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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is using September to pair remembrance with advocacy, spotlighting asbestos-related illness, 9/11 health impacts and prevention efforts.

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Gail Mitchell and the Loc’d Life Foundation are launching the Loc’d Life Expo on Sept. 12 at Kennedy-King College, bringing Chicago’s loc’d and natural-hair communities together for a day of culture, entrepreneurship and celebration.

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Yellow House Studios is filming Back to 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood this weekend, turning a 1964 Chicago Tribune family profile into a time-travel microdrama about Mexican American history, property, and belonging.

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Hollander International Storage and Moving is expanding neighborhood-focused moving coverage across Chicago’s Northwest Side, adding local crews, scheduling capacity and route coverage for homes and businesses.

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Daily Balance says its nonprofit bookkeeping services are designed to help new executive directors in Chicago manage finances, stay compliant and focus on mission work.

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MyTSV.com is highlighting Wheeling-area educational seminars that teach non-pharmaceutical sleep and stress-reduction techniques.

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Chicago broker Amy Sunshine is celebrating 25 years in the business, reflecting on a career built on referrals, long-term client relationships and a leap of faith that helped define @properties’ rise.

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Pivot Energy gave $350,000 to Illinois nonprofits near its solar projects to support workforce training, energy assistance, land conservation and agricultural education.

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Dr. Sam Speron says about half of his facelift work now involves correcting complications from aggressive procedures done elsewhere.

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Solar Simplified is stepping in to manage subscriber operations for more community solar projects in New York, New Jersey and Illinois after owners found enrollment, retention and monetization were lagging.

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A student-led nonprofit in Western Springs, Illinois, turned summer STEM camps into a community drive that paid for 312 backpacks donated through Cradles to Crayons.

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Stretch Limousine issued a severe-weather travel advisory for Midwest passengers connecting through Chicago, saying ground transportation can be a backup when storms disrupt regional flights to and from O’Hare International Airport.

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Illinois posted $1.2 trillion in GDP in 2025, but small business optimism still lagged the national average, underscoring a widening gap between the state’s headline growth and Main Street conditions.

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Chicago’s Northwest suburbs are drawing more family travelers by pairing major kid-focused attractions with easier highway access and lower trip costs.

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G3 Enterprises is adding contract packaging capabilities in Chicago to help beverage, food and consumer packaged goods brands move bulk inventory into retail-ready products faster.

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Rachel Jackson, vice president of operations at The Columbine Label Company, has been named a Future Leader in the 2026 Labels & Labeling Global Awards.

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Illinois still requires annual backflow testing for many properties, a rule rooted in the 1933 Chicago drinking-water contamination linked to cross-connected plumbing.

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The Music Trust has partnered with the Viaero Center in Kearney, Nebraska, to handle in-house talent buying for concerts and live events effective immediately.

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Chicago trial lawyer Brandon Brown is adding personal injury cases to a practice already built on criminal defense and civil rights work.

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Imagine Healthcare said Madison Maskalunas has joined its Chicago interventional psychiatry team and began seeing clients Aug. 5 at the clinic’s West Grand Avenue location.