This Week at the Chamber November 21-27
Welcome to the Galesburg Area Chamber calendar of events! We encourage you to participate in the activities outlined below and to call our office for more details on any of these events. If you wish to have your event listed in our calendar, please call us at 343-1194.
The Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce partners with American Express for Small Business Saturday!
November 26th, 2016
December 11, 2016
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This Week in the Community We encourage you to participate in the events in the community this week (November 21-27)! For full flyers, click the graphics below!
Helping local businesses
TAKE FLIGHT! Over the last few months, First Mid has closed on 26 new U.S. Small Business (SBA) Loans in the Knox County area. These new loans have assisted in creating and/or retaining over 125 local jobs and provided funding for: • • • • •
Building acquisition, construction or remodeling Equipment or machinery purchases Inventory purchases Business expansion, acquisition or refinancing Working capital
First Mid is a Certified Lender and Express Lender with the SBA. We can help qualifying businesses take advantage of these flexible SBA terms: • • • • • •
Up to 90% project financing Up to a 10-year loan amortization on equipment and machinery Up to a 7-year loan amortization on working capital Up to a 25-year loan amortization on commercial real estate Up to a 20-year fixed interest rate on certain eligible projects No loan balloon/maturity date for most SBA loans
Three locations in Knox County:
Galesburg • 101 East Main • 309-343-9181 Galesburg • 1535 North Henderson • 309-344-1203 Knoxville • 331 East Main • 309-289-2331
FIRSTMID.COM Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender
2014 - 2015 - 2016 FIRST MID HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE ILLINOIS SBA THREE YEARS IN A ROW FOR OUR
COMMITMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS! FIRST MID RECENTLY RANKED 4TH IN THE STATE FOR THE NUMBER OF CLOSED LENDER (7a) LOANS DURING THE SBA FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016.
On The Horizon These events are happening in the community next week (November 27-December 4) ! For full flyers, click the graphics below! 3 WAYS TO GIVE ON GIVING TUESDAY! 1. Donate! Donate! Donate! Let’s fill the back room! Clear the clutter before the Holidays, and bring your donations to Community Treasures! 2. Shop! Shop! Shop! Don’t have a donation? That’s okay! Come celebrate the look of our new shop, and pick up a unique gift. Enjoy refreshments all day!
JOIN US FOR GIVING TUESDAY. Tuesday, November 29 9:00 am- 4:30 pm
3. Win! Win! Win!
Enter your name into our “Philanthropy Pot,” and have the chance to win a $100 dollar “Community Certificate.” This certificate is good towards the winners’ local nonprofit of choice. We will draw 5 throughout the day!
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving. Join Community Treasures Thrift Shop as we share the power of philanthropy in our community.
Donate, Shop or Stop by to make a difference. #StrengtheningLocalPhilanthropyTogether
444 E Main Street | 309.342.9018
WELCOMING OUR NEIGHBORS Please join us in celebrating the opening of the new 24-hour Downtown Galesburg YMCA, a branch of the Knox County YMCA, located at 200 E. Main Street in Galesburg. A ribbon cutting ceremony and open house will mark the culmination of one and half years of planning and construction of the new state-ofthe-art facility.
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
TIME:
4:00pm
LOCATION: Downtown Galesburg YMCA 200 E. Main Street
Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce
We look forward to seeing you!
Knox County Family YMCA 1324 W. Carl Sandburg Dr. Galesburg, IL 61401 309-344-1324
200 E Main St, Galesburg Il. (309) 343-1194
Knoxville YMCA 600 E. Main St. Knoxville, IL 61448 309-289-2503
Downtown Galesburg YMCA 200 E. Main St. Galesburg, IL 61401 309-342-0420
YMCA Early Learning Center 192 E. South St. Galesburg, IL 61401 309-342-4315 www.knoxymca.org
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