(v/o)Tim Maloney: Bank of America is really important to the city of Chicago.
SUPER: Tim Maloney, Illinois President, Bank of America
Tim Maloney: We’re large. We’re very impactful. We have over seven thousand employees. We’ve really engaged our associates, to make this city a better place to live and work. We’ve really been bolstering and building our business in the business banking and small business sector. This is so important to the economy of this city.
SUPER: Rob Katz, Owner, BOKA Restaurant Group
Rob Katz: Chicago’s the best city in the United States of America. And we’re so happy to be doing what we’re doing in the city that we love.
SUPER: BOKA RESTAURANT GROUP, CLIENT SINCE 2005
(v/o)Kevin Boehm: We’re up to six hundred and fifty employees at this point.
SUPER: Kevin Boehm, Owner, BOKA Restaurant Group
Kevin Boehm: We’re still hiring everywhere.
SUPER: Ryan Miller, Client Manager, Bank of America
Ryan Miller: We want to support business owners that have a plan. And that had back jobs to the economy.
SUPER: WIEGEL TOOL WORKS, CLIENT SINCE 2007
(v/o)Aaron Wiegel: Wiegel Tool Works started back in 1941.
SUPER: Aaron Wiegel, President, Wiegel Tool Works
Aaron Wiegel: Bank of America’s been so instrumental in our growth. We’ve doubled in the last three years. That’s a fast growth in a short period of time. A lot of these type of business has been outsourced. We decided to stay in Chicago and just stay loyal and dedicated.
SUPER: OZINGA, CLIENT SINCE 2008
(v/o)Marty Ozinga: This is our eighty-third year in the ready-mix concrete business.
SUPER: Marty Ozinga IV, Ozinga
Marty Ozinga: To see something so magnificent as the Chicago skyline and know you’re a small part of that. It’s very humbling. We want to grow our company. We want to hire more people; build more plants. As we look forward to the future, we’re excited that Bank of America is with us along the way.
(v/o)Tim Maloney: Bank of America understands that arts reflect the heart and soul of a great city.
SUPER: Douglas Druick, President, Art Institute of Chicago
SUPER: THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 1983
Douglas Druick: The energies at Bank of America, and the energies of the Art Institute, serve the city well, in terms of showing how vital and dynamic art is to a community.
Tim Maloney: We’ve provided a variety of needs of support from the new Modern Wing, to arts programs for students, as well as sponsoring exhibits such as the upcoming Roy Lichtenstein exhibit.
SUPER: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago
James Rondeau: An exhibition of this scale could not exist without this kind of support.
SUPER: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 2000
(v/o)Carlos Tortolero: Every human being should experience the arts.
SUPER: Carlos Tortolero, President, National Museum of Mexican Art
Carlos Tortolero: The culture of Mexico is such an amazing culture. To me it needed a home that was amazing.
SUPER: Dillon Dalton, Business Banking Market Executive, Bank of America
Dillon Dalton: To have this gem in the middle of this neighborhood, pays huge dividends to the community.
SUPER: Daniel Solis, Alderman of the 25th Ward, Chicago
Daniel Solis: It become a better neighborhood. The crime is down. Property values have gone up.
Carlos Tortolero: This building we’re in right now is actually part of an expansion where the lead corporate sponsor was Bank of America.
SUPER: Raul Raymundo, CEO, Resurrection Project
Raul Raymundo: Bank of America has been a pioneer in community development.
SUPER: Julie Chavez, Market Manager, Bank of America
Julie Chavez: We want to make Chicago a healthy and vibrant place. We know we can’t do it alone.
SUPER: RESURRECTION PROJECT, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 1997
(v/o)Raul Raymundo: The Resurrection Project has built over six hundred units of affordable housing community facilities. Creating jobs; businesses…
Julie Chavez: I grew up in Pilson. And my family’s been here for more than fifty years. And I think that’s what Bank of America represents. We’re part of the fabric of the community.
SUPER: Marcus Boggs, Senior Financial Advisor, Bank of America
Marcus Boggs: Bank of America encourages its employees to be a part of the community.
SUPER: METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 1987
(v/o)Ric Estrada: Marc is one of our board members.
SUPER: Ric Estrada, President/CEO, Metropolitan Family Services
Ric Estrada: He’s a passionate individual; cares deeply about the communities that we serve.
(v/o)Cindy Holler: Here in Chicago, this neighborhood was a disaster.
SUPER: Cindy Holler, CEO, Mercy Housing Lakefront
Cindy Holler: It was filled with old hotels that were crumbling.
SUPER: MERCY HOUSING LAKEFRONT, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 2008
(v/o)Cindy Holler: We were actually part of the rebirth of this community because we took the old hotels and we refurbished them and now you look around and you can see. There’s half a million dollar condos. We needed a financial partner and Bank of America was there.
SUPER: GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY, WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 1995
(v/o)Kate Maehr: In our community there are more than eight hundred thousand people
SUPER: Kate Maehr, Executive Director and CEO, Greater Chicago Food Depository
Kate Maehr: Who may not know where their next meal is gonna come from.
SUPER: Terry Cosby, Volunteer, Bank of America
Terry Cosby: To think that in a city like Chicago, that you have that much need, to be able to help in any way means a tremendous amount.
SUPER: BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON
(v/o)Tim Maloney: Bank of America sponsors the Chicago Marathon every year. That has become a major fund-raising opportunity for non-profits that year after year continues to grow. We try to bring that home in a local fashion, that connects the community, gets our people involved, and really makes a difference in the city and its economy.
(v/o)Julie Chavez: Chicago’s lucky to have Bank of America in its back yard. And we’re proud to be here.
(v/o)Marty Ozinga: If you look around Chicago, you have all kinds of longstanding relationships where people have been loyal to each other in order to make Chicago great. And that’s what Bank of America is about.
Tim Maloney: There is so much more, that we can do. We’ve just scratched the surface of the opportunity for our company, and for the greatness that lies ahead for the city of Chicago.
