While the COVID-19 pandemic has sent most workers home and has closed all restaurants' dine in options, many restaurants in the West Loop have adapted with delivery and curbside pick up options.

As your chamber of commerce, we want to strive to be a good advocate for our member businesses during this pandemic by sharing any resources we find. In order to keep you up to date, we have put together a resource guide for you that we will be updated as we receive more resources.

You can find the guide here.

The city of Chicago is establishing a $100 million Chicago Small Business Resiliency Fund, which will help provide small businesses with emergency cash flow during this immediate health crisis. Funds will be provided to eligible businesses as low-interest loans. Applications for the fund will begin to be accepted on March 31, 2020.

The Greektown SSA #16 team is excited to announce their new Program Director Tia Angelos. Tia brings her strong background in digital strategy, sales, customer relationship management, event management, and account management to the team. Previously having worked in the advertising and sales industry, Tia is a strong community and social services professional.

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is hosting a live webinar tomorrow, Thursday, March 19 at 10:30 a.m. with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin about the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on the business community. We hope you can tune in, as there will be opportunities to submit questions to the Senator.

If your business has experienced substantial economic injury due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please fill out this COVID-19 impact survey circulated by the Illinois Department of Commerce. 

While a lot of our local businesses have made the difficult decision to close their doors, some local West Loop businesses are still open for business. Look below to learn more about which businesses you can still pick up from or go to!

MRSA Architects is a 40-year-old architecture and planning firm specializing in commercial interiors, building renovations and bio-tech spaces. Read below to learn more about one of our longest members.