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Construction Estimating Workshop Series Presented by HACIA Beginning February 3!

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SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Presents

Construction Estimating Workshop

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Small businesses in the construction-related industry
• Business owners and/or estimators seeking to improve their estimating techniques on construction projects.

PROGRAM CONTENT presented by Richard Eber, Senior Project Estimator

• Reading blueprints and specifications
• Understanding various types of agreements and bids
• Pre-construction estimating and budgeting techniques
• Agreement Provisions
• Items that affect cost of work
• Practice bidding on a sample construction project

WHEN: February 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th from 4:00pm to 6:00pm 

WHERE: Metra's Offices, 547 W. Jackson Blvd, 12th floor, Chicago.

COST: All four classes - $99 for HACIA Members and $149 for Non-members

REGISTRATION: www.haciaworks.org 

Availability is limited. 

For more information about this program, call us at (312) 666-5910.

Market Mondays: Mr. Brown's Lounge

Mr. Brown's Lounge, located at 2301 W. Chicago Avenue in the Ukrainian Village, is the place to be if you're looking for an island feel on a cold, winter night! Chris Douglas, who was born and raised in Jamaica, is now in the kitchen of Mr. Brown's Lounge serving up classic Jamaican recipes at an affordable price.  Mr. Brown's Lounge has all the Jamaican classics, from charcoal grilled island jerk chicken to oxtails stewed in a brown sauce with butter beans, all with reggae tunes playing in the background.  In addition to the Jamaican classics, there are some delicious American classics with an island twist; check out the island style mac and cheese!  And of course, don't forget to wash it all down with a delicious Red Stripe beer!

Pop in on a Tuesday for half-off jerk chicken entrees or Thursdays for $3 Red Stripe and half-off jerk wings!  Be sure to go to the restaurant's website for more nightly specials and weekly events!

Developing Your Child Care Business Series. Starts January 26th!

Developing Your Child Care Business  Register now and get 15% discount

This comprehensive series of 10 workshops will provide you the tools to launch and sustain your business. Participants will follow a step by step process to develop a business and marketing plan, policies and procedures for their child care business, a parent handbook and a sound understanding of business financials.   Develop your child care business offers ·  Guest entrepreneurs and experts Networking and one-on-one counseling ·  Comprehensive and practical resource materials ·  The opportunity to complete your business plan.   Developing your child care covers ·  Legal aspects of organizing and operating a business ·  Market research ·  Financial statement and projecting sales and cashflow ·  Traditional and alternative sources of financing.    Date: January 26, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00pm for 10 weeks Cost: $150.00 entire series, individual classes: $40.00 Call 312 853 3477 x. 0 to register

FREE Crain's Online Seminar: Growing Your Small Business

Growing Your Small Business
Crain's Online Finance Seminar

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST)

Whether you're starting a small business or expanding to seize new opportunities, your business needs the right financing at the right time. It may seem that capital is hard to come by, but it's out there.

Hear from Judith Roussel, the District Director for Illinois, at the U.S. Small Business Administration, who will speak to opportunities for growth and financing that's available today and into 2010.

The seminar will cover these topics:

• Is this the right time to access credit to grow my small business?

• How to prepare your business for securing financing.

• Are the stimulus provisions affecting small businesses now that hundreds of banks have been lured back to the small business lending arena?

• Will the ramp-up of President Obama's plan to boost loans for small companies, reinvigorate small business lending?

• Financing for start-ups and smaller businesses--those with generally little equity or collateral, and looking for smaller loans.

This 60-minute FREE online seminar includes audience Q&A with Judith Roussel

SEMINAR LEADER
JUDITH ROUSSEL
ILLINOIS DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA)

Judith Roussel has served as Illinois District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) since December, 1999. She is responsible for the promotion and delivery of U.S. government sponsored programs providing Capital Access, Entrepreneurial Development, International Trade Development and Procurement Assistance to the more than 1 million small businesses located throughout the state of Illinois. Under her leadership, SBA lending volume in Illinois has returned to levels not seen since early 2008.




Register for FREE at www.chicagobusiness.com/finance

Market Mondays: diseños bamm bamm inc.

Diseños Bammbamm is a leader in custom made t-shirts, screen printing and embroider apparel.  They are a professional company that focuses on taking care  of their  customers efficiently  while offering  high quality  custom  t-shirts at great prices. They handle every step of the custom t-shirt printing and embroidery process in-house.

In addition to custom screen printing and embroidery, Diseños Bammbamm does custom vehicle wraps. Cars? Trucks? Trailers? They can do them all, and they handle all aspects of your wrap, from the initial consultation  through design, full production and installation.  Take advantage of  their extremely creative design team and customize your wrap to express your advertising message!

Finally, Diseños Bamm Bamm can handle visual marketing  from  small banners to large full  color. Their printing system can run banner as wide as 4.5ft by ? and they  carry several types of banner for indoor & outdoor advertising.

Visit the Diseños Bammbamm  website today for all your custom printing needs!