Personal Financial Coaching Webinar
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Our Updates and Press
Collaboration creates more opportunities for businesses
The Economic Development Corporation Michigan City is working with Allies for Community Business to connect entrepreneurs with capital and coaching to develop their businesses in LaPorte County.
The PepsiCo Foundation to Provide Capital and Coaching to Over 100 Hispanic Small Business Owners to Help Them Thrive During Tough Times
Allies for Community Business is partnering with The PepsiCo Foundation on the 2023 Impacto Hispanic Accelerator program.
Access to Capital Webinar
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Makers & Shakers
A4CB Director of Business Coaching, Rowan Richards, spoke on the future of entrepreneurship and business opportunities in the City of Elmhurst.
Social Media Strategy Webinar
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Chicago community lenders among recipients of grants announced by VP Kamala Harris
A4CB is honored to receive funding through the CDFI Equitable Recovery Program so that we can provide more of the capital, coaching, and connections that entrepreneurs need.
Northern Illinois Community Initiatives to provide access to $1 million in small business loans to support women, minority entrepreneurs over the next four years
A4CB is partnering with Northern Illinois Community Initiatives to provide capital to small business owners in south suburban Cook County, Joliet and Rockford.
Over 70 Chicago Business Service Organizations Will Receive Funding to Deliver No-Cost Business Development Assistance to Start-Up Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Allies for Community Business is among the grantees of the BACP Neighborhood Business Development Centers program to help small businesses in Chicago build capacity and grow sustainably.
WSU Awards $400,000 in Small Business Grants
A4CB acted as the program administrator for the West Side United 2022 Small Business Grant Program. Forty $10,000 grants were awarded to businesses on Chicago’s West Side.
Starting a Business 101 Webinar
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Lenders can be more creative in financing food entrepreneurs
A4CB’s CEO Brad McConnell discusses inequities in lending to food and beverage entrepreneurs and how A4CB uses technology and a creative credit policy to offer more equitable solutions.