October 2020

New Members!

Roosters Farm Market
Website

Ewing Garden Barn
Website

Renewed Investors

Ovies Attic
Website

Bloodworth Painting

Crossroads Realty
Website

Kelsi Lubovich State Farm
Website

American Family Insurance
Website

Appreciation Coffee


Over the last few years, we have enjoyed making breakfast and seeing our members at the Appreciation breakfast.  Due to COVID-19, we will be hosting virtually this year. Register the same way and the zoom information will be sent to you via email. 

Roosters Farm Market Grand Opening

Holly Days 2020

We will be meeting Tuesday, October 20 at 1 pm to discuss events and happenings for Holly Days 2020.  The date is set for December 5th, and due to COVID-19, we must think outside the box! We will discuss what the Chamber is planning, Marshall Main Street, Marshall Christmas Committee etc. If you wish to participate, let the Chamber know and we will send you the zoom login information. 

From the Director's Desk:

Welcome to Fall! 
I would like to send a SHOUT OUT to all the staff and faculty at the Marshall Schools for all the hard work to open school for the 2020-2021 school year, your hard work has not gone unnoticed. 

Usually this time of year, we are winding down and starting to plan for 2021 here in the office, but we haven't had time to even think about past Christmas!  We are excited about the Drive-Thru Trunk or Treat on October 31st. It's going to be different but fun! 
Work continues at the Candy Kitchen/downtown bathrooms. New steps and porches have been installed at the Visitor Log Cabin. And we are looking forward to two more large scale projects in the next 6 months! 

October 13-17th is your chance to dispose and clean up your property. A full list of what is excepted can be found in this newsletter as well as on the City Facebook page. 

We look forward to hosting our members at the Chamber Appreciation Coffee, also known as the Appreciation Breakfast. 

Enjoy the weather and time with family!
Jennifer Bishop 

Halloween Events

Fall Clean Up 2020

2020 Scarecrow Contest

Chamber Golf Outing

Thank our generous sponsors who made this years Golf Outing possible:
Marshall Mutual-Shore Murphy, Horizon Health, Sycamore Engineering, Net Diatom, First Mid Bank, Human Resources Center, Casey State Bank, Dorsett Ford, Meehling and Bernardoni, Longview Bank, Family Fitness Zone, Preferred Bank, Republic Services, The Equity, Farnsworth Group, Marshall Rehabilitation, and Nursing.

Congratulations to this year's winners: 1st Place- Bloodworth Painting
We had a 4 way tie for 2nd place, so we took the winnings from 2nd and 3rd and divided them between the following teams: Sycamore Engineering, Family Fitness Zone, Moes Liquors - Bar & Package, Team Sanders

Business Interruption Grant

Business Interruption Grant Program Applications for a second round of funding are now being accepted and can be found here. A total of $220 million will be made available for small businesses of all types in Illinois. Grants will be awarded and funded on a rolling basis until funding is depleted. The grant size will be equivalent to two months of expenses. The BIG program is open to all eligible businesses (for-profit and nonprofit) with $20 million or less in annual revenue in 2019 and experienced losses due to COVID-19. Of the total funding, $70 million will be invested in Disproportionately Impacted Areas (DIAs) and $60 million in heavily impacted industries. A map of the DIAs and the eligibility guidelines can be found on our website. The heavily impacted industries are defined as having annual revenues of $10 million or less and have been close or operating at a very diminished capacity since mid-March and are likely to continue to do so until Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois Plan.
These industries include the following: • Event spaces • Music venues • Performing arts venues • Indoor recreation • Amusement parks • Movie theaters • Museums • Charter/shuttle buses
DCEO will be hosting numerous webinars regarding this program. You can register for the webinars that I will be hosting next week by using the links below:
• September 29, 3:00pm – 4:00pm. To register, please use this link: https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec69bcd05eb5ec3bb8221e1c949ae79bb

• September 30, 9:30am-10:30am. To register, please use this link: https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/onstage/g.php?MTID=ee94b00d843ec9aab65c49acc33d41942

• September 30, 2:00pm – 3:00pm. To register, please use this link: https://illinois.webex.com/illinois/onstage/g.php?MTID=e23486213ba906b4f0c15c3363e4f2829

If these times do not work for you, please check our website for a list of the webinars being hosted by other DCEO staff and our partners on this program. 

Get Hired Illinois

Get Hired Illinois
DCEO in conjunction with IDES launched the Get Hired Illinois. This is a new portal designed to connect workers with available job and career training opportunities across the state. Governor Pritzker also announced that beginning in June, Illinois residents will have free access to online workforce development courses via a partnership with Coursera. Residents and employers may access Get Hired at www.illinois.gov/gethired . This portal blends IDES and DCEO resources to provide a one-stop-shop for both job seekers and employers – providing information on job opportunities as well as unemployment resources. The portal is designed to be user-friendly for job seekers of all levels and backgrounds and allows employers to upload jobs, virtual career fairs, and training opportunities. Please check this out whether you are a job seeker or an employer.
Fall - October 2020