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Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance
The City Council is signing on to a new law that will make it difficult for employers to schedule flexible work schedules. This will be extremely difficult for small businesses who employ fifty or more individuals in the aggregate within a dwelling unit, residence, or any other location. Please join the coalition at
Work Your Way and write a letter to our local elected officials.
You can view the new ordinance
here
and write a letter to Work Your Way
here
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Calling all Food Vendors!
Interested in being a food vendor at the Belmont Sheffield Music Festival, Memorial Day weekend? We have special pricing available for Lakeview East Chamber members!
Please contact
[email protected] for more information and to lock down your spot at one of the best music festivals in Chicago!
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Summer Festival Opportunities
Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival
The time to sign up for the Belmont Sheffield Music Fest is here! The dates for this event are May 25th and 26th. This popular Memorial Day weekend fest takes place on Sheffield Avenue between Belmont and Roscoe St. , just steps from the Belmont El station. There are vendor and sponsorship opportunities available.
PRIDE Parade
The Pride Parade is June 30th this year AND it's the 50th anniversary. Sponsorship opportunities are now available: have members on the float with us, and walkers with the float handing out promotions of your brand and services. Sponsors also have their logo on our float, along with other opportunities to promote!
Lakeview East Festival of the Arts
Preparations for the Premier Arts Festival in Chicago have started! We are calling all interested vendors and potential sponsors to sign up or contact us to be part of the 15th year. This year's event is on September 14th to the 15th on Broadway street between Belmont and Hawthorne. The Festival showcases more than 150 juried artists featuring paintings, sculpture, photography, furniture, jewelry and more.
For more information about these events contact Gilberto Guadalupe at
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Sidewalk Cafe Permits
For questions, please contact Felix Quintiliani at
[email protected] or call 773.348.8608.
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Upcoming Lakeview Supper Club Events
Not a
Lakeview Supper Club member? Membership is just $10/annually and gets you access to 3 exclusive dining events a month in Lakeview restaurants.
Join today and purchase your tickets to the events above!
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Owner and founder of
CRAM Fashion
(3331 N. Broadway), Marc Engel, grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. His grandparents owned a retail shop in his native Germany, where Marc knew he enjoyed the business of running a business more than most young children do.
In 1993, he opened his own store, a men's fashion retail shop - selling trendy clothing and accessories of the time. After several years, he decided to make the move to America to open (eventually what would be called) CRAM Fashion. The shop started out in Gold Coast, but eventually moved to Boystown. Marc felt Boystown would be a better fit for the eclectic, stylish men he was catering the business toward.
10 years since it's inception, CRAM has become a dominant force in the men's retail space in not just Boystown, but Chicago in general. Thanks in part to Marc's great team of personable stylists, his husband Stephane (CRAM's Visuals Manager), and their 4-year-old dog Dexter. Not only are the clothes visually exciting, so is the space itself. Stephane does a great job at coordinating the store's décor for different holiday seasons and store promotions. We even used his expertise for the Lakeview East Tree Lighting this past year!
Marc's favorite part of being a small business owner in Lakeview East? "It's a
fun, driven neighborhood with a lot of events happening and it's also great be in the heart of the LGBT community". One of the biggest events coming up, just so happens to be the CRAM Fashion 10-year Anniversary Party! The party will be next Thursday, March 21st and will feature a live DJ, cocktails, models, and a special guest appearance by designer Andrew Christian!
Not only is he leading the way at CRAM, but he's also leading the community as the 2019 President of the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors! We are so excited to have Marc spearhead a lot of our upcoming Lakeview East initiatives. He's always been a big leader in Lakeview East and we know he'll be a great President.
Where does Marc see CRAM in the next 10 years? "Cram will have a strong presence in the fashion retail world, and we will be the # 1 destination for travelers". We think so too!
If you are interested in being featured in a future Member Spotlight, please email [email protected].
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WELCOME NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS!
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Camp Wiggles
(3647 N. Halsted) offers open play doggie daycare, unique overnight services, and pup transportation.
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Pole Appeal Chicago Fitness Studio (2903 N. Clark) was built to provide access for the sexy strength conditioning of pole fitness to women and men of all body types and ages.
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PingPong (3322 N. Broadway) is a casual neighborhood restaurant inspired by the Chinese and Thai cuisines of Far East Asia.
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Stone Creek Coffee
(939 W. Belmont) is a craft coffee roaster founded in 1993 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin specializing in "Farm to Cup" coffee.
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Businesses Opening Soon in Lakeview East!
Wear Moi
- 3352. N Broadway
NOW OPEN!
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Lakeview East & Wrigleyville Banner
Sponsorship Still
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The Lakeview East Street Pole Banners are located throughout the District are still available for sponsorship. Banners are located on Broadway, Clark, Belmont, Addison and Diversey. Chamber members and local businesses have the opportunity to sponsor new banners or renew your current banner sponsorship at a discounted rate.
Wrigleyville Area Banners:
New Banner Sponsorship (per banner):
- Lakeview East Chamber Members - $500 each
- Non-Members - $1,000 each
Surrounding Lakeview East Area Banners:
New Banner Sponsorship (per banner):
- Lakeview East Chamber Members - $250 each
- Non-Members - $400 each
Please contact Kate McKenna for more information at
[email protected]
or by calling 773-348-8608.
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Storefront Opportunities
Are you or anyone you know, looking to move their business to Lakeview East? You can view Storefront Opportunities on our website
here!
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The Lakeview East area is bustling with new development. For development projects visit our website here. |
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Michelin Star Restaurant Proposes New Development at Former Mi Tierra Property
There will be 3 parking spaces at the back of the building.
Cumin is Michelin's Bib Gourmand awarded restaurant serving Indian and Nepalese cuisine with full bar. Restaurant was established in 2010. Belmont will it it's 2nd location. View plans
here.
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The
CTA
is performing work in preparation for future improvements as part of the first phase of the Red and Purple Modernization Project. This work will take place at the Addison Red Line Station.
To prep for the project project, Clark Street is closed Roscoe to Buckingham until April 7th to relocate utilities and make room for new track foundations. You can still get to these great businesses via 8/22/77/152 bus or Red & Brown Lines!
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The
CTA will also start track work as part of the first phase of the Red Purple Modernization starting on
March 1, 2019 to March 25,2019. This 24 hour a day, 7 day a week construction activity is specific to the CTA's right of way so there will be impacts to the alley and the area of Clark Street from School north to Roscoe.
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GOVERNMENT & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
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19th District Community Alternative Policing Strategies (CAPS)
The 44th Ward is served by the 19th District (bounded by Lawrence, Lake Shore Drive, Fullerton, and the Chicago River). Each police district is divided in beats, and each beat has a team of beat officers assigned to it. Police representatives from these teams and local community leaders conduct the CAPS meetings. For more information on CAPS, visit the Chicago Police Department's web page,
How CAPS Works
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Upcoming CAPS Meetings:
Tuesday, March 19th from 7:00-8:00pm
- 19th District Beat 1911 & 12
Location:
Sulzer Library
Wednesday, March 20th from 7:00-8:00pm
- 19th District Beats 1921, 22, & 31
Location:
Police Auditorium in Area North
Thursday, April 4th from 6:30-7:30pm
- 19th District Beat 1915
Location:
Uptown Buena Library
Monday, April 8th from 6:30-7:30pm
- 19th District Beat 1934 & 35
Location:
2nd Unitarian Church
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Small Business Education Workshops
The Small Business Center offers FREE classes and workshops all year long.
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ST. PADDY'S DAY DEALS, SPECIALS & EVENTS
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Join
Get in the Kitchen for their upcoming St. Patrick's Day events! Click the events below for details.
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Clear off your calendars everyone: Saint Pawtrick's Day is on the horizon!
On Thursday, March 14th, Wigglyville will be hosting a bonanza from 6:30 to 8:30 PM! We will have sales on everything green, our Paragon Potato Treats, and Beds! Also gift bags and drinks as you would expect from a Wigglyville party.
We'll see you there!
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Tom Tunney, the proud son of parents who immigrated to Chicago from Ireland, is bringing a little bit of "home" to his Ann Sather restaurants in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
From now through the St. Patrick's Day holiday on Monday, March 18, Ann Sather diners can enjoy a traditional Irish meal of corned beef, cabbage and boiled potato along with assorted homemade breads, including Ann Sather's scrumptious cinnamon rolls, all for $14.95.
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OTHER LOCAL DEALS, SPECIALS & EVENTS
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EGA Salon
is participating
in the battle for the Best Chicago Salon at
Tunnel on March 24th. This is a HUGE deal and we want them to win!
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Beginning March 1, 2019
Spring into Supercuts to be SUPER Ready!
20% ALL products with any Service
BOGO 50% Styling Products!
Good through April 30th, 2019
3160 N Broadway
(773) 935-5252
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YOGGIC
is offering a weekend full of workshops April 5th-7th!
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