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Mitsubishi Shifts Production of Outlander Sport to Normal

Congressman Lucas Keynotes Economic Summit

Hancock Stadium Gets a $25 Million Facelift

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Vicki Tilton2012 Chairman of the Board

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conditions of a group, period, or place.In my last letter as Chairman of the Board for the McLean County Chamber of Com-merce, I’d like to share something that is very near to my heart; the power of the entrepreneurial spirit. In my tenure as Chairman I have met many business leaders from our community in the last year, each with his or her own unique qualities. However, there are some very distinct qualities that manifest themselves in entre-preneurs.

Entrepreneurs are visionaries, always looking ahead and working towards the big-ger picture. They are creative, whether promoting their businesses or promoting themselves, heaven forbid they would do something that’s already been done. En-trepreneurs are passionate; enthusiasm seems to be a constant state of being for them. Last, they are persistent; entrepreneurs work hard to conquer any obstacles that stand in their way.

With that thought in mind, I would like to encourage our members to mark their calendars for E-Day, Friday – November 9, 2012 at Illinois State University. E-Day, short for Entrepreneurship Day, is an entrepreneurship event created to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of students from Illinois State University, Heartland Com-munity College, Illinois Wesleyan University and Lincoln College. Teams of students will be competing for funds to help them with their startups, and I for one am looking forward to sharing in their excitement as they pitch their ideas. You can learn more about E-Day on page six.

Many of us started our businesses with nothing more than an idea and a dream, and I can’t think of a better way to give back to our community than sharing our experiences and supporting the future entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

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Vicki Tilton, ChairmanFox & Hounds Hair Studio & Day Spa

Sherri Chinski, Chairman-electReiser, Chinski, & Co, LLP

Bob Dobski, Past ChairmanMcDonald’s Restaurants

Bill Lawrence, TreasurerWoith Insurance Inc.

Dan Irvin, Secretary Mitsubishi Motors North America,Manufacturing Division

Steve Denault, Vice ChairmanCountry Financial

Carl Olson, Vice ChairmanCentral Illinois Regional Airport

Leann Seal, Vice ChairmanSnyder Companies

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Michael O’Grady, ECHIWhitacre’s Furniture

Josh Tarnowski, neXt ProfessionalsFirst Financial Bank

Brian BastingADVANCE Trading, Inc.

Chad BooreOSF St. Joseph Medical Center

Leanna BordnerIllinois State University

Greg CookGreat Plains Media, Inc.

Winnie FekenChuck’s Harley Davidson

Kristen GivensState Farm Insurance Companies

Ronald GreeneAFNI

Julie KubschSpecs Around Town

Robert LakinCommerce Bank

Mike LarkinState Farm Insurance Companies

Jennifer McCarronBusiness Builders

Bob MillerAdvocate BroMenn Medical Center

Dr. Kirk NoraianDr. Kirk Noraian, DDS

David StokesEdward Jones – David Stokes

Mary StrackJimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

Mike SwartzMcLean County Farm Bureau

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member news

Currently there are no plans to intro-duce any vehicles into the assembly line other than continuing with the new 2014 model of the Outlander Sport.

Mitsubishi Motors has made some sig-nificant changes to its 2013 lineup of new vehicles, not least of which is the new Outlander Sport crossover, pro-duced in the automaker’s Normal, Ill. production facility. Since its opening in 1988, Mitsubishi’s focus has been to develop stylish, high performance cars, many of which did not return very good gas mileage. However, consumer demand has shifted the motor com-pany’s focus to global vehicles that are smaller, more fuel efficient and are eas-ily sold all over the world.

Step into the 2013 Outlander Sport; Mitsubishi’s new 5-passenger crossover sport utility vehicle. The Outlander Sport is Mitsubishi’s most popular vehicle, with over half of the vehicles produced being exported into Canada, Mexico, South America and Eastern Europe. Mit-subishi had originally built the Outlander Sport in Japan, but in an unprecedented move, they’ve shifted production to Mit-subishi North American Manufacturing in Normal, where they began rolling off the line on July 17, 2012.

With an investment of more than $100 million between plant capital investment and supplier tooling, the new model has been a shot in the arm for morale at the Normal assembly line, and Dan Irvin,

Director of Communications & Pub-lic Relations for the plant says workers couldn’t be happier to start working on a new vehicle. “Producing a new model presents a lot of challenges,” says Irvin. “Because you have new processes, you’ve got new suppliers, new lo-gistics, new equip-ment and new technology. But at the same time that change, that look-ing forward, that new model, is the lifeblood of the au-tomotive industry. It’s what auto peo-ple want and it’s why they do what they do.”

Irvin went on to say that close to 100% of the work-ers there have been with the company since day one back in 1988. Over the last 24 years that is 3.2 million ve-hicles.

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chamber news

The McLean County Chamber of Com-merce is pleased to announce that they will be relocating their offices from 210 South East Street in Bloomington to 2203 East Empire Street, Suite B, in Bloomington.

The anticipated move will take place in December 2012, and stems from the

Chamber’s unprecedented growth in the last several years. “This move will allow us to maintain closer contact with our members and community lead-ers,” says Vicki Tilton, Chairman of the Board. “With the addition of new staff and the rapid growth of our Chamber membership, this move is strategic and necessary.”

“The new location will feature larger conference and training rooms,” says Charlie Moore, the Chamber President & CEO, “as well as additional offices and group work space. Unfortunately our current space is unable to meet our present and future needs, so while we are sad to be leaving Downtown Bloomington, we are extremely excited about the potential that this new build-ing provides us moving forward.”

The Chamber’s current facility, is owned by the McLean County Cham-ber of Commerce, while the land the building sits on is owned by McLean County. The two entities are currently working cooperatively to develop a bill of sale. However, information regarding the sale of the facility and the land was not finalized at the time of publication.

The McLean County Chamber of Com-merce is pleased to announce the addi-tions of Phil Long, Scott P. Heape and Shari Lauer to the Chamber staff. Long will be taking on the role of Marketing & Public Relations Manager, Heape will be filling the role of Finance & Operations Manager, while Lauer rounds out the trio as the Membership Development Man-ager.

Shari Lauer joins the Chamber staff af-ter previously working as an Executive Assistant for SCADAware, the Bloom-ington-based System Integration and Controls company. Phil Long previ-ously spent five years as the Director of Camp Hickory Conference & Retreat, in Ingleside, IL, and recently relocated to the Bloomington-Normal area where he worked at Prairie State Bank & Trust as a Mortgage Loan officer for the past year. Heape previously worked as a Se-nior Accountant for Guthoff, Mehall, Al-len & Company P.C., the Bloomington-based Certified Public Accounting Firm. “It is an exciting time to be a part of

the McLean County Chamber of Com-merce, “said Long. “The team that is cur-rently assembled here is motivated and extremely talented, and I am excited to be a part of it.”

“Phil, Scott and Shari bring new ideas and a new level of energy to the Cham-ber. We are glad they are with us and we plan on taking full advantage of their unique skills to promote the value of the McLean County Chamber to our membership and our community.” said McLean County Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, Charlie Moore.

In addition to its new employees, the Chamber is also pleased to announce the promotion of Pat Grosso into her

new role as Director of Member Rela-tions & Executive Support.

Grosso has worked at the Chamber since March 2009 and says she couldn’t be happier about her new position. “Association work is something I have enjoyed doing for quite some time now,” says Grosso, who has previous experience as the Ex-ecutive Vice President of the Blooming-ton-Normal Association of Realtors. “I’m excited to get to work in my new posi-tion, and look forward, with great antici-pation to my new responsibilities.”

“Pat has been with the Chamber for more than three years now. And in those three years she has showcased her abilities to provide exceptional support not only to myself and the organization, but to our membership as a whole,” says Chamber President and CEO, Charlie Moore.

Demolition has started at the Chamber’s new location on Empire Street, Bloomington.

Phil LongScott Heape Shari Lauer

Pat GrossoDirector of Member Relations & Executive Support

Growing Chamber Announces New Location

New Faces Join Chamber Team

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feature

There is a new building in Uptown Normal this year and unless you’ve just moved to McLean County, there’s no way that you’ve missed it. Officially opened on Saturday, July 14, 2012, the Town of Normal’s new Uptown Station is a new transportation link that will not only take people out of town to cities like Chicago or St. Louis, but will bring people and resources into our commu-nity as well.

The $45.9 million Uptown Station is a landmark building on the Uptown Nor-mal Circle and serves as the Town of Normal’s new city hall and as a multi-modal transportation hub for AMTRAK as well as interstate and local bus ser-vice. “Bloomington-Normal takes great pride in our access to transportation,” says Normal City Manager Mark Peter-son. “We have a state of the art wonder-ful airport that has fabulous air service. We have access to an interstate high-way system that is second to none, and we have great access to passenger rail through AMTRAK, which many cities

in Central Illinois don’t have. And now it can be accessed through this multi-modal station that makes it even more convenient.”

Peterson, who has been a part of the Uptown Station project from its incep-tion, went on to explain how the new Uptown Station will help to solidify Up-town Normal as a destination by creat-ing an urban district that is very transit oriented. “We expect that there will be pre-high speed rail, 250 thousand to 300 thousand passengers flowing through this facility accessing passenger rail ser-vices. We also estimate another 150 to 200 thousand accessing the bus compo-nents.”

Those numbers add up to more than 400,000 people moving through Up-town Station in a given year. And while all of those passengers may not have the opportunity to stay for an extended pe-riod of time, many of them will, which creates economic opportunity for local businesses.

The building of Uptown Station itself was a shot in the arm for the local economy. Nearly 300 jobs were created during construction and many of the materials for the station were purchased locally as well. But Peterson went on to say that “The real engine to help increase eco-nomic opportunity will be the transpor-tation center itself. And that really, kind of in a nutshell, is why we did it.”

Eleven years in the making from idea to fruition, the new Uptown Station was designed by Ratio Architects of Cham-paign and features retail and municipal office space, a community room for use by local organizations, and a 380-car parking garage. The building, which town officials believe will achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmen-tal Design (LEED) Silver Certification, of-fers free Wi-Fi to passengers and others visiting the station and is also the only station outside of the Northeast Corridor to incorporate a Passenger Information Display System (PIDS).

Uptown Station which houses the Town of Normal City Hall as well as a new multimodal transporataion station.

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Power outages, water main breaks and medical emergencies can disrupt a busi-ness’ daily operations. Disasters have the potential to cause workplaces to fold and schools to close. The American Red Cross developed the free, web-based Ready Rating™ Program to help busi-nesses, schools and other organizations prepare for emergencies.

Ready Rating Program members com-plete a confidential assessment of their current readiness level for emergencies and receive immediate, customized feedback with tips and resources for them to improve their readiness scores.New program components make it even easier to get started or to enhance cur-rent emergency response plans:

• An Emergency Response Plan Tool, which enables program members to build a customized plan;

• A Next Steps report that recommends specific actions members should take;

• A Resource Center that includes pre-paredness tools including activities and exercises;

• A Ready Rating Store with emergency supplies at the click of a button.

Companies and schools realize that contingency planning is a key element to running a successful operation. St. Louis-based Express Scripts, which pro-vides medications to patients across the country, was ready for last year’s torna-does, thanks to its robust preparedness planning which takes advantage of the Ready Rating program.

“We had conducted shelter-in-place drills, and everyone followed the play-book seamlessly,” said Gene Weber, the company’s Director of Business Con-tinuity. “While the tornadoes did not damage the company or interrupt its operations, employees and customers could feel confident that Express Scripts had a plan in place.”

The Ready Rating program is consistent with Private Sector or PS-Prep Standards developed by the Department of Home-land Security.

The McLean County Chamber of Com-merce is a proud partner of the Ready Rating program and is encouraging its members to help the Red Cross achieve its goal of having more than 50 business-es registered by November 5.

More information about this valuable program and the new components can be found at readyrating.org.

Chamber Partners with Red Cross for Disaster Preparedness

community

Because of the renovations to Hancock Stadium, the McLean County Chamber of Commerce CommUniversity event will be held on October 13th when the ISU Redbirds take on Youngstown State. Join us for a great tailgate showcasing many of our members and help cheer on our Illinois State University Redbirds!

Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadi-um has stood at the intersection of Col-lege Avenue and North Main Street since the early 1960s. And for the last fifty years has done little to garner positive attention for the University or it’s foot-ball program. But all of that is changing with the $1.5 million renovation project currently underway.

The new 7,500 seat grandstand with brick columns and glass walls will pro-vide a more attractive and inviting pres-ence on Main Street. “We were looking for the wow factor,” says Redbird Di-

rector of Athletics Gary Fried-man. “The opportunity that as people drove by, they would see a first class facility that has caught up to the rest of the [Il-linois State] University.”

Friedman believes the reno-vated stadium will be a boost not only for football but for other events that will occur at Hancock Stadium. “The new club level includes the lounge, which will be approximately 5,500 square feet and will include con-cessions and private restrooms. And the lounge is being designed so that on non-game days it can be utilized by the uni-versity and local businesses for events or other types of activities.”

The new east-side grandstand project is expected to be completed by the Fall of 2013.

A large crane sits over the site of the new grandstand

Hancock Stadium Rennovations to Showcase Bloomington-Normal Corridoor

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The McLean County Chamber of Com-merce Economic Summit is an annual event focusing on economic issues that impact our community, state and coun-try.

The eyes of the nation were focused on McLean County, Illinois, as Chairman of the House Ag Committee, Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) presented the key-note speech during the McLean County Chamber of Commerce Economic Sum-mit, held Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Chairman Lucas spoke to a crowd of more than 200 business and agribusi-ness leaders from Central Illinois offer-ing his insights on a Farm Bill that is set to expire at the end of September 2012. Lucas hopes that members of Congress, currently on recess, will recognize the need for passing the Farm Bill quickly as drought conditions across Central Illinois and the rest of the Midwest worsen. “I tell members, go home, talk to pro-ducers and understand what’s going on. Let’s come back in September and pass the bill,” Lucas said. “The work of the Agriculture Committee, including reau-thorizing the Farm Bill in 2012, affects every American; ensuring that our farm-ers and ranchers have the tools they need to produce an abundant and affordable food and fiber supply is as important to our country as national defense.”

The McLean County Chamber of Com-merce Political Action Committee Gov-erning Council will be meeting in late September to make endorsements within the General Assembly. Those endorse-ments will be made public to the mem-bership by mid-October. With elections around the corner the Chamber wants to remind you to make your vote count. If you haven’t registered to vote in McLean County you can register at the coun-

ty clerk’s office at 115 E. Washington Street, Room 102, Bloomington, or the Department of Motor Vehicles located at 1510 West Market Street, Blooming-ton. Registrations must be made by Oc-tober 9th; however, there is a registra-tion grace period that runs from October 10th through November 3rd. Registra-tions made during the grace period must be made at the county clerks office.

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Chairman of the House Ag Committee, Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) fields ques-tions from reporters following his keynote speech at the Chamber’s Economic Summit

Congressman Lucas Keynotes Economic Summit

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member education

The McLean County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 37 excep-tional professionals who have been accepted in to the 2013 class of Leadership McLean County. Leadership McLean County celebrates its 20th class in the 2012-2013 program year. With over 600 alumni in its history, Leadership McLean County has worked to build our community into a stronger place to live and work.

The ongoing development of a com-pany’s employees is the top method for helping a firm to boost sales, cut costs, gain efficiencies, and generally improve. However, in our economic climate, the ability to send employees to conferences and training events has become increas-ingly difficult due to time demands and rising costs. Now in its seventh year, the EDUCate program, (Employee Development Un-limited Conference), is a day long pro-gram that provides attendees insightful keynotes from thought leaders as well as engaging breakout sessions to build skills and challenge assumptions. With both a Spring and Fall session, EDUCate has a common theme for the year with vary-ing focuses for either session.

Noted for its high caliber speakers and relevant topics, EDUCate has a favorable cost structure and creates a learning op-portunity that allows businesses of any size and budget access to great content.

The Fall Session of EDUCate starts Octo-ber 25th at the Parke Hotel and Confer-ence Center in Bloomington. The theme is “Who Changed the Game? The new rules of work”, and focuses on empow-ering employees to create a culture that focuses on serving the client, the mis-sion, and the coworker. Further details on keynotes and breakout sessions can be found on the Chamber website www.mcleancochamber.org.

Chamber Announces 20th Class of Leadership McLean County

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upcoming events

The McLean County Chamber of Commerce will present the 16th Annual Athena Leadership award at a special reception Tuesday, November 1 in the Brown Ball-room at ISU’s Bone Student Center. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding individuals in our community defined as role models for others to emulate who inspire and encourage the empowerment of women leaders. For more information you can visit the Chamber website or contact Pat Grosso at 309-829-6344.

Every year, small businesses watch from the sidelines as the big box stores get all of the attention on Black Friday. Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to sup-porting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. On November 24, we’re asking McLean County to Shop Small at your favorite local stores and help fuel the economy. When we all shop small, it will be huge!

For more than a quarter of a century, the Children’s Christmas Party, a joint effort of Bloomington Trades and Labor, the McLean County business community and the McLean County Chamber of Commerce, has helped bring the joys of the holiday season to less-privileged children of Bloomington-Normal. On December 15th, the Chamber will continue to help bring a more joyful holiday season to the citizens of Bloomington-Normal by once again, partnering with the business com-munity and Bloomington Trades and Labor Union to make sure that the Children’s Christmas Party is a success.

Laughing, the giggles, outright haha-ing and a smile are the way we remember some of life’s most memorable moments. Please plan to join us for a night of laughter and memories as we celebrate the accomplishments of our local busi-nesses and business leaders at the 2013 McLean County Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala. This year’s Gala will be held Saturday evening, February 2, at the DoubleTree by Hilton, in Bloomington.

Please join us for Energy Works for Us, at the McLean County Chamber of Com-merce Economic Vision Luncheon. Matt Koch from the U.S. Chamber of Com-merce will review the U.S. energy landscape and discuss opportunities, barriers, and what it means for our economy and energy security. Sponsored by Humana, the Economic Vision Luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 29, from 11:30am-1:00pm at the Parke Hotel & Conference Center.

Children’s Christmas Party

2013 Annual Gala

16th Annual Athena Recognition Reception

Small Business Saturday

Economic Vision Luncheon

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Fall Ribbon CuttingsThe McLean County Chamber of Commerce recognizes ribbon cuttings and groundbreakings as important milestones for our member businesses and as key indicators of the economic well-being of all of McLean County. If your business or organization is celebrating a ground breaking, grand opening, business change or longevity milestone and you would like to commemorate the occasion with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting, please contact Shari Lauer at shari@mcleancochamber.org or 309-829-6344.

Wild Style Design CompanyJune 27

Grand Opening

Eclipse Hair Salon & Day SpaJune 4

1303 Morrissey Dr., Bloomington1 Year Anniversary

Sam’s ClubJune 22

2151 Shepard Rd., Normal Remodel

Moe’s Southwest GrillJune 28

2401 E. Empire St., BloomingtonGrand Opening

Times Past InnJune 29

1216 Towanda Ave., Bloomington 25th Anniversary

Go Green CleaningJuly 11

#1 Brickyard Dr., BloomingtonGrand Opening

Sam Leman ChevroletJuly 26

1602 Morrissey Dr., BloomingtonNew Facility

Used Book ShopAugust 9

205 East Olive St., Bloomington Grand Opening

American Tax & AccountingAugust 23

2302 E. Oakland Ave., BloomingtonGrand Opening

Uninvited CustomsAugust 24

1201 Major Street, NormalGrand Opening

Boys and Girls ClubAugust 30

1615 W. Illinois St., BloomingtonGrand Re-Opening

Advocate BroMenn OutpatientAugust 24

3024 E. Empire St., Bloomington Grand Opening

Find out more about these new members in the Member Directory section of the Chamber’s web site, www.mcleancochamber.org.

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