Letters Written on Your Behalf

The Downers Grove Chamber seeks to influence legislation and regulation by local, state and federal governments by supporting legislation that benefits businesses and opposing legislation that unnecessarily inhibits businesses. The Chamber will educate Members and elected officials on key policy issues affecting business.

• Items Recently Addressed by the Chamber President at the Village of Downers Grove Council Meeting - Dec. 6, 2011. Click here to download.  

• Illinois Tollway Authority General Membership Luncheon - with Kristi Lafleur, Executive Director - Nov. 9, 2011  - click link below to view:                                                                                                       PowerPoint
                  2012 Construction Map
                  Elgin-O'Hare West Bypass Map
                  I-90 Reconstruction & Widening Design
                  I-57 & I-294 Interchange Design 

• Questions to ComEd

• Village of Downers Grove - Water Changes to FY12 Budget

• Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act

• Illinois Tollway Hosts Public Hearings This Month To Gather Feedback On New $12 Billion Capital Plan

• Health Care Reform Bill Provisions Timeline

• New State Laws 2010

Government Affairs Report June 2011

Illinois Redistricting Map

          Click on this link to view current information published by the IRS on:  The Payroll Tax Exemption and New Hire Retention Credit (each for employers) from the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.

Village/County Letters

• Important information: Ogden Avenue Site Improvement Strategy (OASIS) Matching Grant Program

  • Download Informational Packet

  • Download Application

• Support Selling of Food and Liquor until 2am on Saturday morning.

• Late Night Liquor Service

• Cab staging in Downtown Downers Grove

• Navistar's Proposed Relocation

• Sign Ordinance

• Belmont Underpass

• Home Rule Sales Tax (HRST) and Levy Increase

• Plan Comm. Support

• Wine Boutique

• Budget, budget, budget

State Letters

• NEW! Worker's Compensation Letter

• Public Act 096-0437 Prevailing Wage

• Stop the Tenaska $8.6B Rate Increase on Businesses

• Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act

• ILLINOIS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE CALL FOR TELECOM MODERNIZATION T0 KEEP AND CREATE JOBS IN ILLINOIS

• DG Chamber position on SB580- Water Commission

• LLC,LLP Tax Increase

  • Governor Quinn

  • Representative Mautino

• Graphic Machinery
  Exemption

• Gross Receipts Tax

• Use/OCC Tax-Florists

• Prevailing Tax Wage

• Education Funding/Property Tax Swap

Federal Letters

• Capital Gains Tax Increase

• Repeal Section 9006 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"

• Employee Free Choice Act