Small Business
Chicago’s only weekly festival launched in 2013 to ‘take back the streets,’ and will run this summer until Aug. 28.
The Boston startup said it will relocate to the West Loop this fall and create at least 50 new jobs.
The operators of Chicago-area companies that make such goods as kitchen and organizational products say higher tariffs on Chinese imports is threatening the survival of their businesses.
The partnership has helped 23 Chicago-area entrepreneurs get zero-interest loans from crowdfunding platform Kiva, and applications are open for more small businesses to apply.
The ordinance raises the minimum wage for tipped workers, but the Illinois Restaurant Association says the law hurts workers and businesses.
Higher costs and uncertainty are the latest challenge for Asian-owned business with ties to China, the target of Trump’s trade wars.
Gale Street Inn, a Jefferson Park institution, closes for good without any advance word to customers
“I’m tired, it’s hard,” owner George Karzas said after suddenly shutting down the Northwest Side restaurant that’s been around since 1963. He said staffing was a big factor.
The beloved Chicago restaurant claims Weber’s new pellet smoker called “Weber Smoque” will confuse customers.
The company argues the president illegally imposed tariffs under an emergency powers law rather than getting approval from Congress.
The Wealth Our Way grant program will help support shared-ownership models that allow community members to own and redevelop properties in their neighborhood.
The summer program for students will run through August and offers participants a free personal pan pizza from Reggio’s Pizza.
The Chicago-based food delivery company awarded 31 restaurants with cash prizes as part of its Established 2020 program, which launched in March.
Edessa Growth Partners said it plans to grow the company’s Wisconsin presence with two new locations.
Founded in 1937 as a mail order catalog business, the science and discovery store is hoping to raise $200,000 to stave off a closure.
Learning Resources and Hand2Mind sued President Donald Trump’s administration in April saying the taxes were “an extraordinary Executive Branch power grab.”