FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2020 300 of the nation’s top engineering and STEM students virtually exploring Chicago’s thriving tech ecosystem and vibrant urban culture Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and ChicagoNEXT of World Business Chicago (WBC)… Read More
Sweet Home Halloween (Virtual) Halloween 5K Run, Walk or Step Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31, 2020 www.SweetHomeChicagoHalloween5K.com (CHICAGO) – OCT. 27 – World Business Chicago, the city’s economic development agency, is helping to… Read More
Annual event will honor 88 international consulates in Chicago and three local awardees CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 – World Business Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities International and the Chicago Consular Corps will host the 2020 Chicago… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2020 250 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago To Learn About Chicago’s Growing Technology Industry and Vibrant Urban Culture Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago (WBC)… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2020 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined World Business Chicago and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to announce that the Foundation will provide $300,000 in additional funding to West Side Forward, Future Founders,… Read More
Advertising and marketing veteran steps up as CMO to lead coordinated marketing, branding and business development strategy to elevate perceptions and stimulate local economy CHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago (WBC) Vice Chair… Read More
Representatives from Chicago Sister Cities International greeted a shipment of donated masks this week. Shanghai, a sister city since 1985, donated 21,200 N95 and KN95 masks to Chicago. Chicago Sister Cities International delivered the donated masks… Read More
Leads the nation in corporate investment in 2019, according to Site Selection magazine CHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago (WBC) today announced that for the seventh consecutive year, Chicago has been ranked… Read More
New partnership expands INVEST South/West program; expected to make $20 million available for investment in the city’s West and South sides CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Governor JB Pritzker, and World Business Chicago today joined Fifth… Read More
City issues call to action to support Puerto Rico island impacted by recent earthquakes CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today issued a call to action to residents, the business community and other partners of the… Read More
