MCHENRY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 19 AND 20, 2016!!!
On Saturday November
19 the McHenry Downtown Businesses will be holding their Annual Christmas Walk. A trolley
will be running between 12:30-4:30 p.m. The flyer below depicts sponsoring and
participating businesses, a map of the area and associated festivities. This is an excellent opportunity to support local businesses, enjoy time
with family and friends, inviting family and friends who may live outside of
the City to come and kick-off the holiday season and support local businesses
in the process.
The Saturday festivities culminate with Mayor Low,
along with families and children assisting in flipping the switch illuminating trees throughout Veterans
Memorial Park at 5:30 p.m. To learn
more please visit http://mchenrydowntown.biz/.
TENTH ANNUAL SHOP WITH A COP FUNDRAISING
EVENT!!!
After you’ve
enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Walk and Tree Lighting Ceremony at Veterans
Memorial Park head over to the McHenry VFW for the Annual Shop with a Cop Fundraiser.
MC3 Marketing Connection, in conjunction with the McHenry Area Chamber
of Commerce, is hosting their annual Shop with a Cop Fundraiser which supports McHenry County Police Charities to
assist in making the Holiday Season better for those in need.
The fundraiser
will be held on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 at
the McHenry VFW, 3002 W Elm (Route 120), from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. For more information please visit: http://business.mchenrychamber.com/events/details/mc-3-shop-with-a-cop-fundraiser-10661.
NOVEMBER 20, 2016 TOYS FOR TOTS PARADE!!!
The festivities
continue on Sunday November 20 with the Annual
Toys for Tots Parade. If you have
not had an opportunity to participate in this annual community event you don’t
want to miss it. A parade, which begins on Main Street at 1:00 p.m. and
travels through downtown McHenry, north on Green Street, past Veterans Memorial
Park, north on Riverside Drive and west back to Veterans Memorial Park features
floats constructed by numerous community businesses and organizations.
Toys for Tots is
a program which new unwrapped toys are collected and distributed annually as
Christmas gifts to children in the area where the toys are collected. It began in 1947 by a Marine Corps Reservist
and has continued since that time.
Additionally the
parade features a large contingent of individuals riding motorcycles which
provides a unique element to this downtown extravaganza. In the past the number of motorcycles in the
parade has exceeded 1,000!
A truck staffed
by the United States Marine Corps
Reserve will be parked at Veterans Memorial Park collecting toys for
children in our area who otherwise may not receive any during the Holiday
Season.
NOVEMBER 26, 2016 IS SMALL BUSINESS
SATURDAY!!!
Over the next several weeks, many will
be out enjoying family and friends as the Holiday Season commences. Further, a lot of shopping will occur over
the next several weeks, and this is a time as a community we can really support
local businesses. NOVEMBER 26, 2016 IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. Small Business Saturday is between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It was first
promoted nationally in 2010 and is a trademark of American Express.
You can visit the following site to
learn more about the evolution of Small Business Saturday and how communities
have embraced this as an opportunity to promote their local businesses: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/shop-small/. Although
Small Business Saturday is marketed as a retail opportunity it’s important to
remember retail is but one component of a vibrant and diverse economy.
Small businesses represent the backbone
of our local, regional and national economies and the term small business is
also somewhat misleading. A small
business can include up to 500 employees, nonetheless, as consumers we need to
ensure we support these “brick and mortar” companies and we can do this in
numerous ways.
Shopping
and buying local is a great opportunity to support local businesses but don’t
forget small businesses which provide services or manufacturers which employ
people within the community.
By utilizing these products and
services we are supporting not only the business but the people who work there
(many of which live in our community) and contributing to our local economy,
which has a domino effect on the regional and national economies.
Cyber
Monday
is another day which has evolved in our 24/7/365
economy and “showrooming” refers
to people visiting brick and mortar stores to research an item they are seeking
to purchase and then going on-line to find the best price for the product they
want and purchasing it. On-line shopping
certainly has a place in our economy however it does impact small businesses,
with brick and mortar locations, as items purchased on-line does not always
equate into sales tax received by the local community and currently it is
increasingly more difficult for businesses with physical locations to
compete.
Here’s a suggestion I want to offer. If
you do want to “showroom” do so in this manner:
go on-line to research a product and compare pricing and when you
determine which product you want to purchase visit a brick and mortar store in
the City of McHenry and purchase the item.
Alternatively,
order the item on-line and have it shipped to a store in the City of
McHenry. Either way, your tax dollars
will stay in the City and you are supporting local businesses and the people
who work there.
SAVE THE DATES:
MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE ANNUAL OPEN
HOUSE: NOVEMBER 16, 2016: 5:30 PM TO
7:30 PM: http://mchenry.edu/mccnight/
MCHENRY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION: DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS WALK AND
TREE LIGHTING NOVEMBER 19, 2016: 12:30 PM TO 4:30 PM: http://www.mchenrydowntown.biz/events
(TREE LIGHTING VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AT 5:30 PM)
THORNTON FAMILY BENEFIT: NOVEMBER 19, 2016: 3:00
PM TO 2:00 AM: AT OFFSIDES SPORTS BAR, 680 S EASTWOOD DRIVE IN
WOODSTOCK https://www.facebook.com/events/637750239731683
MC3 MARKETING CONNECTION GROUP AND MCHENRY
AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 10TH ANNUAL SHOP WITH A COP NOTWORKING
FUNDRAISER: NOVEMBER 19, 2016: 6:00 PM TO
12:00 AM AT MCHENRY VFW TO BENEFIT MCHENRY COUNTY POLICE CHARITIES
MCHENRY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION: DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS WALK AND
PARADE: 1:00 PM: NOVEMBER 20, 2016: http://www.mchenrydowntown.biz/events
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2016: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/shop-small/
THANK YOU TO
ALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO GIVE BACK TO
OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT/VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL EVENT, AND/OR LOCATE THEIR BUSINESS
AND/OR EXPAND IN THE CITY OF MCHENRY…EVERY ONE CONTRIBUTES!!!!!
PLEASE HELP
US KEEP OUR COMMUNITY VIBRANT AND STRONG TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICAL FOR
BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE! THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONTINUALLY EVALUATING
WAYS TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING BUSINESS, TOURISM, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND
SERVICE! ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS AN
ONGOING EFFORT THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO AND IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT. AT THE END OF THE DAY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
AND EVERYONE WHO IS A PART OF IT BENEFITS!
Douglas P. Martin
Director of Economic Development
City of McHenry
333 S Green Street
McHenry, IL 60050
815.363.2110 (d)
815.363.2173 (f)
815.790.4752 (c)
