A Network of Local Businesses
Welcome
The Dry Social Network was developed from the Facebook group a Dry Naperville Social. And it started out as a passion project from the group’s founder - Michelle Flynn. Michelle found it very difficult to network for her business as a REALTOR at venues that did not center around alcohol. So first Michelle created the Dry Naperville Social which is focused as an alcohol free safe space for other like minded women. This group has resulted in some amazing friendships and now the necessity of expanding the networking aspect of the group is here.
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The vision of the Dry Social network is to spotlight a local business or business owner three times a month on the Dry Naperville Social. Then each business/owner that is highlighted will also share the spotlight on their own social media - and each spotlight will contain a QR code that will take the reader to the Dry Social Network for the entire guide book of local businesses.
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We would eventually love to see this network grow to the point of having networking events to meet one another in person! Stay tuned -​
Meet Our Founder!
Hi! For those of you I haven’t met - it is a pleasure and thank you for being a part of this community. I founded the Dry Naperville Social in July of 2021. It was born out of the necessity of making friends. I had no idea at the time, but evidently during my active addiction I completely isolated myself, and when I healed my addiction in October of 2019, I looked around and did not have any friends. ESPECIALLY, a friend that also did not drink alcohol. So, I created The Dry Naperville Social. I was very fortunate that the local media found interest in my FB group and we were featured in a story in the Chicago Tribune and the following month, channel 7 news “Weekend News” did a segment on us at Nafisa’s Studio (one of our members) and is was a blast! Apparently, that story still runs on a variety of platforms. And after successful growth, we had decided to expand and created the Zero proof Social. I am a full time Realtor which I love more than any other vocation I have ever done - and I currently live in Naperville with my husband and 2 dogs.
