M. Putting Contest *included in fun pass
1:00 P.M. Shotgun Start
3:00 P.M. 9 Hole Option Start Time
5:30 P.M. Cocktail, Buffet Dinner & Live Music
6:30 P.M. Awards
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Music Performance By: Joe Eddy Brown
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Enjoy live music from Joe Eddy Brown as he plays your classic rock favorites from the 60's & 70's. Joe has been performing locally for the past 30 years at your favorite Glen Ellyn events.
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Reservations:
$150 per golfer $135 per golfer before 5/2/21
$550 per foursome $500 per foursome before 5/2/21
$35 Buffet Dinner, Cocktail and Live Music
RSVP by Monday May 10, 2021
Don't forget to pre-purchase your Fun Pass:
Putting Contest, Tee it Forward, 1 Free Toss, 1 Mulligan, Guess the # of Tees, and Licorice String Putt. Fun Pass is also available the day of the event.
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Two Bostons Glen Ellyn
Ribbon Cutting
Join us for the Two Bostons Ribbon Cutting in an Outside Tent & Goodie Bags for the first 50 guests.
Two Bostons is not your average pet store. We strive to help strengthen the bond between guardians and the pets they love. We will do so in an engaging and stimulating environment where everyone is excited about being part of the Two Bostons experience.
Friday, May 21
Noon Ribbon Cutting
926 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn
In the Baker Hill Complex
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Saturday June, 26
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Duane/Lorraine Lot Parking Lot
384 Duane St, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Sponsored By The Glen Ellyn Bank & Trust
Protect yourself from identity theft at our Shred Days. Gather your personal, sensitive information and we’ll shred it here for free! All paper collected is 100% broken down and recycled.
Day of Event:
- Individuals are asked to stay in their car.
- Pop your trunk and volunteers will pick up your boxes.
- Limit 3 paper BAGS or BOXES per car.
We expect this event to be well attended. For health and safety for all individuals, remain in your vehicle. No materials will be accepted past NOON.
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Claim a space for your Business to be on the GlenEllynOpoly Board Game
The Chamber is creating the perfect Glen Ellyn Board Game to showcase all our great businesses, while highlighting our wonderful traditions and experiences that we love about our Village. All of the locations, money, cards, game pieces and box is custom to fit Glen Ellyn.
We are starting to create the artwork, and need your help on sponsoring this custom game to be ready for holiday sales. It's the Perfect gift for your clients, friends and family. This will be a one time production and space is limited per requirements to fit the game board.
If you are interested in more information or would like to be on the creative committee, we would love to hear from you! Please EMAIL us and look for more info to come! The retail sales of GlenEllynOpoly is a fundraising effort for the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce. |
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Glen Ellyn Fourth of July Parade
Seeking Business Parade Entries
Deadline for application is June 1st
Glen Ellyn will be holding the annual 4th of July parade this summer of 2021! Be a part of the celebration. Business parade entry fee is $100 due by June 1, 2021.
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IL State Required Anti-Sexual Harassment Training
In 2019, the Illinois Legislature passed the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act. As a result, employers must provide anti-sexual harassment training to their employees at least once per year. Failure to do so could result in employers being fined by the Department of Human Rights.
Rick Lofgren and Charles Wentworth of The Law Office of Lofgren & Wentworth, P.C. have recorded a 20-minute presentation that you can use to provide the training to your employees, and they have been gracious enough to let the Chamber use for its members. For $10 per employee, we will provide to you a link to the video, as well as the Certificates of Participation for each employee who views the program.
Did you complete your Anti-Sexual Harassment Training? If not, register today so you and your employees can complete this requirement.
*This program is NOT for restaurants or bars. We will soon email you when a presentation will be available for those serving alcohol.
$10 per Chamber Member Employee
*A link to the video and the Certificates of Participation for the employee who views the program
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How to Develop a Sales Plan for Long Term Success
Presenter: Barry Saltzman, CEO, Saltzman Enterprise Group
Barry discussed tools and techniques to help develop an easy-to-implement a sales plan for long-term success. Highly successful sales professionals have three unique traits that differentiate them from their sales peers; preparation, organization, and productivity. This session explored six steps that will allow you to become a market leader in your area of expertise.
- WHO is my ideal customer
- WHERE do I find my ideal prospect
- WHY do my prospects buy from me
- WHAT do I say when I meet a prospect
- HOW do I know what to do every day
- WHEN do I actually do all these sales tasks
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Local County & Village News
- All DuPage and Illinois Residents 16+ are Eligible for Vaccines
- Northeast Region Weekly Update April 19, 2021
- Restaurant Revitalization Fund
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All DuPage and Illinois Residents 16+ are Eligible for Vaccines
As of April 12, all DuPage and Illinois residents 16+ are eligible for vaccines. Register for vaccination appointments in DuPage County online or call (630) 682-7400 if assistance is needed with registration.
Please note, as with other transitions to more open eligibility, this does not mean there will appointments available immediately for everyone in this newly expanded group. For information on where to get vaccinated, visit here.
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Northeast Region Weekly Update
April 19, 2021
This week there has been a couple of updates to guidance issues under the Restore Illinois Plan. IDPH updated the Places of Worship Guidance. That guidance can be found here. The All Sports Guidance has also been updated and can be found here.
Just a reminder, the PPP has been extended to May 31, 2021. DCEO Team RED has set up additional webinars that will focus on this program as well as other COVID-19 relief options. The portal for the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program remains temporarily suspended. Applicants can still register in the portal and SBA will share updates as they come available. SBA will also share an exact time and date prior to the re-opening of the SVOG application portal.
Restore Illinois Plan
All regions of the state are currently under Phase 4 guidelines. DCEO has released an updated FAQ document to accompany the updated numerous Phase 4 guidelines that are effective immediately. As part of these updates, we have guidelines for activities such as social events, amusement parks, outdoor markets and festivals, meetings, conventions and trade shows, and overnight camping. All the Phase 4 guidelines can be found on our website here.
Bridge to Phase 5 Update
Since March 8, Illinois has seen 10 days of increases in the seven-day rolling average for hospital admissions. The COVID-19 test positivity on March 10 was 2.5%. Today’s reported test positivity is 3.3%. While these rates are certainly significantly lower than the peak, they represent a potential early warning sign about a possible resurgence. Chicago has seen its daily case rate increase by nearly 50% since last week, along with six days of increases in test positivity. Suburban Cook County has seen its daily case rate increase more than 40%, along with nine days of increasing hospital bed usage. Region 1, the Northern portion of the state including Rockford and surrounding communities, has seen eight days of increasing hospital bed usage and six days of increasing test positivity.
To advance into the Bridge Phase that is the final step before the full reopening, the entire state must achieve several metrics:
• 70% of residents 65 years and older must have received a first dose;
• Hospitals must maintain 20% or greater ICU bed availability;
• Hospitalizations for COVID-19, admissions for COVID-like illness and deaths must hold steady or decline over a 28-day monitoring period.
More information on the Bridge to Phase 5 plan can be found here. If you have questions on the guidelines or how they apply to a situation, please reach out to us for guidance.
Vaccine Information: Information about vaccine locations and appointments can be found on the coronavirus.illinois.gov website. Residents who don’t have access to or need assistance navigating online services can call the toll-free IDPH hotline at 833-621-1284 to book an appointment. The hotline is open 7 days a week from 6am to midnight with agents available in English and Spanish.
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Restaurant Revitalization Fund
This program provides emergency assistance for eligible restaurants, bars, and other qualifying businesses impacted by COVID-19.
The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.
Currently, SBA is not accepting applications for RRF. However, you can prepare your application by reviewing the sample application, program guide and cross-program eligibility chart on SBA COVID-19 relief options. You will be able to apply through SBA-recognized Point of Sale Restaurant Partners or directly via SBA in a forthcoming online application portal. Registration with SAM.gov is not required. DUNS or CAGE identifiers are also not required.
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Glen Ellyn Chamber Members Receive Exclusive Discounts at Staples Stores
Members of the Chamber of Commerce have access to special partner discounts every time they shop in store. They can save on an assortment of products, from signage to PPE to business essentials and more.
20% off your in-store Print &
Marketing Services order
- Floor decals, signs and posters
- Indoor and outdoor banners
- Disposable menus and more
10% off your in-store purchase
of regularly priced items
- Safety essentials like face masks, sanitizer and more
- Office supplies like paper, ink and toner and more
- Remote furniture like chairs, desks and more
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NEW: Refer a Member and Receive a Free Eblast |
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The Chamber would like to show their appreciation. If you refer a new Chamber member you will receive a free eblast (value $100).
- You or the new member mentions the referral
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Submit your eblast artwork at glenellynchamber.com/eblast-request/
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Are you participating in our Gift Check program?
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This program is included in your Chamber membership. The Chamber sells approximately $60K in gift checks annually. The Chamber does not receive any money from this program and it is a FREE service to our paid members.
Gift Checks come in the following denominations $10, $15, $20, $25, $30, $50. With limited office hours, Gift Checks are "pre-ordered" by phone or email and pick up is available during in person office hours Tuesday & Thursday. Gift Checks are SOLD at: the Glen Ellyn Public Library, Stacy's Corner Store & Glen Ellyn Chamber.
Gift Checks are available to be redeemed ONLY for Glen Ellyn Chamber Members.
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Glen Ellyn Welcome Bags NOW A FREE SERVICE to ALL Chamber Members |
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The Glen Ellyn Chamber welcomes new residents to the community! All new residents (approx. 500) receive a Welcome Bag. Chamber Members are able to distribute marketing materials and items in these bags for FREE. It is a great way to tell new residents about your business and service!
The Glen Ellyn Chamber provides the reusable shopping bag which includes a welcome letter, map, a Glen Ellyn Community Guide and useful items, coupons, directories and brochures that offer residents information and savings. Welcome bags are distributed at the Cashier Desk at the Village Civic Center and at the Chamber office. Contact the office to place your marketing materials in the Welcome Bag. Complete FORM.
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Membership Committee
This committee welcomes and mentors our newest members, helping them to take advantage of the many benefits offered by the Chamber. Not surprisingly, we often find that our newer members are the very ones who enjoy participating in this role. This committee meets the fourth Thursday every monthly.
Thursday, May 20
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Free to All Chamber Members
Virtual Meeting via Zoom. A link to join will be emailed prior the meeting.
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Glen Ellyn Business Leaders' Forum |
The Glen Ellyn Business Leaders' Forum is comprised of non-competing businesses that provide products and services to businesses and consumers. Because each member represents a different industry we have industry specific expertise we openly share with the group. We want to share what we know so that we each become better business owners, and in turn can provide guidance to our clients and customers with relevant referrals.
Members collaborate to form effective referral partnerships for the markets they serve in Glen Ellyn and Chicago's Western Suburbs.
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Friday, April 23
7:30 - 8:30 am
Virtual Meeting via Zoom. Link will be sent to all current members and those interested prior to meeting date. For more information click link or contact :
John Hughes, VP Business Banking
Glen Ellyn Bank & Trust
(630) 469-3000 (work)
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The Glen Ellyn Chamber is dedicated to be a resource during this difficult time. This is a very crucial time for our small business owners. We have began the following programs:
*Attention Chamber Members: Check your business listing and fill out the form below to provide business updates. If you have any questions email jaclyn@glenellynchamer.com.
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Participate in our DINE IN GLEN ELLYN |
Curbside Pickup / Delivery / Carryout / Drive Through / Outdoor Dining / Dine In |
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Participate in our KEEP SHOPPING LOCAL program |
Curbside Pickup / Online / Shipping / In Store |
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Glen Ellyn Essential Services |
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Volunteers are needed across the state. If you are an able-bodied volunteer and are willing to volunteer, please visit DuPage County’s Volunteer Portal, Giving DuPage, that links volunteers with non-profit organizations within DuPage. If you are Non-Profit not associated with Giving DuPage and would like more information, please contact the Chamber Office.
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Glen Ellyn Business Resource During COVID-19 |
The Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to be a resource during this difficult time. Please click the link to view:
- Emails shared with Glen Ellyn Chamber members regarding COVID-19 on their website
- COVID19 Links to Village, County & State.
- Additional ways to help in the pandemic.
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THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS
Without your paid memberships we are unable to provide services to strengthen the Glen Ellyn Businesses and community
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Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce
810 N. Main Street
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630.469.0907
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