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JULY MIXER - Wednesday, July 14th - 6-8pm
at Debonair Social Club - 1575 N. Milwaukee
Join us as we kick off the return of Wicker Park Fest in 2021! Come out to support, partner and connect with businesses in WPB and beyond to help us celebrate Chicago's favorite street fest!
Enjoy two cocktails with your RSVP and great networking.
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BE A PART OF WICKER PARK FEST 2021! JULY 23RD - 25TH
VENDOR APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING APPLY NOW!
Vending at Wicker Park Fest offers your business face-to-face exposure with a dynamic crowd of fest-goers in a friendly and exciting environment. The consumer not only sees your products, but can touch them, use them, and best of all, purchase them. Vending at this renowned music festival offers direct interaction with young, hip urban professionals, families, and Chicagoland visitors in an historic neighborhood with a rich retail, arts, and entertainment scene. CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW.
Food vendor applications are now closed. Retail & Food Truck Vendor Applications Still being accepted.
**Chamber Members receive special pricing**
Join the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce HERE.
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SPONSOR WICKER PARK FEST IN 2021!
View our Sponsorship Opportunity Packet HERE and then contact Pamela Maass at the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce with interest, questions & to set up your sponsorship at 773-384-2672.
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Visit the 21st Outdoor Season of the Wicker Park Farmers Market
The Market will be CLOSED next Sunday on July 4th for the holiday!
Come shop the Wicker Park Farmers Market this Sunday from 8-2PM! Masks are required between the hours of 8:00 - 9:00 AM, regardless of vaccinated status. Masks are optional for all vaccinated individuals between 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Volunteers are still needed for every market! To sign up, please visit our website here http://www.wickerparkbucktown.com/farmersmarket/farmers-market/
Free Meditation with Kadampa Meditation Center begins this Sunday at 8:15 AM. Free yoga class is from 9:00 - 9:45 AM with Verdant Wellness and 9:00 AM Children's Storytime with Cruelty-Free You & Me, who is also hosting their weekly plant-based food drive. Compost drop-offs are now available with Healthy Soil Compost at our Chamber booth for a $3 fee. SNAP benefits are now accepted at our market with the $25 match, thanks to Experimental Station. Our Presenting Sponsor, Chiro One, will be joining us at our Community Table at our Chamber booth.
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The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection's
FREE business education workshops are now available as WEBINARS!
To register visit
The City of Chicago announced the further easing of COVID-19 regulations for Chicago businesses.
Thursday, 6/24 Webinar at 10:00 AM
Starting a Business in your Home
Presented by City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP)
For many entrepreneurs, the journey to open a business starts in your home. Starting Friday, June 25, new regulations come into effect in Chicago to make it easier to open a home-based business. Join this webinar for an overview of Chicago’s regulations for the Home-Occupation License.
Friday, 6/25 Webinar at 9:30 AM
Business Transformation Post-COVID
Presented By David Johnson, Abraxas Group LLC
Many small and midsized businesses have seen the key underlying assumptions of their business models nullified by the coronavirus pandemic. This webinar will focus on helping business owners and leaders execute a successful business transformation that will allow companies so impacted to chart a course back to profitability and growth.
Wednesday, 6/30 Webinar at 3:00 PM
Keys to Business Planning
Presented by Steve Bob, MBA; Director of the Entrepreneurial Support Program at UIC's College of Business
What are the key parts to a business plan? Today's presentation will cover 3 areas that every plan must address. Bankers, Investors, and potential business partners will want to feel confident that your business can undertake these areas.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
Please Email WPBCC at
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RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND
The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.
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Paycheck Protection Program Open To All PPP Lenders
The SBA opened the Paycheck Protection Program to all participating lenders. Last week, the program was open to community financial institutions and small lenders. Eligible small businesses can apply for a First or Second Draw PPP loan.
Stay up to date via Twitter & SBA.gov
We will continue to share details about additional economic aid being administered by the SBA for small businesses and other eligible organizations as soon as they are determined. Stay up to date by following @SBA_Illinois on Twitter. More specifically, the best source of accurate information on the PPP is http://www.sba.gov/paycheckprotection and for Economic Injury Disaster Loans, which are available through Dec. 31, 2021, and other grants it is [www.sba.gov/disaster]www.sba.gov/disaster.
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WPB ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Our Annual Report for 2020 has been published! Read up all of the ways SSA #33 funded improvements in Wicker Park Bucktown in the past year – with approximately $1 million invested in supplemental services and programs to keep our business districts clean, attractive, and vibrant. You can also learn more about our continuing services and ongoing programs on our website! https://bit.ly/2020wpbannualreport
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RFPs & RFQs
Now accepting proposals for the Arts Area at the 2021 edition of Wicker Park Fest.
Deadline is Fri, June 26th.
Calling all artists!
We’re looking for highly compelling, professional quality visual and/or interactive installations or engaging works of art that are free-standing and can be exhibited for the duration of the festival’s open hours.
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SSA #33 LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM
Wicker Park Bucktown Special Service Area #33’s Legacy Business Recognition Program highlights businesses that have been serving the Wicker Park Bucktown community for 15 years and more! Storefront windows all over the neighborhood proudly display orange window clings identifying each of these legacy businesses and recognizing their service. This week we take a look at the Blue Line Lounge & Grill!
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Chicago Sculpture Exhibit
Installations from the 2021 edition of CSE are appearing around Wicker Park Bucktown. This year SSA #33 is sponsoring 8 temporary sculptures including "Paired," by Rusty Wolfe. This installation is located at the South East Corner of North Ave and Honore.
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Have you seen it yet?
Local artist Ali Six recently dropped by to paint a new mural on the Blue Line embankment wall near the Walgreens at Milwaukee & Wolcott sponsored by SSA #33. The piece entitled “Butterfly Effect” includes the artist’s iconic character Richie the Raccoon and a tribute to the Walgreens employee who was the victim of the inexplicable tragedy in September. Ali Six previously had an older mural at this location prior to June of 2020.
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We need YOU to serve the community!
ATTENTION: property owners, business owners, employees, and residents of Wicker Park Bucktown.
We are seeking ambitious, creative, organized, and opinionated community leaders to join the Commission of Special Service Area #33 – the improvement district of the Wicker Park Bucktown business corridors. SSA #33 plays a pivotal role in streetscaping, landscaping, sidewalk snow removal, marketing, public art, aesthetics, safety, and more.
If you own or rent a PIN-holding property in SSA #33 along the business corridors of Ashland, Damen, Division, Milwaukee, North, or Western and like the idea of spending local tax dollars on improvements and services that benefit the entire community, come joins us. Multiple slots on the Commission are open in 2021. If you think you have the passion and ideas to keep Wicker Park Bucktown thriving, it's time for us to hear from you.
If you're interested in learning more about SSA #33 or applying to become a Commissioner (volunteer position) please visit here.
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UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE
All SSA #33 meetings are open to the public
6/29 TUE @ 9am – Arts Committee
7/1 THU @ 9am – Grants & Rebates Committee
7/7 WED @ 8pm – SSA Commission Meeting
Please find a schedule of all meetings, locations, and times here.
Please email alice@wickerparkbucktown.com for log in information.
OTHER NEWS
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Saturday, June 26, 4-5 PM, 3D4D will host the first of two art talks, 3D4D Conversations: Re-Imagining Connection. This first art talk will be conducted as a dialogue to reflect on the works in the exhibition. The panel of artists consist of: Michele Silvetti Schmitt, Christine Perri, Yvette Kaiser-Schmidtt. Helen Lee presents archival documentation of her performance, "𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒓."
The art talk is followed by our 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐑 fundraising event to help us propel and organize our Monthly Collector's Circle. 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐑 is from 6-9 PM.
Suggested donation: $20.
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Come Together in The Bucktown Green -
Bring your blankets and chairs- picnic baskets welcome!
1712 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-5544
Saturday, June 26th - 7:30pm
Price: Free!
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WHISKEY BUSINESS
presents
PRIDE PICS!
Every Monday for the month of June at 8pm.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck
This month, we’re thrilled to be celebrating a special guest: One of our founding members (and also our incredibly talented designer) Anna Jo Beck! Anna will discuss Broke, Not Broken: Personal Finance for the Creative, Confused, Underpaid, and Overwhelmed, her newly released first book that has its origins in her popular how-to zine about personal finance.
Everyone is invited to share your favorite how-to zines, as well! Please join us for Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 29 on Zoom.
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VOLUNTEER - northwestern settlement
We are always looking for new volunteers! There are many ways to give your time to support Northwestern Settlement, both in person and at home. Due to Covid-19, we are asking that all food pantry volunteers be between the ages of 18-55 and able to lift 30lbs. To get more information about volunteering or be added to our system of volunteers, please email your interest to
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VOLUNTEER - THE NIGHT MINISTRY
Please note that some volunteer opportunities are temporarily suspended during the community response to COVID-19.
Individual direct service volunteers should be at least 21 years of age and willing to commit to volunteering at least twice a month.
The Night Ministry provides a day-long orientation and training to learn about our non-judgmental and affirmative services, an overview of our clients, and relationship-building skills.
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HOPE FOR THE DAY'S SIGNATURE MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
Hope For The Day's education programming is inspired from lived-experience best practices, and endorsed by HFTD's clinical advisory board. The goal of our work is to provide tools for early recognition and intervention to disrupt the highest risk factors for mental health crisis and suicide. We engage all audiences from adolescent to seniors, and we can engage any community space including, academic, professional, or general populations.
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Looking to receive the COVID-19 vaccine?
AMITA Health is pleased to offer our community members, 16 and older, the opportunity to schedule a free vaccine at one of our facilities.
Visit AMITAhealth.org/covidshot to begin the registration process.
FOLLOW THESE STEPS ON THE WEB PAGE:
1. Type in your zip code
2. Choose which vaccine you want to receive
3. Sort by closest location or soonest available
4. Find your time slot and then click on it
You will receive a confirmation number on the check-out screen and via email.
If you do not receive a confirmation number, your appointment has not been scheduled.
With each person that gets vaccinated we are one step closer to normal. Please schedule today.
*Under 18 must select Pfizer when scheduling.
Need a primary care physician? Call
855.MyAMITA to schedule an appointment at any of our convenient locations:
1431 N. Western Avenue
1658 N. Milwaukee Avenue
2222 W. Division Street
2923 N. California Avenue
3224 W. Armitage Avenue
3758 W. Chicago Avenue
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH
FROM THE
WICKER PARK BUCKTOWN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!
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2021 WPB NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE
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NEW - MEMBER RESOURCES PAGE!
Members log in today and check out our NEW Member Resources page! See the latest tourism data complied weekly from Choose Chicago, small business grants and much more! LOG IN TODAY! Don't know your log in credentials? Email Gabriela at Gabriela@wickerparkbucktown.com
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To all our PRESENTING SPONSORS of the WICKER PARK FARMERS MARKET! |
Is currently accepting resumes for a FRONT DESK/BILLING/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION
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Looking for a space to start or relocate a business in the neighborhood?
Earth Rider Cycling is looking to move to a bigger space and looking for another business to potentially divide and share in the purchase of a commercial building. If interested contact Sharon at 773-891-6466.
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Join the Whiskey Business Team!
Whiskey Business is now accepting resumes for Hosts, Security, Managers, Kitchen and are always accepting resumes for FOH (servers barbacks and bartenders). Email your resume to Mike@whiskeybusinesswickerpark.com
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DONATE PLASMA AND EARN UP TO $1000
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To apply at EMPORIUM go to:
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Knead Great Pizza is hiring!
Knead Great Pizza is in Knead of the following:
Line Cooks
Sous Cheff
Hostess
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Little Broken Things is Hiring!
-ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴᴇᴅ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ꜱᴀʟᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴏᴡ
-ꜰʟᴇxɪʙʟᴇ ꜱᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ
-ʀᴇᴅᴋᴇɴ, ᴘᴜʟᴘ ʀɪᴏᴛ & ᴘʀᴀᴠᴀɴᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ʟɪɴᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇᴅᴋᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴇʀʙ ʀᴇᴛᴀɪʟ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛꜱ
-ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡᴀʟᴋ-ɪɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʙᴜɪʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ
-ᴀ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴜʙ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛꜱ
-ʟᴀɪᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ, ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ
-ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴍᴇʀꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ!
𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝/𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐆 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨.
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HIRING NOW FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS
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Wicker Park Bucktown
Chamber of Commerce
and WPB SSA #33
1414 North Ashland
1S
Chicago, Illinois 60622
P (773) 384 2672
F (773) 384 7525
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