Please join us for 2012! If your business is in our district (Lincoln Avenue from Foster to Peterson, Peterson Avenue from Lincoln east to Western and Western Avenue from Peterson south to Foster) you are eligible to join the chamber. Please download the 2012 membership application found here, and send it, along with your 2012 dues, to the Lincoln Bend Chamber Office, 5700 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659 Download Application All of the Lincoln Bend Chamber of Commerce business district is located in the 40th Ward of the City of Chicago. Visit 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O'Connor's website at www.aldermanoconnor.com for timely information regarding area news and important community notices. Alderman O'Connor's website is updated regularly and includes many community links of interest. Has your business been a victim of bad checks? The Cook County State's Attorney's Office has a cost free service to assist businesses hurt by bad check issues. If you would like to obtain information on this program, contact Prosecutor Relations Manager Gloria Jean Waber at 866-581-7284 or email gwaber@checkprogram.com or visit www.checkprogram.com/cookcountyil. The Lincoln Avenue Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) and the Devon/Western SBIF are underway and operational! The SBIF program uses Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenues to help owners of commercial and industrial properties and/or tenants to repair and remodel their facilities. The Lincoln Avenue SBIF is in effect for Lincoln Avenue from Foster to Devon. The Devon/Western SBIF impacts businesses in our district on Western, from Peterson to Foster. Program participants can receive reimbursing grants to cover up to 75% of the cost of remodeling work, with a maximum grant of $150,000.00. The grant does not have to be repaid. For details on eligibility requirements, guidelines and applications, visit www.somercor.com/sbif.htm A Reminder-Snow & ice removal, along with litter pick-up, are required of business owners/licensees. Please take care to remove snow and ice, and any litter, from sidewalks abutting your property. Questions? Call the 40th Ward Superintendent's Office at 312-744-8387. Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum, 5800 N. Ravenswood Avenue, will again be offering their bimonthly walking tours of the historic cemetery on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. This free tour highlights Rosehill's history, sculptures, and stories from the lives of famous Chicago pioneers and politicians buried there, including Civil War generals and Chicago Mayors, Banker Norman W. Harris, Hot Dog King Oscar Mayer, Montgomery Ward, Richard Sears, and suffragette Frances Willard. Tours meet at the Rosehill's Ravenswood gates at 10 a.m. For more information, call (773)561-5940. Lincoln Bend Chamber of Commerce Members: $$AVE on your office product purchases with the Office Depot Chamber of Commerce Program, created exclusively for Chamber members. Save significantly on your office supply purchases, along with furniture, janitorial supplies, breakroom materials, and more. Download the flyer, and start taking advantage of the savings, along with easy, on-line ordering, etc. Download Flyer Advertise your business to the thousands who drive through our business district daily. The Lincoln Bend Chamber of Commerce is selling newly designed and colorful banners, which will feature your business name and be displayed on the street poles in our area. To view the banners and download an order form,click here: The Illinois State Treasurer's Office is launching the Cultivate Illinois Green Energy Program, an environmental initiative, to assist businesses, nonprofits and local governments finance the purchase or installation of energy efficient equipment, such as solar panels, solar thermal energy systems, or other energy efficient equipment and upgrades. Cultivate Illinois Green Energy is a linked deposit program that promotes "Going Green" statewide. For more information or to participate, please contact the Treasurer's Office at 217-557-6436 or visit www.treasurer.il.gov and follow the Cultivate Illinois link. Did you wonder how you can pay your property tax bills? How you can get your property tax refund? How you can see your payment or exemption history? How to find services for seniors? You can get the answers to such questions by going to www.cookcountytreasurer.com. : The Cook County Treasurer's website has a wealth of information about the property tax system in 21 languages and about individual properties. Lincoln Bend Business Owners & Managers: The Chicago Police District's 2012 CAPS meeting schedule for our area, Beat 2012, is as follows: (Please note, all meetings begin at 7 p.m. and all are held at the 20th District Police Station Community Room, 5400 N. Lincoln Avenue) Monday, February 6 Monday, April 2 Monday, June 4 Monday, August 6 Monday, October 1 Monday, December 3 Need a loan for your small business? You may qualify for one from the City of Chicago's Small Business Development Fund. Through a partnership with the City, LaSalle Bank, and Chicago Community Ventures (CCV), the fund will provide small, high-growth, young companies with needed loans. Only small businesses in Chicago with revenues below $5 million will be eligible for the loans, available at extremely favorable rates. For loan information and eligibility requirements, contact CCV at 773-822-0320, or at info@chiventures.org. The Lincoln Avenue Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) and the Devon/Western SBIF are underway and operational! The SBIF program uses Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenues to help owners of commercial and industrial properties and/or tenants to repair and remodel their facilities. The Lincoln Avenue SBIF is in effect for Lincoln Avenue from Foster to Devon. The Devon/Western SBIF impacts businesses in our district on Western, from Peterson to Foster. Program participants can receive reimbursing grants to cover up to 75% of the cost of remodeling work, with a maximum grant of $150,000.00. The grant does not have to be repaid. For details on eligibility requirements, guidelines and applications, visit www.somercor.com/sbif.htm Business Owners/Managers: Do you have computers you would be willing to donate to the Chicago Public Schools? There are guidelines the schools follow for these donations. To check out details go to: http://www.cps.k12.il.us/Community/ Resources_and_Partnerships/ Partnership_Group/ Free_Things/ Guide_for_Donating_Computer.pdf The Chicago Department of Human Services has partnered with The Salvation Army for the Home to Stay Furniture Donation, a program formed to provide furniture to homeless people who are moving into housing. Organizers are seeking free sofas, beds, dinette sets, and dressers. Donations are tax-deductible and donors will receive a tax receipt. If you wish to participate, call the Department of Human Services at 312-746-8545. Was Your Car Towed, Stolen or did you forget it......To find out, go to www.cityofchicago.org/police, this website is updated every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day. Go to the 'Tow/Steal search' and enter your vehicle identification number (VIN) or plate number. This sure is less embarrassing! Do you know the difference between a thriving business and one that is in trouble is often just a a small bank loan? That is what the City Treasurer's Linked Deposit Program is all about. The Treasurer's Office is committed to using City revenues to encourage financial institutions to make loans to deserving small businesses throughout Chicago. They "link" the deposit of city funds to the business loans by the bank. Participating area banks are: Cole Taylor, Banco Popular and Fifth Third Bank. Interested small business owners and contractors are encouraged to contact the City of Chicago Treasurer's Office at 312-744-3365, or visit their website at www.chicagocitytreasurer.com to determine if the Linked Deposit Loan could help your operation to thrive.
P: 773.334.0614 F: 773.334.2413 map . site map . contact us . disclaimer © 2002 Lincoln Bend