From the Editor

Small Business Owners, Help Fight Lung Cancer by ‘Claiming’ Your Patch Listing

Highland Park is launching ‘Patch Click and Claim for Charity’ in April to help small business owners reach customers and help Breathe Deep Deerfield market itself in town.

At Highland Park Patch, we're all about helping local businesses and charities serve our community. So we've come up with a way to help Breathe Deep Deerfield while supporting local businesses at the same time. We’re calling it our "Patch Click and Claim for Charity" program. Breathe Deep Deerfield is a 5K fun run, 1-mile walk, and balloon launch held Saturday, May 6, to raise crucial funds for lung cancer research. The event will honor the memory of two local women who lost their lives to lung cancer, and will also serve to remember others in the community whose lives have been affected by the disease.  Ready to help out? First you need to know about our business directory, which we try to keep updated with a listing for every business …

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Business Owners Give Reps. Biss, May An Earful

After voicing complaints, small business group offers suggestions to Reps. Biss and May at round table discussion.

What started as a gripe session by members of the small business community ended with the participants making concrete legislative suggestions Friday at a Small Business Round Table at the Glenview Police Station.  Approximately 20 small businesses owners met with State Rep. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park)  to talk about what government can do to help their operations.  The event was organized by the Small Business Advisory Council, a Northfield based group that advocates for small business, provides its owners networking opportunities and negotiates volume discounts for its members.  Bob Silverstein of Evanston and Jerry Becker of Deerfield immediately wanted to know about proposed legislation to …

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