RogersEdge Business Improvement District

03/29/2021

RogersEdge Business Spotlight: Nori Sushi at Edgewater
A great place for students, families, and friends, Nori is serving up the best sushi, maki, bento boxes, and rice and noodle bowls. Dine-in, lunch, dinner, carry-out, delivery, and catering are available every day.

☎️ 773-262-5216 (12-9 pm)
🍜 “Shop Now” Nori Sushi&Noodle Shop
💻 www.norichicago.com #noriedgewater
👩🏼‍💻 Our partners: ChowNow Chowbus Grubhub Uber Eats
#edgewater #edgewaterchicago #rogerspark #rogersparkchicago #loyolachicago

03/25/2021

Rogers Park Restaurants, Shops Hope Another Loyola March Madness Run Boosts Sales After Difficult Year

Loyola’s NCAA run has given local businesses the jolt they needed after the year they’ve had trying to survive a global pandemic! #onwardlu

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/25/rogers-park-restaurants-shops-hope-another-loyola-march-madness-run-boosts-sales-after-difficult-year/

After a brutal year for business, Loyola watch parties and Sister Jean gear could provide restaurants and shops with a much-needed jolt.

02/23/2021

RogerEdge Business Spotlight: La Unica
Nobody does Cuban food better than La Unica on Devon. We can speak whole-heartedly when we say they have the best oxtails and posole in Chicago. Go take advantage of the beautiful weather today and go see them!

02/03/2021

RogersEdge Business Spotlight: Semilla's Latin Kitchen & Wine Bar. Serving up vibrant flavors and good vibes in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, check out their cozy indoor and outdoor space or you can call them for carryout or delivery! Add them on Facebook or Instagram to know their next happy hour or live jazz performance.

01/26/2021

Keep an eye out and visit them for their grand opening January 30th!

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January 30th!
Turn on the countdown notification on our story!
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What’s different about us “grand opening!?”
✨Full menu coming!
✨Full hours!
✨Grand opening giveaways (MAJOR!)
✨Ribbon cutting

01/17/2021

Welcome to the neighborhood! Stop by and check them out.

Cookie 🍪 dough for the WIN! Everyone’s favorite

24G Protein
220 Calories
9G sugar

Help us get to 1000 followers and we will do a GIVEAWAY!!!

12/11/2020

Happy Small Business Saturday from ChiBizHub!

Check out ChiBizHub clip on Saturday small business and see our local small business featuring Terry owner of Third Coast Comics .
Check out many other local businesses in the neighborhood.
https://issuu.com/edgechamber/docs/edgewater-holiday-gift-guide-2020
https://rpba.org/live-love-shop-holiday-guide/

11/11/2020

Take Out Chicago Campaign

Win a chance for a 90-120 minute VIP tour of a select Chicago destination. Chicago residents order from 10 different Chicago restaurant through December 15th.

The City of Chicago is currently in Phase Four: "Gradually Resume." Many City services have adjusted hours or locations and may require health screens prior to entering their physical

10/29/2020

Looking For A Special Date Night? You Can Rent Out An Entire Movie Theater In Rogers Park

Private theater reservations start at $200 for three hours with a maximum capacity of 25 people per theater. Check out The New 400 Theater! The New 400 Theaters

Unable to pack in moviegoers, The New 400 Theaters has pivoted to private theater rentals, patio drinks service and candy to-go to survive the pandemic.

10/09/2020

Thank you Loyola University Chicago Neighborhood student ambassadors!Edgewater Chamber Rogers Park Business Alliance Loyola University Chicago Institute of Environmental Sustainability

Meet our Neighborhood Student Ambassadors! They are helping students and residents live together in a safe and distant harmony. They are walking daily off-campus blocks surrounding the Lakeshore Campus and offering free hand sanitizers produced by Loyola Institute of Environmental Sustainability (IES), free disposable masks, and free COVID signs for businesses!

09/16/2020

Small Business Assistance

The State is opening up applications for the Business Interruption Grants Program (BIG) for a second round of funding are set to go live September 17. A total of $220 million will be made available for small businesses of all types in Illinois. See details below.

View up to date information on how Illinois is handling the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the State of Illinois Coronavirus Response Site

08/13/2020

Stop by on Friday and welcome the Halal Guys!
#rogersedge

Rogers Park welcomes a new restaurant this week! Halal Guys will open at 6477 N. Sheridan, previously home to Five Guys, which closed in September 2019. In an interview with the Loyola Phoenix, the owner Dimitris Bouhoutsos said he picked the Rogers Park neighborhood due to its diversity.

The food prepared in the restaurant will be prepared in accordance with Islamic Law, expanding the options for dining out for Muslim students and neighbors. Halal Guys is scheduled to open on Friday, August 14. Make sure to swing by and welcome them to the neighborhood!

07/21/2020

Join BACP webinars for new guidelines. Details below.

To prepare all business owners for the reinstatement of certain restrictions, BACP will be hosting a series of webinars this week. To register and learn more, visit www.chicago.gov/businessworkshops

06/23/2020

Be sure to join reopening webinars as we move into Phase IV on Friday, June 26. Details below

TODAY and TOMORROW we are hosting webinars to help all industries prepare for the Phase Four Guidelines of the "Protecting Chicago' reopening framework. Chicago will be entering Phase Four on Friday, June 26.
Register: www.chicago.gov/businessworkshops

06/15/2020

Lowe’s-LISC Partnership | Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Grant Application
Round 4 application period is now open. All applications must be submitted by Wednesday, June 17th at 11:59 PM ET.

For questions, please review our grant information and FAQ.

APPLY NOW

LISC is the largest organization in the country supporting projects that revitalize struggling communities.

06/05/2020

Here Are The Far North Side Businesses Opening For First Time Since Pandemic Hit

Excited to have many businesses open back up. Please make sure to call or check their websites for hours and guidelines.

Non-essential retail and outdoor seating establishments were allowed to open to the public Wednesday.

06/04/2020

Support your local businesses! Uncommon Ground outdoor dining opens today. Call ahead for reservations.

GOOD NEWS! We’re so excited to announce that both Uncommon Ground locations will open for outdoor dining starting TODAY!

We will be reopening our expanded beer garden with tables and chairs set up to accommodate social distancing guidelines. All staff will be wearing masks and gloves and will be sanitizing surfaces before and after each dining party. We're also offering contactless dining so you can order and pay right from your phone!

Uncommon Ground Edgewater will be open Monday-Friday
12pm-8pm and Saturday-Sunday from 11am-8pm. Make your reservation ahead of time online or by phone! We can't wait to see you!

773-465-9801 | Reservations: https://tinyurl.com/y9snzbpe

06/02/2020

BACP will be holding a series of webinars to prepare Chicago's businesses for reopening under Phase 3.

BACP will be holding a series of webinars to prepare Chicago's businesses for reopening under Phase 3 of the Protecting Chicago framework.
Today's webinars will be at 12PM for Health and Fitness industry and 4PM for the Food Service industry.
Register: chicago.gov/businessworkshops

05/28/2020

Business Education Workshop Calendar

Friday, 5/29 at 12:00 PM Webinar

Overview of Chicago’s Reopening Plan for Businesses
Presented by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Mayor Lightfoot has released a series of industry guidelines to safely and responsibly enter Phase 3 of the reopening of Chicago. Join this webinar for an overview of the businesses that will reopen and the guidance those businesses will need to follow during Phase 3.

Click here to register for the Friday, 5/29 Webinar.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/business_educationworkshopcalendar.html

05/18/2020

Small business grants. Applications must be submitted by Wednesday, May 20th at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Applications are open for the next round of LISC #SmallBizRecovery fund grants! Grants of up to $10K are available for #SmallBusinesses impacted by Covid-19. Minority- and women-owned and led enterprises in underserved areas are especially encouraged to apply. Thanks to Verizon and Sam's Club for their support! https://lisc.tfaforms.net/38

05/07/2020

Join the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce on
Thursday, May 14, 9am – 3pm, as we host the first Edgewater Essentials, a one-day virtual forum that brings small businesses together online to connect, learn, and grow.
This is a free event, with sessions throughout the day providing attendees the ability to join and rejoin as their schedules allow.
For more information visit: https://www.edgewater.org/programs/edgewater-essentials/

04/30/2020

SSA #54 has been serving Sheridan Road businesses since 2012 and needs to go through a formal reconstitution process to continue operating in 2021. RPBA is leading an extensive outreach and engagement process to learn from local businesses about what services they want to continue seeing from the SSA, what can be improved upon, and what ideas they have for new initiatives. Businesses and Residents take the survey, win $50 local gift card. Survey closes May 8th

04/16/2020

Chicago Farmers Market Collective launches virtual market to support local farmers, supply fresh produce during COVID-19 lockdown

Chicago Farmers Market Collective launches virtual market to support local farmers, supply fresh produce during COVID-19 lockdown

A collective of farmers markets around Chicago have launched a virtual marketplace to provide fresh produce and support local food producers, after the COVID-19 outbreak delayed the start of spring farmers markets.

04/02/2020

Rogers Park Business Alliance

Rogers Park Business Alliance

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Verizon have partnered to offer GRANTS of up to $10,000 for small businesses.

These granst are meant to fill gaps in revenue. Detailed information, including eligibility, is available below.

The application is pretty simple and applications are due at 10:59pm on Sat Apr 4th.

04/01/2020

Small business owners get your SBA questions answered. Join the Small Business Townhall.

Have SBA questions? Check this out and call in to our Virtual Townhall Thursday with SBA - more details below

04/01/2020

Online lessons, retail, instrument repair and rental. This one person crew has it all. Shipping and curbside pick up! Give them a call or email them.

Flatts & Sharpe Music Company is still running with a one-person crew dedicated to each of our stores, providing tech support to all our teachers & students with online lessons. But, we are also providing retail, instrument repair & rental to all music educators & students, with online shipping as well as curbside pick-up service for anybody in need of purchasing music supplies. Contact us through our website or simply give us a call! https://www.flattsandsharpe.com/

03/27/2020

Rogers Park Business Alliance

Hospitality Emergency Grant Program with $14 million drawn from funds originally budgeted for job training, tourism promotion, and other purposes. Grant funds are available to support working capital like payroll and rent, as well as job training, retraining, and technology to support shifts in operations, like increased pick-up and delivery.
Take a look at the webinar for more information.

Accion Serving Illinois & Indiana hosted a webinar yesterday called "Information on New Emergency Offerings to Help Small Businesses in Illinois & Indiana."

If you missed it we encourage you to take a look at the recording below because it has important information on new loans and grant programs.

03/26/2020

Rogers Park Business Alliance

Rogers Park Business Alliance

GRANT opportunities for food and beverage businesses who generated less than $1M in revenue in 2019. These are grants, not loans!

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity is working with many partners to admin the funds including Accion Serving Illinois & Indiana.

The grant funds are available to support working capital like payroll and rent, as well as job training, retraining, to support shifts in operations, like increased pick-up and delivery. Deadline April 1st.

Join the webinar for more information today at 5:30, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vj8wxSYmRKSDqbzibWVfJg

03/25/2020

Alderwoman Maria Hadden

Please see the attached flyer regarding the Small Business Resiliency Loan Fund and the corresponding Spanish translation below. This fund is designed to assist small businesses that are experiencing a loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will get through this together!
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La Alcaldesa Lori E. Lightfoot anunció un nuevo paquete de ayuda económica de $ 100 millones para apoyar las pequeñas empresas de Chicago que están experimentando una pérdida temporal de ingresos como resultado del virus COVID-19. El fondo de ayudas para apoyar empresas pequeñas por sus siglas en inglés (Chicago Small Business Resiliency Loan Fund) es una alianza de la ciudad, the Catalyst Fund, presidido por la Tesorera Melissa Conyears-Ervin, y otros patrocinadores privados. El nuevo fondo proporcionará más de $ 100 millones en préstamos a bajo interés por los siguientes meses para pequeños negocios que serán severamente impactados por esta crisis. Este fondo está dirigido especialmente a comunidades de bajos recursos que históricamente han sido afectadas por situaciones similares. El fondo tiene como énfasis minimizar las dificultades para aquellos empresas y sus empleados. El paquete está diseñado para proporcionar el alivio necesario de flujo de caja para los empresarios del vecindario.

Más de la mitad de los estadounidenses trabajan o son dueños de una pequeña empresa. De acuerdo a un estudio reciente, el promedio de una empresa pequeña en Chicago de efectivo disponible, es de solo tiene 28 días, y en muchos de los barrios del sur y oeste de Chicago, los negocios tienen aún una liquidez más estricta. En Englewood, por ejemplo, la mitad de los propietarios de pequeñas empresas solo tienen suficiente efectivo para operar durante cinco días o menos.

Si necesita más información en Español de como aplicar o tiene preguntas por favor comunicarse con mi oficina. Gracias

03/25/2020

48th Ward Business Virtual Roundtable

48th Ward Business Virtual Roundtable

Join Alderman Osterman Wednesday, March 25, 2pm, for a roundtable discussion with 48th Ward businesses about the effects the COVID-19 crisis is having on your business. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers during the call, and feel free to send questions in advance to [email protected]...

03/23/2020

Raising Cane's free Interactive kids app.

Needing activities for the little ones at home? Raising Cane’s has a free, fun and interactive app for kids! You can download the app in the iTunes (https://apple.co/2WxXBSi) and Android (https://bit.ly/3a8n2NZ) app stores.
#TogetherWeAreStronger

03/23/2020

Support Local! buy 1 get one 50% off!

Clarke's in Roger's Park is offering a limited time promotion! Buy one get one 50%!!! Please help support your local, family owned business.

03/21/2020

Edgewater Chamber of Commerce

It’s the weekend! Join in on the virtual dinning! Support your local businesses.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/20/21188813/edgewater-virtual-restaurant-week-carryout-delivery-specials-coronavirus

03/20/2020

Support your local businesses. Virtual restaurant week in Edgewater.

The Edgewater restaurant community has been working hard to continue to provide the neighborhood with food options.
These are some of the most challenging times for businesses and Edgewater restaurants are focused on doing what they do best — delivering great food to great people every day.

From chefs to delivery drivers — as they maintain their operations and support their people, you can keep them delivering to a community that needs them right now.

Change up your eat-in routine with a delicious restaurant prepared meal. Takeout can be a great way to help out a neighbor as well.

Then share your experience online - every boost helps, and positive word of mouth can help drive other delivery orders their way. Plus boosting their reputations now only helps them when they reopen their dining rooms later.

https://www.edgewater.org/events/edgewater-restaurant-week/

03/19/2020

COVID 19 Updates, Open Businesses and How To Help

List of open businesses in Rogers Park, how to help and support them.

COVID 19 Updates, Open Businesses and How To Help