FREE MONEY!
If your commercial property is located within the 111th & Kedzie TIF District and you haven’t already participated in the Small Business Improvement Fund Program, you’re in luck!
Learn how you can get FREE MONEY for improving your commercial property at MGLRC's INFOLUNCH, Wed., June 30th, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at 3333 W. 111th St. Suite B
CLICK HERE for more details
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Quarterly Workshops
Business owners and residents learned first-hand just how user friendly the improved www.cityofchicago.org has become. Any city-related topic attendees came up with, we found on the site. A few of the searches performed included:
- Apply for a Business License
- Apply for Permit Parking
- Get 2010 Event Dates
- Find (my) Police District and Beat (reports)
- Pay a Water Bill and Parking Ticket
- I Want a Garage Sale Permit
We also watched break dancers perform in Daley Plaza and the countdown to the Christmas Tree Lighting on the YouTube link.
The workshop will be held again in June. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit the city website yourself. You may also schedule a convenient time at our office or yours for a demonstration.
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New Business Now Open
We would like to welcome:
Ben & Jerry’s – SXU’s own Scarlett & Gray
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Be Heard!
Q1 survey is closed. Watch for Q2 survey link coming in June 2010
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Find Answers
Find answers to many business questions at the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection
www.cityofchicago.org\bacp
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Check out our survey 2009 Results
Thanks to all 179 participants in our 2009 4th Quarter Survey.
Responses will help us determine needs and interests of our community.
Survey results showed:
- There is room for improvement in delivering effective meeting and special event notification
- The old Walgreens at 111th & Kedzie and new CVS at 103rd & Pulaski are equally popular
- Most people (92.7%) would use a local Business Directory and are even willing to pay a nominal fee for it
- 115 Bourbon Street (57.5%) and Pop’s (50.6%)top the holiday catering list, with Popeye’s (31.0%) and La Fiesta (27.6%) in third and fourth places.
- Nearly 85% of people receiving our survey weren’t aware of our latest project, but 100% agreed to help us reach a larger audience.
you can view the all the surevy results here
THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE. CLICK Contact Us TO RECEIVE THE FIRST SURVEY OF 2010.
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2010 Business Directories Are Here!
If you have not received your 2010 Business Directory and you would like one - please contact us.
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LaFiesta
Grows Footprint
Long
vacant property at 3307-11 W.
111th St.
will be improved 2010 or 2011
LaFiesta
(
3333 W. 111th St.
) owner Mike Grant recently announced plans to add over 10,000 s/f
of dedicated customer parking at this very popular neighborhood
restaurant.
“Business
owners know convenient parking is critical.
I’m excited to have the opportunity to provide more of it
for our customers,” said Mike.
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3200
W. 111th St - SIGNATURE CORNER
Utility Work Signals Project Underway
Physical site preparation began mid-March 2010. ComEd, Peoples Energy, Water Management and others are in the process of removing trees, relocating poles and gas/water/sewer lines.

Utility poles installed on Spaulding |

Utility poles installed on Sawyer |

Trees cleared
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Utility poles on north edge of site in future new alley |
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Listen Up! SBIF It Up! With FREE MONEY!
- Still
Available !!!
If your commercial property or business lies within the boundaries of the 111th St. & Kedzie TIF District, you may be eligible for reimbursement of up to $150,000 for improvements and/or repairs you make.
At a meeting on January 16th, SomerCor’s John Paulin and Derek Walvoord explained the process and announced the opening of a 30 window to submit applications for the nearly $500,000 available.
Projects in a previous round of funding include expansions and renovations at Richie’s and A Relaxed You, a total rehab at Face To Face Salon & Spa, windows, doors, awnings and hvac upgrades at Linda Horton Photography, and much more.
Questions or need an application? Visit http://www.somercor.com/sbif.htm or call our
office.
SomerCor 504 is the administrator of the Small Business Improvement Fund
(SBIF) for the City of Chicago.
Participants in the SBIF program who welcome inquiries from potential
applicants:
| Address |
Name |
Contact |
Phone |
|
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|
|
| 10959
S. Kedzie |
Vista
Family Medicine |
Dr.
Jim Valek or Sue Sarhge |
239-9100 |
| 11115
S. Kedzie |
A
Relaxed You |
Kathy
Fitzgerald |
239-5300 |
| 3118
W. 111th St. |
Cutrone
Hair |
Anthony
Cutrone |
881-1685 |
| 3123
W. 111th St. |
Richie's |
Richie
Podgorak |
298-1548 |
| 3301
W. 111th St. |
Reed
Chiropractic
(under
construction) |
Lori
Reed |
881-0888 |
| 3333
W. 111th St. |
LaFiesta
Mexican Restaurant |
Mike
Grant |
779-4844 |
| 3502
W. 111th St. |
Face
to Face Salon & Spa |
Ms.
Toni Quinn |
238-3300 |
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Sidewalks
Chicago’s Department of Transportation
(CDOT) recently reopened the Shared Cost Sidewalk program. The cost to the owner is $3
psf. Paper applications will no longer be accepted. Call 311 or the 19th Ward office at 238-8766.
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ICE and SNOW
Please be aware that, according to the City of Chicago Municipal Code 10-8-180,
‘Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge of any public way or public place shall remove the snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of such building or lot of ground.’
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Small
Business Improvement Fund Explained
Representatives
from SomerCor504 explained the City's Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) to
business and commercial property owners within the 111th & Kedzie TIF
District at a breakfast meeting December 12th.
Approval
of over $400,000 in free grant money is anticipated. The money can be used to
make a wide variety of upgrades and repairs, as well as to purchase adjacent
property for expansion or parking.
A
program 'Roll Out' meeting will be scheduled in the next few weeks. Watch this
site for details.
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