What Is ALC Connect

ALC CONNECT is a lifestyle and professional community built around the belief that meaningful connection creates opportunity, growth, and lasting impact. It brings together accomplished professionals, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, creatives, and community members through curated experiences, intelligent conversation, shared expertise, and purposeful introductions.

The platform lives across several interconnected experiences — ALC CONNECT Magazine, our gatherings and networking events, ALC CONNECT Live, and the broader community and relationships that continue beyond them.

Since 2016 · Chicago North Shore

Connection
Creates

Legacy.

A luxury lifestyle network uniting business, leadership, design, wellness, real estate, and meaningful human connection.

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ALC CONNECT

built on relationships

Since 2016

500+Members

22+Years Leading

2+Decades of Connections

Our Foundation

What We Stand For

Meaningful Connection

We curate relationships with intention — bringing together the right people at the right moment to create opportunities that compound over a lifetime.

Legacy Building

Every introduction, every event, every issue of the magazine is designed to help you build something that outlasts you — a business, a brand, a movement.

Intentional Living

We believe lifestyle is a strategy. From wellness to interior design to personal reinvention, ALC CONNECT celebrates the art of living with purpose.

Luxury Editorial

The ALC CONNECT Magazine is a curated editorial experience spotlighting the ideas, people, and places shaping modern leadership and lifestyle.

Leadership Through Community

Our conferences and live gatherings are designed for professionals at every stage who are ready to step fully into their power — reinventing, collaborating, and leading with intention and purpose.

Collaboration Over Competition

We are a room full of people who genuinely want to see each other win. Referrals, partnerships, and co-creation are the currency of the ALC CONNECT community — because when one of us rises, we all rise.

ALC CONNECT MAGAZINE

ALC CONNECT Magazine

Editorial Excellence,
Every Issue

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Now Accepting · Fall 2026 Issue

Collaborate With Us

We are now welcoming editorial features, thought leadership articles, and advertising placements for our upcoming quarterly issue. Reach a curated audience of consumers, business owners, entrepreneurs, creatives, and community leaders across the Chicago North Shore.

Editorial Feature

A professionally written spotlight article with photography and premium placement

Full page or half page ad within our curated editorial environment

Integrated Package

Article + ad + event presence + social promotion + directory listing

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ALC CONNECT

Cover Story · Summer 2026

The Power of Your
Personal Brand

The essential elements that define your presence — and how to build a brand that is unmistakably, powerfully you.

By Jennifer Schuman, Horizon Portraits

Coming Soon

Leadership

Life Moves at the Speed of Relationship

Wellness

Nurture Your Nervous System: Key Tips for 2026

Design

Happy 2026 — And Happy Year of the Horse

Real Estate

Two Decades of Trust: A Real Estate Journey with Heart

Entrepreneurship

Adversity Doesn’t Break Us. It Reveals Us.

ALC CONNECT

Cover Story · Summer Escape

A Few Breaths in
the Grand Tetons

Five days, three lakes, and one quiet reminder that a life well-built is also a life well-lived.

By Adriana Laura Cook

Coming Soon

ALC CONNECT Live

Where Extraordinary
People Gather Intentionally

Next Event · October 24

ALC CONNECT Live
Discover. Engage. Transform.

📍 Writer’s Theatre · 325 Tudor, Glencoe, IL

🕐 Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

$ $59 per person · $39 WLC Members

ALC Connect Live brings together an inspiring mix of people, ideas, and conversations for an elevated day of discovery, inspiration, and meaningful connection — created for consumers, entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, and community leaders, with trusted voices and fresh perspectives across real estate, elder care, preventive health, transformational coaching, personal branding, interior design, artificial intelligence, and marketing.

Speakers + Panels

Purpose-Driven Networking

Curated Local Vendors

Relaxed & Polished

Refreshments throughout + lunch included · Advance reservation required · Hosted by Adriana Laura Cook, Founder

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Speaker Inquiries

Interested in Speaking
at a Live Event?

We welcome thought leaders, wellness experts, real estate professionals, and entrepreneurs who align with our community values.

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Monthly

Creative Mastery Wine Dinners

North Shore · Culinary & Wine Pairing

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Quarterly

Members Mastermind Dinner

Private Venue · Chicago

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First Tuesday of Every Month

Power Brunch Series

North Shore · Intimate Curated Gatherings

For information: Call or Text 312.497.2044

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Stay Connected

Next ALC CONNECT Live — October 24, 2026

Reserve your place now at Writer’s Theatre in Glencoe — $59 per person, $39 for WLC Members. Advance reservation required.

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Official Invitation

The Full
Event Announcement

Save, print, or share the official ALC CONNECT Live invitation with anyone you’d like to bring along on October 24.

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ALC CONNECT Live — October 24, 2026 official event invitation, Writer's Theatre, Glencoe, Illinois

Adriana Laura Cook

Founder & Editor · ALC CONNECT

22+Years in
Real Estate

The Founder

Adriana Laura Cook

For more than two decades, Adriana Laura Cook’s professional life has been rooted in real estate — but the heart of her work has always been people. After 22 years in the industry, she has learned that buying or selling a home is rarely just a transaction. It is a turning point, a new chapter, a moment when guidance, clarity, and trust matter deeply.

Ten years ago, she began hosting what would become the now-familiar networking brunches — intentionally small, thoughtfully curated gatherings designed not around sales pitches or business cards, but around conversation, connection, and contribution. What started as a simple idea grew into a trusted community of professionals who believe that relationships built with intention lead to extraordinary outcomes.

ALC CONNECT was born from that same spirit. This magazine is an extension of the table we have been gathering around for the past decade — a reflection of a network built on trust.

Authentic Community

Real relationships, not just contacts

Purposeful Design

Every gathering crafted with intention

Elevating Others

Success is more beautiful shared

Legacy Thinking

Building what endures beyond the moment

The Network

Join a Community Built on Belonging

ALC CONNECT brings together the most purposeful, talented, and driven people in Chicagoland and beyond. Referrals are earned, not requested. Expertise is shared generously. Businesses grow through trust.

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Business Collaborations

Cross-industry partnerships creating real revenue, real exposure, and real relationships between members invested in each other’s success.

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A Community for Small Business Owners

Whether you’re building something new or scaling something established, ALC CONNECT is where small business owners find their people — trusted referrals, collaborative partnerships, real visibility through the magazine, and a room full of people who genuinely want to see you grow.

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Creative Entrepreneurs

From interior designers and wellness professionals to content creators, coaches, consultants, artists, and personal brand builders — entrepreneurs across a wide array of industries come together. Here, your craft is celebrated, your network expands, and your next big opportunity is already in the room.

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Real Estate Professionals

Brokers, investors, developers, attorneys, inspectors, mortgage specialists, builders, and interior designers connected through shared purpose, quality referrals, and the ALC CONNECT ecosystem.

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Local Business Spotlights

We celebrate and amplify Chicagoland’s most exceptional small businesses through magazine features, event partnerships, and referrals.

Ready to belong?

Membership inquiries are reviewed personally by Adriana.

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Community Voices

What Members Say

“

Adriana doesn’t just connect people — she curates constellations. Every person she introduced me to changed the trajectory of my business.

Michelle R.

Interior Designer, Chicago

“

ALC CONNECT gave me back something I didn’t know I’d lost — a room full of women who actually want to see each other rise.

Danielle L.

Entrepreneur, Chicagoland

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This is not a networking group. It is a living ecosystem. The magazine is beautiful, the events unforgettable — but the real gift is the people.

Teresa H.

Real Estate Professional

Partners & Sponsors

Brands That Believe in Community

ALC CONNECT partners with luxury brands, service providers, and forward-thinking businesses who share our vision of elevated community.

Magazine CollaboratorInquire: 312.497.2044 Event PartnerInquire: 312.497.2044 Wellness BrandInquire: 312.497.2044 Interior DesignInquire: 312.497.2044 Real Estate TeamInquire: 312.497.2044

Interested in featuring your brand in the magazine or sponsoring an event?

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Connect With Us

Your Legacy
Starts Here.

Whether you’re ready to join the community, attend an event, advertise in the magazine, or simply learn more — we’d love to hear from you. Every great connection begins with a conversation.

@adrianalauracookrealestate on Instagram 312.497.2044 — Call or Text adrianacook@yahoo.com Reserve Your Place — October 24 Live Event Read the Current Magazine Issue Inquire About Speaking at a Live Event Sponsorship & Magazine Advertising

Thank you.

Welcome to the Community.

Adriana will be in touch personally.
Connection creates legacy.

ConnectionCreates

What We Stand For

Editorial Excellence,Every Issue

Where ExtraordinaryPeople Gather Intentionally

Adriana Laura Cook

Join a Community Built on Belonging

What Members Say

Brands That Believe in Community

Your LegacyStarts Here.

Connection
Creates

Editorial Excellence,
Every Issue

Where Extraordinary
People Gather Intentionally

Your Legacy
Starts Here.