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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The U.S. Small Business Administration has declared Kankakee County as a disaster area following storms which occurred July 13-16, 2024. The incidents included severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding. Businesses and residents affected by these storms may be eligible for the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL).
Thursday, May 14, 2020
If you think back to your days as an employee, you may recall that one of the best cases for a raise, a title change or even a promotion was to just learn new skills. For your business, the path to operational improvements, margin increases and new revenue streams is identical.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Change is the universe’s default. Progress, at its best, is positive change. As we together weather the unprecedented global reverberations presented by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, subsequent shelter-in-place precautions, and tremendous personal and business losses, it is tempting to abandon the notion of progress. But that would be a tragic mistake.
