Your monthly news & updates
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Welcome to our monthly newsletter to update businesses on what is happening in the City Council and the 32nd ward. Here you'll find out about current legislation as it pertains to businesses as well as information on neighborhood news and initiatives sponsored by the City.
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Small Business Center on the Road Expo
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The small business expo will be at the Arturo Velasquez Institute (2800 S. Western Ave., Chicago) on
Saturday, May 12th, 2018 from 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
The expo is free and open to the public.
Expo details:
- Keynote Speakers: Mike Moreno, Sr. and Jr. of Little Village's Moreno's Liquors....Mike Moreno, Sr. and Jr. form a father-son business partnership blazing a trail for Latino entrepreneurs in Chicago. Mike Sr., born in Mexico, opened his liquor store in Little Village in 1977, the first Latino owned liquor store in Illinois. Mike Jr. took a lead role in the family business in 2014 and helped create one of the city’s best craft beer collections. Through the work of the entrepreneurial duo, Moreno’s today boasts the largest selection of tequila and mezcal in the nation.
- FREE assistance from business consultants to begin the licensing process
- Resources on Procurement, Financial, Insurance, Consumer information
- Financial Advisers on hand to answer questions
- FREE Tax Clinic: One-on-One counseling sessions provided by Center for Economic Progress (CEP)
- FREE Law Clinic: Legal advice and support provided by The Community Law Project
- AND SO MUCH MORE!
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Free Educational Workshops from DBACP
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The Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers workshops every Wednesday and Friday. Workshops vary each month and are conducted by City Officials, experts, and partner business organizations. All workshops are free, and open to the public. Workshops are held at BACP's offices located in Room 805 and Room 1103 at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60602.
This Friday, learn about
Accounting with Quickbook
s, presented by Trak Patel, CPA, PCIP From Arcc Consulting Corp.
Learn how to keep your financial record keeping books using QuickBooks. You'll learn to identify the differences between QuickBooks Online vs. QuickBooks Desktop and list the important features and benefits.This workshop is being offered in conjunction with Money Smart Week.*
This event is being held on Friday, April 27, 9:30 am - 10:30 am, in City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle, 8th floor.
*Money Smart Week is April 21- 28. The workshops are a part of a public awareness campaign. Additional events can be found at www.moneysmartweek.org. To register please email BACPoutreach@cityofchicago.org or call312.744.2086.
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Organize a Business Watch!
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The Chicago Police want to keep our businesses and their employees safe. It is highly recommended that you reach out to your local police district to find out more about programs that they may have available. For example, the 14th Police District CAPS office will send officers to your 14th district business to evaluate ways you can make your business safer. You can find out your police district by
clicking here
and get
business crime alerts here
.
You may be familiar with neighborhood watches, but have you ever considered a business watch or business phone tree? Modeled after the Neighborhood watch concept, Business Watch seeks to reduce commercial crime and the fear of crime from both the shopper's and the shop owner's point of view. The following steps are the most important steps behind Business Watch.
- Get to know nearby business owners.
- Contact our office to find out if there is a neighborhood group in your area so that you can introduce yourself to residents and other neighborhood organizations.
- Create a phone tree, this is a list of neighboring business with their phone numbers. If there is a suspicious person or group in your business or if something happens in your business, a phone tree will give you the ability to warn other business owners or vice versa.
- Watch and report suspicious behavior to law enforcement.
- Engrave all valuable office equipment and tools with a unique identification number to make it easier for police to if they recover your items in case of burglary.
- Advertise your Business Watch group by posting signs and stickers that say your group will report suspicious actives to law enforcement.
- Engage with the officers on your police beat and attend CAPS meetings.
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World Business Chicago & Site Selector
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Are you searching for a new location to expand or move your business? Looking for new ways to network and show off your talents? Are you looking for new talent for your ever growing business needs? Look no further!
World Business Chicago is a public-private, non-profit partnership that drives inclusive economic growth and job creation, supports business, and promotes Chicago as a leading global city.
Check out some of the initiatives that they have created and continue to promote by
clicking here.
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News from Our Chambers of Commerce & SSAs
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Mark your calendars because the
Logan Square Farmer's Market will be launching its outdoor season on May 13th. Since 2005, the Logan Square Farmers Market has been an open-air food market and weekly community gathering. The market will run outdoors every Sunday from May 13 through October 28, 2018, rain or shine. The Outdoor Market is along Logan Blvd. between Milwaukee and Whipple. To find out more about the market,
click here and to find out more about the Chamber,
click here.
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The Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
offers
street pole banner advertising
. LPCC members have the unique, exclusive opportunity to advertise 24-hours-a-day on Lincoln Park’s active commercial corridors. One low price includes all maintenance and permitting fees – and the LPCC handles the proofing process, banner maintenance and alerts your business of renewal deadlines. Catch the eyes of tourists, residents and businesses for an entire year with street pole banner advertising.
- Banner cost: $275 each + $50 set-up fee.
- Annual renewals are $150/banner.
Contact them by calling 773-880-5200
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Please join the
Lakeview Chamber of Commerce
as they welcome 32nd Ward Alderman
Scott Waguespack
, 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney and 47th Ward Alderman Amaya Pawar for their 2018 Aldermanic Roundtable. This panel event will give businesses the opportunity to ask questions of their local politicians all while we discuss the state of small business in Lakeview, the challenges and benefits of running a business in Chicago, and upcoming developments scheduled for the neighborhood.
April 26th at 8:30 am
Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N. Southport, Studio 3
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There are a lot of exciting things brewing in Roscoe Village. The neighborhood is booming with active residents and a flourishing business community. Currently in the works are a couple of new restaurants, including a French Mediterranean place in the old Que Rico location. The
Roscoe Village Chamber has hired an interim Executive Director, Jay Lyons, plus they overhauled their website!
Check out the website to find out more about the business along this street, events, and how to become a member.
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Restaurant Start Up Guide
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Have you been dreaming about opening your own restaurant or coffee shop and have no idea where to start? The City of Chicago has tried to simplify the process but creating a one stop shop for all your research. The Restaurant Start-Up Program is designed to make it easier for you to start a restaurant. The City will be more of a partner helping you grow and create jobs by making the start-up process easier, reducing inspection visits and wait times through a team-based approach, helping restaurants pass their inspections, and increasing inspection transparency.
This website has all the information you need from comprehensive Start-Up Guides, necessary forms to complete to a list of community partners/city agencies that can help you along the way. For any questions, contact restaurant@cityofchicago.org.
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Business Liaison Elizabeth Gomez - Elizabeth@ward32.org
32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack
Phone 773-248-1330 | info@ward32.org | www.ward32.org
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