Member Feature Sherman`s Distribution Center

CHAMBER
REPORT
A quarterly publication of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce
www.peoriachamber.org
April
2016
Vol.23 Issue 10
Member Feature
Sherman’s Distribution Center
Welcome New Chamber Members
2
Employee Size Code (number of full-time equivalent employees in the tri-county area): (A) 1-10 (B) 11-25 (C) 26-75 (D) 76-150 (E) 151-300 (F) 300+
Advance Auto Parts #4076 (A)
8412 N Knoxville Ave.
Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.692.5588
http://www.Advanceautoparts.com
Ashley Furniture HomeStore (B)
8727 N Knoxville Ave.
Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.692.2012
http://www.afhs.com
Benedictine University (C)
1500 N Fifth St.
Springfield, IL 62702
P: 217.718.5000
http://www.ben.edu
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of
America (A)
2200 E Devon, Suite 392
Des Plaines, IL 60018
P: 847.827.0404
http://www.ccfa.org/chapters/illinois
Freedom Ink Tattoo Co. (A)
760 SW Washington St.
Peoria, IL 61602
P: 309.688.8282
http://www.freedominktattoos.com
Guitar Center (B)
2601 W Lake Ave., Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.685.5819
http://www.guitarcenter.com
Heartis Village (A)
8201 N IL Route 91, Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.693.3960
KP and A Property Management, LLC (A)
1503 W Altorfer Dr.
Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.229.4909
Media Measurement Solutions (A)
P.O. Box 3581
Bloomington, IL 61702
P: 877.520.2789
http://www.mediameasuresolution.com
PR Peoria, LLC (Pizza Ranch) (B)
4114 N Brandywine Dr.
Peoria, IL 61614
P: 309.839.1420
http://www.pizzaranch.com
for
the
June 13-15 , 2016
The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce is
proud to announce that we are hosting a
Washington D.C. Fly-In with special guest
Congressman Darin LaHood. A detailed agenda,
scheduled speakers and travel arrangements are
available on the Chamber’s website.
Tazewell Peoria Railroad (C)
301 Wesley Rd., Peoria, IL 61610
P: 309.694.8642
http://www.gwrr.com
Technicraft (A)
419 Elm St., Peoria, IL 61605
P: 309.495.5245
http://www.technicraft.net
Tender Care Animal Hospital (A)
9809 State Route 91, Peoria, IL 61615
P: 309.243.1755
http://www.tendercareanimalhospital.net
Zeller Electric (A)
640 W Jackson St., Morton, IL 61550
P: 309.263.2353
http://www.zeller-electric.com
State Farm Insurance - Tony Dean (A)
4128 W Haley Dr.
Peoria, IL 61615
P: 330.554.1585
r
e
t
s
i
Reg D.C. n
I
y
l
F
w
No
Page 2
Talecris Plasma Resources - A Grifols
Company (C)
1902 N Sheridan Rd., Peoria, IL 61604
P: 309.686.0173
http://grifols.com
Sunbelt Rentals Inc. (B)
1601 N Main St., East Peoria, IL 61611
P: 309.694.6201
http://www.sunbeltrentals.com
CIRCLE
Central Illinois Regional
Chamber Legislative Effort
April 26
Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, IL
Join the Chambers of Central Illinois at the Capitol to
discuss legislative issues of importance with key policy
makers. More information coming soon!
CIRCLE (Central Illinois Regional Chambers Legislative
Effort) is comprised of the Chambers in East Peoria,
Peoria, McLean County, Canton, Chillicothe, Galesburg,
Jacksonville, Lincoln Logan, Morton, Pekin, Peoria
Heights, Springfield, Washington, Decatur, and
Champaign. CIRCLE is working together to advocate for
a common agenda with the Illinois General Assembly.
Member Feature
3
Sherman’s: Believe in the Power of Branding
There was a time when having “the biggest sale of the year” every weekend was a
common practice among retailers, and Sherman’s was no exception. In 2011 we
recognized the need to change, and invested heavily in our operational capabilities
so we could offer Next Day Delivery and our 30 Day “Be Happy Guarantee”. I
was confident this would be healthier long-term, but I never anticipated such an
immediate impact on our business. In fact, many of our employees like to remind
me I predicted our then-newly built distribution center would be sufficient for at least
15 years. We outgrew it in two. To say the least, I’m a strong believer in the power of
branding. It was scary to give up most of those popular weekend sales though, and
certainly doesn’t come without trials along the way.
One of those trials was stocking enough products to fulfill our promises. We leased
temporary warehouse space around town to get by, but needed to find a permanent
solution. After years of searching, we found the former Cohen’s Distribution Center
in Peoria Heights. The property had remained mostly vacant for a decade, but offered 130,000 sq. ft. of usable warehouse and
offices. It also includes several acres of surrounding land for possible future expansion, so I can confidently say it will last at least
15 years…
Vacating the warehouse at our Glen Ave store will allow us to expand our showroom into that space, doubling its size. We’re
working diligently on those plans now. The store will remain open during the entire process, just in case you need something
TO-MORR-OW.
Ultimately I want to thank our customers, builder partners, and the community for their support. We look forward to continuing
our growth in Peoria for many years to come!
Sincerely,
Paul Sherman
4
Business Briefs
awards & recognition
Bradley University claimed the Surgery Accreditation and Quality
#9 spot in “15 U.S. Colleges with Improvement Program. OSF
Top Actuary Programs.”
Saint Francis Medical Center is
also the first center in downstate
Central States Media was Illinois to offer the da Vinci Xi
honored with five American Surgical System that allows
Advertising Awards for its work patients to have a minimally
with a number of partners.
invasive surgery.
Dewberry Architects received
“Outstanding Design” awards by
American School & University
for two projects: ISU Bone
Student Center Revitalization and
University of Illinois-Springfield
New Student Union.
First Mid-Illinois Bank has been
recognized as an inaugural
recipient of two 2015 Visa Debit
Processing Service Achievement
Awards: The Lowest Fraud Rate
(Debit) and Overall Portfolio
Excellence (Debit).
Heart of Illinois Human Resource
Council won the Pinnacle Award
from the Society for Human
Resource Management for an
exceptional Human Resource
program.
Peoria Production Shop is proud
to announce that the organization
has earned the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s ENERGY
STAR certification.
Savant Capital Management has
been recognized as one of the
“Top 10 Registered Investment
Advisors (RIA) of 2016” and is
one of the first organizations in
the nation to be independently
certified for ERISA 3(16) Plan
Administrators.
Simantel was named a 2016
B-to-B Best honoree by Ad Age
for a recent collaboration with
Caterpillar EMSolutions.
University of Illinois College of
Medicine was presented with
the Community Contribution
Illinois American Water was Award for its role in the Manual
named an Arcus Award Finalist High School Science Enrichment
for their Prescription Drug Take- Program.
Back Program.
Kelly & Co Advertising
was honored with six
from the Peoria Ad
American Advertising
Gala.
Agency
awards business news
Club’s
Correctional
Awards Advanced
Healthcare would like to
congratulate Erika Wilson and
Northwestern Mutual recognized Maddie Bevitt, HR Generalists, on
Josh Waite with the company’s receiving their PHR certification.
Outstanding Achievement in
Advanced Media Partners and
Recruiting and Sales Award.
the Peoria Park District held the
OSF Saint Francis Medical inaugural Peoria WingFest.
Center Bariatric Surgery Center of
Excellence has been accredited Ameren Illinois presented a
as a Comprehensive Center $10,000 donation to South Side
under the Metabolic and Bariatric Mission.
business news cont.
ArtsPartners of Central Illinois
partnered with The Illinois Small
Business Development Center at
Bradley University to present The
Business of Art.
University’s
program.
Executive
MBA
Hy-Vee teamed up with Big
Brothers Big Sisters to sell
bowling pins to raise awareness
Bard Optical Grand Prairie office for Bowl for Kids’ Sake.
is celebrating its 10th Anniversary
in April 2016.
Illinois
American
Water
announced that the application
CEO Council is pleased to process
for
its
2016
announce the launch of Greater Environmental Grant Program is
Peoria Works, a regional effort to now open.
connect employers to potential
employees. CEO Council received Illinois CancerCare has received
help from Illinois Central College reaccreditation by the QOPI
students to design a logo for Certification Program, an affiliate
Greater Peoria Works program.
of the American Cancer Society of
Clinical Oncology.
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
received a $2 million donation Kaskaskia Engineering Group,
from John and Annette Heller to LLC is happy to announce its
create the John & Annette Heller acquisition of Central Illinois
Learning for Living Center.
Title Co., a Champaign, Illinois
construction firm.
City of Peoria is in the final stages
of securing approval from the Kelly & Co Advertising Agency
Illinois Department of Natural celebrated
their
100-year
Resources and National Park anniversary in February 2016.
Service for the conversion of a
portion of Riverfront Park.
Midstate College announced
a new articulation agreement
Comcast Business announced with Carl Sandburg College for
that they will be doing their students studying Business
3rd Annual Innovations 4 Administration.
Entrepreneurs competition.
OSF HealthCare aviation is
Farnsworth Group’s Peoria office pleased to announce the opening
is relocating to Peoria Warehouse of a new hanger and base at the
District.
Illinois Valley Regional Airport
in Peru. OSF HealthCare was
Graphic Express has been sold to selected to participate in the
Martin One Source, Champaign- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Urbana’s largest printer.
Services new accountable care
organization model.
Heart Technologies is preparing
for their seventh annual Great
HEART Give.
Hult Center for Healthy Living’s
Associate
Executive Director,
Anne
Bowman,
recently
graduated
from
Bradley
5
The Business Briefs are an excellent marketing opportunity offered to Chamber members. Submit items
of interest to the editor to [email protected]. Information must be received by the 10th of the
month to be included in next issue. All content subject to editorial review.
Pekin
Hospital
Foundation
hosted its annual Farm to Table
Dinner and its annual Beer, Wine
& Spirits Tasting. The Women’s
Diagnostic Center at Pekin
Hospital Foundation is now
offering 3D mammography for
breast cancer screenings.
Greater Peoria EDC is proud
to announce the launch of
Career Cruising Greater Peoria,
a program that connects
District 150 students to regional
employers.
Peoria
City/County
Health
Department announced that OSF
Dental Residency Program will
be participating in the American
Dental Association’s “Give Kids A
Smile.”
business moves
Advanced
Correctional
Healthcare would like to welcome
Nery Criollo as Director of Medical
Operations, Northern Division.
Advanced
Media
Partners
announced that Carol Floyd
has been named General Sales
Manager for the four station radio
group.
The Bleeding & Clotting
Disorders Institute would like
to welcome Eric Sary - Program
Director, Liz Lepper - Nurse
Practitioner, Angie Brown Nurse Practitioner, Theresa King
- Research/Lab Technician,
Keitra Gibson - Bookkeeper, and
Leslie Wenzel - Pharmacy Data
& Compliance Coordinator to the
team.
CASA
of
Peoria
County
Peoria Park District’s Peoria Zoo appointed Michael Zerneck as
increased its pride with three lion Associate Director, a new position
cubs.
in the organization.
Peoria Promise is excited
to announce that they have
relocated to their new offices
located inside of the Advanced
Medical Transport facility.
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
added a new member to its
Community Advisory Board:
Joe Blackburn, Senior Resident
Director for Merrill Lynch.
Peoria Riverfront Museum held
a free lecture, “The Early History
of Bicycling in Peoria,” with free
access to the street gallery.
Dewberry Architects is pleased
to announce that David Evers,
PE, CEM, LEED AP has joined
the firm and will lead the firm’s
engineering practice.
South Side Bank celebrated 94
years of bringing local decisions
and local service to the Peoria
area and announced their new
Mobile Deposit.
Facet Technologies announced
the signing of Ruby Thompson
to be their Creative Director
and Project Manager for their
new website and software
Wheels O’ Time Museum opens development division.
on May 1st for its 34th season.
Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass
WTVP-Public Media partnered Urban & Wentworth announced
with MapLight to provide Voter’s the promotion of David B. Wiest
Edge Illinois, a nonpartisan guide to Partner within the law firm.
for the 2016 Elections.
Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen
is pleased to announce Dana position of Vice President.
Hughes has become a Partner at
the firm.
RSM US LLP would like to
congratulate Trista Hanauer,
IT360 welcomed Gina Tillman Bryan O’Neal, Dan Hucal, Jennifer
as a Service Coordinator in the Weaver, Lindsay Hufeld, and John
Peoria office.
Kaiser on their promotions and
is pleased to welcome Carson
OSF Healthcare system’s CEO, Stanford, Assurance Associate, to
Kevin Schoeplein, has been its Peoria office.
appointed to the Illinois Catholic
Health Association board of UnityPoint Health would like to
directors as CEO representative welcome Lionel Malebrache, MD,
and has been elected to the newly RPVI, FACC, to the team.
integrated Illinois Health and
Hospital Association’s Board of The Unland Companies has
Trustees.
named Afton Booth as Chairman
of the Board and would like to
Pekin
Hospital
Foundation congratulate Patrick Taphorn,
welcomed Carrie Lijewski as the President, and Nate Rugaard, Vice
new Director of Medical Staff President, on their promotions.
Affairs and Risk Management
Compliance Officer.
Walz Label & Mailing Systems
is pleased to announce that Brett
Peoria Academy is pleased to Ellis has been promoted to Sales
announce the addition of five Manager.
new community members to the
Board of Trustees: Vincent Boyle,
Curtis Frazier, Kollet Koulianos,
Sonni Choi Williams and Jennifer The Chamber Report (USPS-097-250) is the
official publication of the Peoria Area Chamber
of Commerce. It is published monthly at 100
Worthington.
Peoria County Board of Health
welcomed Gene Huber, MA,
MPA as the new Public Health
Administrator for the Peoria City/
County Health Department.
Peoria Police Department is
proud to announce the promotion
of Captain Lisa M. Snow to
Assistant Chief and Lieutenant
Todd Green to Captain.
Petersen Hotels is excited to
welcome Crystal Holley as the
General Manager and Victoria
Martin as the Sales Manager of
the new Holiday Inn & Suites,
Peoria at Grand Prairie.
Ron’s Carpets announced the
promotion of John Vollrath to the
SW Water Street, Peoria, IL 61602, phone:
309.495.5900. An annual subscription is $10.
Periodical postage paid in Peoria, Illinois 61601
and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER Send address changes to: The Chamber Report,
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, 100 SW
Water Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602.
Wayne
Chamber News
Greater Peoria Business Alliance Announces Jeff Griffin as CEO
The Board of Directors for the Greater Peoria Business Alliance (GPBA), parent
organization of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce and CEO Council, announced
March 17, 2016 that Mr. Jeff Griffin has been named the CEO of the Greater Peoria
Business Alliance (GPBA). As CEO of the GPBA, Mr. Griffin will serve as the CEO of
the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the CEO of the CEO Council. His
appointment was effective immediately.
Tom Hammerton, Volunteer Chairman of the GPBA, Peoria Area Chamber of
Commerce and President of the OSF Healthcare Foundation stated, “Since the time of
his appointment to the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce on February 10, 2014, Jeff
has demonstrated an effective and collaborative leadership style, strengthened the
Chamber of Commerce and developed strong relationships throughout the community.
Applying these skills to the organization will help us grow, prosper and deliver value to
the community and members.”
Jeff Griffin also expressed his excitement regarding his new position, “The strength of
our members in the Chamber and CEO Council are incredibly strong and quite frankly,
we are a group that moves the needle. This is a new role in which I am honored to
serve and one I take very seriously. We exist for our community members and my team
of staff and volunteers live that mission every day.”
7
8
Member News
UnityPoint Health – Methodist “Wows” Eureka Farmer
Retired electrician Doug Martin is a runner; not fast but consistent. That steady pace has been groomed over 43 years
and 27,000 miles. Doug was also consistent in the way he ignored a painful left knee. “I put up with it for years,”
said Doug.
Doug is a bright, cheerful, and active grandpa. His wife Karen is a hospice nurse. The couple have two children, Lori Jo
and Daniel, and four grandchildren, Abram, 6, Emery, 4 and twins Nora Jo and Mary Mae born August 31, 2015.
He also runs a farm with heavy equipment and a lot of physical stress and wear-and-tear on those knees. Doug limped
around for a year prior to surgery and closer to surgery “it was bone-on-bone,” said Doug. Soon, however, Doug’s “whoa”
moment was transformed into a “wow” moment when he finally had that total knee at UnityPoint Health – Methodist.
“The moment we arrived we were greeted with a friendly hello,” said Karen. “Everyone during the pre-op experience was
accommodating and allayed any fears we might have had during this time. As a nurse, I watched the staff closely and
the professionalism exhibited by each and every employee excelled my expectations.”
Doug said his experience on 6 Crescent, and throughout the hospital, was simply “great.”
“The nurses were all caring and knowledgeable. The doctors and PAs were there daily, the level of communication was
great and they spent quality time with me. They treated me as if I were the only patient they had that day.”
Doug’s “wow” moment came the next morning after surgery. He was already up and around and “it was so good to have
it done” he said. “Everyone seemed so excited with my progress and genuinely interested in me as a person, not just
a patient.”
9
Member News
Busey Banks on Energy Efficiency
With over 140 years of providing premier financial services, Busey Bank knows how to manage a buck—billions of them,
in fact. These days, they are saving plenty of their own “green”, with help from the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency
Program. Since the program launched in 2008, Busey Bank has completed numerous lighting upgrades in facilities
throughout Illinois.
“We like the program —it’s straightforward and it works well,” says Executive Vice President Donald Schlorff.
Most of Busey’s projects involved T12 to T8 lighting upgrades at 20 of their 35 Illinois branches. In terms of efficiency,
T12 lamps can’t compete with the high-performance T8 and T5 lighting technology available today. For example, a 40watt T12 lamp replacing a 28-watt T8 lamp offers a 30 percent energy savings—without sacrificing lighting performance.
In time, with nearly all T12 lamps being phased out of production in the U.S. due to poor energy performance and high
mercury content, replacing the lamps when they burn out will no longer be an option.
“We had to upgrade eventually anyway,” says Schlorff, “By doing it now, we locked in long-term savings.”
With lighting incentives totaling over $30,000 from Ameren Illinois, paybacks typically fell under four years for Busey’s
lighting retrofit projects.
“Incentives reduce up-front costs and impact whether we do the project or not,” says Schlorff. He knew the projects were
paying off when the chief financial officer began asking why utility expenses were consistently less than budgeted.
For Busey, energy efficiency has become a way of doing business.
“Companies always look for ways to cut costs but may not realize what Ameren Illinois’ energy efficiency program can
do for them … and that they’ll see savings for many years,” says Schlorff.
As Busey Bank knows, when you act on energy, you can bank on serious savings.
Save the Date
Business After Hours
Widmer Interiors
Business Before Hours
Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency
Programs
April 14
April 26
8415 N Allen Rd.
Peoria, IL 61615
Ravina on the Lakes
300 Liberty St.
Peoria, IL 61602
Peoria Housing Authority
May 12
June 28
5326 W Charter Oak Rd.
Peoria, IL 61605
312 S Merriman St.
Peoria, IL 61605
Upcoming Events
Two Men and a Truck
June 9
2201 W Townline Rd.
Peoria, IL 61615
Chamber 101
Upcoming Events Cont.
Picture Day
April 21
Peoria Area Chamber
100 SW Water St.
Peoria, IL 61602
State of the School Address
May 4
Peoria Civic Center
201 SW Jefferson Ave.
Peoria, IL 61602
22nd Annual Golf Outing
May 9
Chamber Offices
100 SW Water St.
Peoria, IL 61615
May 26
WeaverRidge Golf Club
5100 N WeaverRidge Blvd.
Peoria, IL 61615
10
Government Affairs News
Senate Bill 3009 – Replace the EDGE Credit with a new Business and Employment Development Tax Credit
The Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit (EDGE), is a credit against the Illinois income
tax. Eligibility for the credit is based on investment and job creation in Illinois. The EDGE credit is scheduled
to “sunset” (expire) at the end of 2016. While the EDGE credit has been a valuable tool in promoting economic
development in Illinois, experience with the credit over the past few years has disclosed ways in which the
current EDGE credit could be improved by replacing EDGE with another income tax credit that would be even
more effective in promoting Illinois employment and economic development.
The Chamber is proposing legislation that would replace the EDGE credit with a new Business and
Employment Development Tax credit, effective for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2017. This
new credit legislation would be administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
and would consist of credits against the Illinois Income Tax Act for investment and increasing employment in
Illinois, with additional credits granted for creating jobs with wages in excess of 150% of the Illinois minimum
wage, and for increasing employment in areas of high poverty.
All EDGE credits granted to taxpayers under the current EDGE program would be honored, but no new credits
would be granted after December 31, 2016.
WORKING TO
STRENGTHEN
OUR COMMUNITY
BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO SUPPORT
BUSINESS AND JOB DEVELOPMENT
AN ADVOCATE
FOR BUSINESS
www.bizpacillinois.com
100 SW Water St.
Peoria, Illinois 61602
Periodical postage paid at Peoria, IL
Contact us! Please notify the
Chamber at 309.495.5900 or
[email protected] of name
and address changes or additions.
O N L I N E
P R E S E N C E
M A N G A G E M E N T
You want people to find you, right?
Then your website needs to be a hub of activity
so the word gets out about your business
Get your site off the ground
CONTACT [email protected]
1302 W. Pioneer Parkway, Peoria
www.launchopm.com