PRESENTED BY:

• Bond Vet to add Chicago location in the West Loop
• Vista Property Fetches $7M for West Loop Retail Gain
• Perspire Sauna Studio expanding Chicago-area footprint to downtown

Friday, June 7

Jon Alfaro, 5-6:30PM

Dance Group Performance, 5:30-5:45PM

Nsquared, 7-8:30PM

Witz, 8:30-10PM

Fire Dancer & Hula Hoop Performance, 8:45-9:00 PM

5 Paint the City Artists, 5-10PM

Reco The Great

Mario Mena

MAZE the artist

Cinque

Gabe Moskolis

DNC Vendor Directory and Venue Map

Don't miss out on the opportunity to connect with potential customers by including your business in the Vendor Directory and Venue Map. Fill out the Vendor Interest Form today!

We appreciate your patience as we carefully review every submission. 

Please note that inclusion in the vendor directory and venue map does not mean the Host Committee, Democratic National Convention Committee, or Democratic National Convention endorse or approve any of the listed vendors. The Directory is offered as a resource to groups and businesses who may need to procure services, facilities, or supplies for their events in Chicago in connection with the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and to encourage the use of local and diverse vendors for those needs. 

For questions about vendors, please email vendors@chicago2024.com. 

Sponsorship Opportunities



Is your business or organization looking for additional ways to get involved with the Democratic National Convention? Consider becoming a Convention sponsor or partner! Inquiries regarding sponsorships and partnerships should be sent to development@chicago2024.com. 

📣📣 The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is coming to Chicago on August 19th and I’m so excited to have been chosen as a Neighborhood Ambassador 📣📣

Become a Volunteer and help represent the BEST of our neighborhood on a national stage, Sign up at https://chicago2024.com/volunteer.

Please make sure to enter the name of your Neighborhood Ambassador, in the "Referred by Neighborhood Ambassador box" in order to stay connected:

Near West Side Neighborhood Ambassadors are:

Carla Agostinelli

Rick Kronenburger

Monica Tracey

Premier move-in ready officesuite in the heart of Fulton Market

Space includes open area, kitchenette, private offices, meeting rooms with Fulton Street windowlines.

Across the street from Google’s Midwest HQ and 3 blocks from McDonald’s Global HQ.

Preeminent Morgan’s on Fulton event space on site, along with soon to be Avli Restaurant Group.

SIZE: 4,460 RSF

CONDITION: MOVE-IN READY

DATE AVAILABLE: TODAY

ZONING: DS-3

CEILING HEIGHT: ~10’

Join us! 👋 We are kicking off the summer with a lunchtime walk on Tuesday, June 11 at 11:30 a.m. starting at the Hyatt House & Hyatt Place Chicago - Medical/University District (1835 W Harrison St) and then again, every second Tuesday of the month. 🚶We can't wait to see you there! 🫶 Learn more at ➡️ imdchi.co/runwalkfb

We are a group of urban planning and city design students from UIC, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, City Design program. We are working with the Illinois Medical District (IMD) Commission, UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) and Design Workshop, a planning and design consultant, on a project to improve the built environment for IMD! Our goal is to make the IMD better for all users. We want the IMD to be beautiful, equitable, accessible, well-connected, affordable, and reflective of the neighborhood’s cultural diversity. We want to foster a neighborhood where you can live-work-learn-play through a healing framework encouraging IMD to “Think like a City.”

Your survey responses will help us better understand how to achieve this goal. The survey should only take 5 minutes. By completing the survey, you can enter a raffle for a chance to win a prize! All questions are optional, they do not require completion to advance the survey. 

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Thanks for taking our survey!

Owl Sculptures

We are proud to present our new outdoor art exhibit – a parliament of Little Wise Owls – showcasing the wild creativity of 19 local professional/emerging artists and students from 9 Chicagoland Greek language schools. A small group of these 28 painted, three-dimensional owl sculptures will be present at Elysian Field (401 S Halsted St) for the official ribbon-cutting on June 5 while others will already be roosting throughout the neighborhood along Halsted Street from Monroe Street to Van Buren Street. The exhibit will run through Spring 2025.

In Greek mythology, a little owl (Athene noctua) often accompanies Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Given this association, the owl came to represent intelligence, knowledge and wisdom. In classical times too, the owl was the emblem of the city of Athens and the goddess Athena was the city’s patron deity. Ancient coins (tetradrachms) from about 525 BC featured the head of Athena on one side and an owl on the other side. The Little Wise Owls sculpted piece is a soft take on this famous minted image.

“Owls are fascinating birds,” says Greektown SSA #16 Commissioner and Arts Committee Chair Eve Moran, “Important in ancient Greek culture, and widely considered throughout the world. The goddess Athena is sure to be pleased that local artists are celebrating her little owl with their gifted work. And I hope these symbols of wisdom, dressed in beauty, bring joy to all community residents and visitors in Greektown.

Stay tuned in future newsletters for artist and artwork features from this exhibit!

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