A Message from the SBA…. WASHINGTON – Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) areavailable to businesses and residents in Illinois following the announcement of a Presidential disasterdeclaration due to a severe storm and flooding that occurred July 25-28, 2022. “SBA’s mission-driven team stands ready to help Illinois small businesses and residents impacted bythis disaster in every way possible under President Biden’s disaster declaration for certain affectedareas,“ said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “We’re committed to providing federaldisaster loans swiftly and efficiently, with a customer-centric approach to help businesses andcommunities recover and rebuild.” The disaster declaration covers St. Clair County in Illinois, which is eligible for both Physical andEconomic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofitorganizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for…
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Co-hosted by Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce member’s Stephen Sedlak (Schmale Insurance Agency, Inc.) and Erik Huber (BOS Metro East Banking Center) to help highlight, promote and enlighten people, businesses, and community events in the Greater Belleville Area. Ep 21, 39 minutes: In this episode we sit down with Scott Schmelzel and Sean Martin of Big Daddy’s 618 and discuss: – How Big Daddy’s 618 helped start the transformation of restaurants and bars to downtown Belleville– How the Belleville Main Street Committee is working to continue the success of all the business on main street– How all the bars, restaurants and retail establishments downtown Belleville work together to promote each other– How downtown Belleville has become a hot spot for class reunions including to 20 year class reunion of the 2002 Althoff class this weekend…
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Co-hosted by Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce member’s Stephen Sedlak (Schmale Insurance Agency, Inc.) and Erik Huber (BOS Metro East Banking Center) to help highlight, promote and enlighten people, businesses, and community events in the Greater Belleville Area. Ep 20, 25 minutes: In this episode we discuss the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with Cheryl Brunsmann of St. Clair County Health Dept. and discuss: How her retirement lasted just a little longer than Tom Brady’s, what the Medical Reserve Corps is how to get involved with the MRC, the importance that the MRC plays in the community, how the MRC was deployed during COVID and much more YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/HsLSHjKBd-I ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-belleville-thru-community-chats/id1579571466 SPOTIFY: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-belleville-thru-community-chats/id1579571466 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/belleville-chamber GOOGLE: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82NjJhYmRhYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
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Co-hosted by Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce member’s Stephen Sedlak (Schmale Insurance Agency, Inc.) and Erik Huber (BOS Metro East Banking Center) to help highlight, promote and enlighten people, businesses, and community events in the Greater Belleville Area. Ep 19, 25 minutes: The Positive Effects of Teen Court. In this episode we sit down Rolanda Finch and how she started having birthday parties for kids in shelters, how that transpired into starting the organization, the joy people get from the parties, where the currently host the parties, the corporate partners they have, how people can get involved and more. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/UM5rWLRZKqA ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-belleville-thru-community-chats/id1579571466 SPOTIFY: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-belleville-thru-community-chats/id1579571466 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/belleville-chamber GOOGLE: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82NjJhYmRhYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
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Co-hosted by Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce member’s Stephen Sedlak (Schmale Insurance Agency, Inc.) and Erik Huber (BOS Metro East Banking Center) to help highlight, promote and enlighten people, businesses, and community events in the Greater Belleville Area. Ep 18, 29 minutes: The Positive Effects of Teen Court. In this episode we sit down the Honorable Judge Annette Eckert and discuss the positive effects that the Teen Court has provided including the concept and development of it, the incredible % of people who don’t have a second offense, the impact it is having on the volunteers, the impact and outreach it is having on the student peer jury and more. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-belleville-thru-community-chats/id1579571466 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7oGyG3SX8Lz3BZTPDsZprr ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/belleville-chamber GOOGLE: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82NjJhYmRhYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Episodes will be released on the first and third Wednesday of every month. You can find these…
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