Boone County In Focus: February 2021

YWCA Northwestern Illinois has extended the deadline for applications for the 2021 YWCA Women of Achievement Awards to March 1, 2021.  Due to COVID-19, the Leader Luncheon event will be held virtually on May 13, 2021. The YWCA Women of Achievement Awards recognize individuals...Continue Reading

As part of their Venture Program, Growth Dimensions – Economic Development will once again offer an innovative initiative, known as the Kauffman FastTrac Program. FastTrac is designed to assist entrepreneurs in creating and sustaining their businesses. The Program is tentatively set to begin in mid-March 2021. “Whether an entrepreneur...Continue Reading

As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, passed by Congress and signed in December 2020, the federal government funded a third round of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has provided low-interest and forgivable loans to small businesses across the country...Continue Reading