Free virtual workshops are being offered by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to help businesses strengthen their skills and bidding on state projects.
Based on the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks, Chicago non-essential businesses will begin a daily curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Fri., Oct. 23, for at least two weeks.
UPDATE: *IPS added ramp closure of Interstate 90 northbound and southbound at Division until 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
This morning's news about Sunday night and Monday morning looting in the loop and in the North/Clybourn area has Wicker Park businesses concerned and officials taking new tactics.
With the initial move into the Phase 3 opening of Chicago amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wed., June 3, many businesses remain uncertain about when, how and if they'll open.
Looters were on a rampage along Milwaukee, Ashland and Elston Avenues in Wicker Park and Bucktown throughout the early morning hours of Sunday, May 31.
"Do I or don't I have to make a State of Illinois 1st quarter 2020 estimated profit tax deposit today," ask several business owners as well as contract and gig workers.
Local restaurateurs Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner fight for their "family" and others in Chicago's food service industry and beyond by feeding as many as possible. And, they could use your help.
Target will be opening a new small-format store in Logan Square at 2434 N. Sacramento Ave. on April 5 and is now beginning to hire 70 people for its 12th small-format store in the Chicago are, like the Wicker Park location, 1664 W Division St, which opened in the summer of 2018.
A Sip of Hope, 3039 W. Fullerton Ave., is more than a coffee shop. It's a place where "it's ok NOT to be ok," to talk about coping…or trying to cope…with your own mental challenges or those of someone else and a place to occasionally meet an angel.
Large green signs on the window and door of Whisk, 2018 W. Chicago Ave., in Ukrainian Village give warning that Whisk's business certificate of registration is revoked.
Small businesses have an opportunity to obtain grants through the Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) starting Sept. 3. Applications close on Oct. 3.
Treasures from yesterday and yesteryear can be added to your music collection from Reckless Records, 1379 N. Milwaukee Ave., new Bargain Basement, opening during Wicker Park Bucktown’s (WPB) annual End of Summer Sale Aug. 24 and 25. Posters, vintage and new, are also making their debut this weekend.
Shot to death while standing in a Metro PCS store around 8:05 p.m. on April 26, Candice Dickerson was honored by her family, friends and the Norwegian American Hospital (NAH) "family" on Tuesday at the hospital, 1044 N Francisco Ave.
Standing outside Sultan's Market, 2057 W. North Ave., owner Masada Ramli explains that it took three months for her 300 bag order of organic chickpeas to arrive from Istanbul, Turkey.
Wicker Park's Volumes Bookcafe is popping-up on the 6th Level of Water Tower Place, in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. They'll be in that space until the end of January 2019, open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
A crowd fired out concerns about a proposed PPA (Public Place of Amusement) license for the ground level corner space of 1714 N. Damen, during 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack's public meeting in the proposed space, Monday evening.
![SOHSandeeTesla](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/CmfrtngCmfrtr_DSC5152_0.jpg "Sandee Thomas talks with a customer as Tesla gets some comforting from her "dad"")
