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Altamont welcomes you.

Come live, work, and prosper with us!

The mission of the Altamont Chamber of Commerce is to provide a meeting place for Altamont community businesses of all sizes to discuss matters of mutual interest and concern, initiating positive action to further those interests and address those concerns, while providing educational opportunities, working together for expansion and growth, and providing an opportunity for social interaction for the business community.

Have Quickbooks and need help but little funds? How about some free and local help?

The Illinois Small Business Development Center has been given a grant and have hired Kay Pemberton of Altamont to be an Accounting/Office Systems Advisor . Kay says “ I am doing QuickBooks support and training as I had previously done, but now I am able to do it for free as well as Small Business startup and growth advising. We have a team of 5 advisors that can help businesses in areas from accounting/financial issues to marketing to growth issues to compliance to financing…even international trade, etc. There has been an advisor in Olney for many years, but they have recently obtained grants to expand their services and I am right here in town if I can be of service.”

The Altamont Chamber of Commerce is having Kay Pemberton come to the Municipal Building on January 31^st 11:00-12:00 and speak about the ISBDC. This is a free presentation. Everyone is busy and needs to manage their time wisely. So with that goal in mind bring your lunch along and eat and listen. Kay will inform you how she can help your business.

It isn’t necessary to register but it would be helpful if you would let the Chamber know you are attending in order to have enough handouts printed.

SCAM ALERT:
Altamont Police Department is alerting businesses of an internet scam with a company called Dynamic Diamond Tools (business phone is out of the Carlinville area). They require your check number over the phone for the purchase of concrete saw blades and the check is made out to a Charles Fehrenbacher. The phone number and fax number are both disconnected or a non-working number. The checks have been cashed at a PNC bank in PA. They even have a website that is very generic, dynamicdiamond.biz. If you have any customers in the concrete business, please alert them to this scam

BUYER BEWARE: Boos Plumbing & Heating has notified us of counterfeit payroll checks being cashed in the area. U.S. Bank from Memphis, MO is listed as the bank on the check. The same three people are listed on the checks, but use different addresses & towns. Please be careful in cashing these checks. If you have any questions, please contact Boos Plumbing & Heating, 217/342-2744.