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Small Business Resources

What’s up, Boss Squad?

We’re continuing the theme of harvesting by making sure that local small business owners know what resources are available to them.

Recently we learned about grants and free assistance for your small business.

You can visit your local Chicago Neighborhood Business Development Center to learn information about a particular neighborhood, get a new small business started, and get help troubleshooting city-related issues for small business. Other benefits include connecting businesses to financial resources, business-to-business networking opportunities, and more.

Helpful Resources for Starting Your Business

Illinois Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Illinois International Trade Centers (ITC)
Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC)
City of Chicago LIRI program
Your Chamber of Commerce
Your municipality’s Economic Development Department
The SBA
SCORE
New: Cook County Small Business Source

Grants

Sam.gov – The System for Award Management (SAM) is a government-wide registry for vendors doing business with the Federal government, and SAM registration requires annual renewal. SAM centralizes information about grant recipients to change organizational information. Grants.gov uses SAM to establish roles and IDs for electronic grant applicants.
Grants.gov – Grants.gov is a government agency that maintains information about federal government grants that are available to small businesses which qualify. All applicants for federal grants such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, start with grants.gov.

Property Acquisition

CCLBA – The LandBank will acquire, hold, and transfer interest in real property throughout Cook County to: promote redevlopment and reuse of vacant, abandoned, foreclosed or tax-delinquent properties. You can view properties here.
Foreclosures-Foreclosed government owned (mostly residential) properties go to:

Fannie Mae – www.homepath.com
Freddie Mac – www.homesteps.com

You can watch the full resource video here.

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