Make City Mentions + Hatchery Headlines
New Launches + News Features
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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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News Feature
Farmer's Fridge
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Virtual Events
Rhine Hall
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Farmer's Fridge, a company that sells salads and healthy meal options out of vending machines, was recently featured on Good Morning America! The feature covers Farmer's Fridge's pivot to at-home delivery during the pandemic. Watch here.
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Rhine Hall offers themed virtual cocktail classes each Saturday night. Each class is open to the public and takes place over Zoom. To learn more about the available classes and to book your spot, visit Rhine Hall's online shop.
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News Feature
Justice of the Pies
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New Launch
Metric Coffee + Brite Donuts
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Justice of the Pies, a company housed in The Hatchery, was recently featured by Time Out as a Black-owned business that is shaping Chicago right now. Read the article to learn about the ways that Justice of the Pies supports their community.
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Metric Coffee now offers Brite Donuts & Baked Goods out of their Metric West Fulton Cafe. Brite offers seasonal and locally sourced baked goods that are made from scratch each morning. View the menu and order for pick-up here.
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News Feature
Aged & Infused
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Ode a la Rose has launched their special Valentine's Day collection! The collection features beautiful bouquets in various sizes, preserved roses, and bouquet with a gift box. Visit their online shop to view the options and pre-order.
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Aged & Infused was featured on WGN's "Around Town" segment showing off their all-natural cocktail infusion kits! The segment also featured fellow Make City tenant Soap Distillery. Watch here.
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FREE ServSafe Food Handler Training |
ICNC's Workforce Development Department is offering free ServSafe Food Handler and Manager Training supported by the PepsiCo Foundation! If you or your staff are in need of a ServSafe Certificate, please reach out to Alicia via email for more information. |
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Harassment Prevention Resources |
The Illinois Human Rights Act requires all business owners to provide their staff members with sexual harassment prevention training each year. Our trainings were lead by Cheryl Balough of Balough Law Offices, LLC and shared additional resources below.
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Growing Your Team: Hiring and Human Resources Fundamentals
February 9th at 4:00 PM
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Entrepreneurs typically love doing everything themselves, or so they think. It is a great way to stay lean and save money, however in order to scale the business and grow—hiring is the only way to go. In this webinar hosted by Nancy Kramer, a member of ICNC's Workforce Development team who supports businesses at The Hatchery and Make City, we will be discussing with one of our very own members, Alan Moy of Viet Nom Nom about his journey as a food and beverage entrepreneur and expanding his team. |
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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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SBIF + Sidewalk Shared Cost Program |
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The Shared Cost Sidewalk Program is an extremely popular voluntary program in which property owners share 50% of the cost of sidewalk repair with the City of Chicago. The application opened Monday, January 11th at 6 AM. All applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds are allocated.
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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 + 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 daily and includes funding opportunities, employment support, food access, small business resources, online training opportunities, how manufacturing businesses can support first responders, and more. |
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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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