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The Belmont – Central Chamber of Commerce is having a meeting for business owners about what they need to qualify for a Small Business Improvement Fund Grant. These grants let businesses clean up their act — or at least their facade and street view. The SBIF Grant Meeting will be held at Los Magueyes...
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When federal regulators seized Park National Bank and its parent company last October and turned operations over to US Bank, it caused outcry through Chicago’s West Side and into Oak Park. And the fight is not over. On Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m., the Coalition to Save Community Banking will meet at the...
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Image via Wikipedia INFOGRAPHIC: With New Mobile Rates, There Are Now 10 Million Ways to Pay for a Cell Phone. Related articles by Zemanta The Ultimate Cell Phone Plans Comparison (Tony Adam/Shrinkage Is Good) (techmeme.com)
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The Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) was created in 1987 through funding provided by the Illinois Arts Council Access Program. The goals of CAAP are to discover, nurture and expand Chicago’s multi-ethnic artists and nonprofit arts organizations, and to foster new and emerging individual artists and arts groups by providing grants for professional, artistic...
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With debt, foreclosures, unemployment and heating costs on the rise, low-income families often find themselves falling behind. To help bring some relief during the upcoming tax season, the Center for Economic Progress is recruiting volunteers to help bring free tax and financial services to families who need them most.
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ProPublica is an “independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with ‘moral force.’ We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate...
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Economically, times are tough, but Chicago’s theatre scene is still thriving. There are good deals to be had, and many holiday-themed shows are being staged now, as Carla Pesono reports in this news video: Chicago Theatre Beat: Holiday shows on a tight budget
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By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor, Community Media Workshop With neighborhood economic development groups objecting to a major reduction in city funding at a time of growing job loss, 22 aldermen have submitted a resolution ordering the Mayor’s Office of Budget and Management to restore the funds in the city’s proposed 2010 budget. The resolution...
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James Gibson recently asked a man for a cigarette, to which the man replied that he “just bought this one for 50 cents.” Gibson, 33, said he asked a number of “passers and mouth flappers” for a cigarette as he waited for a bus in front of a gas station on the corner of...
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By Deborah Alexander, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Adolph Parker opened his furniture store on South Cottage Grove Avenue in 1934, at the height of the Great Depression. Despite record unemployment, Parker’s business grew because he established good relationships with his customers, offering payment plans and credit, said Loron Kaplan, Parker’s great grandson and...
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