The ILLBA Roundup

Monday April 3, 2023

City of Chicago Updates

Webinars and Workshops

Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection’s

FREE business education webinars .Click here for the schedule

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Compliments? Complaints, Incidents?

Report it!

Non Emergency - call 311

Emergency numbers

O'Hare 773-894-9111

Midway 773-838-9111

Incident Report - issues, complaints and compliments

Click here for incident report

If you witness an incident, do not confront the individual(s) for safety reasons. The CDA encourages you to use one of the above ways to inform authorities.

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Vince Saisi

EmpireCLS

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City of Chicago Events and Traffic Restrictions

Wrigley Field Transportation Restrictions Map 2023 - click here

IDOT Construction Projects

For a list of the construction projects around Illinois by district, click here

Kennedy Expressway Inbound Lane Improvements - Phase I Through Fall, 2023 click here for fact sheet

Highlights From the Top Golf Event At the CD/NLA Show

ILLBA vendor member Nationwide Bus Sales & Midwest Transit Equipment hosted a Top Golf pre-show event. It was a fun and relaxing way to get ready for the show!

L-R: Lisa Palmer ,VIP Transportation , Tracy Raimer , ILLBA VP, Bill Battisti, Nationwide Bus Sales and Lynn Snyder Pilcher, VIP Transportation

ILLBA member Lisa Palmer, Fleet manager of VIP Transportation (IA), winner of the long drive trophy!

News You Can Use

Your Receipt Is Attached

How To: Market Using Emailed Receipts

Almost everyone will open an email if they think there is a receipt attached to it. Emailed receipts provides an opportunity to send coupons, offers to join a loyalty club and create other ways to engage with customers on a deeper level. Emailed marketing receipts create increased sales, repeat business and foster loyalty.

Thank you to ILBA member Jim Luff, Corporate Communications Manager of Aurora Payments for this informative article.

Read the article here

All New Cars In The EU Will Be Zero-Emission By 2035. Here's Where The U.S. Stands

European Union member states gave final approval Tuesday to a plan that would require all new cars sold in the EU to be zero-emission vehicles starting in the year 2035.

Tech big wigs: Hit The brakes On AI Rollouts

In an open letter, more than 1,100 tech luminaries have warned about a possible 'loss of control of our civilization' to unchecked AI.

“Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.”

—Jay Samit