Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce (LPCC) member Justin Clifford of Switchfast Technologies recently shared several of the powerful and meaningful connections he has formed during the past few months while being an active LPCC member. Congrats on all of your hard work paying off! Read below for his experiences:
I recently met Ron Stone from Grossinger AutoPlex at the Multi-Chamber event at Whirlyball. We promptly followed up with each other and Ron took me on a tour of their facility. In speaking with Ron, he mentioned he was looking to generate foot traffic and would be interested in hosting events of all kinds to do so. I friend of mine just happens to run a networking ‘forum’ in the suburbs and was looking for a space in the city to host his event. This was a perfect match! I connected the two of them and now Grossinger AutoPlex is hosting the Networking Forum on August 24! Ron gets the foot traffic and the event has a home.
At this same Whirlyball event, I also met Chris Ramsey and Dr. Wyman of Lincoln Park Massage Spa. I have connected with them on a couple of occasions and recently got a chance to take a tour of their spa on Webster. Coincidentally, earlier that day I spoke with another massage therapist at a networking group I regularly attend. She had been getting more and more client requests for a very specialized type of massage (lymphatic drainage) that is often sought out by cancer patients. Since she did not hold this certification, she asked if the group knew anyone who had this specialty so she had a place to refer these people. It turns out that Dr. Wyman has the certification and I was able to introduce the two parties. Now this massage therapist has a place to refer her patients needing this service!
The Ravenswood business corridor area is host to the annual Ravenswood Artwalk. The event planners recently called Switchfast and asked us to open our doors for this event and potentially house an artist for the weekend of Oct. 2 & 3. Switchfast saw this as an opportunity to get friends and family artists involved with the event. We summoned them with the opportunity, including Nancie King Mertz. I met Ron and Nancie at my first Chamber event (Cagney’s) and they were very helpful in getting my Chamber membership started including giving me a tour of their storefront. Nancie will now be showing her work at this event in the Switchfast loft offices!