Last week, Governor Bruce Rauner gave his State of the State address and a local city announced their upcoming State of the City event. The Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce will present their first State of Hillsboro Breakfast in March. Greg Holcomb is on the Chamber Board of Directors. He says the Chamber came up with the idea for the breakfast last year.
This is a great place to get a very quick overview and update of a variety of things going on around the community - There's lots of discussion, a lot of excitement and activities going on around Hillsboro, a variety of groups that are doing things to try to improve the community and the business environment. This will be a way to get an update on, really, a lot of those different areas in one place and in a relatively short time frame. For many people who are just looking for a general update of how these things tie together and what's going on around the community, this is going to be a great place to do that. The breakfast is being offered at no charge to members and we will open up some spots for the general community, depending on seating. Again, it's geared towards our members but we do want to do this as a service to the community as well.
Holcomb says there will be updates from the Chamber, the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, the CEO program and Mayor Brian Sullivan will give the State of the City address.
The mayor will talk about what's going on with the city give a very brief State of the City address. Then, Will Shalter from Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation will give an update on their efforts when it comes to business development in Hillsboro, resources that might be available to existing Chamber members and organizations as well as any other efforts that are related to improving our communities around the county and, primarily Hillsboro, for this discussion. Then we'll have Ryan Follis and Montgomery County CEO students will be there also to give a brief update on what's going on with their program. Then we'll close it out from there. So, a very short agenda (will) get everyone back to work, their offices or their businesses, hopefully by 9am.
The State of Hillsboro Breakfast begins at 7:30am on Thursday, March 17th, at the Hillsboro Moose Lodge. For more information, to RSVP, or to become a sponsor, contact the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce at (217) 532-3711.Thomack 2/1/16
