News from April 2020
WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Private Grant Resources For Small Businesses Affected By COVID-19
By Press release submission Apr 27, 2020
We know that your business may be experiencing disruptions resulting from the global outbreak of COVID-19.
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY - WEST LOOP BRANCH: Update on CPL Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
By Press release submission Apr 27, 2020
Pursuant to Governor Pritzker's order for the State of Illinois to shelter in place, Chicago Public Library is closed from noon March 21 through May 30.
WEST CENTRAL ASSOCIATION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CHICAGO: All in Motion Fitness and Precision Human Performance Join Forces to Form the Chicago Trainers Cooperative
By Press release submission Apr 27, 2020
The CTC is a group of independent personal trainers that are banding together to provide virtual group exercise programming and virtual private training.
WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Extended Through May 30: "Stay At Home" Order Throughout The State Of Illinois
By Press release submission Apr 27, 2020
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that the current "stay at home" order will be extended with modification through May 30 at a signing next week.
WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Applications To Chicago's $100M Small Business Resiliency Fund Close Tomorrow
By Press release submission Apr 27, 2020
The City of Chicago recognizes that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put a difficult burden on our small business community.
WEST CENTRAL ASSOCIATION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CHICAGO: WEBINAR: Restaurants: How Consumer Trends are Shifting During COVID-19, Part 1
By Press release submission Apr 20, 2020
With dining rooms closed in restaurants and millions of people under stay-at-home orders, consumers are turning to takeout and delivery options from restaurants
WEST CENTRAL ASSOCIATION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CHICAGO: WEBINAR: Economic Injury Disaster Loans: Overview for Small Businesses
By Press release submission Apr 20, 2020
Learn about the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program to help small business impacted by coronavirus.
WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Mayor Lightfoot, CPD And BACP Announce Public Health Order Prohibiting Citywide Liquor Sales After 9 PM
By Press release submission Apr 13, 2020
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced a temporary Public Health Order prohibiting all liquor sales citywide after 9 p.m. each evening as part of the latest measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chicago’s communities.
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY - WEST LOOP BRANCH: Teens, Apply for Paid Internships at Chicago Public Library
By Press release submission Apr 13, 2020
Hey teens, looking for a job this summer? Want to build your skills and work at the library?
WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Learn About The SBA Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program
By Press release submission Apr 13, 2020
This program enables small businesses who currently have a business relationship with an SBA Express Lender to access up to $25,000 quickly.
Madison Street Books, shuttered after two days, plans for future
In today’s world of megastores and online shopping, merely opening a brick-and-mortar independent bookstore is bucking the system.
CCC Information Services looking to move to Fulton Market
If Google moves to the West Loop, other tech companies are sure to follow.
Ill. restaurants, pubs and bars allowed to make alcohol deliveries – for now
The state of Illinois is pretty clear that it does not want people meeting in restaurants, bars and clubs while the COVID-19 pandemic is raging, which it says will be at least until April 30, but it does not want to spoil everyone’s fun completely.
Searches show West Loop growing as desirable place to move
Like many once industrial neighborhoods in big cities (think SoHo and the East Village in New York City, for example), it is no secret that the West Loop is gaining on The Loop and downtown Chicago as the place to be. Including the place to be living and walking to work and the amenities that make a neighborhood liveable.
Politan Row stall wins kudos from James Beard Foundation
Amid the glittering Michelin-starred eateries and upscale restaurants crowding the West Loop (and making it an ever-better-known destination for serious foodies) sits a kiosk in a food court that dishes out Indian street food— and became one of only two food emporiums in the city to become a semi-finalist in the James Beard Foundation Awards’ best new restaurant category.