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AMENDED DATE to August 19th! Business After Five [BA5] with host Rotary Botanical Gardens

AMENDED DATE to August 19th! Business After Five [BA5] with host Rotary Botanical Gardens

8/19/21

Business After Five [BA5] with Host Rotary Botanical Gardens

AMENDED DATE! Business After Five [BA5]
Host:  Rotary Botanical Gardens
Location:  1455 Palmer Drive
Time:  5-7 PM
Admission: $5 members | $10 non-members & includes 2 drink tickets and appetizers

Reservations are not required. 

About our Host:
Located in Janesville, Wisconsin, Rotary Botanical Gardens is an award winning 20-acre, non-profit botanic showcase with 26 different garden styles and 4,000 varieties of plants. The Gardens is home to many dramatic and internationally themed gardens, including Japanese, Scottish, French Formal, Italian and English Cottage Gardens. Visitors to the Gardens may enjoy guided garden tours, shopping local artisans’ works in the Cottage Garden Gallery Gift Shop, and a variety of educational classes and programs available for adults, youth and families.

The elegant facility is also available for special event rentals. Rotary Botanical Gardens is 100% self-funded (receiving no city, county, state or federal funding) and maintained by a small staff and large group of dedicated volunteers.

Rotary Gardens, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable under current income tax law.

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A photo of the stage and speakers at the 2024 Forward Janesville Annual Dinner.

 

From our signature events held every year to our monthly Business After Five networking events, at Forward Janesville we pride ourselves on providing meaningful opportunities for our member businesses.

Make new connections, business partners, collaborators, and potential clients that, like you, are working to grow your business. Showcase your business – whether through sponsorship, attendance or participation – to a wide community. Take advantage of business resources and presenters that can help you navigate potential pitfalls. And more!

We hope you’ll join us at our next event and throughout the year!

 

SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENTS

Annual Dinner

Join more than 600 of your fellow business leaders and community champions for the premier business event of the year, featuring networking, dinner and a prominent speaker.

Awards Luncheon

Each spring, we recognize and honor businesses, organizations and individuals that have made a positive impact on our community.

Rock Regional Business Expo

A business favorite from the early 2000s, our business expo returned in 2024 and features more than 70 local businesses showcasing themselves to hundreds of attendees from Rock County and beyond.

Golf Outing

Spend a day with us on the links networking with local businesses, entertaining clients and winning prizes from our members – oh, and playing a little golf, too.

 

REGULARLY-SCHEDULED EVENTS

Business After Five

Typically the second Thursday of each month, it’s not surprising to see more than 200 attendees at our monthly networking BA5 events. How many of them you meet and create lasting business relationships with is up to you!

BreakFAST With BMO

Held six times each year, our BreakFAST With BMO events offer presentations on critical topics that affect business and our local community. They are typically held from 7:30-9 a.m. and feature designated time for morning networking before the featured presentation. Recent topics have included cybersecurity, economic outlook, workforce development, aligning your business’ financial goals with your personal financial goals, and more!