Share Your Promotions for Small Business Saturday!
Each month, a listing of local events is published in The Villager, the Beverly Area Planning Association publication delivered to residences in the Beverly/Morgan Park community free of charge.
The November Local Lineup will include information from local merchants for Small Business Saturday, the annual promotion that marks the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season. Always a busy day in the Beverly/Morgan Park commercial districts, the event takes place this year on Saturday, November 26.
Do you have a Small Business Saturday special, sale, or event you would like to promote? Tell us by Oct. 20, and we’ll submit it to the Villager for you!
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Fall Fest is Coming to 99th & 103rd St. Shopping Districts
A whole lot of fall fun will hit the Metra corridors at 99th and 103rd street on Saturday, October 22. Join us starting at 10 am for shopping, food, live music, entertainment, and more! A variety of food trucks will be in the Beverly Bank parking lot, including Calarbia’s, along with live music and children’s activities at various locations throughout the day. Eighteen local shops will be participating in a shopping passport promotion, which shoppers can fill in with purchases at five participating businesses in the business districts. Passports can be redeemed for raffle tickets and the chance to win a $100 The Bucks Stay Here gift card!
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Don’t Miss the Last Few Farmers Market Sundays
The 95th Street Farmers Market comes to a close at the end of this month. If you haven’t been visiting regularly, there are just three more chances to stop by. This year’s market has been one of the best ever, with a wide variety of fresh produce, flowers, meats, cheeses, and other foods, as well as artisanal coffees, live music and handcrafted wares. There’s always something new to explore at the market, so be sure to stop by!
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Apply Now for $10K ‘Source Grow Grant’
A program funded by the American Rescue Plan Act will award $71 million in grants to thousands of small businesses in Cook County beginning in 2022. The Source Grow Grant program will provide individual grants of $10,000 along with one-on-one business advising to historically excluded businesses—including those owned by entrepreneurs of color, women, veterans, LGBQT+ and persons with a disability. The goal is to help close racial wealth and opportunity gaps, particularly in sectors heavily impacted by COVID-19, including Accommodations, Hospitality & Food Service, Arts & Entertainment, Childcare & Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and Transportation & Warehousing.
Your business is eligible if it:
- Is a for-profit business in Cook County, Illinois
- Has fewer than 20 full-time employees
- Has operated and conducted business since 2020
- Has experienced a negative financial impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Program Connects Black Female Entrepreneurs with Capital
Greenwood Archer Capital has partnered with The Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) and Fluent to launch the Black Women Capital Access (BWCA) program to help change the way Black female entrepreneurs access capital.
As part of the BWCA program, 100 Black women-owned small businesses may be matched with a participating lender for an opportunity to gain access to capital. The program uses a new diagnostic tool called The Fluency Score that works like a FICO Score for early-stage businesses (in operation for two years or less). Small business owners will be assessed for capital access using their Fluency Score and will receive compensation for their time and effort. You can find out more about Fluent and the Fluency Score here: https://fluencyscore.com/.
Request more information about the Black Women Capital Access program via the form below.
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10/18 Symposium Focuses on Small Business Tech
Calling all small business owners and entrepreneurs! Register for the World Business Chicago's Tech Symposium, a free, one-day Tech Symposium aimed at providing business owners with the technology and resources they need to create successful and resilient businesses!
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