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"It's All About Southwestern Madison County."
The Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County is proud to welcome you to our community. The Chamber is fortunate to represent a very diverse area that includes the cities of Granite City, Madison, Venice, the Village of Pontoon Beach, and the unincorporated area known as Mitchell. Located a day's travel by horseback from the City of St. Louis, southwestern Madison County became a way station in the mid-1800's and was settled primarily by middle European immigrants. Even today, their descendents form the backbone of our community. Because of our proximity to St. Louis and having an abundant and skilled workforce, southwestern Madison County soon became one of the major industrial areas in the Midwest. Even today, when many communities are losing their industries, we retain a strong industrial base that includes US Steel's Granite City Works and the World-wide headquarters of ASF Keystone. In addition, our location, which puts us within a 500 radius of one-third of the population of the United States, and gives us direct access to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois river corridors, four major interstate highways and most of the major rail lines and provides direct access to all points in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, is making us a fast growing distribution point. Add to this award winning parks, exemplary school systems, low crime rates, excellent emergency services, top notch health care facilities, a small town atmosphere with close proximity to the entertainment centers of St. Louis, make Southwestern Madison County a great place to live, work, and play.
*************************************************************************** We truly encourage you to please read the letters below and put them on your stationary and mail to our Sentators as soon as possible. H.R. 3415 Legislation is critical to the economic growth & development of this area. Letter to Senator Roland Burris | Letter to Senator Richard Durbin
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2009 Ambassador of the Year Award
The Ambassadors Committee is the face of the Chamber. This newly organized committee has over 35 Chamber representatives that call on each of our members. Each of these Chamber Ambassadors have chosen 5 to 7 of our smaller businesses to contact on a regular basis, to build a relationship with, to invite them to events, to find out their needs and to bring them back to their Committee. These 35 members serve as the point of contact and as the Chamber's conduit, a priceless service to the Chamber and to the business community as a whole.
As an Ambassador for the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County, you have the opportunity to win a $50.00 certificate to a local restaurant by accumulating the most points throughout the year. Points are awarded by attending and working the events for the Chamber. Click here for the updated totals.
The Chamber welcomes Bob Kmetz - Prairie Farms to the Executive Board. The Chamber also welcomes new Board Members: Lenny Batycki - Gateway International Raceway, Steve Burdge - Medicine Shoppe, Craig Kramer - Abengoa Bio-Energy, Zachary Miller - Gateway Packaging, Robert Parnell - Gateway Energy & Coke Company, James Scheer - Arizon Structures, Terry Stieve - Colliers-Turley-Martin & Tucker, Charles Unger - TheBANK of Edwardsville, Richard Veitch - U.S. Steel Granite City Works.
Business of the Month:
Prairie Farms Dairy Bob Kmetz 1800 Adams Granite City, IL. 62040
Phone: (618)451-5600
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Networking Events
Dough-Raising Night Satisfy Your Taste for Pizza on Tuesday's
February 16th, 2010 Windows 7 Live Demo More info to follow
State of Levee More info to follow
State of Real Estate More info to follow
March 3rd, 2010 State of Healthcare More info to follow March 19th, 2010 Are You Smarter Than OUR 5th Graders? Flyer | Sponsorship | List of Students2010 BAH Schedule |
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Premier members enjoy an enhanced listing by including the web site in the business directory in addition to randomly selected listing on the home page
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Check out our premier members:
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We Welcome the Newest Members of the Southwestern Madison County Chamber of Commerce:
Metro Computer Solutions ~ Shane Patton 2355 Pontoon Road, Granite City, IL. 62040
UTi Integrated Logistics ~ Steve Morrison #3 Gateway Commerce Center Drive East, Edwardsville, IL. 62025
Granite City Dental Care ~ Todd A. Johnson, DMD 2130 Johnson Road, Granite City, IL. 62040
Maryland Manor Apartments ~ Patrick Alexander, Owner 2100 B Pontoon Road, Granite City, IL. 62040
Southwestern Illinois Entrepreneurship Center @ SIUE Kristine Jarden, Director 2126 Alumni Hall, Campus Box 1108, Edwardsville, IL. 62026
Edward Jones ~ Veronica Coleman, Financial Advisor 3908 Maryville Road, Suite 1, Granite City, IL. 62040
Omega Music ~ Michael & Debra Vorce 2035 State Street, Granite City, IL. 62040
BEC Office Products ~ Terry, Larry & Joyce - Owners 2930 Madison Avenue, Granite City, IL. 62040
Goff & Dittman Florist & Gift Shop ~ Bob Dittman, Owner 4915 Maryville Road, Granite City, IL. 62040
McGoff Transportation, Inc. | DBA Express Medical Transporters Steve McGoff, President 9500 Collinsville Road, Suite 10, Collinsville, IL. 62234
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10 - 12 person Conference Room available to our members @ NO charge (NO kitchen facilities)
Schedule & Forms of H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Clinics in Madison County School Districts Schedule | Forms | Info on Live Vaccine | Info on Inactivated Vaccine
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