South Side Small Business Resource Fair

​Join Claretian Associates, Center for Changing Lives, P33, Southeast Side Community Business District (SSA #5) administered by the Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC), and United Way of Metro Chicago for the South Side Small Business Resource Fair at the South Chicago SALUD Center.

​The Resource Fair brings together local organizations and support resources under one roof, giving South Side small business owners and entrepreneurs the chance to connect directly with the people and programs that can help them build and grow their businesses.

​This event is free and open to the community.

​Here's what to expect:

• ​Meet one-on-one with local business support organizations

• ​Free 1:1 technical support for your business

• ​A vendor marketplace featuring local South Side small businesses

• ​12:30PM: A live TechRise pitch competition, where five local entrepreneurs will compete for a $30,000 prize pool, made possible by United Way of Metro Chicago and Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park (IQMP).

​These organizations will be on site all day with resources, funding, and support for business owners:

• ​Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC)

• ​Center for Changing Lives

• ​Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

• ​Claretian Associates

• ​Fifth Third Bank

• ​Greater Southwest Development Corporation

• ​Greenwood Archer Capital

• ​Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

• ​Law Offices of Meridth Hammer

• ​Legal Aid for New Entrepreneurs (LANE)

• ​PNC Bank

• ​Readiness Intelligence Lab

• ​Southeast Chamber of Commerce

• ​Southeast Side Community Business District (SSA #5)

• ​TechRise, Powered by P33

• ​Trilogy Mental Wellbeing

• ​United Way of Metro Chicago

• ​Wintrust Bank

• ​Working Credit

​Business Vendors:

• ​African Food Palace

• ​Let Your Sun Shyne

• ​Luna's Enlightenment

• ​New You Wellness PLLC

• ​Zion Wellness Center

• ​Rolling Racks