Date/Time
8/24/2018
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Central
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Central
Sponsors
Event Registration
Event Type(s)
Member Event
Chamber Event
Chamber Event
Event Description
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.
Final Deadline to Register is August 21 (extended from the 17th). Registration required.
Location
Contact Person
Dalus Ben Avi
(phone: 6189976311)
(phone: 6189976311)
Details
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:
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.
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
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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