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SBA Disaster Loan Deadline in Illinois for Severe Storms and Flooding is June 13
The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters in Illinois of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by severe storms and flooding between Dec. 23, 2015 and Jan. 13, 2016. The deadline to submit applications for physical damage is June 13, 2016.
FreshBooks Releases Credit Card Reader for Small Business Android Users
FreshBooks, the #1 cloud accounting software designed exclusively for service-based small business owners, recently announced the release of the FreshBooks Card Reader for Android.
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Hot Mix 5 Celebrates 35th Anniversary
On Saturday, June 11 at the McCormick Convention Center located on 2301 S. King Drive in Chicago, the original members of the Hot Mix 5 are reuniting for a 35th anniversary celebration. The event will be held from 12 noon - 12 midnight.
Bishop Derrick M. Fitzpatrick
Bishop Derrick M. Fitzpatrick, pastor of Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church is what you would call a bivocational pastor.
College for kids and Day Camp programs at South Suburban College this summer
South Suburban College’s Continuing Education Department is offering courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will entertain and challenge children and young adults.
ComEd: 52,000 Customer Interruptions Caused by Foil Balloons
Warm weather brings outdoor parties for graduations, birthdays and weddings. However, ComEd is warning that events like these can lead to power outages when foil balloons, also known as Mylar balloons, from those festivities come into contact with power lines.
Construction completed for Centennial Wheel at Navy Pier
James McHugh Construction Co. has been quietly building the Chicago skyline for more than 100 years. Naturally, then, when Navy Pier began searching for a general contractor to oversee its centennial reimagination and redevelopment, it chose McHugh, whose resume includes Chicago icons such as Marina City, the Blackstone Hotel and Aqua Tower.
DuSable Museum Hosts Free Evening Events
The DuSable Museum of African American History is being highlighted as one of five South Side cultural institutions that are opening its doors after regular hours during this summer for a series of free events.
Gifted Boy Helps Boost Accessibility of African-American Children’s Literature
Most African-American parents understand how challenging it can be to find books for black children and statistics from Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) attests to this.
Healthy Chicago 2.0 Comes to Hamilton Park In Englewood
Over the course of the last few months, a new initiative was launched by the City’s Department of Public Health called Healthy Chicago 2.0.
ICC Approves $18.5 million in Settlements with Peoples Gas
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has approved two landmark settlements under which $18.5 million will be paid to customers of Peoples Gas (Peoples) and the State of Illinois by Peoples and its parent company, Integrys Energy Group (Integrys), which is owned by WEC Energy Group Inc. (WEC).
NHS East Chatham Revitalization Program Ending Soon
In 2007, at the beginning of the housing market crash, neighborhoods that were on the rise soon fell back into despair and declining property values due to the excessive number of foreclosures.
Operation Help-A-Hero Calls for a City-Wide Collection Effort to Help Formerly Homeless Veterans
Large populations of the homeless in the city are men and women who once valiantly served their country in a branch of the armed forces, veterans.
