Chamber News

US CHAMBER HOSTED SMALL BUSINESS AI FORUM DURING NATIONAL FREE ENTERPRISE EXPRESS OPPORTUNITY TOUR
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted a Small Business AI Forum at Murphy's Naturals in partnership with The Loading Dock in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event was a stop on the Chamber’s Free Enterprise Express Opportunity Tour, a national six-week bus tour promoting free enterprise ...

GROWING A HEALTHIER URBAN FOREST AT KRESS CREEK FARMS PARK
The West Chicago Park District recently planted 22 trees at Kress Creek Farms Park with support from a tree equity grant through The Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative. The planting is part of a larger effort to add more trees, increase tree diversity, and care for West Chicago’s natural resources. At Kress Creek Farms Park, ...

PUMPKIN COMPOSTING EVENT IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Residents can discard their pumpkins to be composted as part of the West Chicago pumpkin composting event scheduled for Saturday, November 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the New Hope United Methodist Church ...

THE MARKET GOT CHOOSIER. THAT'S YOUR OPENING.
More homes, fewer competing buyers, and rates down two weeks running. What DuPage’s October numbers mean if you’re ready to move up. If you’ve read national housing coverage this fall, you’ve seen the word “frozen” a lot. One economist told Newsweek that the 2026 housing market “never got off the ground.” Rates climbed back above 7% in ...