Happy Hour This Thursday
Please join us at the Lincolnshire Gourmet from
6:00pm - 8:00pm this coming Thursday. Come enjoy drinks and appetizers while meeting your fellow SBAC colleagues. We
expect a great crowd.
Over forty people have already
confirmed they will be attending. The Lincolnshire Gourmet is an
exceptional restaurant and also a member of the SBAC.
Lincolnshire Gourmet
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
675 Central Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
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Republican Candidate Forum - May 22nd
The SBAC will be holding a candidate forum on
May 22nd at
our Northfield office. We will begin at 12:15 p.m.
Robert Dold, 10th
District Candidate for Congress, will be addressing the forum for 30 minutes. Afterwards, we will be holding an open forum discussion with several Republican candidates including: Small business owners deserve a voice in
government.
However, we must show up and be heard when given the opportunity.
Please
mark this date in your calendar.
We will be having a Democratic forum in June and are also
planning a meet-and-greet in the City after work. Details to follow
shortly.
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SBAC Announcements
Radio Interview
I will be
interviewed by Igor Golubchik on WSBC-AM 1240 this coming Friday at 5:20 p.m.
We will discuss the tough issues facing small business owners and the things we
can do to improve the climate for our members.
Office Suites For RentSBAC member Stanley Chencinski, principal at
Avon Realty,
Ltd., has office suites for rent at 1595 Ellinwood in Downtown Des
Plaines. These suites range from 100-2000 square feet at start at
$195.00
a month. Please contact Avon Realty at (847) 624-9400 for additional
information.
Panel Presentation For BNCEC
SBAC member Charles Krugel will be part of a
panel
presentation for Business Network Chicago's Entrepreneur's Committee on
May 12th
from 8:30am-11:00am. The issues discussed will include hiring issues
for startups and small businesses. For more information, contact Susan
Barahia at sbarahia@bnchicago.org
or
call 312-371-3789. Presentation will be held at Wells Fargo Advisors,
222 S. Riverside Plaza, 3rd Floor. Community Shred DaySBAC member Laura Tomsky has made us aware that State
Rep. Carol Sente's Constitutuent Services Office will be holding a
community
shred day on April 26th from 3:00pm-5:00pm. This event will take
place at 50 Lakeview Pkwy, Suite 114 in Vernon Hills. Limit is five
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Advocacy
 At our recent policy meeting, the SBAC members
in
attendance (over25) supported the drafting of a petition that would: - Stress that the lending crises has
caused extreme hardship for small businesses and that this situation
must be
urgently addressed
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Aggressively move the government to make returned TARP money
available to small business owners and demand that financial institutions
receiving these funds loan them to small business.
We will have language for this petition drafted
by our May
22nd candidate forum. However, feel free to contact me directly with
any thoughts or suggestions on the petition.
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SBAC Recent Blog Highlights
The SBAC Blog last week posted the following two articles that we feel are a must-read for small business owners. The articles covered 10 Tax Breaks For Small Businesses and
Health
Care Reform Tax Breaks.
We encourage our members to give them a read.
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