Elgin Among 13 IL Towns Among 250 Best Places To Live In U.S. News Ranking

The 2025-26 class of Elgin Area Leadership Academy (EALA) recently graduated, celebrating their completion of a ten-month, immersive leadership program that offered participants valuable insight into many facets of their community.

After years of dedicated leadership and service to the business community, Carol Gieske, President & CEO of the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced her upcoming retirement. “Leaders of organizations should strive to leave them in a better position than what they encountered,” said Steve Migala, chair, Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. “By any measure of this goal, Carol Gieske has succeeded in accomplishing it as President and CEO of our Elgin Area Chamber. Under her guidance, our Chamber has experienced except