Small Business
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Entrepreneur proposes self-storage facility near WaucondaJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - The former owner of the now-closed Atrium Garden Center in Kildeer wants to open a self-storage facility near Wauconda. Accompanied by a lawyer and consultants, Wauconda...
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No 12-oz. curls here: Arlington Heights gym isn't a typical American Legion hallJan 06, 2020 4:30 am - Inside a nondescript single-story office complex in Arlington Heights, guys and women wearing cutoff sleeves pump iron and throw punches during weekly workouts at a pers...
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Illinois officials remind business owners about tax credit to offset minimum wage hikesJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois officials are reminding small business owners about a tax credit that is available to offset some of the higher labor costs associated with the increase in the ...
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Commercial building rising where former Mundelein village hall stoodJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Months after the chalet-style building that served as Mundelein's village hall for 90 years was unceremoniously demolished, a new structure is rising in its place. Devel...
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'Let's do it': Couple's retail dreams come true with Red Hive Market in BataviaJan 05, 2020 6:29 am - Tom Freeman makes it sound like a bit of an epiphany when saying he and his wife, Bridget Johnson, walked out of Briana's Pancake House in Batavia one morning last fall ...
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East Dundee extends food truck pilot program through 2020Jan 03, 2020 12:00 am - A pilot program allowing businesses to sponsor food trucks in downtown East Dundee has been extended through 2020. The village board in August approved designating five ...
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How a California law will force small businesses to rethink staffing
Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - NEW YORK - A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and outsid...
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Guys grab gifts, drinks during Men's Shopping Night OutDec 24, 2019 12:00 am - The shops and restaurants of Water Street in Downtown Naperville hosted their first Men's Shopping Night Out on Dec. 19, inviting guys to get their holiday shopping fini...
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Naperville shop leads Hinsdale native's book on running shoesDec 23, 2019 12:00 am - A new book about running shoes starts with the author's observations about the footwear of people jogging along Naperville's Riverwalk. There are two women in ponytails...
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'Do this don't do that let us keep our sign': Franks for the Memories owners protesting sign voteDec 23, 2019 12:00 am - The owners of a famed Mundelein restaurant are protesting the village board's recent decision not to let them keep the eatery's pole-mounted sign - and they're using the...