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SUMMARY:Learn About the Small Business Improvement Fund Program
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) Program! From neighborhood business strips to the city's industrial corridors\, small businesses are an essential piece in the economic and cultural fabric of the City of Chicago.\n\n\n\nThe SBIF promotes economic development by providing small businesses with financial assistance for building-improvement costs.\n\n\n\nSBIF grants use local Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenue to reimburse you for the pre-approved repair or rehab of your business facilities or adjacent land acquisition. You must be located within a specific TIF district.\n\n\n\nThe maximum grant assistance for an industrial property is $150K\; for a single-tenant commercial property the maximum is $100K\; and for multi-tenant commercial property\, it is $50K.\n\n\n\nGrant funds are provided after an approved project is complete and all expenses are paid.\n\n\n\nApplications for the Western Avenue South TIF District\, which includes parts of Northcenter\, open on Friday\, March 1\, 2019. \n\n\n\nThere will be a presentation by SomerCor on the SBIF Program as well as from Kate Piatt-Eckert\, Executive Director of Steep Theatre Company\, on their use of the Program. The Northcenter Chamber is proudly cohosting this event with the Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Learn about the Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) Program! From neighborhood business strips to the city&#39\;s industrial corridors\, small businesses are an essential piece in the economic and cultural fabric of the City of Chicago.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">The SBIF promotes economic development by providing small businesses with financial assistance for building-improvement costs.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">SBIF grants use local Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenue to reimburse you for the pre-approved repair or rehab of your business facilities or adjacent land acquisition. You must be located within a specific TIF district.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">The maximum grant assistance for an industrial property is $150K\; for a single-tenant commercial property the maximum is $100K\; and for multi-tenant commercial property\, it is $50K.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Grant funds are provided after an approved project is complete and all expenses are paid.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Applications for the&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/tif/western_avenue_south.html" style="box-sizing: content-box\; border: none\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: all 0.2s ease-in 0s\; color: rgb(202\, 31\, 39)\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;">Western Avenue South TIF District</a>\, which includes parts of Northcenter\,<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">&nbsp\;open on Friday\, March 1\, 2019.&nbsp\;</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: content-box\; bottom: auto\; clear: none\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; display: inline\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; left: auto\; line-height: inherit\; margin: 0px\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; padding: 0px\; position: static\; resize: none\; right: auto\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; top: auto\; vertical-align: baseline\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\; border: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">There will be a presentation by SomerCor on the SBIF Program as well as from Kate Piatt-Eckert\, Executive Director of Steep Theatre Company\, on their use of the Program. The Northcenter Chamber is proudly cohosting this event with the Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce.</span>
LOCATION:The Fit Institute 2500 W Bradley Pl Suite F Chicago\, IL 60618
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URL:https://business.northcenterchamber.com/events/details/learn-about-the-small-business-improvement-fund-program-13265
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