Scott Byron & Co. is a landscape architecture, contracting, and maintenance firm dedicated to a client-centered approach for every outdoor design project. Established and based in the Chicagoland area, our firm celebrates a longstanding reputation of creating environments that are elegant, luxurious, and highly personalized. Our over 250 employees, from designers to field managers, work with you as a true partner throughout the process to make a space that reflects your personality and lifestyle. We transform outdoor spaces while harmonizing art with nature to maximize the longevity and growth of your vision - designing, constructing, and maintaining a project for a lifetime.

Central Sod Farms grows several kinds of sod and serves, Chicago, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Northern VA and parts of Pennsylvania.

Bachman’s was founded in 1885 and remains family-owned, with fifth-generation Bachman family members leading the company today. Based in Minneapolis, Bachman’s operates retail locations in the Twin Cities, including six full-service floral, home, and garden centers, a gift and décor store in Galleria Edina, a hardscapes center (Farmington), and 28 floral departments within Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores. The company also operates indoor and outdoor landscaping divisions, a wedding/special events department, a nursery wholesale division, seven acres of greenhouses, and a 670-acre growing range in Farmington, Minn., which produces many of the plants, flowers, and landscaping products sold by Bachman’s today. To place an order with Bachman’s, call (612) 861-7311 from within the Twin Cities or (866) 222-4626 from outside the Twin Cities. Or, to find retail locations, more information about Bachman’s, or answers to your gardening questions, visit Bachmans.com.

PharmaCann, founded in 2014, is one of the country’s largest vertically integrated cannabis companies, providing safe, reliable, top-quality cannabis products to improve people’s lives. By investing in people, practices and infrastructure, we are shaping a new, vital, wellness-focused industry. Our goal is to increase sustainable access to cannabis by offering effective, affordable and trusted products and services. We are licensed in eight states to grow, process and/or dispense medicinal cannabis products for adult and pediatric patients, as well as for responsible adult use. We are expanding rapidly but steadily as we continue to earn new state licenses and gain recognition as a trusted resource in this evolving space. We invest in best practices at every turn to ensure people have access to the most effective options for feeling and living better. We are constantly researching and developing new forms and formulations of cannabinoid-based treatments to improve people’s well-being and help them live their best lives.

In 1904, Union National Bank opened its doors for the first time. Although that makes us one of the oldest banks in the Chicagoland area, we pride ourselves on being innovators within both our local and national banking communities. One of the first banks to provide an option for a 1% loan, we consistently put our clients needs first to make sure we can find the best solution possible. Whether it’s initiating the first mobile banking charter in Illinois or our daily pursuit to provide service-based, personalized solutions, we seek to innovate and redefine practices to ensure a fiscally-responsible future for you and your business. We’ve found that when you focus on relationships and customized solutions, you develop a very close community; we are still maintaining relationships that have lasted from four to five generations. We love that a large part of our community is comprised primarily of small businesses because, at Union National Bank, we are small business owners ourselves. With our Board comprised primarily of entrepreneurs, we are constantly expanding the conversation on how to best service small business owners and their needs. Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender

Produce Alliance, LLC specializes in providing fresh produce procurement and distribution services to foodservice clients across North America, the Caribbean and beyond. Produce Alliance manages a group of 50 independently owned specialty distributors of fresh products, with combined produce sales of over $4 billion annually. Each produce distributor is carefully selected using the most rigorous qualification criteria. Each commits to full compliance with Produce Alliance’s audited distribution, purchasing, and category management programs designed for client success. Produce Alliance has offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, and a flagship office in the heart of the growing region of the Salinas Valley in California.

Named to Travel + Leisure's list of Top 25 Hotel Brands in the World for 2021, Aparium Hotel Group is a management company that believes luxury is no longer defined by the number of stars a property has, but by the uncommon service delivered and the lasting impression left with its guests. A strong concept is not enough to sustain growth and elicit loyalty from an ever-demanding consumer. Aparium Hotel Group was formed with one seminal belief - great hotels are a destination. Our hotels deliver Translocal Hospitality, drawing inspiration from the local culture and cultivating local ambassadors through a sense of pride and exciting food & beverage. We understand great hotels. We’ve owned them, developed them, managed and marketed them. We believe there is no standard formula to successful hospitality, rather a philosophy and framework that delivers long-term returns for hotel owners and unforgettable hotel experiences for its guests. Current properties: Crossroads Hotel (Kansas City, MO) Clayton Members Club & Hotel (Denver, CO) Detroit Foundation Hotel (Detroit, MI) Hewing Hotel (Minneapolis, MN) Hotel Haya (Ybor City, Tampa, FL) Hu. Hotel (Memphis, TN) Jasper Hotel (Fargo, ND) Pontchartrain Hotel (New Orleans, LA) The MC Hotel (Montclair, NJ) Surety Hotel (Des Moines, IA) Upcoming: Heron Hotel (Alexandria, VA) - Summer 2022

VANTAGE ELECTRICAL GROUP INC is a company based out of 381 S MAIN ST, Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States.

NanoChem Solutions Inc. is a chemicals company based out of Naperville, IL. We are the global leader in polyaspartate chemistry.

Edwards Apple Orchard is a higher education company based out of 7061 Centerville Rd, Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States.

Clesen Wholesale is a premier grower and distributor of seasonal annuals to independent garden centers, professional landscapers and container garden providers. Established in 1941, our fourth-generation family business is enthusiastic and passionate about quality, selection and service. We have three greenhouse facilities in Illinois located in Evanston, Grayslake and Lake Villa along with a central distribution center in Northbrook. We are the largest single source of Winter décor for outdoor holiday containers, decorating and landscape beds serving the entire US.