Source accepting applications for 2027 Business Support Organizations
Applications are open for organizations to serve as Business Support Organizations (BSOs) with the Cook County Small Business Source throughout fiscal year 2027. Cook County will select up to 20 organizations to serve as BSOs, providing no-cost advising services to small businesses throughout Cook County. Applications are due Aug. 21, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. A […]
Meet The Source’s 2026 Referral Partners
The Source recently announced its selection of 42 referral partners for 2026. These organizations will serve as referral partners through Nov. 15, 2026, playing a critical role in directly connecting businesses from across Cook County to The Source. Some partners represent a specific geography, others an industry and others a specific demographic segment of the […]
The full package: How The Source is helping one business optimize its estimating, bidding and staffing plans
As the owner of Certified Property Solutions, a full-service property-preservation business in the Roseland community on Chicago’s South Side, Jim Williams leads a small but mighty staff that performs landscaping, snow removal, tree removal and small demolition projects on properties owned by municipalities and banks. Williams does whatever his business needs—hopping in a company truck […]
