Small Business
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Harper development center helps local businesses stay afloatMay 11, 2020 11:00 pm - From morning until night, Tom Cassell is either on the phone or answering emails. Cassell is manager of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Harper College,...
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Oakbrook Terrace OKs business stimulus packageMay 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Oakbrook Terrace City Council has approved a stimulus package totaling about $311,000 to assist the city's restaurants, convenience stores and hotels that have been ...
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Lake Zurich veteran turns idle Wheeling business into charitable face mask, shield enterpriseMay 09, 2020 1:00 am - Faced with his Wheeling wholesale printing business drying up during the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam Frank has pivoted to selling face masks and manufacturing face shields, ...
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Dog walkers not needed while the whole family is homeMay 08, 2020 4:00 am - When everyone is home, pets get more attention. That's good for the animal, but bad for the companies whose revenue is based on the care of those animals. Prairie Path P...
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Lake County to share $2.4 million with community groups to help residents, businessesMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Lake County officials plan to use more than $2.4 million in federal relief funds to help financially struggling residents pay rent, support emergency business loans ...
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Naperville gym owner to Pritzker: Small gyms are essential and should reopenMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - A Naperville gym owner is making the case to Gov. J.B. Pritzker that his business and others like it should be considered essential and allowed to reopen. Sean Hastings...
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Tech Firm Offers Free Application to Help Retailers Reopen with Curbside PickupMay 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Celerant Technology is a leading provider of innovative retail solutions. The company will now offer its new Curbside Pickup Application to retailers at no cost. As many...
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Glen Ellyn businesses offering more 'survival kits' after initial successMay 07, 2020 5:28 am - How's this for a day in quarantine? Catch up on some spring yardwork, write a note to an old friend, keep your mind sharp with a puzzle game and then indulge in some Dut...
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Naperville chamber survey: 58% of businesses can survive only 5 months or less during pandemicMay 07, 2020 5:20 am - One business of the 155 who responded to a Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce survey said it has not been affected at all by the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority a...
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Lake in the Hills grants relief to businesses affected by COVID-19May 07, 2020 1:00 am - Lake in the Hills is providing some financial relief to businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The village board recently approved an ordinance provisionally ame...