There are so many Great Ways to Get Involved!

Throughout the year, the City of Joliet; the Joliet City Center Partnership; and Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park host free events for the community and area.

Each event offers unique opportunities for your company to get involved and showcase your name, logo and support to several thousand through both pre-event press and advertising as well as on site to event attendees.

To find out more on how you can get involved please contact Rebecca Lantka, Marketing & Communications Manager at 815/723-9157 rlantka@jolietcity.org

Helpful Facts
Demographics
Current Supporters
Sponsor Packets

Demographics

The City of Joliet is an ever expanding market of diverse growth. A prime location for additional investment opportunities, the city hosts over 5.5 million visitors annually, with major attractions such as the historic Rialto Square Theatre, Harrah’s Joliet Casino, Empress Casino Joliet, Silver Cross Field, the Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway, and Joliet Downtown City Center.  With additional river front casino districts and retail properties filling every day, the downtown region of the city has grown at a rate of over 20% in the last five years and continues to spread as the Fastest Growing City East of the Rockies.

• Located only 40 miles south of Chicago
• Estimated Population over 150,000
• Growth Rate over 20%
• Over $300 million in new investment in the downtown and urban entertainment destination

Current Supporters

	- Title “Champion Sponsor” Champions on the Street festival, June - Title Sponsor for Light Up the Holidays Festival and Parade. November
	- Title Sponsor for KidzFest, August
	- Waterway Daze, July - Light Up the Holidays Festival and Parade
	- Light Up the Holidays Festival & Parade
	- KidzFest; Light Up the Holidays Festival & Parade
	- KidzFest

Committee Contacts

Joliet City Center Partnership LLC                
Tom Mahalik, VP, 815/774-6066

Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park                                                    
815/724-3760

City of Joliet Special Events & POI            
Kevin Hegarty, 815/724-3738

Joliet Park District, Special Events            
Carrie May, 815/741-7275 ext. 110

Sponsorship Packets
Please select from the options below to view sponsorship opportunities for each event. (*Note due to event dates, additional sponsorship opportunities are continually updated)

2007 Light Up the Holidays Festival & Parade (pdf)