Get ready to take on the 2014 River North Challenge June 24

Let the games begin! Competitors are eagerly forming teams to compete in the 5^th Annual River North Challenge hosted by the River North Business Association June 24. Teams will spend a memorable evening adventuring through River North hotels, partaking in mental and physical challenges. Each check point presents a new challenge, when accomplished earning competitors “challenge points” towards a grand prize as well as a stamp on their “passport”. A team’s overall point sum, completed passport and the accuracy of their challenge answers will ultimately determine this year’s River North Challenge winner!

The locations along the River North Challenge will keep you fueled for success. This event, which delivers in the fun and games department, is accompanied by complimentary food and beverages at River North’s favorite destinations -- Challenge Stops.

Each Challenge Stop presents teams with the choice of an active challenge, mental challenge or both to gain maximum points. Upon completion of each challenge the team will be provided with the location of their next challenge.  Bonus Checkpoints along the journey will provide competitors with additional opportunities to increase point totals.

Start getting your team together because you won’t want to miss out on these prizes. The winning team will take home a tremendous prize package from the Businesses of River North. All event participants also will be entered in a Door Prize Drawing to further their chances of taking home great prizes such as gift certificates from restaurants, bars, hotels and spa packages.

Teams are encouraged to wear costumes and uniforms, or design their look around a team theme. Go big or go home, because the teams with the most creative attire will win big!

Upon completion of the challenge, enjoy the River North Challenge After Party at Cantina Laredo. While waiting for the Challenge winners to be announced, competitors can relax with food and beverages.

Register as a team of four for $150 or purchase a Single ticket for $40 and be placed on a team. Food and beverage will also be provided at each major hotel stop.

Registration takes place at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza beginning at 5:30 pm. The Challenge takes place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is followed by the after party at the Cantina Laredo at 8:30 p.m. June 24.

River North Challenge is presented Comcast Business Services and brought to you by the River North Business Association. Registration Sponsor is  Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza and After Party Sponsor is Cantina Laredo. Hotels involved in the event include Aloft City Center, Residence Inn, Springhill Suites, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Hampton Inn and Suites, Homewood Suites and Hyatt Place.

For questions call the River North Business Associations at 312-645-1047.

River North Business Association represents more than 325 businesses in the area bounded by the Chicago River to the south and west, Division on the north and Wabash on the east. The area boasts the highest concentration of restaurants and entertainment venues and is Chicago’s most exciting neighborhood to live, work, shop, dine and play. For more information, visit www.rivernorthassociation.com.

Here's your chance to honor your favorite River North business.

            

Voting is Open for River North's Best THAW Awards. 

Voting is underway for selecting the Best Businesses in River North. The newly named THAW (Top Honors Awards and Winners) awards are run annually by the River North Business Association and sponsored this year by Cuvee, LM Bistro, Erie-LaSalle Body Shop, Friedman Properties,  Mancuso Motorsports and

Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River North. 

 

Voting is open for the public to vote and may be accessed here.

 

Winners will be announced at the THAW Awards Party, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, January 16 at Cuvee, 108 W. Erie St. 

 

Dean Richards, Entertainment Critic and Reporter at WGN-TV and WGN Radio, 720AM, is the Master of Ceremony. The awards announcements will be followed by a party with food, cocktails and dancing. The cost is $55 for RNBA members and $65 for non-members.  Tickets may be purchased at www.rivernorthassociation.com or by going here.

 

Vote for your favorite business in the following categories: River North’s Best New Restaurant, River North’s Best Restaurant, River North’s Best Nightlife Destination, River North’s Best Business or Service, River North’s Best Hotel, and River North’s Best None Profit.

 

Each category has three or four nominees and the ability to write in your favorite if it’s not listed. In true Chicago fashion, you’re invited to vote as many times as you like (once daily) through December 30.

Nominees include:

 

River North’s Best New Restaurant

• Ay Chiwowa

• Bub City

• Bar Louie

• BlackFinn Ameripub

River North’s Best Restaurant

• Moe’s Cantina

• Hard Rock Café

• Weber Grill

• Zed 451

River North’s Nightlife Destination

•         Castle

• Cuvee

• Fedora Lounge

• The Redhead Piano Bar

River North’s Best Business or Service

• Artistic Blooms

• Moolagram

• North Bank

River North’s Best Hotel

• Aloft Chicago

• Holiday Inn Mart Plaza

• The Allerton Hotel

• The Amalfi Hotel

River North’s Best Non Profit Organization

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

• Anti-Cruelty Society

• Open Books

About the River North Business Association

River North Business Association represents more than 325 businesses in the area bounded by the Chicago River to the south and west, Division on the north and Wabash on the east. The area boasts the highest concentration of restaurants and entertainment venues and is Chicago’s most exciting neighborhood to live, work, shop, dine and play. For more information, visit www.rivernorthassociation.com.