Chamber Hosts "Rules of Order" Luncheon for Businesses
The Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce hosted its first quarterly luncheon of 2025 on March 20th at Auten's Pizza. Chamber member businesses were invited to learn about Robert's Rules of Order and best business meeting practices from Lindsay Adams with the University of Illinois Extension. This is something that businesses and organizations of all sizes can utilize to run their meetings more efficiently! Thank you to Auten's pizza for hosting us and all of the members who attended. Be on the lookout for upcoming luncheons this year!
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6th Annual Hamilton County Food and Brew - A great time was had by all!
Thank you to our sponsors: DANA Communications, Trackers Lodge, Peoples National Bank, Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Sea Service Family Consulting, Banterra Bank, The Liquor Hut, Fred Vallowe - McLeansboro City Clerk and CounterTop Creations. Your kind sponsorships made this awesome event happen! Thank you again to all who attended and took the time to learn about all the good food and brews in our area! The competition was fierce in both the Food and Brew categories. We saw some returning restaurants, as well as some new faces. And the offerings were diverse—everything from BBQ (Lil Buddies BBQ) to traditional American (Foxy, Gottzz's, and Huck's), Tex-Mex (Guero's), Upscale offerings (Rend Lake College Culinary Arts), Pasture-Raised Meats (Gage Agricultural Designs), with Appetizers and sweet Desserts (Alicia's Sweets, Dairy Queen, and Carbon Forge Design) to cap it all off. The Brews were also outstanding, with something for everyone (but minors of course). From lighter Ales to Stouts, from Hefeweizens to IPAs--and some Ciders to sweeten things a bit. And although the vote count was very tight in both categories, here is how the voting shook out: FOOD Category: 1st Place: Foxy (McLeansboro) 2nd Place: Guero's Mexican Restaurant (Mt. Vernon) 3rd Place: Gage Agricultural Designs (Dahlgren) BREW Category: 1st Place: Lois Van Winkle 2nd Place: Kevin Braden & Brad Grubb 3rd Place: Danny Hopfinger Below are our winners, as well as, pictures of SOME of our vendors and door prize winners.
The Chamber continued their tradition of a social hour that included hor d'oeuvres, beer and wine. Thank you to our Social Hour Sponsor - The Liquor Hut. Back again by popular demand was our Hidden Gems jewelry event, sponsored by Irvin's Jewelry. Thank you to our Silent Auction donors for all the special items. And a special thanks to the Special Events committee for all your hard work and planning to provide such a nice evening. Entertainment this evening was provided by Chris Egleston.
