The six-hour event was held in the gym at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, featuring 30 exhibitors and more than 200 attendees.
Right, Emily Penn of Lindenhurst with children Lily, 5, and Caleb, 9, visit a community table at the Spring Fest Expo at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa on April 6, 2024.
Left, Emily Penn of Lindenhurst takes a photo of daughter Lily, 5, with, from left, top row, Junior Miss Lindenhurst 2023 Ivy Catania, 12, and Miss Lindenhurst 2023 Danika Huff, 16, at the Spring Fest Expo at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa on April 6, 2024. “It’s a symptom of COVID,” Aukerman added. “All of this seemed to come around when COVID hit us. There’s just no workers.”“We’ve already added 20 this year,” Aukerman said. “A few years ago, we were the Lake Villa/Lindenhurst Chamber of Commerce. The Round Lake Area Chamber of Commerce was separate and they were going bankrupt. So they came to us and said, ‘Could we talk about merging?’”
Among those in attendance were Lindenhurst royalty, Junior Miss Lindenhurst 2023 Ivy Catania, 12, and Miss Lindenhurst 2023 Danika Huff, 16, a junior at Lakes Community High School. The two will reign until the end of August.Having an expo is, “really important so that businesses can reach out to our community, and that we can all come closer as a community together,” Huff said.
LLR chamber members Assured Healthcare Staffing and Assured Care at Home of Gurnee had a table staffed by Leslie Kischer, president and owner, Chris Hammerlund, who founded the business in 2007, and Kim Menheer, office manager.Menheer offered a hug to friend and former colleague Beatriz Banda of Lake Villa.
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on March 21 that despite a fundraising campaign, St. Bede School in Ingleside will close at the end of this school year due to low registration for next school year.
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