Small Business
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Restaurant, microbrewery preparing to open in Glen Ellyn's Schmid storeSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - Jon With prefers the "classics." His new restaurant and microbrewery, Two Hound Red, is preparing to open in downtown Glen Ellyn next year, pending village approvals. An...
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Investors take Matt's Cookies to new level, aim for new packaging and marketsSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - For about 35 years, Matt's Cookies has been such a favorite on grocery store shelves that the Wheeling baker has been producing about 300,000 cookies daily with about a ...
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Pro boxer builds Palatine business, careerSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - When Achour Esho left his native Syria as a youngster, he never expected one day to become a professional boxing champion and then a business owner. The founder of Palat...
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What is the Prairie Food Co-op? Learn this weekend in LombardSep 15, 2016 5:30 am - Chances are, if you live in Lombard, you've seen the name Prairie Food Co-op somewhere. Still have no idea what it is? The group is hosting a community meeting from 2:3...
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Top suburban entrepreneurs honored at Business Ledger eventSep 15, 2016 1:00 am - It was an evening dedicated to risk taking and overcoming failure as 19 local entrepreneurs were honored during the 17th Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards, hosted...
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Developer wants to turn vacant Mundelein building into retail, restaurant spaceSep 14, 2016 1:00 am - A vacant industrial building in downtown Mundelein that recently was purchased by the village would be converted into retail and restaurant space under a developer's pro...
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Bear Paddle Swim School to open in early 2017 in Lake in the HillsSep 12, 2016 11:00 pm - A new swimming school for tots to teens is coming to the Randall Road corridor. Early next year, Bear Paddle Swim School is expected to open in Lake in the Hills, on the...
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Wagging Hearts' Stancato leads help for animals displaced in Louisiana floodsSep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Round Lake resident Linda Stancato, director of Wagging Hearts, a foster-based animal rescue and adoption organization in Hainesville, saw the devastation of the floodin...
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Wauconda's farmers market ends season early, frustrating fansSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - Wauconda's weekly farmers market has ended its season early rather than relocating away from Main Street for the last few gatherings as planned. The Wauconda Area Ch...
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Schaumburg's Quality Float Works files bankruptcy protectionSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - Schaumburg-based Quality Float Works Inc., which makes metal float balls, valves and assemblies has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The global manufacturing...