www.peoriachamber.orgA publication of the

Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Report

November 2013

Vol. 21 Issue 11

Inside:Our 38th Annual Community

Thanksgiving Luncheon

New Programming Series: The Loop

Double the Business After Hours!

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Heartland Community Health Clinic (C)1701 W. Garden St., Peoria, IL 61605309.680.7600www.heartlandchc.orgProviding quality primary health care to the medically under-served of the Tri-County.

Peoria Humane Society (A)2600 NE Perry Ave, Peoria, IL 61603309.682.9015www.peoriahs.orgThe Peoria Humane Society is dedicated to helping reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities through adop-tion assistance, low cost spay/neuter, volunteer opportunities, and humane education.

InspireCX (A)4408 N Rockwood Dr., Peoria, IL 61615309.740.9717www.inspirecx.comInspireCX is a customer experience design, customer experience opti-mization, and brand consulting strategy leader. Inspire CX’s purpose is

Employee Size Code - (number of full-time equivalent employees in the tri-county area): (A) 1-10 (B) 11-25 (C) 26-75 (D) 76-150 (E) 151-300 (F) 300+Welcome!

New Chamber Members

It’s not too late to reserve a seat at:

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Special Guest Speaker:

William T. CironeCEO/President

Federal CompaniesChamber member since 1922

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November 22 | 11:30 AM

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to help local businesses use customer experience optimization as means to improve revenue and reduce customer aquisition costs.

Midnight Espresso, Inc. (A)3641 N Meadowbrook Rd., Peoria, IL 61604309.682.1946www.midnightspro.comWe’re all about good stuff. Everything we do starts with our wits and our hands. In our business, good beverages begin with quality cof-fee. Our beans are sourced from award-winning and widely-acclaimed Thirty-Thirty Coffee in downtown Peoria, IL. Sharing in their care for the concern and care for the lot selection and roasting process, we join in and carry this philosophy through to the brewing and beverage creation process. Every drink we serve is house-made. No mixes, no extras - just delicious goodness.

Advanced Carpet Care (A)1209 Highview Rd., East Peoria, IL 61611309.686.4161www.cleanpeoria.comCarpet, rug, upholstery, tile, and grout cleaning.

Ribbon cuttings have found a new home on our website. Visit www.PeoriaChamber.org for photos and information.

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This year the Shoppes at Grand Prairie celebrated its ten-year anniversary as Central Illinois’ premier shopping destination. This open-air lifestyle center is conveniently located just off I-74 and Rt. 6 at War Memorial Drive and Rt. 91. The shopping center is comprised of nearly fifty retailers ranging from upscale fashion to casual wear; all anchored by Bergner’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, DSW Shoes and now Marshalls.

The Shoppes at Grand Prairie has welcomed eleven new stores in the past two years, including the newest one which opened on Oc-tober 24th. Marshalls, offering brand names and designer fashions for the entire family, is the Shoppes third largest tenant, occupying 28,000 square feet. “Marshalls has an emphasis on value and an ever-changing product offering. Each store receives an average of 10,000 new pieces of merchandise every week. This format is a nice comple-ment to our existing collection of tenants,” said Greg Slowiak, Shop-pes at Grand Prairie General Manager.

Known for fun and fashion, the Shoppes host multiple signature events throughout the year that draw thousands of customers from throughout the region. Start your holiday shopping season at the Shoppes when Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive by horse-drawn carriage on Saturday, November 23rd at 4pm. This annual event will be marked by the lighting of a brand new, huge, festive tree in center court, along with lots of holiday decorations, refresh-ments and the return of Shoppe-A-Long, the giant rocking horse.

The holiday season is a great time to say “Thank You” to your employees and Shoppes gift cards are the perfect gift. Shoppes cards can be used at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie in Peoria and the Shoppes at College Hills in Normal. It’s easy – simply call the Shoppes Office -- (309)692-3672 -- to place your gift card order, pick it up the same day or have your gift cards mailed to you!

The Shoppes at Grand Prairie: Where outside is in Style!

Member Feature

November 19: Complaint Resolution

December 3: Modus Vivendi

Build better businesswith the Chamber’s newest programming series!

The Loop series gives small business owners and professionals the funda-mentals to grow and sustain a profitable organization in our community. Made possible by our partnership with the AAIM Employer’s Association and Dale Carnegie Training, these workshops always feature new speakers and topics that are up to date, applicable, and relevant to today’s business world.

Twice monthly (1st and 3rd Tuesday)8:00 am - 9:00 am

When:

Peoria Area Chamber100 SW Water St.Peoria, IL 61602

Where:

January 21: Diversity, Cultural Competency, Team Building, and Overcoming Self-Handicapping Behaviors

February 4: Local TV Viewing Habits: Nielsen Ratings

January 7: Moving from Management to Leadership in Business

February 18: Talent Wars: What to do When Baby Boomers Retire

The Business Briefs are an excellent marketing opportunity offered to Chamber members. Submit items of interest to the editor at editor@peoriachamber.org. Information must be received by the 10th of the month to be included in next month’s issue. All content subject to editorial review.

Business BriefsAdvanced Carpet Care wel-comes new Office Manager Jessica Gebbink to the team.

Advanced Correctional Health-care proudly announces the hires of Melishea Baker as HR Generalist, Joe Boeh as Program Consultant, Dana Hanson and Karen Krucek as Regional Nurse Managers, Rachel Lewis as Proposal/Copywriter, and Steven Miller as Healthcare Recruiter. Ad-vanced Correctional Health-care also announces the promotions of Deb Buerck to Accounting Manager, Tabitha Kester to Executive Coordina-tor, John Masella to Director of Sales, Angela Moriarity to Talent Acquisition Manager, and Tara Osborn to SharePoint Ad-ministrator/EMR Coordinator.

Advanced Medical Trans-port (AMT) has joined the Central Illinois Health Infor-mation Exchange (CIHIE). The organization will be able to share electronic medical re-cords with other members using the Allcharts Software.

The Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) wel-comes Maegan Gilliland as Administrative Assistant.

Country Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie is excited to announce the promotion of Tiana Rempala to Wedding & Inside Sales Coordinator for the hotel.

McGladrey LLP announces that Noah Blindt has been pro-

business movesmoted to Technology Consulting Supervisor, and Erin McKenzie has been promoted to Assur-ance Services Supervisor.

Oberlander Alarm Systems is proud to welcome Kenton Carr to the security system consult-ing team.

The Peoria Area Association of Realtors (PAAR) proudly announces that Tonya Burris, GRI, of Traders Realty Corp. is the 2013-2014 President of The Peoria Area Association of Realtors.

Peoria Surgical Group, Ltd. proudly welcomes Dr. Robin Alley, MD to the general sur-gery’s team of physicians and Brian P. Bradow, MD, to the Il-linois Plastic Surgery’s team of physicians.

Proctor Hospital is pleased to announce the association of Noreen Mason, Director of Pa-tient Financial Services, Jackie Mustard, Program Director for the Advanced Wound Center, and Nicole Robinson, Director of Health Information Management.

Quinn Johnston proudly an-nounces the addition of four new attorneys in their Peoria office: Sadiq M. Shariff, Kath-leen M. Carter, Emily H. Wil-burn and Christina E. Cullom. Emily R. Nelms joins the Para-legal staff.

Vonachen Services Inc. recent-ly hired Ray Cole as V.P. of Jani-torial Operations and Norman Parsley as Sr. Safety Manager.

newsAdvanced Carpet Care is pleased to announce the purchase of Peoria Rug and Carpet Cleaners.

Lorrie Leuthold, Director of Business Development at Advanced Correctional Healthcare celebrated her 7 year anniversary with the company.

In conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month, ArtsPartners of Central Illi-nois unveiled a series of arts slides focusing on the theme, “The Arts Mean Business!”

Dr. Dean Cantù, chair of the Department of Teacher Edu-cation at Bradley University, has been appointed to the Illinois State Educator Prepa-ration and Licensure Board (SEPLB) by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Dr. Jennifer Robin, Assistant Professor of Management and Leadership at Bradley University along with her colleague Michael Burchell, a Corporate Vice President with the Great Place to Work Institute, collaborated to cre-ate their new book “No Ex-cuses: How You Can Turn Any Workplace Into A Great One.”

Candlewood Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie celebrated the hard work and dedication of the housekeeping staff with a full week of events.

Housekeeping staff at Coun-try Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie were honored by hotel staff for National

Housekeeping Week.

Crittenton Centers recently was awarded the following grants: $20,000 from Caterpillar Foun-dation and $1,750 from Ame-ren Illinois to support the Fam-ily Services Expansion; and $657 from the Kiwanis Club of S-W Peoria to support two Calming Corners in the Child Develop-ment Center.

The Community Foundation of Central Illinois is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved to fund 26 grant proposals during the 2013 Community Needs Grants funding cycle, granting in excess of $132,000 to: American Red Cross of Central Illinois, Camp Big Sky, The Center for Prevention of Abuse, Children’s Home Association of Illinois, Com-mon Place Family Learning Center, Crittenton Centers, Easter Seals-UCP, EP!C, Free-dom House, Glen Oak Chris-tian Church, Heart of Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters, Heart of Illi-nois Harvest, Henry County Youth Services Bureau, Midwest Food Bank Peoria Division, Neigh-borhood House, Peoria Re-gional High School, Roosevelt Magnet School, South Side Mission, (TCRC), Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League, Inc., UICOMP (Department of Pe-diatrics) (Westminster Infant Care Center), Women’s Preg-nancy Center, YMCA – Canton, and YWCA of Pekin.

Eureka College is ranked among the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the United

The Chamber Report (USPS-097-250) is the official publication of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. It is published monthly at 100 SW Water Street, Peoria, IL 61602, phone: 309.495.5900. An annual subscription is $10. Periodical postage paid in Peoria, Illinois 61601 and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER - Send address changes to: The Chamber Report, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, 100 SW Water Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602.

The Business Briefs are an excellent marketing opportunity offered to Chamber members. Submit items of interest to the editor at editor@peoriachamber.org. Information must be received by the 10th of the month to be included in next month’s issue. All content subject to editorial review.

Business BriefsAdvanced Correctional Health-care was awarded 2 new cli-ents in Kansas and South Caro-lina.

In October, with the assis-tance of Advanced Correc-tional Healthcare, the Peoria Juvenile Detention Center was awarded accreditation by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare.

The Better Business Bureau presented the Torch Awards for Business Integrity to Fed-eral Companies, ServiceMas-ter of Central Illinois, and Chily’s Drywall & Finishing.

Dewberry congratulates Gary Baner, AIA, LEED AP on be-ing awarded the 2013 AIA Central Illinois Chapter Out-standing Professional Member Award, and has also received an Honorable Mention award from the Illinois Association of School Boards Exhibition of Education Environments for their design of Brimfield High School.

The Eureka College Student Alliance for a Greener En-vironment was one of two finalists for the Student Sus-tainability Leadership Award at the Association for the Ad-vancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s 8th an-nual Conference & Expo. The group received the honor for their work with the City of Eureka regarding recycling.

Federal Companies is proud

newsStates that are doing the most to embrace military service members, veterans and spous-es as students and ensure their success on campus.

Gorenz and Associates, Ltd. is proud to announce that all full-time members of the audit/tax staff have successfully passed the CPA exam.

In honor of National House-keeping Week, Hampton Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie held numerous events throughout the week for housekeeping staff.

Timothy J. Howard and Daniel S. Rubin of Howard & How-ard Attorneys PLLC recently spoke at IMN’s 3rd Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate Workouts (Midwest).

The Institute of Physical Medi-cine and Rehabilitation (IMPR) is pleased to announce the ad-dition of a new state of the art driving simulator.

Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway, along with the other six nationally designated Scenic Byways in Illinois, the Il-linois Department of Transpor-tation (IDOT) and the Illinois Office of Tourism (IOT) joined together to promote the 2013 the Illinois Byway Week.Victory Media Inc., the premier media entity for military per-sonnel transitioning into civil-ian life, has named Midstate College to the coveted Military Friendly Schools list.

Morgan Stanley held their Sup-port Staff Appreciation Week

to announce that Federal re-cently was awarded the Torch Award by the Better Business Bureau.

Hampton Inn & Suites Peo-ria at Grand Prairie received a perfect score of 100 during the Peoria County Health De-partment Food and Safety In-spection.

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is pleased to announce the most recent winners of the DAISY Award: Connie Davis and Melissa Dubois.

The Peoria City/County Health Department announces em-ployee Joseph Bechtold, III, received the credential of Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) from the International Association of Emergency Managers USA-Certification Commission.

October 21-25.

Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service received the Opportunities Grant from the Community Foundation of Central Illinois in the amount of $1,000.

Debbie Simon, president and CEO of Unity Point Health –Method-ist, has been added to the list of “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to know” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

The Pediatric Resource Center, a program of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, is celebrating 20 years of service to abused and neglected children.

The University of Illinois Peo-ria Center moved to the re-modeled second floor of the ICC Perley building in mid-Oc-tober. The new facilities pro-vide better access for the un-dergraduate business students and MBA students pursuing a University of Illinois degree.

Wheels O’ Time Museum would like to thank all who came out to visit and help cele-brate the 30th anniversary sea-son this year. They are closed for the winter and will open on May 1, 2014.

Wingate by Wyndham Peoria at Grand Prairie celebrated National Housekeeping Week by hosting lunch and games for housekeeping staff throughout the week.

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, November 21 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

hosted by: Caterpillar Visitor’s Center110 SW Washington St.

Peoria, IL 61602

Building relationships within the community is essential for business. That’s why the Peoria Area Chamber and East Peoria Chamber are coming together to sponsor a special joint Busi-ness After Hours at the Caterpillar Visitor’s Center. Come net-work with a lively crowd in a casual setting.

Business After Hours:East Peoria and Peoria Area Chambers

Thursday, November 14 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

hosted by: Demanes1916 N. Knoxville Ave.

Peoria, IL 61603

Always an evening of great networking, food and prizes. Demanes will be providing a hosted bar of beer, wine, and soda along with delicious homemade appetizers. Door prizes will be your choice of select store items.

Small Business SaturdayShop local for the holidays

Community Lead-ership School is a ten-week program that allows students to take part in sem-inars, field trips, and volunteer work to get an inside look at the Peoria area. Get the necessary tools to become an active civic leader by applying now!

Saturday, November 30 Small Business Saturday was created in response to small business owners’ most pressing need: more custom-ers. Falling between Cyber Monday and Black Friday, it’s a day to support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy, and preserve neighborhoods across the country.

Why support Small Business Saturday?

• Demonstrates commitment to the communities in which we do business.

• Creates goodwill within the communities where we work and live.

• When we support small business, jobs are created and local communitiies preserve their unique culture.

Applications at www.PeoriaChamber.org | Deadline: Nov. 15

Network with like-minded business professionals as well as business and community leaders, learnfirst-hand about the important issues in the community, and impact the Peoria area’s quality of life.

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