Etown Lowdown

COVID-19 UPDATE City of Elmhurst Business Development Coordinator Erin Jason

Erin Jason, the Business Development Coordinator at the City of Elmhurst, discusses the City's efforts to assist businesses during this COVID-19 pandemic.  She shares some resources available on the City's website and, believe it or not, reports she is still receiving calls from businesses wanting to locate or develop property in Elmhurst.

COVID-19 Elmhurst "Pays it Forward"

This is why Elmhurst is #1!  Elmhurst residents and business owners "Pay it Forward" during this COVID-19 pandemic and are interviewed in this episode.  Paul and Colleen Kelty's City Centre UPS Store starts a sign campaign in support of Healthcare Workers and First Responders.  Brian Costello plays his bagpipes each evening at sunset to lift the spirits of his neighbors and those traveling the Prairie Path near his home.  The Elmhurst Public Library uses the resources of its Makery to 3D-print critical healthcare worker face shield frames.  Market Table provides thousands of meals each week for staff at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

COVID-19 04/07 UPDATE Elmhurst Hospital President Pamela Dunley

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital President and CEO, Pamela Dunley, gives listeners an update on current COVID cases, new recommendations related to masks, and current hospital supply levels to continue treating infected patients.  She expresses her appreciation for her staff and many of the efforts of support from the community.  PK and Elmhurst History Museum Executive Director, Dave Oberg, explain how our city finally settled on its name.

COVID-19 04/05 UPDATE Interview: PK & Rick's Adult Children living in NYC and SF with Coastal Reports

PK's daughter, Chloe, just left New York City this week as the pandemic grows there at a frightening pace.  Rick's son, Will, has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years, another pandemic 'hot spot'.  Listen as these Elmhurst natives, having relocated to opposite coasts, describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their respective areas.  

COVID-19 04/04 UPDATE Interview: Elmhurst's Kristen Smaga in China During Initial Outbreak

Elmhurst's own Kristen Smaga, was living and working only a few hundred miles from Wuhan, China when the COVID-19 outbreak first occurred.  Lucky to catch a flight back to the United States the day before all flights were stopped from China to the U.S., she explains the difference between the Chinese reaction and ours to the pandemic.  She shares her 14-day self quarantine, updates from her friends in China, and her desire to return.

COVID-19 04/03 UPDATE Elmhurst History Museum Director Dave Oberg

Elmhurst History Museum Executive Director, Dave Oberg, shares all the services the Museum continues to provide during the COVID-19 pandemic stay at home order.  Despite the doors of the Museum buildings being temporarily closed to the public, many great history resources are still available through the website and via telephone.  Speaking of Dave Oberg, he and PK talk about Elmhurst's train town history in an encore "One Ponce a Time" episode.

COVID-19 04/02 UPDATE Elmhurst Public Library Director Mary Beth Harper

Elmhurst Public Library Director, Mary Beth Harper shares how the Library continues to operate online, despite the doors of the Building having been closed since March 14th because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  PK and Elmhurst History Museum Director Dave Oberg tell the story of legendary poet Carl Sandburg's relationship with Elmhurst, in the latest episode of "One Ponce a Time".

COVID-19 03/31 UPDATE Elmhurst Hospital President Pamela Dunley

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital president and CEO, Pamela Dunley, gives an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Hospital's staff and resources.  Pam indicates her appreciation for her staff and the community.  Slappy Sal gives us his take on a purveyor of fine Elmhurst cuisine, Thornton's Gas Station.

COVID-19 03/29 UPDATE Elmhurst Chamber President John Quigley

Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce President & C.E.O. John Quigley presents an update from the Elmhurst business community.  LowDown Foreign correspondent and Elmhurst native, Bill Noonan, provides a pandemic update from the edge of the German Black Forest, in Ettlingen, where he is living and working.  Clever Ken helps Julie Billman diagnose her lawnmowers smoking exhaust.

COVID-19 UPDATE Elmhurst Mayor Steven Morley

Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley discusses the City's operating plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.  He assures us all critical City services are running at full capacity, with certain accommodations to reduce the risk of spreading the virus to City workers and elected officials.  PK shares an inspirational quote written by a former Elmhurst College student and much repeated by Elmhurst legend, the late Darrell Whistler.  Back by popular demand, our beloved Robbie tries to talk Rick down from his heavily reinforced soapbox, all over an Instant Pot.  And...our friend "The Gipper" reads from 'The Three Little Pigs".