Grace Ballet & Acrobatics Studio, owned by Anna Johnson, has successfully operated for two decades, and with the assistance of the SBA 504 Loan Program, she was able to lock in a lower fixed interest rate to increase profit margins and create stability. Grace...
Bravery. Determination. Discipline. Leadership…qualities inherent in all veterans. Turns out…they also make for strong, successful entrepreneurs. Veteran Entrepreneurs One of the biggest roadblocks to starting or expanding a business is obtaining capital. This is a...
In 2008, Catherine Tojaga opened CT Mechanical (CTM), an innovative, woman-owned HVAC construction business. Catherine, a Registered Professional Engineer and Registered Energy Professional with a background in design engineering, started CT Mechanical with the idea...
In 1980, Charles (Chuck) Poettker established Poettker Construction as a construction services provider in rural Breese, Illinois. Over the past four decades, this veteran-owned and family-owned business has grown to become a contender in the national commercial...
On February 7, 2019, The Barn III, a dinner theatre and event center in Goodfield, IL, celebrated their opening night. The first show, a murder mystery called “Death by Golf”, was the show Mary Simon had in rehearsal on a summer night in 2015 when a bad...
