A number of state and local minimum wage rates are scheduled to increase on July 1, 2020. Below is a summary of these changes and…

The 2020 cohort of Neighborhood Opportunity Fund awardees was announced June 30th, with 32 South and West side businesses receiving a total of $5.4 million in…

Walmart will reopen all of its Chicago stores. Many have worried some of the stores wouldn’t return because they were looted or vandalized amid unrest…

Yelp released an Economic Impact Report, detailing the changes that restaurants, retail, and other industries have undergone because of the pandemic and the Black Lives…

The Department of Planning and Development will open the Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) this summer for applications in 17 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts. The SBIF program…

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced an expansion to Chicago’s citywide outdoor dining program. The expansion will be in effect starting this weekend and will close…

El Estado de Illinois lanzó recientemente un nuevo programa de apoyo a pequeñas empresas bajo el nombre de "Subvenciones por Interrupción de Negocios" (Business Interruption…

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) released applications for the latest in a series of grant programs designed…

La Ciudad de Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust y One Chicago Fund han lanzado el fondo Together Now para unificar los fondos públicos, privados y…

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced that the City is now taking applications for the Together Now fund grant allocations which will help small businesses and…