11/21/2023 - Paid Sick Leave Ordinance - Thanksgiving Plans, Selfies with Santa - Disaster Loans, Lender Linkups - R.E. Developments, SBIF

The Paid Sick Leave ordinance mandates that all Chicago businesses provide paid sick leave to employees. Any employee who works at least 80 hours for an employer in Chicago within any 120-day period is covered by the ordinance and is eligible for paid sick leave. Employees begin to accrue paid sick leave on the first calendar day after they begin their employment. For every 40 hours worked, employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave.

Click for full details of the ordinance.

Click to download required ordinance sign to post

Economic Injury Disaster Loans

Small businesses, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters that have suffered economic or physical damage the Small Business Administration (SBA) has declared a disaster area may be eligible for an SBA Economic or Physical Damage Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). 

Click to access the SBA's Disaster Declaration Portal, which reveals eligible disasters and timelines for application. Click below to learn requisites and loan details.

Economic Injury Loan - Physical Damage Loan

Residents can also apply online at sba.gov/disaster or by calling (800) 659-2955

EIDL Flyer in English - EIDL Flyer in Spanish

Lender Match Connects You to Lenders

Use the SBA's online tool to get matched to potential lenders offering SBA-backed funding...

Describe your needs - Answer a few questions. -

Receive an email with contact info' of lenders who express interest - Talk to lenders - Compare rates, terms, fees, and more. Apply/submit applications

Click HERE for the Match Portal

Promote Your Business & Services in the

NWCC 2024 Shopping & Resource Guide

deadline for submission is 11/30/2023

Over 4,000 issues of the Guide are distributed throughout local communities.

All members in good standing and advertisers are included in an alphabetical and category listing in the book and on the Chamber's website.

Contact Pete Schmugge at 773-558-8743 - nwconnectioncc@gmail.com

Thanksgiving 2023

TimeOut has a complete guide for the "best things to do over the long weekend" coming up.

Click to share with friends and family and make plans...

TimeOut, Emma Krupp - 10/4/2023

REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY - Click on property to read article





• 10/2023: Mars Factory Receives Preliminary Landmark Status
• 11/2023: Exterior Work Advances for New Humboldt Park Wellness Center

NWCC MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS - Third & Fourth quarters

AllState Insurance/Mindy Blanco - Best Rate Insurance - Bishop Conway Residence - Borja dela Rosa & Associates P.C. - BMO Bank - Chicago Auto Radiators - Chicago Premiere Agency - Diamond Banquet Hall - Elliot's Pizza - Exit Realty/Gus Mendoza - Galileo Optical - GooGoo's Table - Hawthorne Race Course - Helpico Insurance - Henry J. Meat Specialties - Hermosa Neighborhood Association - Ice for Less - L & M Welding

Las Americas Jewelry - Madrid Jewelry - Midwest Fence Monitor Dental Group -

New Era Jewelry - North-Pulaski Currency Exchange - Old National Bank - Pronto Auto Rebuilders - Seligman Animal Hospital - Sleep on Latex - Smart from the Start -

Sofy's Unisex - State Farm/Mark Hanson Agency Strauss Realty/Deborah Smith -

U-Haul - White Castle...

Click to view Members Roster - Click for a Membership application

2020 Census Revelations

See Illinois' key population characteristics and that of the county you live or conduct business in on one page. Learn how we compare to the other 49, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico from 2010 to 2020. 

Click to access Census Bureau data.

Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF)

Since 1999 the SBIF has supported more than 1,600 small businesses across Chicago in nearly every sector of industry and retail with over $118 M in grants distributed.

The Fund promotes economic development by providing small businesses with reimbursable grants for permanent building

12/1/2023 SBIF ROLLOUTS - Click on name to view Map

Ogden/Pulaski. - Stony Island/Burnside. - Touhy/Western 

Click here to learn more about the SBIF program

Click here to see other ways Somercor can assist your business

Check Out the NW Connection for Resources & Assistance...



The NW Connection Chamber of Commerce is a Place Making Generalist agency for theCity of Chicago Business Affairs Neighborhood Business Development Center, funded to assist the Cragin, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, and NorthAustin Communities.

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