Make City Mentions + Hatchery Headlines
New Launches + Virtual Event
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The entrepreneurial atmosphere in the halls of Make City and The Hatchery is always apparent. Here are some of the innovative ways small businesses working out of Make City and The Hatchery are growing and supporting their employees and their communities. |
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Website Launch
Studio Malt
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Product Launch
Modern Sprout
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Studio Malt, a branding and illustration-focused design studio housed in Make City, has relaunched its website with a number of new sustainability commitments. Malt is actively seeking new partners who also place a strong emphasis on making a positive environmental and community impact. Read more about Malt's new sustainability commitments here.
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Modern Sprout, a company that creates uncomplicated indoor hyrdoponic planters, has launched new products, including gift kits, hatch and grow seed kits, and replant kits. To shop all of Modern Sprout's new arrivals, including their seed starter trios, visit their website.
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New Menu
Laine's Bake Shop
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Virtual Event
The Hatchery Chicago + WBDC
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Laine's Bake Shop, an artisan bake shop with a social mission based out of The Hatchery, will accept orders for its Easter menu on March 8th until March 26th. Use the code EASTER to receive 10% off your order if you order between March 8th and March 15th! View the menu and place orders on their website.
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The Hatchery Chicago is hosting two “Proud to Be a Woman-Owned Business” events to celebrate International Women's Day! The Women's Business Development Center and two panels of female leaders will discuss the funding landscape and how women can break through barriers and secure funds for their businesses. Register now!
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Throughout 2020, a year unlike any other, we were inspired by the resilience and innovation of the small businesses housed in our Make City incubator, at The Hatchery, and in our wider business community here on the West Side. We dedicated ourselves and our focus on finding new ways to fulfill our mission of creating inclusive economic development and a strong business community on Chicago's West Side. |
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Join us for our 2021 Annual Members' Meeting, open to all, where we'll share the stories of how the tenants at Make City and the residents at The Hatchery pivoted to support their employees, customers, neighbors, and communities. You'll hear about our 2020 successes, including the creation of our Hatch Made Meals program, and our advocacy priorities moving forward, on which we welcome your feedback.
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Illinois Small Business Development Center International Trade
Center at ICNC
New Website Launch + Video On-Demand Webinar
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The Illinois SBDC at ICNC has launched a new webpage! The updated page now makes it possible to schedule one-on-one advising sessions, along with a built-out resources page with helpful information for starting or growing a business. |
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This video on-demand presentation by Associated Bank's Paul Eversman, Vice President of Capital Markets & Foreign Exchange during a pre-recorded Zoom session, aims to provide importers and exporters a basic understanding of the payment methods used in international transactions to reduce risk. |
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Live Q&A: International Payment Terms
Friday, March 12th at 2:00 PM
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Associated Bank and the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at ICNC will host a live Q&A session to directly answer any individual questions that may arise after watching the video on-demand International Payment Terms webinar above. |
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$1,000 Breonna Taylor Grants Awarded to Two Students of ICNC's EMT Training Program |
The Black Village Foundation chose two students from our women's EMT Training Program, Eurdice and WaConda, to receive $1,000 grants in honor of Breonna Taylor for the first time ever! We are so proud of these incredible women and look forward to seeing how they continue to grow.
Sharing why she's training to be an EMT, Eurdice said, "Growing up on the South Side of Chicago I have seen so many lives lost due to EMT/paramedics arriving late. I want to be that EMT that changes that. I want to arrive immediately, and give my all to that person."
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Are you ready to hire staff but lack the time? Our workforce development department can assist you! |
The Workforce Development Team at ICNC works every day to provide quality and streamlined services that connect a skilled and qualified workforce with employment, as well as a variety of labor market services to meet the needs of local businesses.
To discuss your HR needs, please contact Nancy or Priscilla in our Workforce Development Department!
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Upcoming Virtual Food Workshops with The Hatchery Chicago |
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Grow Your Business @ Make City + The Hatchery |
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Make City - 320 N. Damen Ave. |
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The Hatchery - 135 N. Kedzie Ave. |
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ICNC's Make City incubator offers a thriving entrepreneurial community and immediate access to ICNC's advising, export, and advocacy services alongside 100 other small, modern urban manufacturing businesses. ICNC supports small businesses and the West Side community through incubation, advocacy, and advising. |
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The Hatchery is a non-profit food and beverage incubator dedicated to helping local entrepreneurs build and grow successful businesses through cutting-edge kitchen facilities, entrepreneurship curriculum, partnerships with generous corporate sponsors and foundations to create local job opportunities and accelerate local economic growth. |
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COVID-19 Resources, Vaccine Info, + Funding Opportunities |
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Our mission to support Chicago's small businesses and the West Side community that we are a part of is and always will be our top priority. We've created a COVID-19 Resources webpage that is updated often and includes funding opportunities, employment support, food access, small business resources, online training opportunities, how manufacturing businesses can support first responders, and more.
The City of Chicago and Cook County are currently in Phase 1b of vaccinations, which
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includes front-line essential workers in manufacturing settings, defined as “Industrial production of goods for distribution to retail, wholesale or other manufacturers." As the vaccination rollout continues, we encourage you to stay up-to-date with updates from the City of Chicago and CDPH here and the CDC here.
Allies for Community Business, our partner in The Hatchery, shares the most up-to-date information on small business grant and loan opportunities on their website.
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The Illinois Small Business Development Center International Trade Center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, and the Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago (ICNC). Reasonable accomodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact the center at (312)433-2373.
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