CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Chamber Membership Benefits Let us promote your business … join the LF/LB Chamber of Commerce today!
Whether you put the “mom” in mom-and-pop shop, you’re an entrepreneur launching a home-based business or you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce can provide you with the services you need to promote and grow your business. Our programs will help you network with other local business owners and take advantage of the tools every business needs to thrive. In addition to a variety of activities, members benefit from listings in Chamber publications and on our Web site, where visitors can link directly to your own site. For further information, contact the Chamber office today!
Publications
COMMUNITY GUIDE The Community Guide is delivered along with the Shopping & Dining Guide to every home and business in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff. It features a complete list of every LF/ LB Chamber member, plus local history and community contact information. Chamber members are listed free of charge. For those desiring a greater presence, display advertising is available to Chamber members only.
LAKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF MAP
Produced for the Chamber by Pioneer Press, this beautiful, full-color map has advertising available exclusively to Chamber members. It’s hand-delivered to every home in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff.
SHOPPING & DINING GUIDE
This indispensable guide, which highlights shopping and dining establishments throughout Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, is distributed door-to-door with the Chamber’s other publications. A map of the towns’ business districts and contact information is included. Inclusion in the publication is limited to Chamber members within the 60044 and 60045 zip codes.
Promotion
CHAMBER MASTER Chamber members have exclusive access to the Chamber Master Web site, where they can create their own Web page, upload photos and videos, post their events, add job listings, and list specials – free of charge!
“
LIVE.WORK.PLAY.” SMARTPHONE APP
Want to connect with local residents? There’s an app for that! The free download of the “Live.
Work.Play.” mobile app puts Lake Forest and Lake Bluff services and businesses in residents’ hands. Users can scroll through a directory of local businesses, as well as municipal offices, schools, services and community links, search for local jobs and events and discover local restaurants and stores. Best of all, businesses can reward shoppers with “perks”—discounts and specials that are sure to get you noticed. Nominal monthly charge for listing specials.
8 | 2012 LFLB COMMUNITY GUIDE WEB SITE LISTINGS
The Chamber of Commerce’s Web site features comprehensive local information and free listings of member businesses with links to members’ Web sites.
Networking
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS The monthly Business After Hours events, generally held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, give members the opportunity to network with fellow members in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. Admission is free of charge. If you’d like to showcase your business to your fellow members, consider hosting a Business After Hours event!
BUSINESS EXCHANGE BREAKFASTS
Rise and shine at the monthly Business Exchange Breakfasts, held on the first Friday of every month from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
LEGAL & FINANCIAL FORUM
Consider this event your quarterly update for all things law- and finance-oriented. The short- format meeting, which includes a presentation, is an ideal networking opportunity.
MONTHLY LUNCHEONS
Join your fellow members on the second Wednesday of every month (except August) for luncheon meetings. Lively topics, great networking and good food abound.
RETAIL ROUNDTABLE
Held twice a year, this roundtable meeting includes a quick presentation and allows local retail owners and managers to talk shop.
WOMEN’S BUSINESS NETWORK
Join other colleagues on the second Friday of the month to network over lunch – locations vary.
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EXCHANGE
The Chamber’s Young Professionals Exchange provides an opportunity to meet and mingle and share best practices with other business professionals in the community.
Special Events
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Informative and enjoyable after hours presentations on topical subjects – another wonderful networking opportunity.
HOLIDAY PARTY & SILENT AUCTION
Each year, the Chamber kicks off the holiday season with the festive Holiday Party and Silent Auction. Celebrate the season with your fellow Chamber members, take part in a little friendly bidding and don’t miss the Holly Bucks drawing. Chamber members are invited to promote their products and services through sponsorships and silent auction donations.
For more information about these programs and enhanced LF/LB Chamber membership, please call the Chamber office at 234-4282, e-mail us at
info@LFLBchamber.com or visit our Web site at
www.LFLBChamber.com.
■ Photo courtesy of the LF/LB Chamber of Commerce.
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