B LINGBROOK
A PUBLICATION OF THE BOLINGBROOK AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Choose Bolingbrook
By Melissa Rubalcaba Riske
When it comes to finding a place to eat, checking out great entertainment, and making plans for a last-minute date night, there’s one simple idea, Choose Bolingbrook.
It’s more than a message; it’s the name of a new website created through a collaboration of the Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce’s Hospitality Alliance. The website is designed as a collection of information on dining options, entertainment, and lodging, as well as providing a calendar of events taking place in and around Bolingbrook.
“One of the motivations was how can we get the word out about what we have to offer,” explained Dennis Igoe, a member of the Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce’s Hospitality Alliance and the General Manager of the Holiday Inn & Suites Bolingbrook.
Igoe sees visitors daily looking for more information about the community, whether they’re in town to visit family, attend an event or play as part of the growing sports tourism industry.
“We host soccer, baseball, hockey and volleyball teams and I have seen a lobby full of kids and parents wondering what to do,” Igoe said.
In today’s digital age, creating a website provides information people can easily access on their phones, whether they are sitting at the game or making advance plans from home. Local businesses will have a QR code on display that people can use to reach the Choose Bolingbrook website.
The website features Bolingbrook Chamber members, which includes an array of local and national restaurants as well as
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BOLINGBROOK AREA CHAMBER STAFF
MELISSA BOLTZ President & CEO
REBECCA MITCHELL Director Of Events and Communications
VANESSA DELGADO-CEJUDO Office Manager
BOLINGBROOK AREA CHAMBER BOARD
LARRY GREENWICH Illinois Aviation Museum Chair
PAUL CRUSE Christian Brothers Automotive Vice Chair
KAREN METCALFE Eberhart Accounting Services, P.C. Treasurer
JOE GIAMANCO Giamanco Law Partners, Ltd Past Chair
DIRECTORS
KRISTINE KUCHLER The Promenade Bolingbrook
ROBYN MCBROOM McBroom’s Cleaning Services, LLC
JENNA FASH Fash Counseling
MIKE JOSTES Citgo Petroleum Corporation
TRISTAN SHAW UChicago Medicine Advent Health
DR. MITCHELL QUILL Bolingbrook Family Chiropractic
DENNIS IGOE Holiday Inn & Suites Bolingbrook
DEBBIE WATSON Angelic Kindness
NATE HOOVER Cornerstone Mortgage
CHOOSE BOLINGBROOK
entertainment venues, from the Pelican Harbor Water Park to the Illinois Aviation Museum at Clow International Airport in Bolingbrook.
Bolingbrook Chamber members can use the website to share events on the calendar, such as the Comedy Nights at Ashbury’s at Boughton Ridge Golf Course or live music at Tailgaters Sports Bar & Restaurant, which is just as much fun for visitors as it is for residents.
Bolingbrook has continued to grow and welcome visitors, and having the new Choose Bolingbrook website will be another tool for helping to keep those visitors dining, shopping and playing in town during their visit.
From Taste of Bolingbrook to holiday events, the area is seeing an increase in its visitors. Igoe said the annual Cavalcade of Planes, June 6-7 is an example of a local event that draws thousands of visitors to the area.
“We estimate more than 28,000 visitors will come to the area for the event. It’s huge,” Igoe said.
Bolingbrook hotels welcome partners with nearby venues to offer couples discounts for booking blocks of rooms for their guests, and even offer shuttles to the wedding venue and around town. Another area of growing tourism are visitors for local colleges, such as families that stay in Bolingbrook to visit their children or attend athletic events at Lewis University and other nearby schools.
Igoe said local hotels seeing more parents and alumni staying in town for Lewis University events and athletics. And the growing sports tourism industry means welcoming sports teams year-round for tournaments around the region.
“The amount of work we do with sports and the sports travel industry is a large part of our business,” Igoe said.
The initiative to build the website and promote it was truly a collaborative project among the chamber members and Hospitality Alliance, Igoe said, adding how the group began meeting in 2025 and has worked swiftly to get things moving.
“This is a close-knit committee and we’re all here to help each other,” Igoe said.
Melissa Boltz, Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, said she is working with the DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau, along with social media and digital marketing to share the new Choose Bolingbrook website and further help increase traffic to the site.
“We’re really excited about this,” Boltz said. “It’s definitely a gamechanger.”
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MAY 2026 JUNE 2026
SAT 30 – Taste of Bolingbrook, The Promenade Bolingbrook, 11 AM - 9 PM SUN 31 – Taste of Bolingbrook, The Promenade Bolingbrook, 11 AM - 7 PM
Wednesday Summer Concert SeriesClash of Cultures, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM 3 Ice Cream Social 5 PM -8 PM Fountaindale Public Library 2 1
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Village of Bolingbrook Fishing Derby, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 5:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Village of Bolingbrook Picnic, Village of Bolingbrook-Behind Town Center, 12 PM - 5 PM
Hamilton Sing-Along Fountaindale Public Library 6 PM - 8 PM
Wednesday Summer Concert Series - Dick Diamond & the Dusters, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Wednesday Summer Concert SeriesThe Hurricane Project, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Street Market & Concert, Promenade Bolingbrook 4 PM - 9 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Annerino Community Center, 5 PM - 7:30 PM
Porsches & Pastries 3 Promenade Bolingbrook 10 AM - 2 PM
Lawyers in the Library 8 AM - 9 AM
Bolingbrook Recreation & Aquatic Complex
Wednesday Summer Concert SeriesJessie’s Girl, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Neighborhood Movie SeriesHow to Train Your Dragon Annerino Community Center 7 PM - 10 PM
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Community Block Party, Sunset Park 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Glowing Into Summer, Bolingbrook Recreation & Aquatic Complex, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Winston Woods Park, 10 AM - 12 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Indian Chase Meadows Park, 1 PM - 3:30 PM
Bolingbrook Park District’s Parkie’s Lazy River 5K, Pelican Harbor Outdoor Aquatic Park, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Get Zen at Indian Chase Meadows Park 8 AM - 11 AM
Kidney and Diabetes Screening 11 AM - 2 PM Fountaindale Public Library
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Family Night Out 5 PM - 7 PM
Wednesday Summer ConcertsMike Wheeler Band, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Street Market & Summer Concert 4 PM - 9 PM Promenade Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook Park District’s Parkie’s Lazy River 5K, Pelican Harbor Outdoor Aquatic Park, 6:30 PM - 9 PM
Wednesday Summer Concerts, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Hoop Dance Performance by Starr Chief Eagle
2 PM - 3 PM Fountaindale Public Library
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Wednesday Summer Concerts, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Wednesday Summer Concerts - MuvYoSoul Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center 7:30 PM - 9 PM 1 30 31
Wednesday Summer Concerts, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Neighborhood Movie Series - Zootopia 2, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook, 7 PM - 10 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Wipfler Park, 5 PM - 7:30 PM
iFest International, Village of BolingbrookTown Center, 11 AM - 8 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Century Park, 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Bolingbrook Park District Community Block Party, Champions Park, 4 PM - 6:30 PM
Outdoor Fitness Jam, Remington Lakes Sports Complex, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
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Neighborhood Movie Series - Lilo & Stitch, Bolingbrook Recreation & Aquatic Complex, 7 PM - 10 PM
Wednesday Summer Concerts, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Wednesday Summer Concerts, Village of BolingbrookBehind Town Center, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Street Market & Summer Concert 4 PM - 9 PM Promenade Bolingbrook
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