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Investor Spotlight: Peoples Bank of Kankakee County Just about 60 years ago, Romy Hammes, a Ford auto dealer, real estate developer and philanthropist saw a need for greater local decision making and decided to do something about it. The doors of Peoples Bank opened in May 1962 and have stayed open to the Kankakee community…

Board Spotlight: Rob Warmbir For a total of six years, Rob Warmbir has been a diligent and driven accompaniment to the Kankakee Chamber of Commerce. While serving as an ambassador for all six years, he has also been on the board of directors for the past three years. He originally joined the chamber in search…

Board Spotlight: Brian Creek Brian Creek is one of the partners at Borschnack, Pelletier & Co., providing tax services, small business accounting, audits, payroll, consulting, etc. to Kankakee County. It is 100 percent locally owned and one of the leading CPPA Firms in the area.    Brian grew up in Manteno and currently lives in…

5 Reasons to Participate in Speed Networking By Jasmyne Humble You’ve heard of speed dating, but what about speed networking? While we are not looking to play matchmaker here, you may want to still consider meeting new professionals in the community while enjoying the same type of fun.  Here are five reasons why you should…

Understanding America’s Labor Shortage: The Most Impacted Industries “The pandemic caused a major disruption in America’s labor force—something many have referred to as The Great Resignation. In 2021, more than 47 million workers quit their jobs, many of whom were in search of an improved work-life balance and flexibility, increased compensation, and a strong company…

Early Care and Education: A Business Imperative Recovery of our workforce and economy demands that Illinois pursue an expert, bipartisan plan for improving our early childhood system, a group of business leaders announced Friday, March 11. The new report from ReadyNation Illinois points to the recommendations issued by the state’s Early Childhood Funding Commission nearly one year…

Attraction and Retention Series Join the Kankakee Community College as they hold The Attraction and Retention Series. This series is being offered in conjunction with our partners at College of Lake County Small Business Development Center. It will be held throughout the remainder of March, continuing well into April. These presentations look to help small…

NAIA: Rolling out the red carpet! The community is invited to the NAIA tournament being held at Olivet Nazarene University this weekend. This is a great opportunity for local businesses to expand and increase traction with customers. This invitation extended to the community is rolling out a red carpet of sorts. Sponsored by Visit Kankakee…

Handling a visit from OSHA So, OSHA has visited your facility, you’ve done everything we previously talked about, and now comes the hard part…WAITING! Very seldom will you escape an OSHA visit without a citation.  Remember…the funds they collect go into the General Fund, and we as a nation aren’t doing too well financially, so…