CONGRATULATIONS RON BYKOWSKI-MCHENRY
COUNTY EVERYDAY HERO!!!
McHenry’s “Keep the Spirit of
45 Alive” event, over the past several years has gained national recognition
for our City and Combined Veterans Organizations in large part due to local
businessman Ron Bykowski. He initiated
the event and attended the “Keep the Spirit of 45 Alive" (#Spiritof45) National Conference in
San Diego at the Air & Space Museum.
This is just one example of Ron’s dedication to our City as his list of
community contributions is quite extensive.
Ron
Bykowski was recently recognized as one of McHenry County’s Everyday
Heroes! Congratulations Ron!!
WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW
BUSINESSES: PEERLESS ROOFING, LACEY’S
PLACE, LIFE’S ABUNDANCE AND EVERYONE’S FAMILY DENTAL EXPANDS
I would like to welcome the
following new businesses which recently opened their doors in the City of
McHenry: Peerless Roofing located at 309
Front Street M20: http://peerlessroofinginc.com/.
Life’s Abundance recently
opened a location at 1409 Corporate Drive and Life’s Abundance specializes in healthy
products for people as well as dogs and cats:
https://www.lifesabundance.com/Home.aspx?realname=&cat=0&hdr=&Ath=False.
Everyone’s Family Dental
recently expanded their business located at 727 Ridgeview Drive: http://everyonesfamilydental.com/ats/.
Lacey’s Place, which recently
opened a location on North Richmond Road, opened a second location in the
Foundation Shoppes of McHenry located at 341 Front Street.
MAP
OF DOWNTOWN MCHENRY BUSINESSES AND MCHENRY EVENTS BROCHURES COMPLETED
I
mentioned in a past post that the City of McHenry, McHenry Downtown Business
Association, McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club of McHenry, Rotary
Club of McHenry Sunrise Club, Visit McHenry County, Green Street Cruise Night
and Golden Age Cinemas collaborated on a joint marketing effort.
A large part of this was the creation and
printing of brochures highlighting events which will occur throughout the City
in 2107 and a map of the downtown area and businesses.
Below
are the pages of the brochures. Hard
copies are available at the Municipal Center, McHenry Area Chamber and Downtown
Business Association. You can always
contact me and I would be happy to provide them to you as well.
UPCOMING EVENTS
This
weekend on March 11 Kiwanis Club of McHenry will
be hosting the Shamrock Shuffle 5K Run/Walk, http://www.mchenrykiwanis.org/shamrock-shuffle, #Kiwanis,
at Waukegan and Green (McHenry High School East Campus)-event comments at 8:00 AM.
On
Sunday March 12 the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will begin (rain date
March 19) at 1:00 PM and will stage at McHenry High School East Campus. McHenry Downtown Business Association is
sponsoring the parade to honor and bring awareness to our local service
organizations.
They
are also asking people to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to
McHenry High School's Food For Thought Program, #Foodforthought. A registration form can be obtained by clicking on the following
link: http://mchenrydowntown.biz/upload/590467/documents/0F9EFB11365007E7.pdf.
Next
week, March 16 is the annual St. Baldrick’s Community Shave at McHenry High School West Campus, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, http://mchenrystbaldricks.org/community-shave/.
METRA
SURVEY
Metra is conducting an online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MetraFareStudy.
The purpose of the survey is to seek customers’ feedback about potential fare and ticket options. Metra provides a valuable service, in the
form of transportation, and I encourage you to take the survey. I did it and it takes about 5-10 minutes
however it will provide Metra guidance about how they may want to tweak off-peak
and reverse-commute pricing, different types of passes, Ventra Card as well as loyalty
programs, #Metra.
SAVE THE DATES:
7TH ANNUAL MCHENRY SHAMROCK
SHUFFLE 5K (RUN/WALK): MARCH
11, 2017, 8:00 AM AT MCHENRY HIGH SCHOOL EAST CAMPUS, 1012 N GREEN STREET,
MCHENRY, http://www.mchenrykiwanis.org/shamrock-shuffle, #SHAMROCKSHUFFLE
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: MARCH 12, 2017, 1:00
PM AT MCHENRY HIGH SCHOOL EAST CAMPUS, 1012 N GREEN STREET, MCHENRY (RAIN DATE
MARCH 19, 2017)#ST.PATRICK'SDAY, http://mchenrydowntown.biz/upload/590467/documents/0F9EFB11365007E7.pdf.
ST. BALDRICK’S COMMUNITY SHAVE: MARCH 16, 2017, 5:00-8:00
PM AT MCHENRY HIGH SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS, 4724 W CRYSTAL LAKE ROAD, MCHENRY http://mchenrystbaldricks.org/community-shave/, #ST.BALDRICK'S
EASTER EGG HUNT: APRIL 15, 2017, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM AT
PETERSEN PARK
MCHENRY OUTDOOR OPENING NIGHT: MAY 5, 2017,
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 AT DUSK
MANUFACTURING, TRADE AND INDUSTRY
EXPO:
SEPTEMBER
27, 2017, 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM, MCHENRY HIGH SCHOOL EAST CAMPUS, 1012 N GREEN
STREET, MCHENRY
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…EVERYONE 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)
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