Save the Date: First-ever Inclusive Entrepreneurship Summit
May 16, 2018: Foundations, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to support inclusive entrepreneurship Read More
Neighborhoods
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World Business Chicago names Bernita Johnson-Gabriel as Executive Vice President of Neighborhood and Strategic Initiatives
Former Senior Advisor with the City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor to spearhead strategic initiatives and neighborhood economic development Read More
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Whole Foods Distribution Center Opens in Pullman
The development of a new facility will take place in a Chicago South Side neighborhood Read More
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First Year of the BX Challenge Scales Programs for Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Cohort organizations advance with funding, WBC and ChicagoNEXT commission impact measurement report Read More
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Mayor Emanuel, Blackstone Charitable Foundation and World Business Chicago Announce First Blackstone Inclusive Entrepreneurship Challenge Cohort
Organizations Awarded $1 Million in Grants as part of $3 Million Commitment to Support Chicago Entrepreneurs Read More
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Flex-N-Gate, Preferred Freezer Services, and Unilever Invest in Chicago
Mayor Emanuel announces three separate companies are enhancing their manufacturing operations in the city’s neighborhoods Read More
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Jimmy Odom Joins World Business Chicago as Director of Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Program Leadership Council Announced
Civic and Business Leaders Join Effort on Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Communities Throughout Chicago Deputy Mayor Andrea Zopp and World Business Chicago (WBC) today announced Jimmy Odom will serve as ChicagoNEXT’s first Director of Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Read More
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CRRC Breaks Ground on New CTA Railcar Manufacturing Facility in Chicago
New plant to create hundreds of jobs on Chicago’s Southeast Side Read More
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Blackstone Challenge to Award $3.4 Million to Diverse Chicago Start-Ups
Chicago-area organizations encouraged to apply for pilot program Read More
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Collectively Impacting Economic Development
Inaugural CASE conference explores how anchor institutions can impact their communities Read More
