The following article is a guest blog contributed by Joanna Trotter, Senior Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust. This article originally appeared on ChiBizHub. Small business owners drive economic empowerment for our city, both for the business… Read More
Chicago shares plan to combat climate change Building on Chicago’s work to stand strong in the face of a changing climate, the city released the Resilient Chicago plan. The plan was developed over the… Read More
Support Future Female Leaders This Summer The Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Summit inspires globally-minded teenage girls from around the world to become the international change-makers of the next generation. A joint program of Chicago Sister… Read More
Annual Program to host 200 of the Nation’s top tech and engineering students in Chicago Earlier this month, World Business Chicago along with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the University of Illinois System and Lollapalooza announced applications… Read More
New site provides a one-stop shop for Chicago small business owners On April 25, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and World Business Chicago announced ChiBizHub, an innovative new web platform powered by SourceLink®, that connects expert… Read More
The international partnership will help to foster collaboration On Monday, April 15, World Business Chicago joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chemi Peres, Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace as they signed an international… Read More
CEO shares plans to hire more than 500 employees over the next 3 years Mayor Rahm Emanuel and World Business Chicago joined the CEO of XSELL Technologies, Matt Coughlin to announce the company’s plans… Read More
Company to bring thousands of hourly jobs to the Chicago market Earlier this month, BlueCrew, an IAC-owned company, announced they are relocating their corporate headquarters to the Mart in Chicago from San Francisco. Additionally,… Read More
ChicagoNEXT’s Jimmy Odom Moderates Forum on FinTech Highlighting Chicago’s growing FinTech sector, Director of Inclusive Entrepreneurship at ChicagoNEXT Jimmy Odom moderated a forum at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on February 15. The… Read More
Partnership Committed to Economic Collaboration Between Chicago and Paris World Business Chicago President and CEO Andrea Zopp signed an economic memorandum of understanding between World Business Chicago and Paris&Co, Paris’ agency for economic development and… Read More
