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Neighborhood Business Development Centers

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NBDC

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Lawndale Business Renaissance Association is partnering with the City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), to provide hyper-local support to business owners and start-up entrepreneurs through the Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) program.

Lawndale Business Renaissance Association is committed to helping you grow your small business by providing you the tools to support your entrepreneurial journey!

We are prepared to assist you with the following:

  • Business-to-business networking opportunities
  • Employment and workforce development assistance
  • Consumer marketing assistance
  • Connecting your business to the local community
  • Information about a particular neighborhood
  • Getting a new small business started
  • Troubleshooting City-related issues for small businesses
  • Connecting businesses to financial resources

Lawndale Business Renaissance Association is partnering with the City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), to provide hyper-local support to business owners and start-up entrepreneurs through the Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) program.

Lawndale Business Renaissance Association is committed to helping you grow your small business by providing you the tools to support your entrepreneurial journey!

We have expertise in offering guidance for our community. Our services help entrepreneurs and business owners grow or sustain their small businesses.

Place-Based Generalist

We provide NBDC standard business development assistance, which includes but not limited to helping business owners and entrepreneurs apply for business license(s) and public way use permit(s), helping navigate City government, developing a business plan, marketing assistance, contract assistance, product/service/workforce development, access to training and resources, assistance with COVID-related business supports as well as reopening guidelines, at a hyper-local level.

PARTNERSHIPS THAT MATTER

“LBRA has been a tremendous resource to help navigate through many different scenarios we work through daily while operating a business in Chicago. We have participated in many different City items including SBIF, Business License renewals and other operations situations in which we relied on the leadership of LBRA to help us guide us through the processes. If we need support, we know who will always have our back - LBRA!”


 Nick Trevino, Finance Manager at Aries Charter Transportation, Inc.

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Our Program Director

Patrick Oden brings more than 20 years of hands-on entrepreneurial success and operational expertise to his role as Program Director atPatrick1 the Lawndale Business Renaissance Association (LBRA). A seasoned strategist, Patrick has launched, scaled, and directed multiple successful ventures across Chicago’s food and hospitality sectors. 
His journey began as co-owner of Leo’s Cheesecakes alongside his late brother, Leo, where he mastered high-volume manufacturing and launched a multi-state distribution network. He later founded Patrick’s Cookie Company, leveraging media features and television appearances to secure major retail distribution partnerships with Walgreens, Mariano’s, and prominent regional restaurant groups. 
Today, he translates this lifetime of navigating supply chains, securing retail partnerships, and managing operations into actionable guidance, mentorship, and advocacy for North Lawndale’s business community. 

Contact him today: 312-285-8268
Poden@lawndalebusiness.org