Alliance Members

  • Afton Chemicals
  • Alan J. Dunstan
  • Alan Wolfe
  • Alice J. Province
  • Alliance of Edwardsville and Glen Carbon
  • Alton Chemical Corporation
  • Alvin Parks
  • Amanda Cermak
  • Amanda Morgan
  • Amber Ronk
  • American Water
  • Amy M. Pashea
  • Andrea Nikrent
  • Andrew Limmer
  • Andrew Ronk
  • Andy Kulp
  • Anthony McLaughlin
  • Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, Inc.
  • Archview Economic Development Corp.
  • Art Borum
  • Bank of Springfield
  • Barbara Buster
  • Baxmeyer Construction Inc.
  • Belinda Feezel
  • Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates
  • Berry Advisors LLC
  • Beverly Landolt
  • Bill Rickher
  • Bill Stahlman
  • Bob Diak
  • Bob Shipley
  • Bonni Burns
  • Brad Reinhardt
  • Brett Gaither
  • Brian Morgan
  • BRIC Partnership, LLC
  • Bricklayers Local #8 of Illinois
  • Broadband Criteria, LLC
  • Bruce Brinkman
  • Burns & Associates Marketing
  • C. Green & Associates
  • Calvary Life Church
  • Calvin Elmore
  • Candie Mann
  • Carey Teresea
  • Carl Ray McDonald
  • Cas Sheppart
  • Casey Wolfe
  • CDG Engineers
  • Centrue Bank
  • Charles Juneau
  • Charles R. Marcus
  • Charles Shane
  • Charles Unger
  • Cheetah Horstmann
  • City of Alton
  • City of Collinsville
  • City of Columbia
  • City of Fairview Heights
  • City of Granite City
  • Civic Progress
  • Claire Strickland
  • Clark Properties
  • Clifton Berry
  • COCA, Inc.
  • Code Red Safety
  • Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors
  • Collinsville Chamber of Commerce
  • Connie Jones
  • ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery
  • Constance Dunlap
  • Cork Tree Creative
  • Craig Kramer
  • Cynthia Hermanns
  • D. Schweer
  • Dale Hamil
  • Dan Abegg
  • Dan Maher
  • Dan McDowell
  • Dan’s Upholstery
  • Daniel Allen
  • Daniel M. Wilson
  • Darrell Eilers
  • Darryl Elbe
  • Darryl Tyler
  • David Beard
  • David Burris
  • David Roth
  • David Stoecklin
  • Deanna Barnes
  • Debbie Dunn (Tidwell)
  • Del Tegtmeier
  • Dennis M. Terry
  • Dennis Michael Partney
  • Dennis Wilmsmeyer
  • Desiree Bennyhoff
  • Destini Lednicky
  • Donald Manson
  • Donald Partney
  • Donna Means
  • Doug Rasmussen
  • Doug Sitton
  • Dynegy
  • E. William Reichert
  • East-West Gateway
  • Ed Cockrell
  • Ed Hagnauer
  • Ed Heintz
  • Ed Koch
  • Edie Lampitt
  • Edith L. Nugent
  • Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce
  • EFK-MOEN
  • Elden Craft
  • Ellen Nickrent
  • Emilio J. Campos
  • Environmental Operations, Inc.
  • Eric Smith
  • ESI Contracting Corp.
  • Esther M. Wilson
  • Eugene Martin
  • Evelyn Richardson
  • EWR Associates, Inc.
  • Express Employment Professionals
  • First Clover Leaf Bank
  • Frances Grooms
  • Frances Shane
  • Frank Miles
  • Fred Heepke
  • Freeman Enterprises
  • Gary Gaines
  • Gary Laffoon
  • Gateway Commercial/Cushman & Wakefield Alliance
  • Granite City Steel – Federal Credit Union
  • Gerry Schuetzenhofer
  • Gloria Rains
  • Greater Gateway Association of REALTORS
  • Gregg Dougan
  • Gregg Korte
  • Heepke Farms, Inc.
  • Hoelscher Engineering, P.C.
  • Hurst-Rosche Engineers
  • Illinois Business Journal
  • Illinois Electric Works
  • Illinois LECET
  • ILMO Products Company
  • Impact Strategies, Inc.
  • Industrial Rental and Supply
  • Interstate Petroleum, Inc.
  • I.U.O.E. Local 520
  • J. Drew Gitchoff
  • J. Thomas Long
  • Jack Locandro
  • James Armstrong
  • James Didion
  • James E. Leonard
  • James H. Childers, Jr.
  • James H. Kabitzke, Jr.
  • James Holten
  • James Pennekamp
  • James Pulley
  • James Strickland
  • James Wing
  • Jane Louer
  • Jason Watters
  • Jay DeLong
  • Jay Korte
  • Jeff Davis
  • Jeff Lauritzen
  • Jeff Naville
  • Jeffrey Ory
  • Jeremy Ries
  • Jerry Kruckeberg
  • Jerry McKechan
  • Jersey County Business Association
  • Jill Bertels
  • Jim Alexander
  • Jim Duane
  • Jim Herndon
  • Jim Maynard
  • Jim Meile
  • Joann Barton
  • Joanne Grasser
  • Joe Hardin
  • Joe Schuler
  • John Desherlia
  • John Herzog
  • John Lengerman
  • John Moore
  • John Rotter
  • John Sakach Company
  • John Shively
  • John Smith
  • John Whitworth
  • Johnson Properties
  • Jonathan Ferry
  • Jule Levin
  • Julie Hauser
  • Justen Hong
  • Justin Huneke
  • Karen Kunkel
  • Kaskasia Engineering Group
  • Kathleen Beljanski
  • Kathy L. Long
  • Keith Burton
  • Keith Cook
  • Keith McFarland
  • Kelly Harris
  • Ken Keeney
  • Kerry Beiser

 
  • Kevin Gallagher
  • Kevin Hutchinson
  • Kevin Riggs
  • Kevin Shrake
  • Kevin Thompson
  • Kevin Triggs
  • Korte & Luitjohan Construction, Inc.
  • Kyle Ogden
  • L. Carolyn Campos
  • Landmark Realty, Inc.
  • Larry D. McInvoy
  • Larry Ingersoll
  • Larry L. Ringering
  • Laura Lock
  • Laura Reed
  • Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois
  • Lee A. Wiley
  • Les Sterman
  • Lewis and Clark Community College
  • Linda Lehr
  • Linda Moen
  • Linda Tragesser
  • Linda Wheaton
  • Lisa Bowman
  • Lisa Disbrow
  • Lisa Peck
  • Liz Streeter
  • Loretta Holmes
  • Louer Facility Planning, Inc.
  • Louis Copilevitz
  • Lynn Hester
  • M5Sports
  • Madison Co. Govt. – Emergency Management Agency
  • Madison Co. Govt. – Stormwater Office
  • Madison County Community Development
  • Madison County Planning & Development
  • Madison-Bond Workforce Investment Board
  • Marc Voegele
  • Marilyn Bush
  • Mark Bertels
  • Mark Halloran
  • Mark Harms
  • Mark Kern
  • Mark Maynard
  • Mark Robertson
  • Mark Tade
  • Marvin Freeman
  • Mary Bell
  • Mary Delano
  • Mary Greco
  • Mary Kane
  • Matrix Services
  • Matt Asselmeier 
  • Maurice Dean Poiter
  • Megha Srivastava
  • Melba Elmore
  • Melba Grose
  • Melissa Erker
  • Melissa Lackey
  • Metro East Sanitary District
  • Michael Fruth
  • Michael M. Ranek
  • Michael S. Huber
  • Mike Bechtol
  • Mike Brimm
  • Mike Geske
  • Mike Lundy
  • Mike Toner
  • Mildred M. Dake
  • Missouri CORE Partnership
  • Monroe County, IL
  • Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
  • Mudge Professional Services
  • Municipal Finance/ED Consulting
  • Nancy Kruckeberg
  • Nina Foreman
  • Nooter Construction
  • Norma Jean Free
  • Norman G. Alexander
  • Oates Associates, Inc.
  • Pamela G. Heepke
  • Pamela Hogan
  • Pamela Powell
  • Pat Hale
  • Patrick B. Mathis
  • Pat Schuetzenhofer
  • Paul Ellis
  • Paul Jackstadt
  • Paul Mann
  • Paul McNamara
  • Peggy Francis
  • Pete Korte
  • Peter Munoz
  • Photo Scans
  • PMcK Consulting
  • Proton Productions, LLC
  • Pyramid Electrical Contractors
  • QualSafe Solutions
  • Quality Testing & Engineering
  • Randy Bolle
  • Randy Harris
  • Ray Holden
  • Ray Morgan
  • Region’s Bank
  • Rich Conner
  • Richard Gum
  • Richard C. Ward
  • Richard Wall
  • Richard Watson
  • Richey Madison
  • Rick Marteeny
  • Ricky Reams
  • Rob Schwartz
  • Robert Astorian
  • Robert Dunn
  • Robert F. Means
  • Robert Lewis
  • Robert Parker
  • Rochelle Henderson
  • Roland Thouvenot
  • Ron O’Connor
  • Ronald Kaempfe
  • Ronda Sauget
  • Roz Rodgers
  • Sara Randolph
  • SCI Engineering, Inc.
  • Scott E. Penny
  • Scott Givens
  • Scott Harding
  • Sev-Rend
  • Sheila Rae Poiter
  • Shelene Treptow
  • Sheppard, Morgan and Schwaab
  • Shirley Holman
  • Shirley June Luffman
  • Sidney L. Clements
  • SIEA
  • SIMAPC
  • Sitton Construction Group
  • Snelson Collision Repair
  • Solutia, Inc.
  • Southern Illinois Builders Association
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council
  • Southwestern Illinois Planning Commission
  • St. Clair County Economic Development
  • St. Clair County Transit District
  • St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (St. Louis RCGA)
  • St. Louis Regional Airport
  • Standing Partnership
  • State Farm Insurance Company
  • Steve Fuehne
  • Steve Judiscak
  • Steven Harrison
  • Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
  • Susan Clark
  • Susan Strauder
  • Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council
  • Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA)
  • Tammy Iskarous
  • Teresa Kramer
  • Terry Beach
  • TheBANK of Edwardsville
  • The Delivery Network
  • The Hauser Group
  • The Korte Company
  • Theresa Ebeler
  • Thomas Hawkins
  • Thomas E. Holloway
  • Thomas Holbrook
  • Thouvenot, Wade and Moerchen
  • Tim Ahrens
  • Tim Garvey
  • Todd Oetting
  • Tom Herrmann
  • Tom Hoechst
  • Tom Irwin
  • Tom Monroe
  • Tom Nagel
  • Tricia Lewis
  • Tri-City Regional Port District
  • Tyler Stockton
  • U. S. Steel, Granite City Works
  • Vaughn Vandegrift
  • Veolia Environmental Services
  • Verna Ruebhauser
  • Vicki Niederhofer
  • Victor Modeer
  • Victor A. Pacewic
  • Village of Caseyville
  • Village of Fairmont City
  • Virginia L. Bain
  • Virginia Ohren
  • Visual Lure
  • Volkert Associates
  • Walter Hunter
  • Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
  • Wayne Weidemann
  • Wendy Erhart
  • William B. Bain
  • William Barlow
  • William Blechinger
  • William Elkins
  • William Gagen
  • William Grogan
  • William Rains
  • William Robertson
  • Zimmer Real Estate Services

 

  • Testimonials

    "As a lifelong resident of Granite City, I know this mandatory flood insurance will be incredibly detrimental to my community; many of Granite City's residents are already struggling financially. We have had local plant closures and have been hit hard by the housing market. So many of us have no room in our budgets to afford this mandatory flood insurance; let alone pay the amount up front."

    -- Gay Will,
    Resident of Granite City

    "Right now all economic growth is at a standstill, the levee situation seriously impacts our labor unions. If Illinois is given the time we need to enhance our levee system, hundreds of jobs would be created; which would in turn stimulate our local and regional economy. If FEMA does not give us time to enhance the levee's, the manpower in labor unions as well as job opportunity will drop significantly. This has the potential to devastate our region."

    -- Dale Stewart,
    Southwest Illinois Building & Construction Trade Council - Executive Secretary & Treasurer

    "In August 2009, Afton Chemical Plant was assessed an additional $750,000 annually in flood insurance premiums, due to the deaccredation of the levee system. This money could be used towards employment opportunities, capital projects, and other expansion in the region. However, we will not commit to any expansion in an area where our capital is not secure. If the levee issue is not resolved, this could mean millions of dollars in capital projects would not develop, costing construction jobs and permanent employment at our facilities. It could also result in existing jobs leaving the region as manufacturing processes are moved to more secure sites to minimize our business interruption risk."

    -- Todd Oetting,
    Afton Chemical Plan

    "Now FEMA wants to put even more financial strain on our residents by having them pay outrageous mandatory flood insurance. This is a tremendous financial burden that will interrupt their way of life; residents will have to choose what to cut out, in order to afford the mandatory flood insurance."

    -- Marius Jackson,
    Mayor of Centreville, Illinois

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