After Hours

Like a good neighbor, Bill Nelson's State Farm Insurance agency in St. Charles has served the Fox Valley and beyond for 25 years as of Oct. 1. Nelson's agency offers a broad range of over 100 insurance and financial products backed by State Farm, the leading auto and home insurer in the U.S. for almost 60 years.

he Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting for The Alice Chin Team with Compass Real Estate, 235 West Jefferson Avenue in Naperville on Sept. 22. Councilman Patrick Kelly represented the city of Naperville and congratulated Alice Chin on opening her new offices and thanked her for creating jobs in Naperville and helping those who are relocating to Naperville with care and knowledge. Councilman Paul Leong also joined the celebration.

The Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting for NP Dance, 1320 Illinois Route 59, Suite 114 in Naperville on Sept. 23. Councilman Paul Leong represented the city of Naperville and thanked owners Paulina and Nick for choosing to open a dance studio in Naperville.

The Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce and OrthoIllinois celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting at the new state-of-the-art clinic located at 1550 N. Randall Road in Elgin. An orthopedic health care provider located in northern Illinois; the new facility provides expanded access to orthopedic subspecialty services with the opening of the larger location. Joining Dr. Brian Bear were Elgin Mayor David Kaptain, City Councilperson Rose Martinez, Elgin Area Chamber staff, volunteers, and the physician team. The new and improved location offers a variety of orthopedic care from physicians who are fellowship-trained in total joint replacement, sports medicine, spine care, interventional pain management and rheumatology.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Country Village Meats, 715 E. State St., Suite 100, Geneva. Owners Laurie and Paul Darrow cut the ribbon, surrounded by their team, vendors, friends, chamber staff, ambassadors and city of Geneva officials, including Mayor Kevin Burns who held the ribbon.