Chamber Welcomes Gray’s Garage

The Pontiac Chamber is excited to welcome Gray’s Garage into our community of local business members. Gray’s Garage in Pontiac is the leading truck repair company serving Livingston county and the surrounding communities since 1963. This company is still family owned and operated and specializes in heavy truck repair, towing, recovery, diesel engine service, alignments and so much more. Gray’s Garage services all makes and has current OEM diagnostic software and tooling. Whether you need heavy truck repair, fabrication, relocation or state DOT test lane; they can get you back out on the road or the farm. Gray’s provides local family-friendly customer service in a relaxing atmosphere with a remodeled waiting area. If you haven’t been for a while, the Gray’s Garage family invite you to stop in and look at their updated facility. Gray’s Garage is located at 14437 E 2000 North Rd at the intersection of I55 and Route 23. Find them at www.graysgarage.net and like them on Facebook or call 815-844-6163.

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Liv. Co. States Attorney Speaks at Chamber Breakfast

A big “thank you” to Livingston County States Attorney, Randy Yedinak for speaking at our recent Issue and Eggs at the Old Log Cabin. As always, the food was great and Randy’s presentation, breaking down some of our new laws, was informative. Randy was kind of enough to answers questions concerning the new cannabis law to increases in fines for Scott’s Law and passing stopped school buses. He explained it is illegal to watch streaming services while driving, there is no longer a statute of limitations on sex offenses and shocked us all by telling us how much 30 grams of cannabis is. That is the amount you can possess legally for recreational use and it’s a lot more than I imagined!

Our next Issues & Eggs is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4^th at Edinger’s Filling Station. The presentation and a Q&A will be done by a representative of the U.S. Small Business Association. This event is $13 for members and $18 for non-members and includes the breakfast buffet.

To RSVP to these events please call Danielle at 815-844-5131 or email at admin@pontiacchamber.org.

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Calvert & Martin Host Business After Hours at Baby Bulls

Thank you to Calvert & Martin Funeral Home for once again hosting a Business After Hours honoring our City of Pontiac employees. Baby Bulls catered some delicious appetizers to a wonderful crowd. Thanks to everyone that brought their food donation to the local food pantries.

We were entertained by the Madrigal Singers from PTHS and Mayor Bill Alvey introduced the City employees.

Thanks to all who came out and we hope to see you next year!

AdminDecember 13, 2019, 11:16 amDecember 13, 2019 479

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Welcome , Carroll Farm Business Services

Brad Carroll has not only opened a new business in Pontiac, he is also our new tenant and new Chamber member! See Brad for your farm accounting, tax, financial reporting and consulting. Give him a call at 815-844-9365 or brad@carrollfbs.com

Pictured left to right:
Paul Kelly, KSR Equipment; Brad Carroll, Carroll Farm Services; Brayden and Ashley Carroll; Cat Coppinger, Pontiac Chamber of Commerce and Carolyn Ledford, The General Store

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Chamber Welcomes Madison Street Family Restaurant

We were thrilled to welcome not only a business new to the Chamber, but new to our community. Madison Street Family Restaurant has opened its doors, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Pictured left to right: Joe Diaz, Diaz Sign Art; Debi Ores, County Market; Mike Weaver, Lincoln Elementary School, Luis and Maria Hernandez, Madison Street Family Restaurant; Tom Hinz, CAT; Carolyn Ledford, The General Store, Dr. Janelle Brown, Family Eyecare; Paul Kelly, KSR Equipment

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Chamber Welcomes ACRES inn

ACRES inn is open! The Chamber welcomed them with a ribbon cutting. We are happy to partner with them and look forward to trying out the menu.

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Chamber Welcomes Fastenal Company

We are so happy to welcome Fastenal Company to the Pontiac Chamber family! We look forward to partnering with you. Fastenal Company is located in Pontiac at 1304 N. Division. Fastenal is the largest fastener distributor in America. Stop in and check out their inventory today.

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PTHS and Pontiac Chamber of Commerce Hold Job Marketplace

Thank you to Boys & Girls Club, Evenglow, IHR, Johnson Press, KSR, LSC, McDonald’s and Pontiac Parks and Rec for coming out to our Job Marketplace Tuesday. We had a great turnout of students and hope to give them a leg up on jobs these businesses have to offer. Thanks to PTHS Betsy Westergreen, Career and Community Services Coordinator and Business Teacher for all her hard work putting this together for our business community.

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Chamber Serves as Drop off for Troops

The Livingston County Farm Bureau, along with other local businesses are teaming up to collect international phone cards and items to be sent to our military personnel for the holidays. You can drop your donations are at the Farm Bureau office, any Bank of Pontiac Location, the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce or the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce offices by November 14th. A partial list of items:

Hot chocolate/hot cider packets. jerkey/ slim jims, summer sausage, small boxes of crackers and cheese and crackers, multi-vitamins, men’s white and black crew socks, brown, white and tan t-shirts, canned fruit, tuna or canned chicken/soups, suitable small gifts, sweat pants, blanket throws, batteries, etc…

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District 429 STEAM Tour

Tim Johnson, OSF, Tom Hinz, CAT and Cat were invited by District 429 Superintendent, Brian Dukes, to take a tour of the STEAM classrooms this week. It was an amazing time and we were quite impressed with the evolution of education and how up-to-date the district is with the technology they are using, but also in the way things are being taught. It was a great tour and we encourage anyone who would like to see for yourself, to contact the school and take this great tour. Special thanks to Brian and his staff for taking this time with us. Us “grown-ups” learned more than a thing or two.