Small Business
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Buffalo Grove business will stay in townApr 25, 2014 1:00 am - A 16-year Buffalo Grove business looks good to stay even longer, now that the village board has given it the variances it needs to expand. Fisher Container, 1111 Busch P...
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New coffee shop coming to Des Plaines train station by AugustApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Commuters at the Des Plaines Metra station will soon be able to get a cup of coffee or pastry before heading to their train or bus. The city council approved a five-year...
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Wheaton chooses firm to prepare first economic development planApr 23, 2014 5:15 am - In an effort to insure Wheaton is doing everything it can to be a “desirable, healthy and vibrant community,” the city council agreed to hire a consultant firm Monday th...
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Downtown Libertyville braces for rail crossing workApr 23, 2014 5:00 am - Traffic will be detoured around downtown Libertyville for about five days beginning May 2 while emergency repairs are made to the Metra commuter rail crossing at Milwauk...
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Des Plaines expands business incentive programs citywideApr 23, 2014 1:01 am - Des Plaines is expanding its business incentive programs that until now have been restricted to downtown businesses. The programs will offer grants for eligible business...
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Palatine restaurant enters hot dog hall of fameApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - Hot Dog Richie's was inducted into the Vienna Beef Hot Dog Hall of Fame at a ceremony held Tuesday at the Palatine restaurant. "Hot dog stands outlive the national avera...
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Dead 12,000 years, Magdalenian Woman's makeover beginsApr 22, 2014 1:00 am - This woman who has everyone so excited, where is her head? “It's in my Subaru Forester, riding in the back seat with the seat belt,” says anthropologist JP Brown, conser...
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Hoffman entrepreneur raises bar with new non-alcoholic drink productApr 21, 2014 1:01 am - Adam Leja, 30, of Hoffman Estates is founder of the organic lemon drink, Lemonesse, which is bottled in Geneva. It took a serious car accident involving a drunken driver...
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Try selling your solution, not your productApr 21, 2014 1:00 am - Not quite random thoughts about small businesses: • Remember what you're selling, which for the more successful among us most often is a solution to a customer's p...
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Mentors help minority companies accelerate growthApr 20, 2014 6:11 am - NEW YORK - Mel Gravely says his construction company might not exist today if he didn't have mentors to guide it. Gravely's company, TriVersity, joined a program called ...