May/June 2025 - Score: Get or Be a Mentor - Solar Synergy, New Cook County Program - June SBIF Opening - Lunch Suggestion - Is Your Car Ready for Summer?

Mentoring With SCORE

Could a Mentor Help Your Business?

Every successful business has a turning point—that moment when growth accelerates, obstacles become opportunities and clarity replaces uncertainty. For many thriving companies, that moment came when they began working with a business mentor.

A business mentor can impact your business through,

• Proven solutions instead of costly trial and error.
• Revenue growth via identified opportunities you're missing.
• Strategic clarity when you're too close to daily operations.
• Networking connections that would take years to build yourself.
• Accountability that turns goals into achievements.

Plus, research has shown that clients who work with a mentor are three times as likely to stay in business.

A SCORE mentor is ready to help you build your business success.

Click to learn more about Mentoring - getting one or being one

Cook County Government recently launched Cook County Solar Synergy, a program connecting small businesses with The Source - and all the resources they need to take on solar installation jobs. 

Led by the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, the initiative also supports job seekers interested in working in solar installation. Click here to learn more. Businesses interested in entering the solar installation market can sign up here for advice through The Source. Check the box reading: “My business does work related to solar installation and/or construction, and I am interested in business advising services.”

Have questions? Email bed.solarsynergy@cookcountyil.gov.

Events & Outings...

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05/27/2025 - Coffee, Conversation & Networking

06/12 & 13 - Father's Day Numero Uno Button Giveaway

NWCC Members Almacenes Mexico, Challenge Prints, Old National Bank, and Sofy's Unisex Salon will be giving free Number One buttons for Father's Day to anyone stopping by to say HI!

06/212025 - Dual Chamber Bowling Outing at Habetler Bowl co sponsored by

the Northwest Connection & Belmont Central Chambers of Commerce

06/24/2025 - Presentation on the State of Illinois iCash Program

09/18/2025 - Joint Chamber Golf Outing at Indian Boundary - Mark your Calendar

Spring and Summer weather beckons us outdoors....time to make sure the family auto or truck is in shape for trips to

the local ice cream parlor, beach or park.....?

NWCC has members specializing in things automotive

Please give them first thought. Click on name to go to website 

Bionic Auto Parts - Chicago Auto Radiator Service - Garcia Auto Service      

Jordan Auto Corporation - Pronto Auto Rebuilders - R & S Car Wash Inc.  

THANK YOU to NWCC Members...

for their support & membership renewals...



Almacenes Mexico - American Veterans Community Trust - Bionic Auto Parts - Carnicerias Jimenez - Catholic Charities - Challenge Prints - Community Savings Bank - Cozy Corner Restaurant Dunkin Donuts - Elliot's Pizza & Grill - En Las Tablas - European American - Expert Movers - Garcia Auto Repair - Helpico Insurance - Liberty Bank for Savings - Logan Square Pest Control - Midwest Fence - Milano Cafe - New Life Centers - Norford Hotel - North Pulaski Market - North Pulaski Historical Society - Old National Bank - Parkside Food & Liquor - Roeser's Bakery - Second City Construction - Sleep on Latex - Smart from the Start - Spanish Coalition for Housing - State Farm/Adam Green Agency - State Farm/Joe Wilson Agency - U-Haul

View NWCC Membership: Alphabetical or by Category

The Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) offered by the Department of Planning & Development provides reimbursement grant funding for permanent building improvements and repairs to tenants and owners of industrial and commercial properties,

Eligible program participants can receive grants to cover between 30 percent and 90 percent of the cost of remodeling work, with a maximum grant of $150,000 for commercial properties and $250,000 for industrial properties. The grant, which is administered by SomerCor on the City’s behalf, does not have to be repaid.

June SBIF Rollout - Midwest - Covering 1,996 acres in the North Lawndale and East Garfield Park communities, the Midwest TIF largely consists of residential and commercial properties on blocks that include an abundance of underutilized lots and buildings.

Opens 6/1/2025, closes 6/30/2025 - Click for Map

Learn How the Small Business Improvement Fund(SBIF)

Can Benefit Commercial & Industrial Business Property Owners.

Click on the Line item to...

• Click for map showing boundaries of the Armitage/Pulaski SBIF
• Click to learn more about the program
• Click to download an application form
• SBIF Lenders

For a list of NWCC Member Real Estate Companies & Agents - Click here

The NW Connection Chamber of Commerce is a Place Making Generalist agency for the City of Chicago Business Affairs Neighborhood Business Development Center, funded to assist the Cragin, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, and NorthAustin Communities.

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