Small Business
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Long Grove Cocoa Crawl adjusts for pandemicJan 14, 2021 10:00 pm - LONG GROVE - The Historic Downtown Long Grove Business Association has modified its first major event of 2021 to help curb the spread of COVID-19. From noon to 4 p.m. Fe...
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Developer wants to turn former Wheeling shopping center into townhouses, shopsJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - A suburban real estate developer wants to turn a former Wheeling shopping center into townhouses and new retail shops or restaurants. Mount Prospect-based Wingspan Devel...
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Four Gurnee-area restaurants to defy indoor dining banJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Despite the ongoing ban on indoor dining, four Gurnee-area restaurant owners intend to open their doors to customers starting today. In a post shared to their respective...
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Batavia to allow alcohol sales an hour earlierJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Batavia will soon let people buy liquor, wine and beer an hour earlier. Aldermen on Tuesday directed Mayor Jeff Schielke, who is the city's liquor commissioner, to issue...
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Deer Park officials to talk pot shopsJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - The Deer Park village board will hold a special virtual public forum Thursday night to discuss allowing recreational cannabis dispensaries in the town's business distric...
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'We believe in our food': Pandemic can't stop restaurant from opening in WheelingJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - When owners Joy and Esteban Aguado signed on to open another Mia's Cantina Mexican restaurant more than two years ago, they couldn't have imagined the business would be ...
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McHenry County extends deadline for business relief grantsJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - McHenry County has extended the deadline for small businesses suffering financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for the Immediate Business Relief Gr...
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A lost landmark: Riley Drugs in Geneva to close after 55 yearsJan 08, 2021 5:00 am - It's been a couple of decades since the Klick & Worthley drugstore on First Street in St. Charles closed after being in operation since the mid-1940s, and Burger Drugs a...
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Algonquin receives $350,000 grant from state to give to businesses affected by COVID-19
Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - The village of Algonquin was awarded $350,000 from the state to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant amounts vary from $5,000 to $15,000 and will be ...
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Family Video closing its 250 remaining storesJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Glenview-based movie rental chain Family Video will be closing the remainder of its stores, president and owner Keith Hoogland announced in a letter to employees and cus...