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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has pivoted attention from two high-profile departures this week to an interesting hire.
Beniamino Capellupo, who’s spent his career moving up the ranks of the Service Employees International Union, has been named a senior adviser for Labor Partnerships. He takes over a portion of the workload handled by
Illinois restaurants and bars reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are getting more relief. Affected businesses can now apply for Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The $28.6 billion federal program provides restaurants, bars, caterers and other eligible establishments grants equal to their pandemic-related revenue losses.
It is similar to the Paycheck Protection Program in some ways, as loans are forgivable. The PPP was broader while the Revitalization Fund is designed to help restaurants and bars with COVID-related expenses.
Unlike the Paycheck Protection Program, which required businesses to spend the loan within 24 weeks, businesses have two years to use funds they get under the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program.
by Kevin Bessler, The Center Square | May 04, 2021 05:00 PM Print this article
Illinois restaurants and bars reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are getting more relief. Affected businesses can now apply for Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The $28.6 billion federal program provides restaurants, bars, caterers and other eligible establishments grants equal to their pandemic-related revenue losses.
It is similar to the Paycheck Protection Program in some ways, as loans are forgivable. The PPP was broader while the Revitalization Fund is designed to help restaurants and bars with COVID-related expenses.
Unlike the Paycheck Protection Program, which required businesses to spend the loan within 24 weeks, businesses have two years to use funds they get under the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program.
Cook County urges restaurant workers to get vaccinated
FOX 32 s Roseanne Tellez reports..
FOREST PARK, Ill. - A new initiative is encouraging Cook County restaurant workers to get vaccinated.
Cooks, servers, managers and others are being invited to any one of the six mass vaccination sites in the county.
Mondays are now Restaurant Days at all Cook County mass vaccination sites and it’s not just county health officials, the Illinois Restaurant Association is behind this effort.
With COVID restrictions loosening at restaurants, they say now is a good time for food service employees to get their vaccines.
FOX 32 talked to restaurant managers and owners who came to the vaccination site in Forest Park Monday, some waiting to greet their employees to get their vaccinations.