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	51st Street Business Association Assisting businesses with planning, resource development, grant writing and educational workshops, delegate agent and liaison to the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection. Facebook Sandra Bivens 220 E. 51st Street Chicago, Il 60615 Phone: (772) 285-3401 Website \| Email
	Advocates for Urban Agriculture Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) empowers urban growers to foster thriving communities through sustainable agriculture and equitable food systems. We envision a flourishing food system that promotes urban agriculture in the Chicago area as an integral part of community economic development, food security, environmental sustainability, and overall quality of life for the region, and in which practitioners, organizations, and residents can reap the benefits. Twitter Facebook Viviana Gentry Fernandez-Pellon PO Box 168083 Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: (708) 629-1425 Website \| Email
	Arts & Business Council of Chicago The Arts & Business Council of Chicago’s mission is to develop leadership, the business of arts, and the art of business in Chicago. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Kristin Larsen 1 W. Monroe Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 372-1876 x101 Website \| Email
	Chicago Business Affairs & Consumer Protection BACP ensures a fair and vibrant market place for both businesses and consumers. BACP licenses businesses and public vehicles, provides business education and access to resources, enforces the Municipal Code, and protects consumers from fraud. Twitter Facebook BACP Outreach Chicago City Hall 121 N. LaSalle St. Room 805 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 744-2086 Website \| Email
	Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) provides flexible, affordable, and responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts and initiatives that benefit low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, families, and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicagoland. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Pamela Graves 29 E. Madison Street Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 252-0455 Website \| Email
	Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group is a mission driven Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides lending capital up to $50,000 and business development resources to new and emerging small businesses throughout the metropolitan Chicago area. Erica King 1000 E. 111th St. Chicago, IL 60628 Phone: (773) 341-2062 Website \| Email
	Community Law Project of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights The Community Law Project helps to build, strengthen, and support community-based organizations and small businesses in Chicago’s low-income neighborhoods. We work with law firms to help nonprofits and small businesses spur equitable development. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Jody Adler 100 N LaSalle Street, Suite 600 Chicago, Il 60602 Phone: (312) 202-3647 Website \| Email
	Edgebrook~Sauganash Chamber of Commerce We serve, grow and advocate for businesses in the Edgebrook~Sauganash community on the far Northwest side. With Sauganash SSA #62, we provide large-scale business district management. We partner with chambers across Chicago to stay current on economic development trends and tools. Twitter Facebook Jennifer Herren Gatesman 6023 N. Cicero - ESCC Chicago, IL 60646 Phone: (773) 545-9300 Website \| Email
	Eighteenth Street Development Corporation ESDC will work with businesses to empower them to grow. It will also work to attract fast growing businesses by leveraging the community's assets: an ideal central location, rich in culture and arts, delicious food/restaurants, a close proximity to world class universities and medical district, in a Hubzone, with resources like TIF, SBIF, and Federal Empowerment programs. ESDC has served the Pilsen community on the Lower West Side of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois for over 40 years and hopes to add to its legacy. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Alex Ruiz 1843 S Carpenter St Chicago, IL 60608 Phone: (312) 733-2287 Website \| Email
	Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce We are the Chamber of Commerce in Garfield Park, a community-based organization focused on helping make the world around us a better, happier place. With the help of our tireless staff, we organize networking events, fundraisers, exciting community-building events, and in-depth training sessions for our volunteers. Facebook Siri Hibbler 4223 West Lake Street Suite 328 Chicago, IL 60624 Phone: (312) 970-9036 Website \| Email
	Grants Financial Services Empower and Educate Women and Entrepreneurs about their financial statements and taxes Twitter Facebook LinkedIn DeAnna Grant 2008 S. Wabash STE OFFICE Chicago, il 60616 Phone: (312) 265-1414 Website \| Email
	Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) works to foster and promote revitalization of low-to-moderate income communities that we serve using comprehensive community development strategies. Twitter Facebook Norma Sanders 1159 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60620 Phone: (773) 483-3696 Website \| Email
	Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce The mission of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce is To transform Greater Englewood into a popular commercial and retail destination by (a)dvising, (d)eveloping and (s)howcasing its established businesses and acting as a comprehensive economic development partner while creating a favorable social environment for chamber members. Facebook LinkedIn Felicia Slaton-Young 815 W. 63rd St. 2nd Fl Chicago, Il 60621 Phone: (312) 880-9674 Website \| Email
	Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) provides economic programs designed to educate aspiring entrepreneurs and existing businesses through economic programs designed to strengthen and enhance financial opportunities to grow their businesses. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Andrea Reed 1000 E 111th St Chicago, IL 60628 Phone: (773) 785-40007737854000 Website \| Email
	Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago The Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago's Make City incubator is one of the largest and oldest incubators in the country. Built in the 1890s, at 416,000 square feet, the incubator is unique in its manufacturing focus. ICNC provides growing companies in a wide variety of industries affordable space, business assistance, and an entrepreneurial community that they can both benefit from and contribute to. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Merly Thomas 320 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60012 Phone: (312) 433-2373 Website \| Email
	Inner City Capital Connections Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) is a national program designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses in economically-distressed areas build capacity for sustainable growth in revenue, profitability, and employment. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Marynee Pontes 56 Warren St Roxbury, MA 02119 Phone: (617) 238-3035 Website \| Email
	Internal Revenue Service (IRS) The IRS Small Business & Self-Employed Tax Center is a one stop service for business owners to find all they need. The offers resources to small businesses with assets under $10 million and taxpayers who file Form 1040, Schedules C, E, F or Form 2106. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Yolanda Ruiz 2001 Butterfield Rd. Downers Grove, IL 60515 Phone: (630) 493-5194 Website \| Email
	Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce The Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce is a broad community based organization designed to represent and help merchants and other business people in the community. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Maureen Martino 3138 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60657 Phone: (773) 348-8608 x105 Website \| Email
	Loyola University - Executive Education Loyola's Executive Education is in the business of lifelong professional development. We deliver high-quality professional education that is characterized by excellence, innovation, justice, and leadership. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Colleen Reaney Quinlan School of Business 16 E. Pearson Street, Suite 818 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 915-6761 Website \| Email
	Loyola University Chicago - Business Leadership Hub Harness the Insights of Loyola University Chicago: The Loyola Business Leadership Hub is your gateway to the best of academic thought and practical solutions. The hub cuts across disciplines to find the answers and connections you need to accelerate your business, while our specialized centers bring a deep understanding of your organization and its unique challenges. Carolyn Ogrey 16 E Pearson St Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 915-6614 Website \| Email
	MBDA Business Center Chicago MBDA Business Center is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce/Minority Business Development Agency and operated by the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council. We help MBE business grow through education,advocacy, and access to capital and procurement opportunities. David Thomas 105 W. Adams Street Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 755-2563 Website \| Email
	mHUB mHUB is an innovation center. Our goal is help entrepreneurs and startups turn their ideas into prototypes, prototypes in products, and eventually turn those products into sustainable businesses. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Manas Mehandru 965 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642 Phone: (312) 248-8701 Website \| Email
	Mid South Business Association & Resource Center MSBARC will take responsibility for developing our economy and businesses, promoting the assets of our community, and attracting investment. We will develop strategies and goals, and support and enlist the assistance of, elected officials to secure external resources, tools, and relationships that will help us achieve these goals. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Phillip Beckham 3720 S Dearborn Suite 205 Chicago, IL 60609 Phone: (773) 893-0052 Website \| Email
	Native American chamber of Commerce We are dedicated to the establishment, advancement and support of the American Indian entrepreneur. We educate, mentor, connect and advocate on behalf of Natives businesses, students and those that wish to start a new enterprise. Andrew Johnson 100 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1670 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: (630) 926-1700 Website \| Email
	Pulaski Elston Business Association (PEBA) We are a local not for profit organization that provides business assistance and marketing to businesses located in the Independence Park, West Walker and Mayfair communities. Facebook Amie Zander 4000 W. Montrose Chicago, IL 60641 Phone: (331) 248-7127 Website \| Email
	Quad Communities Development Corporation Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) promotes and celebrates commerce in Bronzeville by support, attracting and partnering with the local business community to grow and strengthen our eco-system. QCDC host business educational, networking and resource events, area-wide marketing campaigns, and provides one-on-one specialized support. Twitter Facebook Rhonda McFarland 4210 South Berkeley Avenue Chicago, IL 60653-3012 Phone: (773) 268-7232 Website \| Email
	Rogers Park Business Alliance Rogers Park Business Alliance is a nonprofit economic development organization that provides expert technical assistance, entrepreneurial training and access to capital for businesses. We partner with community organizations, city agencies and residents to cultivate inclusive economic growth. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Sandi Price 1448 W. Morse Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (773) 508-5885 Website \| Email
	Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce represents business in Rogers Park. We are volunteers who devote our time to preserving great local businesses and boosting Rogers Park business. MISSION STATEMENT: To provide leadership and representation in order to benefit the members operating businesses in the Rogers Park community. VISION STATEMENT: To guide businesses, service organizations, institutions, and individuals to establish new businesses and promote existing businesses within the Rogers Park community. To create and stimulate an orderly economic growth, thereby enriching Rogers Park's diverse community. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bill Morton 6902 North Glenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (773) 850-0049 Website \| Email
	SCORE Chicago SCORE Chicago’s 100+ mentors and consultants provide services from over 30 locations in Cook and part of Will County. We offer free business mentoring, consulting and low-cost business education workshops on a wide range of topics, from insurance and financing to website and social media marketing, in the downtown office and in community locations. SCORE mentors can advise clients about options for loans and other types of business financing. SCORE and the SBA do not provide financing directly. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Keith Coleman 500 West Madison Street Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 353-7724 Website \| Email
	SomerCor For more than a quarter century, we have helped entrepreneurs like you obtain the financing they need to realize their business dreams. We are a non-profit, small business lender that offers SBA 504 and SBA 7(a) Community Advantage loans, and we administer the City of Chicago’s Small Business Improvement Fund and Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants. LinkedIn Savannah Allen 601 S. Lasalle St. Suite 510 Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (312) 360-3327 Website \| Email
	South Shore Chamber of Commerce The South Shore Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that supports local businesses by offering technical assistance, business development and training, networking opportunities as well as access to public and private sector resources. Facebook Tonya Trice 1750 E. 71st Street Chicago, IL 60649 Phone: (773) 955-9508 Website \| Email
	The Chicago Bar Foundation Justice Entrepreneurs Project (JEP) The JEP is a network of independent lawyers who are committed to making quality legal services accessible and affordable for regular people. They charge set fees, offer unbundled options, and focus on their clients' needs. Trevor Clarke 208 S. Jefferson Suite 204 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 546-3282 Website \| Email
	U.S. Small Business Administration The SBA is the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government. It empowers entrepreneurs with the support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover after a disaster. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Jessica Mayle 500 W. Madison, Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 353-4528 Website \| Email
	University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation At the Polsky Exchange, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides significant resources and programming for community entrepreneurs, as part of the University of Chicago’s commitment to supporting strong, vibrant communities in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn EJ Reedy 1452 E. %3rd St 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60615 Phone: (777) 702-2076 Website \| Email
	Washington Park Chamber of Commerce The mission of the Washington Park Chamber of Commerce, NFP (WPCC) is to create and sustain economic opportunities in the Washington Park community that improves the quality of life for all of its residents, businesses, and institutions through advocacy, initiatives, and partnerships for community and economic development. Donna Hampton-Smith 331 E. 56th Street Unit D Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 955-0199 Website \| Email
	Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce The WPB Chamber strives to develop innovative ways to increase commerce among our Members through a variety of Member Benefits. In addition to being a Member of the National Concierge Association and a City recognized Delegate Agency, the Chamber recommends various business assistance resources and programs available to serve local businesses and strengthen the vitality of Wicker Park Bucktown as a whole. Twitter Facebook Pamela Maass 1414 N Ashland Chicago, il 60622 Phone: (773) 384-2672 x213 Website \| Email
	Women's Business Development Center The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) supports and accelerates business development and growth, targeting women and serving all diverse business owners, in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Maura Mitchell 8 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 853-3477 x100 Website \| Email

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Provider Logo	Provider Description
	51st Street Business Association Assisting businesses with planning, resource development, grant writing and educational workshops, delegate agent and liaison to the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection. Facebook Sandra Bivens 220 E. 51st Street Chicago, Il 60615 Phone: (772) 285-3401 Website \| Email
	Advocates for Urban Agriculture Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) empowers urban growers to foster thriving communities through sustainable agriculture and equitable food systems. We envision a flourishing food system that promotes urban agriculture in the Chicago area as an integral part of community economic development, food security, environmental sustainability, and overall quality of life for the region, and in which practitioners, organizations, and residents can reap the benefits. Twitter Facebook Viviana Gentry Fernandez-Pellon PO Box 168083 Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: (708) 629-1425 Website \| Email
	Arts & Business Council of Chicago The Arts & Business Council of Chicago’s mission is to develop leadership, the business of arts, and the art of business in Chicago. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Kristin Larsen 1 W. Monroe Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 372-1876 x101 Website \| Email
	Chicago Business Affairs & Consumer Protection BACP ensures a fair and vibrant market place for both businesses and consumers. BACP licenses businesses and public vehicles, provides business education and access to resources, enforces the Municipal Code, and protects consumers from fraud. Twitter Facebook BACP Outreach Chicago City Hall 121 N. LaSalle St. Room 805 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 744-2086 Website \| Email
	Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) provides flexible, affordable, and responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts and initiatives that benefit low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, families, and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicagoland. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Pamela Graves 29 E. Madison Street Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 252-0455 Website \| Email
	Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group is a mission driven Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides lending capital up to $50,000 and business development resources to new and emerging small businesses throughout the metropolitan Chicago area. Erica King 1000 E. 111th St. Chicago, IL 60628 Phone: (773) 341-2062 Website \| Email
	Community Law Project of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights The Community Law Project helps to build, strengthen, and support community-based organizations and small businesses in Chicago’s low-income neighborhoods. We work with law firms to help nonprofits and small businesses spur equitable development. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Jody Adler 100 N LaSalle Street, Suite 600 Chicago, Il 60602 Phone: (312) 202-3647 Website \| Email
	Edgebrook~Sauganash Chamber of Commerce We serve, grow and advocate for businesses in the Edgebrook~Sauganash community on the far Northwest side. With Sauganash SSA #62, we provide large-scale business district management. We partner with chambers across Chicago to stay current on economic development trends and tools. Twitter Facebook Jennifer Herren Gatesman 6023 N. Cicero - ESCC Chicago, IL 60646 Phone: (773) 545-9300 Website \| Email
	Eighteenth Street Development Corporation ESDC will work with businesses to empower them to grow. It will also work to attract fast growing businesses by leveraging the community's assets: an ideal central location, rich in culture and arts, delicious food/restaurants, a close proximity to world class universities and medical district, in a Hubzone, with resources like TIF, SBIF, and Federal Empowerment programs. ESDC has served the Pilsen community on the Lower West Side of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois for over 40 years and hopes to add to its legacy. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Alex Ruiz 1843 S Carpenter St Chicago, IL 60608 Phone: (312) 733-2287 Website \| Email
	Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce We are the Chamber of Commerce in Garfield Park, a community-based organization focused on helping make the world around us a better, happier place. With the help of our tireless staff, we organize networking events, fundraisers, exciting community-building events, and in-depth training sessions for our volunteers. Facebook Siri Hibbler 4223 West Lake Street Suite 328 Chicago, IL 60624 Phone: (312) 970-9036 Website \| Email
	Grants Financial Services Empower and Educate Women and Entrepreneurs about their financial statements and taxes Twitter Facebook LinkedIn DeAnna Grant 2008 S. Wabash STE OFFICE Chicago, il 60616 Phone: (312) 265-1414 Website \| Email
	Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) works to foster and promote revitalization of low-to-moderate income communities that we serve using comprehensive community development strategies. Twitter Facebook Norma Sanders 1159 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60620 Phone: (773) 483-3696 Website \| Email
	Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce The mission of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce is To transform Greater Englewood into a popular commercial and retail destination by (a)dvising, (d)eveloping and (s)howcasing its established businesses and acting as a comprehensive economic development partner while creating a favorable social environment for chamber members. Facebook LinkedIn Felicia Slaton-Young 815 W. 63rd St. 2nd Fl Chicago, Il 60621 Phone: (312) 880-9674 Website \| Email
	Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) provides economic programs designed to educate aspiring entrepreneurs and existing businesses through economic programs designed to strengthen and enhance financial opportunities to grow their businesses. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Andrea Reed 1000 E 111th St Chicago, IL 60628 Phone: (773) 785-40007737854000 Website \| Email
	Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago The Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago's Make City incubator is one of the largest and oldest incubators in the country. Built in the 1890s, at 416,000 square feet, the incubator is unique in its manufacturing focus. ICNC provides growing companies in a wide variety of industries affordable space, business assistance, and an entrepreneurial community that they can both benefit from and contribute to. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Merly Thomas 320 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60012 Phone: (312) 433-2373 Website \| Email
	Inner City Capital Connections Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) is a national program designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses in economically-distressed areas build capacity for sustainable growth in revenue, profitability, and employment. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Marynee Pontes 56 Warren St Roxbury, MA 02119 Phone: (617) 238-3035 Website \| Email
	Internal Revenue Service (IRS) The IRS Small Business & Self-Employed Tax Center is a one stop service for business owners to find all they need. The offers resources to small businesses with assets under $10 million and taxpayers who file Form 1040, Schedules C, E, F or Form 2106. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Yolanda Ruiz 2001 Butterfield Rd. Downers Grove, IL 60515 Phone: (630) 493-5194 Website \| Email
	Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce The Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce is a broad community based organization designed to represent and help merchants and other business people in the community. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Maureen Martino 3138 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60657 Phone: (773) 348-8608 x105 Website \| Email
	Loyola University - Executive Education Loyola's Executive Education is in the business of lifelong professional development. We deliver high-quality professional education that is characterized by excellence, innovation, justice, and leadership. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Colleen Reaney Quinlan School of Business 16 E. Pearson Street, Suite 818 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 915-6761 Website \| Email
	Loyola University Chicago - Business Leadership Hub Harness the Insights of Loyola University Chicago: The Loyola Business Leadership Hub is your gateway to the best of academic thought and practical solutions. The hub cuts across disciplines to find the answers and connections you need to accelerate your business, while our specialized centers bring a deep understanding of your organization and its unique challenges. Carolyn Ogrey 16 E Pearson St Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 915-6614 Website \| Email
	MBDA Business Center Chicago MBDA Business Center is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce/Minority Business Development Agency and operated by the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council. We help MBE business grow through education,advocacy, and access to capital and procurement opportunities. David Thomas 105 W. Adams Street Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 755-2563 Website \| Email
	mHUB mHUB is an innovation center. Our goal is help entrepreneurs and startups turn their ideas into prototypes, prototypes in products, and eventually turn those products into sustainable businesses. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Manas Mehandru 965 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642 Phone: (312) 248-8701 Website \| Email
	Mid South Business Association & Resource Center MSBARC will take responsibility for developing our economy and businesses, promoting the assets of our community, and attracting investment. We will develop strategies and goals, and support and enlist the assistance of, elected officials to secure external resources, tools, and relationships that will help us achieve these goals. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Phillip Beckham 3720 S Dearborn Suite 205 Chicago, IL 60609 Phone: (773) 893-0052 Website \| Email
	Native American chamber of Commerce We are dedicated to the establishment, advancement and support of the American Indian entrepreneur. We educate, mentor, connect and advocate on behalf of Natives businesses, students and those that wish to start a new enterprise. Andrew Johnson 100 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1670 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: (630) 926-1700 Website \| Email
	Pulaski Elston Business Association (PEBA) We are a local not for profit organization that provides business assistance and marketing to businesses located in the Independence Park, West Walker and Mayfair communities. Facebook Amie Zander 4000 W. Montrose Chicago, IL 60641 Phone: (331) 248-7127 Website \| Email
	Quad Communities Development Corporation Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) promotes and celebrates commerce in Bronzeville by support, attracting and partnering with the local business community to grow and strengthen our eco-system. QCDC host business educational, networking and resource events, area-wide marketing campaigns, and provides one-on-one specialized support. Twitter Facebook Rhonda McFarland 4210 South Berkeley Avenue Chicago, IL 60653-3012 Phone: (773) 268-7232 Website \| Email
	Rogers Park Business Alliance Rogers Park Business Alliance is a nonprofit economic development organization that provides expert technical assistance, entrepreneurial training and access to capital for businesses. We partner with community organizations, city agencies and residents to cultivate inclusive economic growth. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Sandi Price 1448 W. Morse Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (773) 508-5885 Website \| Email
	Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce represents business in Rogers Park. We are volunteers who devote our time to preserving great local businesses and boosting Rogers Park business. MISSION STATEMENT: To provide leadership and representation in order to benefit the members operating businesses in the Rogers Park community. VISION STATEMENT: To guide businesses, service organizations, institutions, and individuals to establish new businesses and promote existing businesses within the Rogers Park community. To create and stimulate an orderly economic growth, thereby enriching Rogers Park's diverse community. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bill Morton 6902 North Glenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (773) 850-0049 Website \| Email
	SCORE Chicago SCORE Chicago’s 100+ mentors and consultants provide services from over 30 locations in Cook and part of Will County. We offer free business mentoring, consulting and low-cost business education workshops on a wide range of topics, from insurance and financing to website and social media marketing, in the downtown office and in community locations. SCORE mentors can advise clients about options for loans and other types of business financing. SCORE and the SBA do not provide financing directly. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Keith Coleman 500 West Madison Street Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 353-7724 Website \| Email
	SomerCor For more than a quarter century, we have helped entrepreneurs like you obtain the financing they need to realize their business dreams. We are a non-profit, small business lender that offers SBA 504 and SBA 7(a) Community Advantage loans, and we administer the City of Chicago’s Small Business Improvement Fund and Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants. LinkedIn Savannah Allen 601 S. Lasalle St. Suite 510 Chicago, IL 60626 Phone: (312) 360-3327 Website \| Email
	South Shore Chamber of Commerce The South Shore Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that supports local businesses by offering technical assistance, business development and training, networking opportunities as well as access to public and private sector resources. Facebook Tonya Trice 1750 E. 71st Street Chicago, IL 60649 Phone: (773) 955-9508 Website \| Email
	The Chicago Bar Foundation Justice Entrepreneurs Project (JEP) The JEP is a network of independent lawyers who are committed to making quality legal services accessible and affordable for regular people. They charge set fees, offer unbundled options, and focus on their clients' needs. Trevor Clarke 208 S. Jefferson Suite 204 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 546-3282 Website \| Email
	U.S. Small Business Administration The SBA is the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government. It empowers entrepreneurs with the support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover after a disaster. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Jessica Mayle 500 W. Madison, Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 353-4528 Website \| Email
	University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation At the Polsky Exchange, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides significant resources and programming for community entrepreneurs, as part of the University of Chicago’s commitment to supporting strong, vibrant communities in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn EJ Reedy 1452 E. %3rd St 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60615 Phone: (777) 702-2076 Website \| Email
	Washington Park Chamber of Commerce The mission of the Washington Park Chamber of Commerce, NFP (WPCC) is to create and sustain economic opportunities in the Washington Park community that improves the quality of life for all of its residents, businesses, and institutions through advocacy, initiatives, and partnerships for community and economic development. Donna Hampton-Smith 331 E. 56th Street Unit D Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 955-0199 Website \| Email
	Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce The WPB Chamber strives to develop innovative ways to increase commerce among our Members through a variety of Member Benefits. In addition to being a Member of the National Concierge Association and a City recognized Delegate Agency, the Chamber recommends various business assistance resources and programs available to serve local businesses and strengthen the vitality of Wicker Park Bucktown as a whole. Twitter Facebook Pamela Maass 1414 N Ashland Chicago, il 60622 Phone: (773) 384-2672 x213 Website \| Email
	Women's Business Development Center The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) supports and accelerates business development and growth, targeting women and serving all diverse business owners, in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Maura Mitchell 8 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 853-3477 x100 Website \| Email

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