Business View Magazine | January 2020

326 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 Montgomery events include its ever-popular Montgomery Fest, now in its 37th year. Montgomery Fest is held the second weekend in August and showcases the Fox River while offering multiple musical performances, carnival rides, a wide range of food vendors, petting zoo, fishing derby, car show, parade and concludes with a large firework show. The annual 5/10K River Run takes place, every year, on the first Saturday of October along the scenic Fox River through beautiful landscaped parks and residential areas. A portion of the proceeds from the River Run are donated to local charities. During the holidays, the Village lights up with its Winter Wonderland, a co-hosted event with the Greater Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce (GMACC). This event takes place in December and showcases festive music performances, Santa and Mrs. Claus, an elf workshop, and the Ozinga Merry Mixer (Ozinga is another business that calls Montgomery home). Spring brings the annual Spring Egg Hunt, co-hosted by the Community Christian Church. Families hop-over to Montgomery Park and partake in a free egg hunt, for kids 10 and under, refreshments, games, crafts and bunny-rific adventures are enjoyed by all who attend. And new for June 2020 Montgomery will be hosting its first Street Eats Festival that will have more than 10 food trucks for all to enjoy and try yummy tasty tidbits. Daniel S. Gray was known as a man of much energy and enterprise. He would likely be proud to know that today’s residents of the town he founded are similarly imbued with those enviable qualities, and have put strategies and programs in place that continue to keep the Village of Montgomery a wonderful place to live, work, and play. PREFERRED VENDOR n Carl Buddig and Company www.buddig.com Carl Buddig and Company, based in Homewood, Illinois, is owned and operated by third generation Buddig Family members. The Company is also proud that in recent years, fourth generation family members have joined the organization. For Carl Buddig and Company, family is at the heart of everything they do, from the company - family-owned since 1943 - to its family of 1,400 employees, to its family of products, and finally, to the families they feed. The Budding family tradition began when Carl Buddig opened a meat distribution company in Chicago, forming the roots of today’s Buddig brand of products. In 1958, the company built its first USDA-inspected facility, which allowed it to distribute products nationally. Consumers loved their thin-sliced lunchmeats, so they became a manufacturer too. Today, Carl Buddig and Company is also the parent company responsible for manufacturing and distribution of Old Wisconsin® hardwood-smoked sausage and meat snack products, and Kingsford® barbecue and specialty meats. Both are sold in supermarkets across the country. Carl Buddig and Company continues to embrace quality and innovation, consistently producing high-quality products because Buddig knows that it’s feeding families with the very best in taste, variety, and convenience. ®Kingsford is a registered trademark of The Kingsford Products Company, LLC