After its inaugural success with two sold-out, sector-specific summits in 2022, the Chicago Venture Summit series returns in 2023 with Future-of-Food this May 3-4 CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined World Business Chicago (WBC) to announce the return of the Chicago Venture Summit series focused onContinue Reading
East Chicago Police Department Crime Suppression Platform Mobile and Nano Crime Prevention Platform Mobile Scout Crime Prevention Platform Infinite Protection Contact Info City of East Chicago As part of the city’s Crime Suppression Initiative, the East Chicago Police Department has selected the Ohio-based security company Infinite Protection Ltd. The partnershipContinue Reading
“Chicago H-1B Connect” Coalition Launches Campaign and Job Board Featuring Career Opportunities Open to International Tech Talent; More Companies Joining Daily CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — P33 and World Business Chicago, today announced that they have formed the Chicago H-1B Connect Coalition, a united effort to assist current H-1BContinue Reading
Photo: SMARTCharts, Kadeya, Indoor Drone Tours, CampfireSocial and CryptoMom App / Built In Sure, the latest initiatives from the Teslas, Apples and Googles of the industry tend to dominate the tech news space — and with good reason. Still, the big guns aren’t the only ones bringing innovation to the sector. Continue Reading
More than 800 have registered for the Midwest region’s flagship startup and venture conference, today focused on the city’s global logistics sector. In summit’s opening session, CDL 1000 announced Chicago as its new global HQ CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today welcomes more than 800Continue Reading
Members of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development say a new report by the agency shows the planned Fulcrum Centerpoint bioenergy facility is “bad for the city” despite the company’s claims to the contrary. GARD member Dorreen Carey described the report as a “game changer” Wednesday at a press conference announcingContinue Reading
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, World Business Chicago, the city’s public-private economic development agency, in partnership with Chicago:Blend and Fifth Star Funds, published an original report detailing the status of startups founded by underrepresented (Black, Hispanic or Latino, and women) founders; as well, the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for Chicago-basedContinue Reading
In the fall of 2019, Andy Weber and the three other co-founders of Smashed Plastic, Chicago’s local record pressing plant, arrived at the glitzy Chicago Theatre to meet with Jeff Tweedy, guitarist and frontman of the band Wilco. Arguably the most successful band in Chicago, Wilco has produced twelve studioContinue Reading
Neighbors for Environmental Justice was formed in 2018 to protest the facility, which they say was operating without their input or knowledge. Romo says that the people who experience the noise, traffic and odors want a say in decisions that could affect their environment and health. “We just couldn’t comprehendContinue Reading
You know those hard plastic beer can holders? I have 147 of them. I counted. They’re an array of colors — black, brown, silver, red, purple, yellow, pink, blue, three shades of green — and in mostly four-pack sizes, but also as six-packs. Why do I have a rainbow collectionContinue Reading
