From the NW CONNECTION Chamber of Commerce
June 6th, 2019 - SCORE Your Biz - SBA's $1Million Competition - the Who & Why of Neighborhood Names - Free Shredding - NWCC Summer Events -
Submissions Close July 8th
SBA’s $1Million Competition for Proposals Addressing Job Skills, Placement Gaps

In today’s booming economy, employers are searching for qualified workers to fill the increasing amount of positions currently available. That’s why the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched the Makerspace Training, Collaboration & Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition which seeks to address the job skills and placement gaps faced by U.S. businesses. MaTCH will provide funding to create or expand programs with job-specific and soft skills training within existing makerspaces.  Click to learn more.
Upcoming SCORE Webinars

Learn the latest business strategies from our expert speakers...

June 11th - Connect with Customers Through Video -
Best practice to connect with customers with online video . Info & Register

June 13th - Understand Basic Financial Statements
to conduct business better. Info' & Register

June 20th - Power Up Your Brand with Promotional Products
Learn how branded retail packaging, apparel and swag
turns heads and profits. Info' & Register
Fix Your Neighborhood

When Chicago relaunched its City Services website,
it also created CHI311, an app you can download, making it even easier to report problems and give residents easy access to city and non-emergency services. 
Click here to find out how to get the mobile app and learn about the services you can access on the website.
Also from Curbed Chicago:
Chicago neighborhoods: How they got their names - Click here
Shred sensitive information for free. ..
Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

T ax information & returns - Investment records & statements - Bank statements - Cancelled checks - Paycheck stubs - ATM & credit card receipts & statements - Insurance, utility bills and other household financial information.
June 22nd
Wintrust/North Center - 8:30 to 10:30 AM
1946 W. Irving Park Road

Wintrust/Mayfair- 11 AM to 1 PM
4343 N. Elston Avenue
June 29th
Wintrust/Old Town - 8:30 -to 10:30 AM
100 W. North Avenue

Wintrust/Logan Square 11 AM to 1 PM
2814 W. Fullerton Avenu
All paper collected is 100% broken down and recycled. No plastic bags or
electronic devices, limit 3 paper bags/3 small boxes of shredding.
FOOD FARE
ELLIOTT'S AUGUSTA PIZZA & GRILL
4400 W. Augusta Boulevard - 773-227-5175
One Yelp reviewer noted "daily specials are worthy of a fine dining restaurant." Another "truly a hidden gem. Everything taste amazing."

Eat in or Take out, ...advice from another reviewer "The best take out restaurant on the west side.....make sure you call ahead for your takeout order and it will be ready." Click for Yelp
A neighborhood standby...
the menu and daily specials more than makes up for any lack of 'ambience - you can't eat ambience.
Open for Applications
Armitage/Pulaski & Division/Homan TIF Districts
The Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF)
for the Armitage/Pulaski TIF District opens for applications beginning June 1st. There is a remaining balance of around $157,000 for that TIF from 2018.

Applications due by 5 PM - July 1, 2019.
For Info' re eligibility and uses click for SomerCor,
or here for one-page program summary.
Map: Armitage/Pulaski TIF
Map: Division/Homan TIF
Featured Real Estate for Lease - 4418 W. Diversey Avenue
Contact Deborah Smith - 773/885-3254
Located on a well-traveled major street, ideal for any commercial business - particularly well-suited for medical office, pet/vet care, or spa.  Use link to view interior: private offices /exam rooms, lab. 1400 sf with possible expansion to 1800 sf. Freshly painted with recessed and track lighting, central A/C, forced air heat. Click for flyer
Updated 5/21/19
Looking to Buy, Sell or Lease?
Check out NWCC's Real Estate Inventory

Brokers and agents: submit listings
Now Open for Dinner Fridays & Saturdays
Local Restaurant Expands Service
Tutti Frutti, 5349 W. Belmont, recently expanded its weekend hours to offer a special dinner menu Friday & Saturday from 4 to 8 PM. Drop in and check out the menu.

Chef Roberto Vergara with Pete Schmugge, Executive Director of the NW Connection Chamber of Commerce
Click here for Facebook page; here for Yelp.
NW CONNECTION UPCOMING EVENTS
Click event title for a flyer with event details
12 PM - Community Savings Bank - 4801 W. Belmont
co-sponsors Portage Park & Belmont Central Chambers
Hawthorne Race Course
River Rand Bowl, DesPlaines
August 11 - NWCC Annual White Sox Outing - Tickets are limited - RSVP ASAP
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at the bottom, click to ensure you see the newsletter's entire contents.
2nd quarter - new members in red
to NWCC Members for
their Partnership with NWCC

A-Kats Construction Group - Athletico - Bionic Auto Parts - Borja De La Rosa & Associates - Carnicerias Jimenez - Carnicerias Leon - Central Furniture - Coldwell Banker/Larry Lynch - Cook Brothers - Elite Labor - Family Moving - First Midwest Bank - Garcia Auto Service - Greater West Town Training Partnership - Ice for Less - Insuring Solutions - K & B Discount - Matthews Roofing - McDonalds Restaurant (4338 West North Avenue)- North & Pulaski Currency Exchange - North & Pulaski Fresh Market - Seligman Animal Hospital - SomerCor - State Farm Insurance/Adam Greene) - State Farm/Mark Hanson - State Farm/Joe Wilson - Taco Burrito House - Time Realty - TOP Cabinetry

View NWCC's Complete Membership List - Click her e 
City of Chicago Free Business Workshops
Department of Business
Affairs & Consumer Protection
Click to view/download June 2019 Schedule
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between issues of the Connection.
Send your news and events to info@nwconnection.org
Call 773/558-8743 for free copy of NWCC's Business & Shopping Guide
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