NEWS
- Here's an affordable housing solution developers actually like [Chicago Tribune]
- Time Out Market in West Loop reopens this month with new chef lineup [Block Club Chicago]
- Your table awaits --Chicago's outdoor dining season is underway [Chicago Sun Times]
- Underground donut tour launches in Chicago's West Loop [Cision PR]
- 2 Google-leased Fulton Market offices sell fro $500M [The Real Deal]
- JP Graziano celebrates 84 years of feeding Chicago, from Italian imports to legendary sandwiches [Block Club Chicago]
- Oriole, award-winning West Loop restaurant, triples space — but not seats — and will add upstairs Airbnb [Chicago Tribune]
- Green City Market Returns To The West Loop This Weekend [Block Club Chicago]
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FEATURED EVENTS
BACP Webinar: Thinking About Launching A Storefront Business?
Friday, June 11 at 9:30 a.m.
BACP Webinar: Nuts and Bolts of Business Planning and Financial Readiness for Start-ups
Wednesday, June 16 at 3 p.m.
BACP Webinar: How to Open a Concession at O'Hare and Midway International Airports
Friday, June 18 at 9:30 a.m.
District 12 CAPS Beat Meeting: Sector 1232
Wednesday, June 23 at 6 p.m.
BACP Webinar: Business Transformation Post-COVID
Friday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m.
BACP Webinar: Keys to Business Planning
Wednesday, June 30 at 3 p.m.
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We’re proud to celebrate and support our local businesses. Join us for a free #GrowWithGoogle virtual workshop on Friday, July 9 at 1 p.m. to help you grow your Small Biz →
Ready to feature your business on @YouTube? Register for the #GrowWithGoogle Partner Digital Series event, on 7/9 at 1 pm, to get expert advice on how to create compelling video content for your audience & learn about different video styles
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Support our open local businesses! Check out our website for information on businesses open for delivery, pick up, live-streaming and more. |
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NEW MEMBER PROFILE: StretchLab West Loop |
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StretchLab offers 1-on-1 assisted stretching services by certified Flexologists to help our members achieve their wellness goals ranging from increased flexibility, mobility & sports performance to reducing pain, tension & stress. Read below to learn more about StretchLab West Loop!
“Stretching is so innate to our body. We spend most of our time on training, but we don’t want to forget about that recovery aspect. As long as you’re taking care of your body and listening to it, and you have a consistent stretching protocol, it’s just going to help you continue to do what you want to do.” — Austin Martinez, StretchLab Director of Education
Who is answering these questions?
Mandy Rinder - Owner, StretchLab West Loop
How old is your business?
StretchLab was founded in 2015 in southern California. Our West Loop location just opened in March 2021!
How long have you been in the neighborhood?
3 months
Why the West Loop?
The West Loop has such an amazing and supportive health, fitness and wellness community and we are excited to be a part of the Madison Row neighborhood!
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Job Listing: Great full time opportunity in West Loop with matching 401k, great benefits. |
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WE'RE #HIRING!
Velvet Taco is coming to #FultonMarket and we couldn't be more excited. We are taking in-person interviews at Industrious at Fulton Market. Come see us on the 4th floor or apply online at https://www.velvettaco.com/careers/
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Chicago: Home of House
The Catacombs at Epiphany Center for the Arts
Through July 17, 2021
Phase 2 Reception and Performances - June 12, 3:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Other Upcoming Events:
June 10 – 7:30 pm Chicago Jazz with Joan Collaso Quartet
June 11 – 7:30 pm Chicago Blues with Bear Williams Trio
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Madison Street Books - help us sustain year 2
Of all the things I imagined for Madison Street Books when we opened last year, I never imagined creating a Go Fund Me. This weekend marks our 1 year anniversary. We opened on March 14, 2020, and closed on March 16, 2020, per the state and city's mandates due to COVID-19. The store went dark and those were dark days. We had no customer base and no ability to create one. Due to being open for less than a year we could not apply for PPP or any of the other government assistance programs.
Unfortunately, as we review 2020 and budget for 2021, we know that we will not be able to stay open without additional assistance. Were it not for COVID -19, a Go Fund Me would not be part of our reality. We believe in Madison Street Books as a business and we believe in the West Loop as a community. If you believe the same, please take a moment and donate to our Go Fund Me.
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New art exhibit Hello Helios welcomes the sun to Greektown

Greektown’s vibrant new outdoor art exhibit, Hello Helios: The warming suns of Chicago’s Greektown, brings together a diverse group of Chicago artists to create 24 three-dimensional sun artworks. Named for Helios, the god of the sun in Greek mythology, the sculpture editions celebrate the sun and many of the works draw inspiration from related mythologies, including those in the Greek, Aztec, Yoruba, Japanese and Native American cultures.
The Hello Helios artworks line Halsted Street in Greektown from Madison to Van Buren Streets, now through spring 2022. Hello Helios is sponsored by Greektown SSA #16, the neighborhood’s business improvement district, and produced by the Greektown Arts Committee in partnership with the Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation.
“Greece is a land of sun and water, with an average of 250 sunny days per year, and we are bringing some of that Mediterranean sunshine to Chicago,” says Greektown Arts Chair and SSA Commissioner Eve Moran. “After a difficult pandemic year that many of us spent primarily indoors, this exhibit encourages everyone to come out and enjoy the outdoor art in Greektown, grab an alfresco dinner or drinks on a patio in our neighborhood, and be newly energized. Here comes the sun!”
Along with a diverse group of professional and emerging Chicago artists, the following seven Chicagoland Greek schools are participating in the Hello Helios exhibit: Holy Wisdom Academy Greek School (Willow Springs), Koraes Elementary School (Palos Hills), Plato Academy (Des Plaines), Pythagoras Greek School at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrios (Elmhurst), Pythagoras Greek School of St. John the Baptist (Des Plaines), SOLON St. Demetrios Greek School (Chicago) and St. George Greek School (Chicago).
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Chamber of Commerce representing businesses in the West Loop, Greektown, Madison Row, Randolph Street, Jackson Blvd., Fulton River District, Fulton Market, United Center Park, Little Italy, Tri-Taylor, University Village and Commons, UIC |
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