Details Announced for Ready for Winter Grant Program Grant to help businesses sustain outdoor dining through the upcoming winter INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the City of Indianapolis and Visit Indy announced the launch date for the Ready for Winter grant program, a $1 million reimbursement plan for…
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Indy Chamber Hosts Third Annual Pitch Competition for Ex-Offenders Taste Buddies, LLC takes home $2,500 top prize INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday evening, the Indy Chamber and Business Ownership Initiative’s virtually hosted the third annual ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi) hosted its third annual virtual pitch competition for ex-offenders in…
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Indy Chamber Announces Finalists for 43rd Annual Monumental Awards presented by Comcast Business Winners to Be Announced via Movie Premiere October 7 at Tibb’s Drive-In Theater (INDIANAPOLIS) – Today the Indy Chamber announced finalists for the 43rd annual Monumental Awards presented by Comcast Business, showcasing the greatest in places and spaces across…
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Indy Chamber Partners with The Halo App to Help Small Businesses Finance Health & Safety Improvements (INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indy Chamber announced a new partnership today with locally-based peer lending community The Halo App to help capital-constrained small business owners purchase necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) and other improvements to…
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TRULOCAL’S NEW DIGITAL MARKETPLACE OPENS $700 BILLION E-COMMERCE MARKET TO SMALL, LOCALLY-OWNED BUSINESSES — New Community-Focused E-Commerce Company Enables Easy, Convenient Online Transactions Between Locally Owned Brick & Mortar Retailers and Consumers — SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, 2020 – TruLocal, a new community-focused, e-commerce company that empowers local businesses…
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With many consumers now accustomed to staying close to home, retailers are trying more innovative strategies to try to welcome them back. By Rosemary Feitelberg on June 26, 2020 Original Article Posted on WWD: https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/murals-street-front-shopping-retailers-use-ingenuity-to-welcome-back-consumers-1203654083/ With stores across the country in varying stages of reopening, retailers and local organizations are…
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Ready to Restart grants still available to help Marion County businesses re-open safely: Small employers can get up to $5,000 in reimbursements for PPE, sanitizing stations and other COVID-related reopening costs…
View MoreCity Announces Additional Support For Restaurants and Bars Looking to Reopen Fast-track permitting and street closures to encourage social distancing, safe reopening INDIANAPOLIS – Today the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) announced the expansion of the Dine Out Indy initiative, allowing bars to…
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(INDIANAPOLIS) – In an effort to secure much-needed federal assistance for small businesses in Indianapolis impacted by COVID-19, the Indy Chamber through its Business Ownership Initiative will begin processing federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans today in partnership with Bankable of the Flagship Enterprise Center. This partnership was significantly bolstered…
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The following statement ahead of the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program is from Indy Chamber Vice President of Indianapolis Economic Development Ian Nicolini: “This weekend the Indy Chamber team has finalized processes, attended trainings, and prepped in anticipation of the processing of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…
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