I sent the following email out on March 18th:

Hi everyone:

Today is the last day of our Winter session, and I wanted to thank you for spending time with us at Multilingual Chicago.  Today is also the 5th anniversary of Workforce Language Services – our parent company that provides corporate language training and translation services.  I never expected to be a business owner, but little decisions and events over time take you in directions you don’t always expect (which is why I’m no longer teaching linguistic anthropology to undergraduates and discussing issues of language ideology and language obsolescence!).  Even years into my business, I never expected that I’d one day open a language school – I was just looking for an office so we could move out of my cramped basement.  I fell in love with the exposed brick wall, the big windows and the mix of cultures right outside our door, sketched out a floor plan and figured we could offer a few group classes to help pay the rent. And here we are, less than five months later, and Multilingual Chicago has taken on a life of its own.  We’re growing and changing all the time, and we are thankful to everyone that has been involved in that growth.

For those of you that plan to continue your journey with us in the Spring – whether for Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin or Arabic – please use the code MCSTDNT10 at checkout from now until March 24^th to enjoy $35 off your registration.  For those that don’t, we still hope to see you at some point, whether for another language class down the road, a wine tasting event or just a quick stop by to say hello.  If your experience with us has been positive, please tell your friends ($15 tuition credit for referrals!) or share your comments on yelp, google or yahoo.  If your experience has not been all that you hoped it would be, please tell me so I know what modifications need to be made.

Thank you for your support, your patience and for trusting us to guide you in your language learning.  I hope we’ll be seeing you again in April!

Warm regards,

Jill

Five years?  Wow.  Love it.  And the more people that walk through our door, the more fun it is for me every day.

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