Small Business
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Barrington wants Catlow to stay open, but village help is limitedJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - This story has been updated to include the correct dates of the "Oscar Shorts" film festival. Barrington officials say while they want the Catlow Theater to remain ...
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With new name and location, Not Your Father's root beer creators ready for grand openingJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - The brewery that created the popular Not Your Father's Root Beer will celebrate its new location in Cary with an all-day grand opening Friday. Tim Kovac, head brewer of ...
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Quilts show care from Naperville store to Aurora seniorsJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - A sewing store that opened in November in Naperville made good on the local part of its promise Wednesday to "help out globally" and "sew locally." Gayle Schliemann, co...
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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...