Chamber Honors Twenty-Nine
The Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce
hosted their 21st annual Business and Community Recognition Luncheon
on Thursday, October 18 at the Pekin Country Club. The chamber’s Member First Committee
coordinated the luncheon, which was sponsored by Homefield/Vistra Energy, Pekin
Insurance, Pekin Trophy House & Engraved Gifts, The Greenhouse Flower
Shoppe, and UnityPoint Health.
You can see pictures of al of the award winners at: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pAu4e1qqbV3FwRKGA
Recognition was given to twenty-nine area businesses
and organizations in several different categories: new ownership or management; new business or
building; additional employees; major retraining effort; new technology or
major equipment investment; other business improvements; and, community
involvement.
The speaker at the luncheon was Bob Linsley, co-owner of Lindy’s Market in Washington, IL. He told the story of their family-run grocery store and how it continues to grow and expand in the extremely competitive grocery industry.
Chamber Board President Scott Kriegsman closed the program by thanking the audience for their support and their recognition of the accomplishments of others. He noted the importance of the local chamber and the 125 year history of the business community working together and supporting each other.
The twenty-nine businesses and organizations recognized for their achievements in the past year were:
·
Associated
Bank
·
AT&T
Prime Communications
·
BodyWealth
Massage
·
CEFCU
·
Center
for Prevention of Abuse
·
Classy
Girl Boutique.
·
Debbie
Fornoff Interior Design and Draperies
·
First
Pekin Savings Bank
·
Good
Shepherd Lutheran School
·
Holiday
Inn Express
·
Inspired
Style Salon & Boutique
·
Jake’s
Place Barbershop
·
Lucky
Spirits Gaming
·
Mid-Illini
Auto Center
·
Pekin
Animal Hospital
·
Pekin
Country Club
·
Pekin
Grace United Methodist Church
·
Pekin
Insurance
·
Pekin
Moose Lodge #916
·
Public
Library
·
Planet
Fitness of Pekin
·
Preston-Hanley
Funeral Homes & Crematory LLC
·
Professional
Therapy Services
·
Tazewell
County Farm Bureau
·
UnityPoint
Health
·
Unland
Companies
·
U.S.
Cellular
·
West
Dublin Pub
·
YWCA
Pekin
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