Chamber Connection Newsletter | June 2023

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mary Lamie, Chairperson Bi-Sate Development

Ryan Boike, Chairperson Elect Belleville Public School District #118

Brett Baltz, First Vice Chairperson & Treasurer Egyptian Workspace Partners

Ron Stephens, Second Vice Chairperson Bank of Belleville

Amy Richter, Immediate Past Chairperson Hospice of Southen Illinois

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lisa Adams, Adams Publications

Jeff Bair, Grimm & Gorly Florist and POUR@322

Jeff Baker, Executive Freedom Partners

Amy Gould, Illinois American Water

Ericka Logan, Logan & Logan Mngt & Accounting Service

Dan Lovekamp, Auffenberg Dealer Group of Illinois

Brian Mentzer, Belleville Township High School Dist. #201

Paula Nixon, Ameren Illinois

Jessica Orelt, Baldree-Orelt Insurance Agency

Kirk Schilling, Invelop LLC

Laura Schrick, Mathis, Marifian & Richter

Stephen Sedlak, Schmale Insurance

John Ziegler, Memorial Hospital

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Chairman Mark Kern, St. Clair County

Mayor Patty Gregory, City of Belleville

Christine Spargur, Scott Air Force Base

Jo Ann May, IL Small Business Development Center

CHAMBER STAFF

Wendy J. Pfeil, President/CEO wpfeil@bellevillechamber.org

Peggy Schifferdecker, Membership/Event Manager pschifferdecker@bellevillechamber.org

Sarah Hillebrand, Marketing/Communicatons Manager marketing@bellevillechamber.org

Courtney Adams, BMS Manager bms@bellevillechamber.org

Cathleen Lindauer, Director, Belleville Tourism clindauer@bellevillechamber.org

SPECIAL PARTNERS

Platinum: Memorial Hospitals Belleville/Shiloh

Gold: HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Silver: Illinois American Water Company

Bronze: Ameren Illinois

Belleville Boot Company

Belleville News-Democrat

City of Belleville

Clean Eatz Belleville

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.

Friends: ALLSTAR Carpet & Upholstery Care

Associated Bank

AT&T Illinois

Auffenberg Dealer Group

Busey Bank

Eckert’s Inc.

Essence Healthcare

Gonzalez Companies, LLC

Grey Eagle Distributors

Kyle Lener - Allstate Insurance Agency

Scott Credit Union

Southwestern Illinois College

TerraSource Global

Alliance: Abbott EMS

Air One Chiropractic

Allsup, Inc

Barb Davidson, Designated Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors

Back To Normal Construction, Inc.

Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc.

Bell Dental

Bank of Belleville

Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative

Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine

Bi-State Development

BOS Metro East Banking Center

Breakthru Beverage Group

Brown & Crouppen Law Firm

Cannon Utility Services, LLC.

Chelar Tool and Die

Citizens Community Bank

CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP

Cooling Concepts

Estel Foods Inc. / McDonalds

Empire Comfort Systems

FCB Bank

FKG Oil Company

Hank’s Excavating & Landscaping, Inc.

Holland Construction Services

Hoyleton Youth and Family Services

Jack Schmitt Family of Dealerships

Knipp Roofing & Exteriors, Inc.

Knollwood Retirement Community

Lochmueller Group

Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd.

McKendree University

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

Nothing Bundt Cakes

PCs For People

Print Master

Serra Honda O’Fallon

Signal Hill Security

SIHF Healthcare

Southern Illinois Builders Association

AMBASSADORS

Rebecca Boyer, Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC

Justin Chapman, Busey Bank

Lynne Clapp, Vertical Performance

Terri Dambacher, CompuType IT Solutions

Julie Fetters, First National Bank of Waterloo

Cari Frick, Metro Lock and Security, Inc.

Sharon Goff, Community Member

Dean Hardt, City of Belleville

Dennis F. Korte, Sr., Community Member

Tracy McCollum, Standard Rule Promotions

Dorothy Meyer, Community Member

Lisa Phillipson, Hospice of Southern Illinois

Joy Prigge, Buena Vista Bank

Leslie Schmidt, Abbott EMS

Brandy Steely, Community Member

Anne Thomure, Memorial Regional Health Services

Sheri Welch, Community Member

Susan Wobbe, Community Member

Sharon Zika, Scott Credit Union

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Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce 216 East A Street, Belleville,IL 62220 Phone: (618) 233-2015 Fax: (618) 233-2077 www.bellevillechamber.org

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Willowcreek Rehab & Nursing Center

Please call 618-233-2015 or email marketing@bellevillechamber.org to reserve your ad space.

to the following businesses and organizations who have joined the Chamber in April.

1st Class Auto

2339 Old Collinsville Rd. Belleville, IL 62221

Andria’s Food Group

6813 Old Collinsville Rd. O’Fallon, IL 62269

Meridian 1333 Burr Ridge Pkwy. Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527

Thank you

Archway Cooling & Heating Art on the Square

Auffenberg Dealer Group

Beast Craft BBQ

Chick Fritz Distributing

Classic Towing

Clean Rite Cleaning Company

Cork Tree Creative

Creason-Edwards & Cimarolli, PC

Family Hospice of the Belleville Area

Farnsworth Group

Glaenzer Electric, Inc.

Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC

Keehner, Jim D., Ltd.

Knipp Roofing & Exteriors, Inc.

to the following members for renewing their membership with the Chamber in April.

Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken

Masterworks Chorale & Children’s Choruses

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 101

Raymond James

Southwestern Illinois Board of Realtors

Roy-el Catering

Saric Consulting, Inc.

Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School

St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants

Steck-Cooper & Co. Insurance & Bonds

The Copper Fire

The Weingarten, LLC

Union United Methodist Church

Waterfall Glen Soap Company LLC

For a complete list of our members, visit www.BellevilleChamber.org. For Membership Information, contact Peggy at 618-233-2015 or PSchifferdecker@bellevillechamber.org

Did you know the Chamber has a members-only event calendar? Submit your event online at www.BellevilleChamber.org and click “Calendar” to see the calendar and submit your event! All events will be featured in our Weekly Friday E-blast.

CHAMBER EVENTS

June 2023

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS

6/8 Healthcare & CSA Committee Meeting

6/8 Business After Hours at Ecket’s Cider Shed

6/8 Belle Scott Summer Picnic

6/13 Coffee Cup Connections at PC’s For People

6/15 2023 Employment Compliance Seminar

6/21 Leadership Belleville Commitee Meeting

6/23 Ribbon Cutting at Escape Room 618

6/24 Main Street Pour Tour

whom Governor Pritzker recently appointed to the Labor Advisory Board, as he addresses new employment laws for 2023 that affect your workplace and require updates to your employment handbook, including new poster requirements, amendments to the One Day Rest in Seven Act governing meal and rest periods, new employee expense reimbursement requirements, unpaid family bereavement leave, and new protections for employees based on hairstyles. Scott will also discuss the Paid Leave for All Workers Act, set to take effect on January 1, 2024. Attend this seminar to ensure your business is in full compliance.

June

15

Thursday at 2:00pm RSVP online at www.bellevillechamber.org

Cost to attend FREE

CHAMBER EVENTS

LEADERSHIP BELLEVILLE REFLECTION AND GRADUATION DAY

On Friday, May 5th, Leadership Belleville participants spent a day together at The Weingarten and gave a presentation reflecting on what they had learned over the past 9 months. That evening, a dinner was hosted at St. Clair Country Club for our newest Leadership Belleville graduates and their guests, employers and alumni. We celebrated the graduates for successfully completing the nine month leadership journey of community awareness and self-reflection. This is truly a program that builds our future leaders. Thank you to all the Chamber members who gratuitously hosted this class and to all the committee members who spent many hours planning the days. A special thanks to Eric Schauster for serving as the committee chair.

Leadership Belleville Participants

Class of 2023

Stephanie Bevely | St. Clair County Housing Authority

Casey Biancur | Memorial Hospital, Belleville | Shiloh

Danielle Chambers | Southwestern Illinois College

Kyle Clark | Heart 2 Heart Coffee

Clifford Cross | City of Belleville, Economic Department

Bonnie Forker | St. Clair County Workforce Development, IGD

Timberly Hund | Farnsworth Group

Scott Johnston | Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.

Annjanee Jones | Southwestern Illinois College

Tanya Laminack | Bank of Belleville

Maria Lasbury | Egyptian Workspace Partners

Shequeta Mack-Wallace | St. Elizabeth Hospital

Jennifer Martin | Belleville Public School District #118

Bernita Matory-Lister | Belleville Public School District #118

Chris Mattingly | City of Belleville Police Departmart

Stephanie Perry | City of Belleville, Park & Rec. Department

Dr. Jessica Ray | Chiro-Med of Belleville

Kim Siegel | Edward Jones

Alyson Woods | Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc

Member Tips, Tools & News

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Donald K. Schoemaker

Shiloh, IL

Kurt S. Schroeder

Shiloh, IL

Russell K. Scott

Belleville, IL

L. Kevin Vick

Belleville, IL

Donald E. Weihl

Belleville, IL

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