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SUMMARY:Advantage Illinois Webinars ~ October 20 & 21
DESCRIPTION:This week two Advantage Illinois Webinars will be held\, at no cost\, to provide more details on the Illinois Advantage financing programs.  The webinar will be held on October 20th at 1:00 PM (Central) and then repeated on October 21st at 10:00 AM to give you two opportunities to sit in on this important session.  Please click on Advantage Illinois Webinars to sign up for one of these webinars.  \n\n \n\n================================\n\n \n\nAdvantage Illinois - Program Announced By Governor Quinn \n\nOn Wednesday\, October 5th the Governor launched Advantage Illinois\, DCEO's enhanced portfolio of lending and venture capital programs to help small businesses gain much-needed access to capital:\n\n	\n		Capital Access Program (CAP) assists businesses with various financing needs. It is designed to encourage financial institutions to make loans to small and new businesses that do not qualify under conventional lending policies. \n	\n		Participation Loan Program (PLP) supports businesses with projects that create or retain jobs and/or modernize their businesses to improve competitiveness. One component of the program is devoted to Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran-Owned businesses (MWDV PLP). The state purchases and subordinates part of the loan to help mitigate lender risk. \n	\n		Collateral Support Program (CSP) establishes savings accounts or CDs that provide cash collateral support to lending institutions to enhance the equity and/or loan collateral levels of small business borrowers. \n	\n		Invest Illinois Venture Fund Program (IIVF) is a new venture capital program to support young\, innovative companies in Illinois that show high growth potential\, can demonstrate their place in the market and already have other investors.\n\n \n\nDCEO is now actively working to enroll lending institutions into the CAP\, PLP and CSP programs so that they may begin making loans to small businesses as soon as possible. We are encouraging businesses interested in receiving loans from these programs to ensure that they have their financial and business plan materials in order by visiting a local Illinois SBDC for assistance in the interim before their bank is enrolled.\n\n \n\nThe IIVF venture capital application is online on the Advantage Illinois web site and will administered directly by DCEO. \n\n \n\n \n\nThe official website of Advantage Illinois is: www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">This week two <strong><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://advantageillinois.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn" title="http://advantageillinois.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn">Advantage Illinois Webinars</a></span></strong> will be held\, at no cost\, to provide more details on the Illinois Advantage financing programs. &nbsp\;The webinar will be held on October 20<sup>th</sup> at 1:00 PM (Central) and then repeated on October 21<sup>st</sup> at 10:00 AM to give you two opportunities to sit in on this important session.&nbsp\; Please click on <strong><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="http://advantageillinois.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn" title="http://advantageillinois.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn">Advantage Illinois Webinars</a> </span></strong>to sign up for one of these webinars.&nbsp\; </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-family: verdana">================================</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-family: verdana">Advantage Illinois - Program Announced By Governor Quinn </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></strong><br />\n<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">On Wednesday\, October 5th the Governor launched <strong><span style="color: #0f243e"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0f243e">Advantage Illinois</span></span></span></strong></span>\, DCEO&#39\;s enhanced portfolio of lending and venture capital programs to help small businesses gain much-needed access to capital:</span></span></span>\n<ol>\n	<li>\n		<strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">Capital Access Program (CAP) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">assists businesses with various financing needs. It is designed to encourage financial institutions to make loans to small and new businesses that do not qualify under conventional lending policies. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li>\n		<strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">Participation Loan Program (PLP) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">supports businesses with projects that create or retain jobs and/or modernize their businesses to improve competitiveness. One component of the program is devoted to Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran-Owned businesses (MWDV PLP). The state purchases and subordinates part of the loan to help mitigate lender risk. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li>\n		<strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">Collateral Support Program (CSP) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: verdana">establishes savings accounts or CDs that provide cash collateral support to lending institutions to enhance the equity and/or loan collateral levels of small business borrowers. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li>\n		<strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">Invest Illinois Venture Fund Program (IIVF) </span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">is a new venture capital program to support young\, innovative companies in Illinois that show high growth potential\, can demonstrate their place in the market and already have other investors.</span></span></span></span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">DCEO is now actively working to enroll lending institutions into the CAP\, PLP and CSP programs so that they may begin making loans to small businesses as soon as possible. We are encouraging businesses interested in receiving loans from these programs to ensure that they have their financial and business plan materials in order by visiting a local Illinois SBDC for assistance in the interim before their bank is enrolled.</span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">The IIVF venture capital application is online on the Advantage Illinois web site and will administered directly by DCEO. </span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: verdana">The official website of Advantage Illinois is: <a href="http://www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois" title="http://www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois">www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois</a>&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><br />\n
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