Nominations for 12th Annual Inner City 100 - Due September 25th!

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and BusinessWeek SmallBiz magazine are seeking nominations for the 12th annual Inner City 100, a national ranking of the 100 fastest-growing companies located in America’s inner cities. The Inner City 100 is changing the face of America’s urban economies by showcasing the competitive assets offered by cities like Chicago.

The requirements for 2010 Inner City 100 include:

• Be an independent, for-profit corporation, partnership or proprietorship.
• Be headquartered in or have 51% or more of its physical operations in economically distressed urban areas.
• Have ten or more full-time employees in 2008.
• Have a five-year operating sales history (2004-2008) that includes an increase in 2008 over 2007 AND sales of at least $1 million in 2008.

Please contact the Department of Community Development's Annie Coakley by Friday September 25 to discuss businesses in your district that you think would make excellent nominees. Annie can be reached at anne.coakley@cityofchicago.org or 312-744-8280.

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