Press Releases
2008
March 8-9, 2008. Oaklee's Guide is a primary media sponsor for the 2008 Chicagoland Kids Expo.
Working with Tower Show Productions, Oaklee’s Guide will be the primary media sponsor for the 2008 Chicagoland Kids Expo on March 8-9, 2008. The show is held annually at the Schaumburg Renaissance Convention Center and draws approximately 10,000 families over the weekend. In addition to media coverage, Oaklee’s Guide provides an activity area that includes play areas sponsored by the Kohl Chidren’s Museum, DuPage Children’s Museum and Discovery Center Museum. The area also offers face painting, crafts, a rest area for parents and lots of entertainment.
April 11, 2008. Oaklee’s Guide LLC Nominated for ATHENAPowerLink® 2008 Business of the Year Award.
The ATHENAPowerLink® program is a business mentoring program for women-owned businesses. Oaklee’s Guide was accepted as a recipient business and worked with a volunteer Advisory Panel in 2007 to focus was enhancing the strategic growth of the company. Their primary project was to oversee the development of a new, searchable website for Oaklee’s Guide. The winner of the award will be announced at the Fifth Annual ATHENA SHE reception on June 5, 2008.
May 1, 2008. Oaklee’s Guide launches new state-of-the-art website, www.oakleesguide.com.
OG has taken its successful print publication concept and parlayed it into a new website. The Guide, known for its extensive seasonal calendar of events and family-oriented businesses, is now offering access to that information in a searchable format. Users can search by town, date, type of event or business, and even appropriate age range to find events and businesses for their families.
May 19, 2008. Oaklee’s Guide is featured on WBBM moments.
David Weinstein, President of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, is featured in "Jumping off the Cliff: Insight for Entrepreneurs," a new WBBM Newsradio 780 AM segment that began airing in August 2005. Each week, David shares hard-won insights – in an honest and entertaining way -- to help the many entrepreneurial listeners who have made the jump off the cliff and started their own business. David will feature Oaklee’s Guide in one of his upcoming segments. The segments air on Wednesdays at 3:51 pm (with some weekend airings, as well).
