Meetings & Events
Top Employer Coalition
The Alliance’s Top Employer Coalition meets as needed to address common local, state, regional and national issues impacting operations in Kankakee County. Recent topics have included local and state employee training programs and incentives, local expansion incentives, facility safety, cybersecurity, employee recruitment, renewable energy and root cause analysis. Meetings frequently include plant or institutional tours.
For more information or to participate in the Top Employer Coalition, contact Alliance CEO Tim Nugent.
Alliance Board of Directors Meetings
The Economic Alliance holds regular meetings of its board of directors on the second Thursdays of the scheduled months at 7:30 a.m. Meetings are primarily held at Olivet Nazarene University’s Weber Leadership Center; however, they occasionally are held offsite in conjunction with industry tours. Meetings are open.
2020 BoD meeting dates are:
- February 13
- June 11
- September 10
- November 12
To receive notification of Economic Alliance board meetings, contact Lisa Wogan.
UPCOMING EVENTS
RECENT EVENTS
- Venture Kankakee County webcast – Episode 1: Co-Operation
- Venture Kankakee County participant letter
- ReferenceUSA Training
- Alliance-IMEC Manufacturing Roundtables – Invitation/Survey 8-10-2020
- Balancing a Remote & In-office Workforce, featuring Spikeball CEO Chris Ruder
- Q1 2020 Talent Outreach Subcommittee Agenda
- KAHRMA Recruitment Discussion Panel 12/11/19 Registration: CLICK for Event Flyer
- Q4 2019 Talent Outreach Subcommittee Agenda
- Exit Strong Succession Planning Panel
- Reducing Redevelopment Cost with Historic Tax Credits – Part 2
- Government Grant & Loan Panel
- ScoRE Kankakee County, IL Developer/Broker Tailgate
- RESearch Kankakee County, Illinois, Development Showcase
- Export Basics for Small Business
- Downtown Kankakee Historic Tax Credit Info Session
- KAHRMA Employee Retention Seminar 2018
- Manufacturing Automation Power Hour 2018
- Root Cause Analysis IMEC/Plochman’s
- ED Bootcamp 2018
- KAHRMA Recruitment Panel Discussion 5-2018
- Rep. Parkhurst Junior Job Fair 2018
- KAHRMA Recruitment Panel Discussion
- Accelerate Business Expo 2017
- Accelerate Tech 2017
- Future Energy Summit 2017
- KAHRMA Employee Loyalty Seminar 2017
- MCC Apprenticeship Lunch
- KCC Safety Conference 2017
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