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- Looked into saving money on your electricity and natural gas bills with the Marion Chamber's Electricity and Natural Gas Aggregation. Click here to learn more.
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- The Marion Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with AES Solar to offer Chamber members an exclusive opportunity to receive a 15% equipment discount. Click here to learn more.
- Seen or shared our Marion Profile Book? Click here!
- Filled our our Member Survey?
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- Familiarized yourself with our Member Benefits? Click here to read about them!
- Seen your Member-to-Member Discounts? Click here to save!
- Promoted yourself to Marion Chamber members? Click here to learn more.
- Displayed your "Member of the Marion Chamber of Commerce" window decal at your business? If you need a new decal, click here or email assistant@marionillinois.com.
Would you like to host a BAH?
Have you thought about hosting a Business After Hours event? Schedule yours today!
Business After Hours events are usually held on the fourth Thursday of the month, unless the Chamber member has a special need for a different date or calendar conflicts at the Chamber arise.
The hours for a Business After Hours event are to be determined by the Chamber member. However, 4:30-6:30 p.m. is recommended.
The Business After Hours Program fee is $100.
Email director@marionillinois.com, call 997-6311 or fill out this form to schedule your BAH event today!
Chamber responsibilities include:
- Promoting the event through all of our communications (newsletter, Web site, social media, Monthly Membership Luncheon announcements, etc.)
- Provide member mailing labels for invitations
Chamber member suggestions:
- Send special invitations to Chamber Members and their customers (must include Chamber logo on printed materials)
- Provide food and beverages at the event
- Provide door prizes at the event
- Make a presentation about your business/organization
Business After Hours Program Schedule:
- June - Legence Bank
- July - AVAILABLE
- August - South Porte Bank
- September - Marion Chamber of Commerce
- October - December - AVAILABLE
Let us put the Spotlight on your Business!
The Marion Chamber of Commerce is happy promote members on the homepage of the Chamber's Web site in the Member Spotlight section for $150.
Note that one Member Spotlight is featured a month. Slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A company may only request a Member Spotlight once a year.
Member Spotlight Schedule:
- June-December 2018- AVAILABLE
To grab your spot in the spotlight, email director@marionillinois.com or call 618.997-6311 and let us know what month you'd like.
Space available for your business on the Chamber's digital sign AT REDUCED PRICE!
Dear Marion Chamber of Commerce members,
The Marion Chamber of Commerce Marketing Committee members have drastically reduced the cost to advertise on the Chamber's digital sign.
The Marion Chamber of Commerce makes the electronic sign available for rent to a wide variety of Chamber members, local businesses, organizations, community groups and residents.
Ads can be up to 2 lines of text with the typical line containing about 18 characters (including spaces). Ads run twice for 15 seconds each on a 5-minute loop. We allow for a maximum of 10 ads, which means each ad is live on the board 576 times every day and approximately 17,520 times per month. The sign runs 24/7 so your message gets greatest exposure. All ads must be paid in full before the advertisement goes live.
For more information or to take advantage of this great opportunity, click here.
Thank you,
Dalus Ben Avi
Executive Director
Send a Member eBlast!
The Marion Chamber of Commerce is happy to send promotional eBlasts once a week on behalf of members as a member benefit for $50. Slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A company may only request a Member eBlast once a month. Click here for the form. |
Marion Chamber Golf Fun Day - 06/08/18
Click here to register.
Are you ready for something different? We have something for you!
Marion Chamber of Commerce presents the inaugural Golf Fun Day on Friday, June 8 at Crab Orchard Golf Club. This event is NOT your average golf scramble!
The event will begin with registration at the Clubhouse from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by lunch and cart decorating from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be catered by Crab Orchard Golf Club and includes hotdogs and brats, pasta salad, chips and drinks.
The cost to play is $75/person or $300/4-person team. Register here. Teams include:
- Stephen Green for Circuit Judge
- BNI Star Chapter
- Title Professionals, Inc.
- Barcom Security
- First Southern Bank
- Register your team here
Hotdogs and brats and drinks, as well as all scoreboards will be available at the pavilion (accessible from holes 1, 2, 9, 10 and 12) throughout the entire event. Thank you to Clearwave Communications, the event's Loitering Sponsor.
Play begins at 1 p.m.
Chips and salsa and drinks will be available at the pavilion after the event concludes during the award ceremony until 7:30 p.m.
This event is NOT your average golf scramble!
Sponsorship opportunities include:
- Loitering Sponsor - Clearwave Communications
- Contest Sponsors (All contest hole sponsors will be stationed at their Contest Hole and oversee the contests at their Hole, and their sponsorships will include hole sponsor recognition and sign, your company/organization set up at the hole assigned to promote your goods/services during the event, use of one cart during the event, and 1 free lunch ticket):
- Hole 1 - Water balloons: $150
- Hole 2 - Best Themed Team/Best Appearing Crew: HireLevel
- Hole 3 - Hit from the Throne: Banterra Bank
- Hole 4 - Most Team Spirit: My Michelle's Photography
- Hole 5 - Tennis ball long drive challenge: Priority Staffing Group
- Hole 6 - Random Club Challenge: $150
- Hole 7 - Best Decorated Cart: $150
- Hole 9 - Elimination Hole: $150
- Hole 11 - Worst drive: $150
- Hole 13 - Putt Trifecta: $150
- Hole 14 - Putt Opposite Hand: $150
- Hole 16 - Speed Hole: $150
- Hole 17 - Gopher It: $150
- Hole 18 - Oven Mitts: $150
- Live Hole Sponsors (all live hole sponsorships include hole sponsor recognition and sign, your company/organization set up at the hole assigned to promote your goods/services during the event, use of one cart during the event, and 1 free lunch ticket):
- Hole 8 - $150
- Hole 10 - $150
- Hole 12 - $150
- Hole 15 - $150
- Most Honest/Worst Team Score Sponsor - $150
- The Marion Chamber Golf Scramble Committee will choose the team with the "most honest/worst" score and award that team with a prize. Your sponsorship will go toward the purchase of the prize.
- Lucky Umbrella Sponsor - $150
- Tickets for the “Lucky Umbrella” (umbrella filled with lottery tickets) will be sold at the Registration Table and on the Chamber Cart: one (1) ticket for $5 or 5 tickets for $20. The drawing will be held at the end of the event. Your sponsorship will go toward the purchase of the lottery tickets.
- Registration Table Sponsor - First Southern Bank
- Hole Sponsor - $100
- Sponsorship includes hole sponsor recognition and sign.
- Mulligan Sponsor - $100
- Sponsorship includes sponsor recognition and sign and placement of logo on all Mulligan tickets.
- Heckler Cart Sponsor - $100 (three available)
- Sponsorship includes sponsor recognition and sign on Chamber Cart
- Banterra Bank
- Available
- Available
Click here to register.
Illinois Job Link & You workshops scheduled for June
The Illinois Job Link Workshop will be held on June 5, 7, 20 and 22 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Choose from 1 of the June workshops to learn more about Illinois Job Link - the official State of Illinois labor exchange site available 24/7 to assist employers in finding the right candidate for their open positions, listing open positions, reviewing resumes of job seekers, and being connected to IDES sponsored hiring events across the Region, and the State.
RSVPs are required by noon the day before each workshop. Each workshop is free and open to members of the Marion Chamber of Commerce and Carbondale Chamber of Commerce only. All workshops will be held from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Man-Tra-Con, 3000 West DeYoung, Suite 800B, Marion.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has teamed up with the Marion Chamber of Commerce and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce to put on a series of workshops to help you better understand and use their services. Participants in these workshops will be able to sign onto the IDES Web site and, if you wish, register for services. All workshops are free and are limited to members of either the Marion or Carbondale Chambers of Commerce. The workshops include: June - Illinois Job Link; July - My Tax Illinois; August - State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES).
Grand Re-opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for McDonalds on DeYoung, 06-07-18
A Grand Re-opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 7, starting at 11 a.m. for McDonalds, 2603 West Deyoung Street, Marion. The event will include an 11 a.m. flag raising and ribbon cutting ceremony and a tour of the new interior, specials on food, introduction of the "experience of the future" with new kiosks, giveaways on the hour and freebies to those in attendance.
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Attorney General Candidate Presentation: Erika Harold, 06-11-18
The Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee will host an Attorney General Candidate Presentation with Erika Harold on Monday, June 11 at 10 a.m. at the Scout Cabin, 519 Parish Avenue in Ashley Park in Marion. The event is open to members of the Marion Chamber of Commerce. There is no charge to attend.
Born and raised in Illinois, Erika Harold knows that home is worth fighting for. That’s why she’s stepping up to take on Mike Madigan’s political machine.
Illinois is facing grave challenges with financial mismanagement and a political class looking out for themselves. But Erika is used to overcoming challenges – it’s what she’s done her whole life.
As a student attending Illinois schools, Erika knew that education was the ticket to success and a better life. So she drove herself to be the best, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and as a Chancellor’s Scholar from the University of Illinois. When she was blessed with the opportunity to attend Harvard Law School, she was thrown a curveball. She couldn’t afford the tuition But Erika didn’t give up. Lacking the funds to pay for school, she got creative. She decided to compete in the Miss America Organization to attempt to earn the scholarship money necessary to pay for law school. She won. And she used her platform to not only pay for school, but also to give back.
As Miss America 2003, Erika became a national leader in the fight to end youth violence and bullying, sharing with more than 100,000 students her own experience of overcoming bullying. Erika was named one of Fight Crime, Invest in Kids’ “Champions for Children” and received a leadership award from the National Center for Victims of Crime.
Upon graduating from Harvard Law School, Erika worked as an attorney in the litigation groups of Sidley Austin LLP and Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Erika represented businesses in commercial disputes and advised religious institutions in matters involving First Amendment protections. She also was active in the law firms’ respective legal education efforts, teaching students about the U.S. legal system as part of the Lawyers in the Classroom program and coaching a team of high school students in the City-Wide Mock Trial Competition. She was also part of the teaching faculty for Harvard Law School’s 2017 Trial Advocacy Workshop. In 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Erika to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality.
Erika is also a member of Trinity International University’s Board of Regents, and serves as a Commissioner on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Erika currently serves on the national board of directors of Prison Fellowship, the world’s largest outreach to prisoners and their families. In that capacity, she advocates for criminal justice reform. She was also recently selected to the 2017 Emerging Lawyers list and was recognized in the categories of commercial litigation, civil rights/constitutional law.
Erika Harold works as an attorney at Meyer Capel, one of Champaign County’s largest law firms. She lives in Urbana and is the doting Auntie of one adorable niece and two high-energy nephews.
It’s for their future that Erika is taking on this new challenge and running to be Illinois’ next Attorney General.
The Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs is hosting this event and working with Senator Kwame Raoul to schedule a similar event for Marion Chamber of Commerce members later this year. The Legislative Affairs Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month at 8 a.m. at South Porte Bank in Marion. The Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee serves as a research and advisory committee for the Chamber’s Board of Directors. The goals of the Legislative Affairs Committee are to monitor governmental matters that could impact the community or local business, present recommendations to the Chamber’s Board of Directors, and to assist in the initiation of the appropriate action. The Legislative Affairs Committee is a non-partisan organization and shall neither endorse candidates for public office nor political parties.
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June Membership Luncheon
NOTE: RSVPs are now due by Friday, June 8 at noon! Registration is limited to the first 130 guests.
Click here to register.
The Marion Chamber of Commerce Monthly Membership Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, June 12 at The Pavilion. Lunch service begins at 11:45 a.m.
The speaker will be 2018 Grad Spree Scholarship Winner Bradley Marks and 2018 John A. Logan Two-Year Tuition Waiver Winner Karlee Webb.
Small's will be the caterer. The menu will include meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, lettuce salad, and ooey gooey butter cake.
Integrated Health of Southern Illinois the sponsor of the June Monthly Membership Luncheon.
Click here to register.
Registration for the event is $12 (payable to the Marion Chamber of Commerce) to those who RSVP prior to noon on the FRIDAY before the luncheon. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. After noon on the Monday before the luncheon, no more registrations will be taken, however walk-ins will be accepted. Please note that the walk-in rate is $15.
If you register for an event and are unable to attend, a 24-hour notice is required or you will be invoiced. Note: If you have registered and are unable to attend, you may transfer to a fellow employee without penalty. A refund will only be given to those with a paid registration who cancel more than 24 hours prior to the event.
If any Marion Chamber of Commerce member would like to have fliers for an upcoming event, announcements, etc. given to each attendee at the luncheon, please contact the Chamber at 618.997.6311 to arrange for delivery of the fliers prior to the luncheon. The deadline to supply fliers for the luncheon is noon on the Monday before the luncheon.
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Ribbon Cutting and Open House for Marion Cultural & Civic Center, 06-12-18
A Ribbon Cutting and Open House for Marion Cultural & Civic Center will be held on Tuesday, June 12 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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Southern Illinois Energy Efficiency Lunch & Learn, 06-13-18
SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 13, 2018
Presented by the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program and partnering Chambers of Commerce from southern Illinois
Construction & Workforce Development Building at John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Rd., Room 127 – Carterville
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Chambers of Commerce from southern Illinois in partnership with Ameren Illinois will be hosting a lunch and learn event on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. You are encouraged to attend this event to learn how your business, organization, or public-sector entity can apply for cash incentives to help pay for part of your next electric or natural gas energy efficiency project.
Reserve your place now for this special event, where you will:
» Find out about the variety of cash incentives available for your business, organization, or public facility
» Discover ways Ameren Illinois customers can reduce costs by completing energy efficiency projects
» Learn how, as a trade business, to get cash incentives for your customers
» Talk to program representatives to answer any of your questions
Millions of dollars in cash incentives are available through Ameren Illinois — learn more and start saving!
There is no cost to attend and lunch will be provided. Space is limited so please RSVP by Friday, June 8 to Diana Fuller at 309.677.5409 or dfuller3@ameren.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Marion Chamber Social Mob, 06-14-18
Want a FUN way to network with business leaders, coworkers, clients? Join the Marion Chamber Social Mob on June 14 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at a Marion establishment! There will be several drink specials at the venue.
Join the Marion Chamber Mob! Every quarter, the Marion Chamber invites you to visit a Marion area establishment armed with cash, a smile, and a love of Marion. We call the business ahead of time to let them know they have been chosen as that quarter’s Mob destination, but we won’t let you know where the location is until the day before the Mob.
The Marion Chamber Mob schedule is as follows: March - Dish Mob; June - Social Mob; September - Dish Mob; and December - Social Mob.
Marion Community Day - 06/29/18
Marion Community Day at Rent One Park is Friday, June 29. The Southern Illinois Miners will be facing off against the Gateway Grizzlies. Show your community spirit and support for Marion by attending the game.
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My Tax Illinois & You workshops scheduled for July
The My Tax Illinois Workshop will be held on July 10, 12, 18 and 27 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Choose from 1 of the July workshops to learn more about My Tax Illinois - The Illinois Department of Revenue and the Illinois Department of Employment Security are two separate agencies that are using the same portal to process the various withholding and unemployment insurance reports and taxes. Find about more about My Tax Illinois at any of the July workshops.
RSVPs are required by noon the day before each workshop. Each workshop is free and open to members of the Marion Chamber of Commerce and Carbondale Chamber of Commerce only. All workshops will be held from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Man-Tra-Con, 3000 West DeYoung, Suite 800B, Marion.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has teamed up with the Marion Chamber of Commerce and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce to put on a series of workshops to help you better understand and use their services. Participants in these workshops will be able to sign onto the IDES Web site and, if you wish, register for services. All workshops are free and are limited to members of either the Marion or Carbondale Chambers of Commerce. The workshops include: June - Illinois Job Link; July - My Tax Illinois; August - State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES).
Southern Illinois Made Expo, 07-28-18,07-29-18
We are excited to invite you to participate in the Southern Illinois Made Expo on Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, July 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Read more about it by clicking here!
Live2Lead: Southern Illinois 2018 early bird tickets on sale NOW!
Live2Lead will be presented in Southern Illinois on Friday, November 2 at The Pavilion. The exclusive video-on-demand and live leadership training event will be hosted by Marion Chamber of Commerce and is sponsored by Heartland Regional Medical Center and the City of Marion. Doors open at 7:30 am for registration. Live2Lead begins at 8:30 am and concludes at 3:30 pm.
Early Bird Tickets are on sale now through July 31!
Tickets start at $65 per person (for members of Southern Illinois Chambers of Commerce) and can be purchased online through this online form or by downloading this form and mailing/delivering to the Marion Chamber of Commerce (2305 West Main, PO Box 307, Marion, IL 62959). Payment must accompany registration.
Ticket prices:
- Early bird (May 1 through July 31):
- For members of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $65 each
- Not a member of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $75
- Regular ticket sales (August 1 – October 19)
- For members of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $99 each
- Not a member of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $109
- Late ticket sales (October 20-26)
- For members of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $129
- Not a member of a participating Chamber of Commerce: $139
- No tickets will be sold after October 26.
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4th annual Marion Chamber Legislative Summit, 08-24-18
The 4th annual Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit will be held on Friday, August 24 at 11 a.m. at Kokopelli Clubhouse.
The event will include a buffet-style lunch (served from 11-11:30 a.m. and includes lasagna, extra meat sauce on the side, Italian tossed salad, parmesan bread, chef’s selection of 3 desserts, tea, lemonade, water), updates by your Legislators (beginning at 11:30 a.m. sharp), each followed by a Q&A session moderated by a member of your Legislative Affairs Committee, and networking until 1:30 p.m. The registration fee for this event is $20 for members of the Marion Chamber ($25 for nonmembers), payable to the Marion Chamber of Commerce.
Deadline to register is August 17. Registration required.
If you are running for office and would like a table to interact with the Legislative Summit guests from 11-11:30 a.m. and after the program ends at 1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m., the fee is $150 for members of the Marion Chamber ($200 for nonmembers) and includes 2 lunches. There is limited space available!
Here are a few Legislators who have been invited to attend:
- U.S. Rep. Mike Bost
- U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth
- U.S. Senator Richard Durbin
- 117th District Representative Dave Severin
- Illinois 59th District Senator Dale Fowler
- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
- Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti
- Attorney General Lisa Madigan
- Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza
- Illinois Treasurer Michael W. Frerichs
- Williamson County Commissioners Brent Gentry, Ron Ellis and Jim Marlo
- Marion Mayor Anthony Rinella
If you register for the event and are unable to attend, a 24-hour notice is required or you will be invoiced. Note: If you have registered and are unable to attend, you may transfer to a fellow employee without penalty. A refund will only be given to those with a paid registration who cancel more than 24 hours prior to the event.
The Legislative Affairs Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month at 8 a.m. at South Porte Bank in Marion. The Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee serves as a research and advisory committee for the Chamber's Board of Directors. The goals of the Legislative Affairs Committee are to monitor governmental matters that could impact the community or local business, present recommendations to the Chamber's Board of Directors, and to assist in the initiation of the appropriate action. The Legislative Affairs Committee is a non-partisan organization and shall neither endorse candidates for public office nor political parties.
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10th annual Marion Main Street Hubfest, 09-22-18
The 10th annual Marion Main Street HUBFEST will be held on Saturday, September 22 on the square in Marion.
The event will include local food and craft vendors, Dachshund Race, antique car show, beer garden, bag board tournament and live musical performances.
The event begins at noon.
Performing at the 10th annual Marion Main Street HUBFEST will be:
- Sean Hopkins
- Jenny Johnson Band
- Leight July
- Band of Heathens
Admission to the shows are free!
Event schedule:
- Noon - Vendors open
- 1 p.m. - Bags registration
- 2 p.m. - Pet Parade registration (until 5 p.m.) and Music begins and Beer Garden opens
- 3 p.m. - Film Fest begins
- 5 p.m. - Car Show begins
- 6 p.m. - Pet Parade
- 8 p.m. - Car Show winners
- 10:30 p.m. - HUBFEST ends
To be a vendor or to stay up-to-date on all HUBFEST activities and announcements, visit Facebook.com/marionmainstreet.
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