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Greater Oak Brook Chamber Member Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club is proud to be a recipient of three prestigious wedding awards: WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award 2018, The Knot Best of Weddings 2018, and Here Comes the Guide Best West Chicago Wedding Venue. Each of these prestigious awards honor the best and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families, wedding guests and wedding professionals.

Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award: Oak Brook Bath and Tennis was recognized as a recipient solely based on reviews from newlyweds and their experiences working with them. Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients.

 The Knot Best of Weddings Award: Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club was one of 8,526 local wedding professionals out of the approximately 300,000 on The Knot to receive this distinguished accolade. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed over three million reviews across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more.

Here Comes the Guide Best West Chicago Wedding Venue: Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club was hand-selected by wedding professionals as one of the top wedding venues in the West Chicago suburbs.

“We are honored and humbled,” said Marianne Long, marketing and event manager of Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club. “Thank you to all of the amazing couples and vendors we’ve had the pleasure of working with this past year. We look forward to making many more couples’ wedding vision a reality.”

Photos courtesy of Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club

The Oak Brook Park District Foundation raised thousands of dollars to support Oak Brook’s universal playground project at its first Unwine Wednesday event. Attendees enjoyed food tastings and wine pairings provided by La Barra, live music and raffle as well as wine pull, gift card mall and interactive games.

“It was great seeing the community come together to support this incredible project,” stated Laure Kosey, Oak Brook Park District’s Executive Director. “It truly takes a team to build a dream, and this playground would not be possible without the support of each and every person at Unwine Wednesday.”

Karl Maurer, Oak Brook, Anna Kamilis, Oak Brook, and Rich Knitter, Oak Brook attended Unwine Wednesday. Karl Maurer was a sponsor of the event. Anna Kamilis from La Barra sponsored the event and is also the vice president board member for the Oak Brook Park District Foundation. Rich Knitter is a board member for the Oak Brook Park District Foundation.

The universal playground project will provide a one of a kind playground designed to remove both physical and social barriers so all individuals, with or without disabilities or critical illnesses, can play side by side with their peers and families. The facility will be located in Oak Brook Park District’s Central Park and will feature innovative equipment including a dual track zip line, a poured in place surface baseball diamond, and two levels of play that will be fully accessible through ramping.

The Oak Brook Park District and Oak Brook Park District Foundation realize that play is a critical part of the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of every child as well as essential to developing cross-generational bonds. The goal of this project is to ensure no one is left on the sidelines.

The park foundation plans to fundraise continuously for the project, which is scheduled to break ground in May.

Lisa Giangrande, Oak Brook, and Lara Suleiman, Oak Brook, attended Unwine Wednesday in support of the Universal Playground. Lisa and Lara are on the fundraising committee for the project.

“We can’t build this dream playground without everyone’s support. We hope you will consider making a difference in the life of a child, veteran, parent and grandparent by continuing to support this playground even after Unwine Wednesday,” stated Kosey.

Donations can be made online at www.UniversalPlayground.org.

The event was sponsored by Karl and Gayle Maurer and La Barra Ristorante and raffles were sponsored by RealtyOne & Associates – Megan Johnson and Alyssa Pisarski.

Megan Johnson and Alyssa Pisarski of RealtyOne & Associates were sponsors of the raffle at Unwine Wednesday.

For more information on the project, visit www.UniversalPlayground.org.

This event is aimed at business owners, presidents, entrepreneurs and sales managers facing business obstacles when it comes to selling, managing a team and growing their business. At this session they will dissect common leadership roadblocks and what to do about them and learn the proper systems, behaviors and accountability to put sales teams in the position to win.

This event will be held on March 8 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Register here

Inland National Development Company, LLC, a developer of residential, multifamily, hospitality, retail and senior housing properties, announced today that Anthony A. Casaccio, president, has been recognized in the 2017 Midwest Real Estate News Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. This honor is given to experienced commercial real estate professionals throughout the Midwest, and is based on each individual’s accomplishments, longevity in the industry and service with association boards, among other criteria.

As president of INDC, Casaccio is responsible for managing the Company’s current portfolio of assets as well as cultivating the development of new residential, multifamily, hospitality and retail projects nationwide. Throughout his career, he has been instrumental in purchasing, sponsoring, owning, developing or redeveloping more than four million square feet of retail and industrial properties, more than 6,000 single-family residential lots and more than 500 affordable housing residences.

“I’m truly honored to be recognized for my commitment to the economic growth and cultural enhancement of the various communities we work with when developing projects,” said Casaccio. “Our Company’s success would not be possible without our dedicated and knowledgeable staff, and I’m grateful to have such a talented team in place.”

Casaccio is a licensed real estate managing broker in the State of Illinois and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute and the Conservation Foundation Advisory Board. Casaccio is also a board member for Pan American Bank, an Illinois community bank, and serves on the Bank’s Loan and Audit Committee.

The public is invited to join the County of DuPage at one of four upcoming public meetings to share ideas for improving transportation throughout the County. Public meetings are being held to receive public input on how the County can improve traffic flow, safety, system reliability, transit services, and more.

With anticipated growth and ongoing transportation needs, the County is seeking community input to create its first Long Range Transportation Plan. This plan, known as DuPage Connects, will govern transportation policies and practices at the County for the next 25 years. The goal of the plan is to create a vision and mission for the DuPage County Division of Transportation and to help ensure a sustainable and vibrant quality of life for residents and businesses.

All four meetings are identical in content and will be conducted in an open house format. The public is welcome to attend anytime between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Exhibits will be on display and County representatives will be available to answer questions. The meetings will provide information on the existing conditions and ways to stay informed about the plan process. Comment cards will be distributed and attendees will be encouraged to participate in an online survey.