In January 2003, Pat D'Angelo and Debbie Pallardy first met with the Lisle village board to talk about CC!. Two years later, in January 2005, they spoke at a village board workshop meeting about two new steps to help CC! grow.

First, D'Angelo and Pallardy made the organization a nonprofit. It had been part of a government agency, according to the Daily Herald, and hence wasn't receiving the benefits of nonprofit status. So now it is the Lisle Community Character Alliance.

Second, they planned to put the CC! logo on Lisle Police Department squad cars in the spring, after department training sessions.